Yiddish Mailing List, Issue #6 Jan 31, 1989 241 lines ============================== Boro Park song (Rechnitzer Rejects) Yiddish Resource Databank on the WELL (Ari Davidow) Yugntruf and League for Yiddish (David Sherman) KlezKamp 88 report (Andy Tannenbaum) Yidish un kinder (Viswanath) ------------------------ Digest-Message: 06/1 From: dave@lsuc.uucp (David Sherman) Subject: Boro Park song Date: Wed Dec 28 12:18:52 EST 1988 (If you enjoy this, let me know and I may post more. The Rechnitzer Rejects have a number of songs in Yiddish on their albums.) Boro Park (sung to the tune of Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York") Shoin tseit genig Ikh for tsurik Tsurik tsu dir mein teierer Mein Boro Park Mein hartz iz nisht schver Ikh zorg zikh nisht mer Soif-soif ikh for aheym tsu eikh Mein Boro Park Dort vu di Shabes un di Yontef iz nisht shvakh Vu yidn lernen a blat Tog un nakht Zog yeden dem vort Az du bist mein ort Ikh benk nokh eikh, mein goldene Mein Boro Park Ikh meyn nisht Tsentral Park Ikh meyn nisht Prospect Park Nor dir aleyn, sheyn Boro Park --- da dum di da da --- Zog alle mein freint A vokh fun heint Ikh koif a condominium In Boro Park Mit shlof-tsimmer fier Un tsvey chandelier Far mir vet likhtik, freylekh zein In Boro Park Es iz mir finster Kalt in vinter Vu ikh bin Es feylt a heilike flam, dos yidishen tam Dav'nen un shoklen in eyn shtikl Brooklyn... Zog yeden dem vort Az du bist mein ort Ikh benk nokh eikh, mein goldene Mein Boro Park Mein lieb iz troi un shtark Ikh darf nisht ganz New York Nor dir aleyn -- sheyn Boro Park! -- Rechnitzer Rejects, vol. 1 (available on record or tape). Lyrics copied with permission. ------------------------ Digest-Message: 06/2 Date: Fri, 30 Dec 88 04:47:15 EST From: ari@well.uucp (Ari Davidow) Subject: Yiddish resource databank on the WELL The WELL has started a Yiddish resource databank as part of our online reference library. The initial resource databank consists entirely of information in mail.yiddish #3, although we hope to add to it quickly and periodically. If you know of =national= yiddish resources (or especially noteworthy local ones), please send information (including a description, address, subscription fees, etc.) to me. If you would like a copy of the current databank, send me e-mail and I will be glad to e-mail it to you. Oy. "=national=" should read "North American", or "accessible worldwide". (either, per your particular needs or access :-)). Ari Davidow "Jewish" on the WELL--a damn nice example of virtual community ari%well.uucp@lll-crg.llnl.gov | {pacbell,ucbvax,hplabs,apple}!well!ari @ucbvax.berkeley.edu @lll-winken.llnl.gov ------------------------ Digest-Message: 06/3 From: dave@lsuc.uucp Date: Tue Jan 3 09:29:45 1989 Subject: Yugntruf and League for Yiddish Here's some more data for Ari's resource databank. I've received information from both Yugntruf (Youth for Yiddish) and the League for Yiddish (Yidish-Lige). They are separate organizations, but share the same address (200 West 72nd Street, Suite 40, New York NY 10023-2805) and phone number (212-787-6675). >From the Yugntruf brochure: - we publish a Yiddish magazine, written and edited entirely by young adults - we conduct the only existing workshop for young Yiddish writers - we sponsor the Pripetshik Playgroup, the only non-Chassidic playgroup for Yiddish-speaking children in the country [they must mean the U.S. - when I play with my kids at home, does that count? :-) DS] - we are a clearinghouse for information on resources and materials in Yiddish - we organize Yiddish retreats, lectures, literary readings and holiday festivals, as well as an annual conference for young Yiddish speakers. The following items are also available for purchase through Yugntruf: - VASERL - a record of new Yiddish songs written, arranged and performed by young people - T-SHIRTS with inscription [YYDSH - in Hebrew characters -DS] in sizes for children and adults (blue and red) - BUTTONS -- Redt mit mir yidish [in Hebrew characters -DS] (Speak Yiddish With Me) - THE NEW YIDDISH SOURCE FINDER - a comprehensive reference guide for where to find "things Yiddish". Membership is $15/year, $5 for students. You can also write or phone and ask for their price lists for the above items. The League for Yiddish is rather more academic. The stuff I have from them (several separate pages) announces: - the existence of The Yiddish Language Resource Center; - cassette of rare Yiddish folksongs now available; - the following newly-published books: - English-Yiddish Dictionary of Academic Terminology; - Laytish mame-loshn; - Yiddish II (new intermediate collegel level textbook; - Aktionen im Jiddischen (in German, a study on verbal aspect in Yiddish David Sherman Toronto ------------------------ Digest-Message: 06/4 From: trb@ima.ima.isc.com (Andrew Tannenbaum) Subject: KlezKamp 88 report Date: 5 Jan 89 02:24:55 GMT [reposted from soc.culture.jewish] YIVO (the Yiddish Research Institute) held their fourth annual KlezKamp at the end of 1988. About 300 klezmer musicians and Yiddish lovers met in New York's Catskill mountains for a week of sharing in Yiddish language, music, and art. There were daily classes in the following areas: klezmer instrumental music, ensemble music, music theory Yiddish theater performance and history Yiddish song - theater, choral, styling Yiddish literature, folklore Yiddish language Yiddish and Chasidic dance calligraphy and papercutting storytelling At night there were performances by the teaching staff, and later in the week by the ensemble students. After these shows, there was free ensemble playing and dancing in the dance hall - like going to a Jewish wedding every night! There were people of all ages, from babies and children up to folks in their nineties. I took great classes from two of the elder artists on the staff - klezmer violinist Leon Schwartz and Yiddish actor Ben Gailing - who provided priceless insights into the Yiddish music and theater of the early 20th century. The atmosphere was quite interesting - people with varying degrees of interest in Judaism, Yiddish language, music, and Yiddish culture. There were single people and families. Klezmer musicians from New York and Boston and from North Carolina and Holland. It was all very homey, and with the vast amount of artistic talent, there were things to watch and do all day and all night. KlezKamp has proven so popular that there is going to be a summer session this August in Santa Cruz, California. Contact YIVO for details: YIVO 1048 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 +1 212 535 6700 The logo for KlezKamp 88 imitates the old RCA logo - only this one has a chicken and a gramophone and the slogan "dos kol fun ir balebos" (her master's voice). Well, I thought it was funny. I don't think I'm going to make the summer session, but I do intend to go back next winter. My thanks to Henry Sapoznik, Lorin Sklamberg, and the rest of the YIVO and KlezKamp staff for organizing a great week. Andrew Tannenbaum Interactive Cambridge, MA +1 617 661 7474 ------------------------ Digest-Message: 06/5 From: VISWANATH@DRACO.BITNET Date: Tue, 10 Jan 89 18:32:00 EST Subject: yidish un kinder a sheynem dank ayer entfer tsu mayn briv. ikh vil araynkukn inem nayesgrupe sci.lang. dervayl hob ikh gefunen a bikh vos iz mir gefaln: bilingual children fun george saunders, aroysgegebn fun multilingual matters clevedon, uk. mayn nomen iz meylekh, mayn vayb's iz gitl un mayn tokhter's iz meena lifshe. mir voynen in teaneck, in new jersey. ------------------------ END OF ISSUE #6 ------------------------ David Sherman, Toronto Moderator, mail.yiddish { uunet!attcan {AT&T Sites}!att pyramid!utai utzoo } !lsuc!dave dave@lsuc.uucp lsuc!dave@ai.toronto.edu attcan!lsuc!dave@uunet.uu.net