The correspondence between writers may be considered a separate literary genre, especially that of Aaron Zeitlin. Zeitlin's letters deal with literary matters and an array of cultural issues. This book is an attempt to bring together two disciplines in order to better understand the one author: the study of the cultural history of Yiddish and its literature and the methodology involved in the editing of literary correspondence. These two disciplines are brought together while dealing in detail with Aaron's public activities (one as one of the presidents of the Yiddish PEN club in Warsaw, as a journalist, a literary editor and a public figure) and examining his ideas and beliefs as expressed in his letters to fellow authors and critics close to him in thought and action: Yosef Opatoshu, H.Leyvik, Avraham Liesin, Shmuel Niger and others.

Mordechai Gebirtig was one of the most influential and popular writers of Yiddish songs and poems. Born in 1877, he became a prolific poet and song writer, using everything he saw, heard and knew about people.

Maps and charts for the book Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt Vol. 4 - Ostraca and Assorted Inscriptions .

This volume continues the series Textbook of Aramaic Documents (TAD) begun with vol. 1, Letters (1986), vol. 2, Contracts (1989), and vol.3 Literature, Accounts, Lists. The standard set by previous volumes is maintained here, and the authors are to be congratulated for producing an edition that, without exaggeration, deserves to be called definitive. Published in 1999, vol. 4 is subtitled Ostraca and Assorted Inscriptions. It is the biggest of the four volumes with 24 chapters, divided as follows: D1-5 Papyrus fragments; D6 Leather fragments; D7-11 Ceramic Inscriptions; D8 Accounts; D9 Lists; D10 Abecedaries; D11 Jars; D12 Stone Plaques; D13 Wooden Plaques; D14 Seals, Bullae, Stamps; D15 Libation Bowls; D16 Statuettes; D17 Dedication stone; D18-21 Funerary Inscriptions; D22 Graffiti; D23 Sheikh Fadl Cave inscription; D24 Aramaica Dubiosa.There are, of course, indices, bibliography and a map along with all the features described in the notice on volume 3.

The dictionary contains common similes and is a first attempt to depict these kinds of phrases in the field of Yiddish lexicography. The Yiddish similes are accompanied by their Hebrew, English and Russian equivalents, and by example sentences which demonstrate their use. Humoristic illustrations illuminate the book.

Collected in this volume are articles published over the last three decades, which deal with various aspects of Semitic languages in general, the structure of Hebrew, history of Arab grammatical tradition, Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic, Syriac syntax, and particularly with Ethiopian languages (Amharic and Old Amharic Gurage, Harari and Comparative Ethiopian). While discussing general, language-specific and comparative issues, special attention is devoted in these studies to syntax, to the examination of linguistic methodology and to the contribution of Semitics to the Science of language.

The Indian language of Sanskrit is one the of oldest Indo-European languages. The Vedas, Upanishads, Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, religion and philosophy works, poetry, plays, mythology and legends were all written in this language. Sanskrit is the basis for any research on traditional Indian culture and Indo-European linguistics. This book presents the foundations of Sanskrit and all grammatical topics, accompanied by examples and poetry verses. The story of the עם Krishna is told along the book. The book is aimed at linguistics and students, who will be able to deal with literary, religious and philosophical texts upon completing the book. Illustrations by Dganit Greier.

The Cantor's Son, Sholem Aleikhem's masterpiece, is here offered to the reader in a new, complete and revised edition of the original text, presented in Modern Standardized Yiddish Ortorgraphy. The text is accompanied by an "Afterword" by Prof. Chone Shmeruk treating the evolution of the narrative, and by a detailed textual apparatus. In the Yiddish-Yiddish glossary are listed words and expressions that are not to be found in current dictionaries.