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Ambiguities in the Romanization of Yiddish
Get PDFRomanization of Yiddish is one of the most complex activities in Hebraica cataloging, especially for publications that do not use Standard Yiddish Orthography. The Library of Congress has adopted the VIVO table for vowels, but uses its own Hebrew table for consonants. LC's publication Hebraica Cataloging provides little guidance on Yiddish Romanization, and MARC records contain many errors and inconsistencies in the application of the table. VIVO's linguistic reference works, notably Uriel Weinreich's Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary and the translation of Max Weinreich's History of the Yiddish Language, often contradict each other in the Romanization of Hebraisms, while LC's rules for Romanizing Hebraisms seem to have changed recently.
Hebrew titles for Yiddish works are particularly problematic, as there are two possible pronunciations. LC appears to be moving in the direction of providing two Romanized title entries in such cases.
Several transliterated Yiddish dictionaries have been published in the last decade. Some use the VIVO system; others do not. The extent to which these tools can provide assistance to Hebraica catalogers is assessed
Rabbi Yitzhak Kertesz, 1956-1995: Menuḥato kavod
Get PDFA translation (by Zvi Erenyi) of a eulogy for Yitzhak by Dr. Jozsef Schweitzer, Director of the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest. The eulogy appeared originally in the March 1, 1995 issue of the Hungarian periodical Uj Elet (New Life)
Serially Speaking
Get PDFThis column features announcements and descriptions of new serials in various areas of Jewish Studies, in English and other Western languages, as well as Hebrew and Yiddish. It will also periodically include bibliographies of serials in a specific subject area
Climbing Benjacob's Ladder: An Evaluation of Vinograd's Thesaurus of the Hebrew Book
Get PDFThe Thesaurus of the Hebrew Book, by Yeshayahu Vinograd, is reviewed in the context of both general bibliography and of general Hebraica bibliography. Significant contributions in Hebrew bibliography preceding the Thesaurus are discussed. After reviewing a previous work of Y. Vinograd, the author evaluates the Thesaurus from a bibliographer's perspective, using the criteria established by Louise-Noelle Malcles. The article concludes with a biographical note on Yeshayahu Vinograd
Judaica Reference Sources: A Selective, Annotated Bibliographic Guide, [compiled by] Charles Cutter, Micha Falk Oppenheim. 2nd edition. Juneau, AK: The Denali Press, 1993. 224 p. ISBN 0- 938737-31-7. $35.
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Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library. Broadside Collection. Hamden, Conn.: Micrographic Systems of Connecticut for The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1992. 3 microfilm reels. $35.00 per reel + shipping
Get PDFReviews the broadside collection published by the Jewish Theological Seminary on microfilm, provides highlights from the collection, and evaluates the organization, cataloging, and indexing of the material
The Library of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano (Latin-American Rabbinical Seminary)
Get PDFThe history, organization, and current financial situation of the Library of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires, Argentina, are described. Besides a card catalog for books, the Library maintains an analytical catalog for journals and collections. Sample entries from the two catalogs, as well as an excerpt from the authority list of Spanish subject headings, illustrate the paper