[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements--70th Anniversary issue of Afn Shvel

[Victor Bers]

Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements

Sept. 23, 2011
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Az me lebt derlebt men! Di Yidish-lige hot mit mazl derlebt 70 yor fun ir 
gezelshaftlekh-literarishn zhurnal  Afn Shvel. In shaykhes mit dem yontef 
hobn mir aroysgegebn a yokhed-beminedikn retrospektiv-numer vos iz koylel 
a teyl fun di interesantste artiklen gedrukt bemeshekh di letste 70 yor. 
Mir shtoltsirn mit dem vos di  beste eseyistn, prozaikers un poetn - 
Yankev Glatshteyn,  Avrom Golomb, Shoel Gutman, YItskhok-Nakhmen 
Shteynberg, Mordkhe Shekhter, Shikl Fishman, Dovid Roskes, Blume Lempl, 
Avrom Sutskever, Rivke Basman Ben-Khayim, Aleksander Shpiglblat un a sakh 
andere -  hobn zikh gedrukt un drukn zikh nokh alts ba undz.
      In di 84 zaytn fun dem topl-numer #352-353 - "70 yor Afn Shvel" - vet 
ir zen vi di yidishe geshikhte un di geshikte fun Yidish hobn zikh 
opgeshpiglt in undzer zhurnal. Ir vet  kenen leyenen vegn: der geshikhte 
fun zhurnal (Sheve Tsuker); der glaykhgiltikayt fun der amerikaner 
yidisher kehile tsum khurbn (Shoel Gutman); teritoryalizm (Y.-N. 
Shteynberg); der diskriminatsye kegn Yidish in dem Aykhman-protses (Yankev 
Glatshteyn);  der politik fun der yidisher meye-deye legabe sovetishe yidn 
(Sh. Braynes); dem farmakhn zikh fun dem zhurnal Di Goldene Keyt (Yente 
Mash); vi oykh beletristik un poezye fun Rokhl Fishman, Pesye 
Pomerants-Honigboym, Malke Kheyfets-Tuzman, Blume Lempel, Perets Miranski, 
Beyle Shekther-Gotesman, Gitl Shekhter-Vishvanat, Aleksander Shpiglblat, 
Avrom Sutzkever, un nokh un nokh. Der fuler toykhn gefint zikh ba 
http://docs.leagueforyiddish.org/afn-svhel-352-353-toykhn-bletlekh.pdf. 
Der numer nemt oykh arayn tsendliker vunderlekhe historishe fotografyes.
      Ir kent khapn a kuk af der hile, dem toykhn-bletl un etlekhe artiklen 
fun dem numer, vi oykh artiklen fun frierdike numern, af undzer vebzaytl: 
www.leagueforyiddish.org. Git a kvetsh af "Undzer zhurnal Afn Shvel".
      Der unikaler numer kost $18 plus postgelt. (Git tsu nokh $5.00 in Di 
fareynikte shtatn, $6.00 in Kanade un $10.50 mekhuts Tsofn-amerike.)
An abonement af dem Afn Shvel iz bloyz $42 ($21 far studentn un $60 far 
institutsyes). Dermit vert ir oytomatish a mitglid in der Yidish-lige un 
ir bakumt oykh hanokhes af undzere Yidish-materyaln. Ayer khaver-gelt vet 
oykh helfn shtitsn eyne fun di getseylte Yidish-organizatsyes bam hayntikn 
tog vos firt oys ir arbet kimat in gantsn af Yidish!
      Kedey tsu bashteln dem numer, vern a mitglid oder stam shtitsn undzer 
arbet, zayt azoy gut un shikt arayn ayer tshek oysgeshtelt tsu "League for 
Yiddish", oder ayer kredit-kartl-informatsye tsu: League for Yiddish, 64 
Fulton St., Suite 1101, New York, NY 10038.
      Tsu batsoln elektronish farn abonement, geyt af undzer vebzaytl 
www.leagueforyiddish.org. Git a kvetsh af links af "Mitglidershaft - Vert 
a mitglid/abonirt zikh". Oyb ir hot kashes klingt on tsu (212) 889-0380 
oder shraybt undz af info at leagueforyiddish.org.

      The League for Yiddish is pleased to announce that our magazine Afn 
Shvel is now in its 70th year. To celebrate this momentous anniversary we 
have published a unique retrospective "70th Anniversary Issue" that 
includes some of the most interesting articles from over the last 70 
years. We are proud of the fact that we have published and continue to 
publish the best Yiddish essayists, prose writers and poets - Yankev 
Glatshteyn, Avrom Sutzkever, Avrom Golomb, Saul Goodman, Isaac Nachman 
Steinberg, Mordkhe Schaechter, Joshua Fishman, Blume Lempel, Rivka Basman 
Ben-Haim, Alexander Spiegelblatt, David Roskies, to name but a few.
      In this 84-page double issue #352-353 of the literary-cultural 
magazine
Afn Shvel you will be able to read about: the history of the magazine 
(Sheva Zucker); the indifference of the American Jewish community to the 
Holocaust (Saul Goodman); territorialism (Isaac Nachman Steinberg); 
discrimination against  Yiddish in the Eichmann trial (Yankev Glatshteyn); 
the politics of the Jewish establishment regarding Soviet Jews (Sh. 
Braynes); the closing of the magazine Di Goldene Keyt (Yente Mash); as 
well as prose and poetry by Rokhl Fishman, Pesi Pomeranz-Honigboym, Malka 
Heifetz-Tussman, Blume Lempel, Peretz Miranski, Beyle 
Schaechter-Gottesman, Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, Alexander Spiegelblatt, 
Avrom Sutzkever, and many others. The full table of contents can be found 
at http://docs.leagueforyiddish.org/afn-svhel-352-353-toykhn-bletlekh.pdf. 
This issue also boasts many wonderful historical photos.
              You can see the cover, table of contents  and several 
articles from this issue, as well as articles from previous ones, at our 
website: www.leagueforyiddish.org, click on "Magazine Afn Shvel".

        This unique issue costs $18 plus postage. (Add $5 in the US, $6.00 
in Canada and $10.50 outside of the US.)
      A subscription to Afn Shvel is ONLY $42 ($21 for students and $60 for 
institutions) and includes membership in the League for Yiddish which 
entitles you to discounts on some of our Yiddish-related materials. Your 
membership will also help support one of the few Yiddish cultural 
organizations that carries out its work almost entirely in Yiddish!
     To order the issue, to subscribe to the magazine or simply to support 
our work,  please send your check made out to "League for Yiddish" or your 
credit card information to: League for Yiddish, 64 Fulton St., Suite 1101, 
New York, NY 10038.
      For online payment you may also go to the website of the League for 
Yiddish at www.leagueforyiddish.org and click on "Membership 
Join/Subscribe." Questions: 212 889-0380 or info at leagueforyiddish.org.

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