| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 753.1 | The Arbieter's Ring | CARTUN::FRYDMAN | wherever you go...you're there | Mon Aug 07 1989 09:02 | 4 |
| Is there a branch of the "Workmen's Circle" near you. There may be a
resource there.
---Av
|
| 753.2 | Ideas w/o Answers | CIMNET::FREEMAN | Sam Freeman, DTN 291-7448, MET-1/K2 | Mon Aug 07 1989 09:14 | 20 |
| Amy,
I can't offer any specific names, only a few suggestions.
How about a local shul or Jewish Home for the Aged. They might know
of a retired person or elderly shut-in who might be interested in
helping you translate the diary.
Many of the local JCCs and universities (Brandeis?, Harvard?) offer
classes in Yiddish, you might try to contact one of the teachers.
The Cambridge Center for Adult Education once offered a Yiddish
class also.
Here's an off-the-wall suggestion.... Perhaps you know what city
your grandmother came from. Many of the immigrants from the same
city formed societies. Perhaps a society exists for the city your
grandmother came from. They might have a special interest in
translating a diary of "one of their own".
/Sam
|
| 753.3 | Try Brandeis | CLYPPR::WASSERMAN | Deb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863 | Mon Aug 07 1989 10:03 | 4 |
| Brandeis used to have an instructor in the Yiddish department, Mr.
Rothenberg, who was a native Yiddish speaker. I don't know if he's
still there, but the Brandeis 'NEJS' (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
Dept. seems like a good bet to me.
|
| 753.4 | yiddish library in Amherst | USEM::ROSENZWEIG | | Mon Aug 07 1989 10:43 | 12 |
| I don't know the address or the exact title, but its founder recently
got a MacCarther award. ....there is a Yiddish library in Amherst,
MA dedicated to preserving all yiddish publications. Ask any Hebrew,
Yiddish department, shul, etc about this and they may give you more
accurate information. Here's a long shot, call Temple Beth El in
Sudbury MA at 508-443-9622 and ask if someone in the congregation
knows this. ...or write c/o Hudson Rd, Sudbury MA 01776
or perhaps a local library can find this library listed somewhere
in a list of libraries.
rr.
|
| 753.5 | National Yiddish Book Center | CLYPPR::WASSERMAN | Deb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863 | Mon Aug 07 1989 11:51 | 2 |
| Of course, the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. They would
_certainly_ be of some help!
|
| 753.6 | | TAZRAT::CHERSON | almost blue | Mon Aug 07 1989 12:11 | 10 |
| re: .1
The address and phone # of the Workmen's Circle (Die Arbeiter Ring) is:
1762 Beacon St.
Brookline, MA. 02146
(617)566-6281
David
|
| 753.7 | Tufts Univ. | SELECT::REINSCHMIDT | PKO3-1/E30, DTN 223-5759 | Mon Aug 07 1989 13:40 | 5 |
| Professor and provost Sol Gittleman (sp?) at Tufts University, Medford
MA, teaches a popular course on Yiddish. You might give him a call for
pointers to some local graduates.
Marlene
|
| 753.8 | National Yiddush Book Center | VINO::WEINER | Sam | Tue Aug 08 1989 23:04 | 5 |
| National Yiddush Book Center
Old East School Street
Amherst MA 01004
413-253-9201
|
| 753.9 | Thanks for info | PROXY::SWOTINSKY | | Wed Aug 09 1989 08:35 | 5 |
| Thanks to everyone who sent me info. I will contact these numbers and
hopefully find someone willing to help out.
-Amy
|