Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements Dec. 3, 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; and write MENDELE PERSONALS in the subject line. 3. Correspond directly with the person who or organization which has posted the notice, *not* with your ever-beleaguered untershames. _______________________________________________________________________ From: [email protected] oder [email protected]. A referat af Yidish fun D"r Sheve Tsuker af der teme, Dos Baytndike Shlikhes fun a Yidish-Zhurnal, AFn Shvel 1941 - Haynt, Fraytik dem 11tn Detsember,11:30 in der fri in Beyt-Leivik, Dov Hoz 30, Tel-Oviv Ba zayn breyshes in 1941 iz Afn Shvel geven a politisher zhurnal, der organ fun der Frayland-Lige far der yidisher teritorialistisher kolonizatsye vos hot getsilevet tsu etablirn a mokem-miklat far yidn in azelkhe ekzotishe lender vi Oystralye un Surinam. Shpeter iz er gevorn der organ fun der nay-formirter apolitisher Yidish-Lige unter der redaktsye fun ir oysfir-sekretar, dem bakantn lingvist D"r Mordkhe Shekhter. Unter Shekhtern iz der zhurnal megulgl gevorn in a tribune far yidishism un afile militantishn yidishizm. In zayn letstn gilgl, unter der redaktsye fun D"r Sheve Tsukern, iz der zhurnal gevorn a tsaytshrift far ale vos hobn lib di yidishe shprakh un kultur. In di letste 4 yor hot zikh di leyenershaft hipsh fargresert mit kemat 50%, nit kin kleyner uftu bam hayntikn tog ven di tsol yidish-leyeners farklenert zikh un vikhtike tsaytungen un zhurnaln af a sakh shprakhn shlisn zikh iber der gorer velt. D"r Sheve Tsuker iz der oysfir-sekretar fun der Yidish-Lige vi oykh der redaktor fun ir organ Afn Shvel. Dertsu iz zi a lerer un lektor un hot gelernt un gehaltn lektsyes vegn der yidisher shprakh, literatur un kultur af finf kontinentn. Zi iz shoyn mer vi a yortsendling afn lerer-personal fun der Uriel Vaynraykh zumer-program in yidisher shprakh, literatur un kultur (YIVO/Nyu-Yorker Universitet, Nyu-York). Zi iz di mekhaberte fun di lernbikhlekh Yidish - An araynfir: shprakh, literatur & kultur, band I & II vi oykh der tsunoyfshteler un aroysgeber fun dem kompaktl "Di Goldene Pave: Dos Kol fun dem Yidishn Shrayber". A talk in Yiddish by Dr. Sheva Zucker, Friday, December 11 11:30 A.M. at Beit Leivik, Dov Hoz 30, Tel-Aviv The Changing Mission of a Yiddish Magazine Afn Shvel 1941 - The Present At its inception in 1941 Afn Shvel was a politically oriented magazine, the organ of the Freeland League for Jewish Territorialist Colonization which sought to find a safe haven for Jews in places as farflung as Australia and Suriinam. Later it became the organ of the newly formed apolitical League for Yiddish under the editorship of its executive-director, linguist Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter. As such it was a platform for Yiddishism, and indeed, even militant Yiddishism. In its latest gilgul, under the editorhip of Dr. Sheva Zucker, the magazine has become a non-polemical forum for all those who are interested in Yiddish and Yiddish culture. It has increased its readership by almost 50%, no small feat in this day and age when Yiddish readers are diminishing and major newspapers and magazines in many languages are closing all over the world. Dr. Sheva Zucker is currently the Executive Director of the League for Yiddish and the editor of its magazine Afn Shvel. She is also a teacher and lecturer and has taught and lectured on Yiddish language, literature and culture on five continents. She teaches Yiddish in the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture under the auspices of New York University and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York City and taught Yiddish and Jewish Literature for many years at Duke University. She is the author of the textbooks Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vols. I & II and compiler and producer of the CD "The Golden Peacock: The Voice of the Yiddish Writer." ________________________________________________________ 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 (IMPORTANT: 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 IMPORTANT: Please include your full name as you would like it to appear in your posting. 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