[Mendele] Mendele Vo. 20.016

[Victor Bers]

Mendele: Yiddish literature and language
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Contents of Vol. 20.016
March 13, 2011

1) Name that tune! (Scott E. Meyer)
2) kushers (Martin Jacobs)
3) mestn feld (Lena Watson)
4) Anthology of Polish-Yiddish Poetry: copyright owners sought (Jack S. 
Berger)

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Date: March 4
Subject: Name that tune!

At least one old Yiddish song is heard on the soundtrack to the short
amateur film found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBfCY1cld8Q

I wonder if anyone recognizes it (them) and might know what is actually 
being sung.

Thanks,

Scott E. Meyer

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Date: 24 January
Subject: kushers

I think you mean "kashes" (perhaps dialectically pronounced "koshes" - 
someone will  have to advise me on that), with no "r" on the end.  I doubt 
if that is the same word.

Martin Jacobs

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Date: January 30
Subject: mestn feld

Dear Yiddish mumkhim,

I am somewhat stumped by the meaning of the expression "mestn feld." How, 
if at all, is it different from "mestn kvorim"? I know that both have 
magical/apotropaic purposes, but while "mestn kvorim" is easily searchable 
in dictionaries and online, the former isn't at all. How was "mestn feld" 
done and to what end (to stop an epidemic, for example?)?

Many thanks,
Lena Watson

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Date: January 16
Subject: Anthology of Polish-Yiddish Poetry: copyright owners sought

The late Professor Joseph Sherman, of Oxford University, wrote deeply 
about the matter of the intellectual property rights of this genre, and 
the complexities faced by scholars such as Magdalena Ruta.

There is a real need for a central registry, where such information can be 
retrieved easily, rather than conducting what is likely to be a painfully 
protracted search.

Jack S. Berger
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