MENDELE Yiddish Language and Literature Personal Notices and Announcements
March 23, 2009 To minimize wear and tear on the untershames, three requests: 1. Send time-sensitive notices well in advance. 2. Send material as plain text: no HTML, other coding, or attachments. 3. Correspond directly with the person who or organization which has posted the notice, *not* with your ever-beleaguered untershames. Dear Yiddishists, My name is Sonia Gollance and I am a student at the University of Chicago, and I am head of the planning committee for Chicago’s first Yiddish Break, April 3 - 5. It will be a weekend of Yiddish-filled activities for young people with an interest in Yiddish language and culture. We hope to bring an end to the woes of young Midwestern Yiddishists who are unable to attend the Yiddish-related events that are usually held on the East Coast. To that end, I invite you to join us at Yiddish Break or to help us promote Yiddish Break by telling your friends, family, and students about this amazing opportunity. You don’t even need to know Yiddish in order to enjoy this event! Yiddish Break was founded by Yugntruf, a New York-based organization dedicated to bringing young Yiddishists and Yiddish enthusiasts together to learn about and experience Yiddish culture. Planning for Yiddish Break Chicago is well under way. We are arranging some fun activities, such as classes and lectures on Yiddish language, literature, and music, Yiddish/Yinglish board games, and even a Yiddish dance workshop. It will be a great opportunity to practice Yiddish and meet people who share a love of Yiddish culture. For just $18 for non-UChicago students, we will provide kosher meals and homestays with University students, including shomer shabbes rooms for those who need them. There will be limited travel subsidies available. The next step is: we need you! To see more details follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=2907668&k=52CT3XSXW6YMX11DSDX3T <http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=2907668&k=52CT3XSXW6YMX11DSDX3T> To register, go to http://www.yiddishbreak.com -- be sure to select the link to the Chicago event when you register. Please contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> for more information or to obtain promotional materials, such as flyers. Hope you are well. Al dos guts, Sonia ___________________________________________________________________ Please do not use the "reply" key when writing to Mendele. Instead, direct your mail as follows: Material for Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements, i.e. announcements of events, commercial publications, etc., always in plain text (no HTML or the like) to: victor.bers at yale.edu <http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele> (in the subject line write Mendele Personal) Material for postings to Mendele Yiddish literature and language, i.e. inquiries and comments of a non-commercial or publicity nature: mendele at mailman.yale.edu <http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele> IMPORTANT: Please include your full name as you would like it to appear in your posting. No posting will appear without its author's name. Submissions to regular Mendele should not include personal email addresses, as responses will be posted for all to read. In order to spare the shamosim time and effort, we request that contributors adhere, when applicable, as closely as possible to standard English punctuation,grammar, etc. and to the YIVO rules of transliteration into Latin letters, which are explained in summary form at http://www.yivoinstitute.org/about/index.php?tid=57&aid=275 <http://www.yivoinstitute.org/about/index.php?tid=57&aid=275> . All other messages should be sent to the shamosim at this address: mendele at mailman.yale.edu <http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele> Mendele on the web: http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/index.htm <http://shakti.trincoll.edu/%7Emendele/index.htm> To join or leave the list: http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele _______________________________________________ Mendele mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mendele
