Zamenhof, Jews, and the Making of Esperanto
I would love to attend this program, but it's a bit of a schlep from north Jersey.
The Spring 2009 issue of Pakn Treger, published by the National Yiddish Book Center, in Amherst, MA, has listed the following in its calendar:
Sunday, October 25th - Talk
The Universal Language: Zamenhof, Jews and the Making of Esperanto
Esther Schor, author, poet, and professor of English at Princeton University explores the Esperanto movement, invented by L.L. Zemenhof, in 1887, as a modern, emancipated Jew's answer to an ancient quandary; how might language itself be used to promote understanding among nations and peoples?
2:00 p.m. Cost: $6
www.yiddishbookcenter.org gives directions, other information.
by Allan Fineberg
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150-a Zamenhof-jaro
I would love to attend this event, though I doubt it will be a practical possibility. But this brings up a question I can't find an answer to on this web site. This year marks Zamenhof's 150th birthday. Presumably there are commemorative events in Europe, though I have no idea what they are. But is there anything else going on here in the USA? ELNA and others here should take advantage of this occasion.
August 18, 2009 by ralfelektulo, 2 years 24 weeks ago
Homaranismo
Mi nun legas "La Homaranismo de D-ro L L Zamenhof" de C. Van KLEEF. Nu, mi devus membriĝi en la NYBC. Ilans Stavans foje prelegas tie kaj estas subtenanto de Esperanto. Li verkis positivan artikolon lastatempe por "The Chronicle of Higher Education."
June 16, 2009 by esperantisto, 2 years 33 weeks ago
Bonume!
Esther ĉeestis la pasintan renkontiĝon en Princtono. Tre agrabla sinjorino.
Dave
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June 15, 2009 by NJ_Esperantist, 2 years 33 weeks ago
There are, I think, some
There are, I think, some interesting (to me, at least) parallels between Zamenhof's "Hilelismo" pamphlet and, say, some of the work of Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist branch of Judaism. There are very sharp distinctions between them, to be sure -- and, much as I respect Zamenhof's intentions, I think there are plenty of good reasons why Reconstructionism flourished (at least by Esperanto standards of flourishing -- approximately 2% of US Jews who belong to a synagogue belong to a Reconstructionist one)and Hilelismo didn't.
I would love to someday learn more about this from someone who knows what he's talking about. I've seen Cherpillod's book on Zamenhof and Judaism and found it somewhat disappointing, though I'm sure he's an excellent linguist. There's also
Maimon's book "La kaŝita vivo de Zamenhof"
which has a little, but perhaps not quite what I'm looking for.
June 14, 2009 by Ted Alper, 2 years 33 weeks ago
homaranismo
What about parallels between homaranismo & Felix Adler's Ethical Culture?
August 19, 2009 by ralfelektulo, 2 years 24 weeks ago
Esperanto textbook in Yiddish
At the LK, Randy Dean pointed out to me that the book center has an Esperanto textbook in Yiddish that you can download for free. (By Joseph Bresler, 1909) See http://www.archive.org/details/nybc202624
June 13, 2009 by kvarko, 2 years 33 weeks ago
Kia stranga koincido
Kia stranga koincido - ni estos ĵus alveninta el Polujo en nordorientan Usonon tiutempe. Estus plaĉe se ni povos iri al tio! Sed ni estos en Novjorko.
June 12, 2009 by russ, 2 years 33 weeks ago
Vojaĝ-eblecoj
Per aŭtobuso, kostas po $44 unudirekte. Estas kelkaj s-anoj kun kiu vi verŝajne povus resti en la urbo.
Notu ankaŭ ke antaŭ du semajnoj okazas la Aŭtuna Renkontiĝo de Esperanto -- tre vizitinda!
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Steven BREWER
June 13, 2009 by limako, 2 years 33 weeks ago
Damne, ARE ne eblos por ni
ARE okazos antaŭ nia alveno, domaĝe! Sed ni pripensos la prelegon pri Z!
June 14, 2009 by russ, 2 years 33 weeks ago
That does sound neat
Dr. Schor has been doing good work for Esperanto in academia. She wrote a thoughtful review of Sutton's "Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto".
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Tim Westover
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June 12, 2009 by Tim Westover, 2 years 33 weeks ago
And I liked her article
And I liked her article "Crocodiling in Esperanto on the Streets of Hanoi."
June 12, 2009 by Allan Fineberg, 2 years 33 weeks ago