The Mendele Review: Yiddish Literature and Language
(A Companion to MENDELE)
[A characteristic
photograph of Avraham
(to be replaced by a clearer one in the archival copy)]
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Contents of Vol. 12.018 [Sequential No. 209]
Date: 12 October 2008
1)
This issue of The Mendele Review
2) What a few colleagues and friends say about Avraham
3) Avraham summarizes his career
4) Avraham Greenbaum's
publications*
5) Excerpts from one
of Avraham's publications
6) "The Jerusalem Conference: A Century of Yiddish
1908-2008"
1)
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Date: 12 October 2008
From: ed.
Subject: This issue of TMR
This issue is
devoted
to the memory of Avraham Greenbaum
z"l, who died on the
morning of October 5th, 2008, having lain unconscious for a little
over two years as a result of a stroke. An individual of sterling character and
professional integrity, he was highly respected by all who came in contact with
him. He commanded a broad range of scholarship and always strove to be expert
in his subject – I doubt if anyone knew more than he did about the state of
Hebrew letters in the
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Date: 12 October 2008
From: ed.
Subject: What a few colleagues and friends say about Avraham
Charles
Berlin: "He was a great scholar
and a mentsh. His work is a lasting contribution to
Jewish scholarship. Yehi zikhro
barukh."
National
Library Readers Association [Givat Ram Jerusalem, 91390]: Founding member Professor
Abraham Greenbaum's contribution was vital to the
founding of our association and his vision will continue to guide us.
Zachary M.
Baker: I am grateful that I had the opportunity to
get to know Avraham. He visited YIVO periodically
during the years that I worked there, and that is where we first met. For
all his attainments, Avraham was the most modest of
individuals. There was no artifice about him - he was "eydlkeyt" personified.
Naturally I read his important monograph Jewish Scholarship and
Scholarly Institutions in Soviet Russia, 1918-
חוה טורניאנסקי: מאוד הצטערתי לשמוע על מותו של אברהם ז"ל, אף על
פי שבשבילו זו הייתה השתחררות ממצב קשה. הייתי אצל המשפחה הנהדרת שלו לניחום
אבלים.
['I was most grieved to learn of the death of Avraham, z"l, even though it
brought him release from a painful condition. I was able to attend the Shiva at
the home of his wonderful family.’ [
Helen (Khayele) Beer:
"I have fond memories of Avraham. The last time
I was at his house at the end of 2005 was when he organised
an evening for yidishistn. Any time I met him,
the conversations were always intense and interesting, always on a
Yiddish-related subject. He was warm-hearted and possessed a generosity of
spirit."
Wolf Ze'ev Hirst: "Whatever I could tell you about Al's
personality and scholarship, his generosity and general benevolence, would be
less than you know yourself. You may, however, not know how popular was the
regular shiur he gave for years daily after minkha at the Young Israel Synagogue in Romema [
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Date: 12 October 2008
From: ed.
Subject: Avraham summarizes his career
Bom in
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Date: 12 October 2008
From: ed.
Subject: Avraham
Greenbaum's publications*
*[Please inform
the editor of errors and omissions.]
Jewish
Scholarship in Soviet
"Hebrew
Literature in Soviet
"התיאטרון האידי ברוסיה הסובייטית
בשנות העשרים", מתוך "העבר", לדברי ימי היהודים והיהדות ברוסיה,
ספר ט"ז, תשכ"ט (1969)
פירסומים רוסיים בברית
ה-מועצות על יהודים ויהדות, 1967-1917, ביבליוגרפיה נרשמה בידי ב פינקוס וא. גרינבוים בצירוף מבוא
מאת מ. אלטשולר, ערך מ. אלטשולר. ירושלים : אגודה לחקר תפוצות ישראל, תש"ל.[1970]
[Russian
Publications on Jews and Judaism in the Soviet Union, 1917-1967: a bibliography. Compiled by A.A. Greenbaum
and B. Pinkus. Introduced and edited by Mordechai Altshuler,
"Some
Notes and Conclusions about the Published Totals of the Soviet Census of
January 15, 1959 by Yaakov Kantor," translated and annotated by A. A. Greenbaum. Studies in Jewish Bibliography, History and
Literature (1971), 145-159.
"The
Early 'Russian' Congregation in
"Soviet
Nationality Policy and the Problem of the 'Fluid' Nationalities," Jews
and Non-Jews in Eastern Europe, 1918-1945 (1974), 257-270.
"The 'Verein fuer Kultur und Wissenschaft der Juden', Texts and Responses (1975), 173-185.
Jewish
Scholarship and Scholarly Institutions in Soviet Russia, 1918-1953, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Centre
for Research and Documentation of East European Jewry, 1978, c1977.
"Soviet
Jewish Schools," Soviet Jewish Affairs, 7, 2 (1977), 73-75.
Yiddish
Literary and Linguistic Periodicals and Miscellanies: a Selective Annotated
Bibliography, edited by Leonard Prager with the Help of A.A. Greenbaum,
הגות ומעשה : ספר זכרון לשמעון ראבידוביץ במלאת עשרים וחמש שנים למותו / ערכו אברהם גרינבוים,
אברהם עברי. חיפה: אוניברסיטת חיפה, 1983.
[English t.p.: 'Thought and Action; Essays in Memory of Simon Rawidowicz on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of his Death]
ביקורת המקרא במשנת רנ"ק, הגות ומעשה: ספר זכרון
לשמעון ראבידוביץ במלאת עשרים וחמש שנים למותו, עע' 105- 101
['Biblical
Criticism in Krochmal's Work']
"'Index
of Articles on Jewish Studies' and 'Index to Hebrew Periodicals': a
Comparison," Judaica Librarianship
1,1 (1983), 34-35.
"An
Introduction to Soviet Yiddish Lexicography," Jewish Language Review
3 (1983), 51-54.
"A Note
on the Tradition of the 24 Martyrs," Soviet Jewish Affairs 17, 1 (1987),
8-10.
"Bibliography
of the Writings of Merton (Menachem) Dagut," Jewish Language Review 7B (1987),
Part A, 8-10.
"More on
Yiddish Names for synagog," Jewish
Language Review 7B (1987), Part A, 33-35.
"Trends
in Judaism in the
Minority
Problems in
"The
"The
Underground Jewish Press in
"Yehiel Ravrebe, Jewish Poet and
Scholar," Jews and Jewish Topics in the Soviet Union and
"Jewish Studies in the U.S.S.R.
1950-1990," Encyclopaedia Judaica Yearbook 1990-1991 (1992), 179-183.
"The
Status of Hebrew in Soviet
"The
Beginnings of Jewish Historiography in
Evrei v Rossii: istoriograficheskie ocherki: 2-ia polovina XIX veka-XX vek, redactor Marina Agranovskaia, Moskve: Evreiskii universittet v Moskve, 1994.
"רבני ברית המועצות בין מלחמות העולם 1917-1939", חומר ללקסיקון ביו-ביבליוגרפי, (1994), הוצאת המרכז לחקר ולתיעוד יהדות מזרח אירופה - האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים
"The
Jewish Religion in the Soviet Union in the 1930s,"
"The
Rabbinic Conference at Korostin," Shvut 4 [20] (1996), 53-58.
יבגני קגרוב
– יִידישיסט סובייטי נשכּח, חוליות
3 (1996), 274-271.
"הסיפור
של ברגלסון ,אן עדות' כמשל על היהדות הסובייטית," חוליות 3 (1996), עע' 159-
162.
"The
Girls' heder and Girls in the Boys' heder in
"Gennady Estraich, Intensive
Yidish," The Mendele Review, vol. 1, no.
19 (15 Sept. 1997) [Review]
"Yiddish
Communist Theater in the
תולדות בית ההוצאה אררט, ירושלים: ראובן מס,
תשנ"ח.
[English t.p.:A History of the Ararat Publishing Society,
The
Periodical Publications of the Jewish and Revolutionary Movements in Eastern
and Southeastern Europe 1877-1916: An Annotated Bibliography,
"Yiddish Language Politics in the
A
Missionary for History: Esays in Honor of Simon Dubnow, edited by
Kristi Groberg
and Avraham Greenbaum,
"A Note
on Itshe-Meyer Shpilrayn,"
The Mendele Review, vol. 3, no.
1 (14 Jan. 1999).
[Yiddish]
"Rabbi Shlomo (Solomon) Shlifer and
Jewish Religious Life in the Soviet Union 1943-1957," Shvut
8 (24) 1999, 123-132.
"מיכל
גורדון וספרו על תולדות רוסיה," חוליות 5 (1999), עע'
51-54.
"הרבנות בברית המועצות", הרצאות הקתדרה על שם יקותיאל וחנה קליין לתולדות הרבנות באירופה בדורות האחרונים, חוב' 6, (2000), הוצאת אוניברסיטת בר-אילן
"The Fate
of Belorussian and Yiddish in the Soviet and Post-Office Periods," East
European Jewish Affairs 30,2 (2000), 71-76.
"The
"Der
krizis fun yidish in der akademye," Lebns-fragn (merts-april) 2003,
13-14.
"Eliezer Podriatshik's Checklist
of Soviet Writers," The Mendele Review, vol. 8, no.
4 (31 Mar. 2004)
"The
Russian Rabbinate under the Czars," Studies in Jewish Civilization 16
(2005), 1-7.
"The
פרקים בהיסטוריוגרפיה של יהדות
רוסיה
בהוצאת מרכז דינור לחקר תולדות ישראל ומרכז זלמן שזר לתולדות ישראל (חלק מהסדרה
"קונטרסים - מקורות ומחקרים"), ירושלים תשס"ז [2007]
"To My
Wise and Understanding Son: Letters from
"A Note on Stencl in
"Eynikayt," The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe,"
"Gold, Hugo," ibid., p. 608-609.
"Hickl, Max," ibid., p. 715.
"Juedische Volksstimme,"
ibid., p. 837.
"Maze, Iakov Isaevich,"
ibid., p. 1140.
"Medal'e, Shemaryahu
Yosef Leib Iankelevich," ibid., p. 1140.
"Newspapers and Periodicals," ibid., pp. 1260-1268
{major entry – ed.}
"Rabinovich, Yitshak
Ya'akov," ibid., p. 1505-1506.
"Revista
Cultului Mozaic din R.P.R.," ibid., p. 1557.
"Selbstwehr,"
ibid., p. 1684.
"Weltsch, Felix,
" ibid., pp. 2020-2021.
"Yom,
Ha-," ibid., p. 2097.
"Yudishe Togblat,
Dos," ibid., pp. 2102-2103.
[About five
years ago Avraham fulfilled a long-nourished
desire of writing the history of the
[I found a
typewritten 2-page article by Avraham entitled
"Reportory and Reportory
Problems in the Belorussian State Theater in the Interwar Period." I don't
know if it was ever published. – ed.]
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Subject: "The
Prof. Chava Turniansky: "I will be
delighted to participate in The Jerusalem Conference: A Century of Yiddish. I
would like to deliver a paper on the history and significance of the Department
of Yiddish of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Congratulations for the great
idea and best wishes for its success."
Prof. Leonard Prager: "This is surely the right time to hold a
conference on a century of Yiddish and I can think of no more suitable place to
hold the conference than
Dr. Tsvi Sadan (Tsuguya
Sasaki): "I'll be glad to participate in your planned conference on
Yiddish as a lecturer. I can even propose my topic immediately. I hope lectures
can also be in Yiddish."
Prof. David G.
Roskies: "I would be honored to participate. It
is a historic occasion that will certainly attract the best scholars in the
field."
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End of The Mendele Review Issue
12.018
Editor, Leonard Prager
Editorial Associate, Robert Goldenberg
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