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 at 2009-06-12 13:12
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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."

By esperantisto at 2009-06-16 22:03

Bonume!

Esther ĉeestis la pasintan renkontiĝon en Princtono. Tre agrabla sinjorino.

Dave
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By NJ_Esperantist at 2009-06-15 15:46

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.

By Ted Alper at 2009-06-14 07:49

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

By kvarko at 2009-06-13 00:29

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.

By russ at 2009-06-12 20:15

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

By limako at 2009-06-13 16:48

Damne, ARE ne eblos por ni

ARE okazos antaŭ nia alveno, domaĝe! Sed ni pripensos la prelegon pri Z!

By russ at 2009-06-14 18:10

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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