Yiddish @ Sydney

THE FRIENDS OF THE SECULAR YIDDISH SCHOOLS
IN NORTH AMERICA COLLECTION
At Stanford University Libraries, Department of Special Collections

is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its Annual Research Fellowship 2007-2008

The sum of $3-4,000 to be awarded to the applicant who will commit to at least a 2 month in-residence period (of choice) using the impressive multilingual resources (Yiddish, English and Hebrew) of the extensive SYSNA Archival Collection. Fluency in reading Yiddish is required. A substantive publishable paper or project in any of the three languages is one of the goals of this fellowship.

A distinguished panel of scholars in Jewish/Yiddish Studies, Education, Bilingualism and Ethnicity will review all applications.

The deadline for submission of applications (in triplicate) is November 15, 2007.
Notification of award will be no later than December 15, 2007.

For further information contact: Prof. Joshua A. Fishman

Mailing address:
3616 Henry Hudson Parkway #7B-N
Riverdale, NY 10463

UCLA adds a second year to its Yiddish course. Taught by Miriam Koral, who presented at the last Mandelbaum Conference on Yiddish Studies, the expansion of UCLA's program will allow her to include studies in literature and culture. The class is offered via the American Jewish University (known as the University of Judaism back in my day) and UCLA's Cont Ed program. Sh'koyekh to Miriam.

Also in the news: a new, trilingual guide to beating various addictions has been printed in the UK. Targeting Charedi (Hasidic) families, the booklet -- published in English, Hebrew and Yiddish -- attempts to teach Orthodox families how to handle , such as drug addiction, alcoholism and other problems. Feedback, according to the article, has been mostly positive: only one of the three hundred booklets sent out has been returned.

The capital city of Tallinn, Estonia celebrated the opening of a new mikve, "Mey Menahem" recently. This is the first mikve in Estonia since World War II.

A band from Finland helped with the celebration, singing in both Yiddish and English (but not Finnish, Hebrew or Estonian?).

The article is here.