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Friday, September 11, 1982 89
History of Yiddish Language Traced
Among Argentine Jewish Community
By SHELDON KIRSHNER
(Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc-)
(Editor's note: Sheldon
Kirshner reports for the
Canadian Jewish News
of Toronto. He visited
Argentina earlier this
year.)
BUENOS AIRES — Yid-
dish, which veteran Buenos
Aires journalist Jose Horn
calls the heart and soul of
the Diaspora," has a glori-
ous past in Argentina. In
the late 19th and early 20th
Centuries, when East
European Jews streamed
into this country, Yiddish
enjoyed considerable popu-
larity. Writers and poets
such as Jacobo Streicher,
Abraham Moscvish, Noe
Vital, Jacobo Aisenstein,
Jaime Wolf and Aron
Faierman gained the re-
spect of readers and critics
alike.
Yiddish newspapers like
Di Yidishe Folkshtime and
Di Yidishe Tsaytung sprang
up, and editors like Ab-
raham Vermont, H.D.
Nomberg and Jacob
Joselevich proved that the
pen is mightier than the
sword. The Yiddish theater,
which reached its peak in
the 1930s, attracted a
steady clientele. And Berta
Singerman, one of its steller
players, was as famous in
Buenos Aires as was Ida
Kaminska in Warsaw.
YIVO, an international
organization 'dedicated to
preserving Yiddish culture,
began operating in Argen-
tina in 1928.
A declining readership
notwithstanding, Yiddish
writers are still fairly active
in Argentina. Authors such
as Shnier Waserman,
Samuel Czesler, Jacob
Palaticki and Gershon
Sapaznikow are well-
known literary figures.
Until his death two years
ago, Abraham Zak was a
noted writer and PEN Club
president. The Yiddish
press has fallen on hard
times, with the only daily
left being Di Presse, pub-
lished on weekdays. Di
Yidishe Tsaytung, which
was founded in 1914, closed
in 1972 due to financial
pressures.
Di Presse, which has a
circulation of 15,000 is
edited by Moises Kauf-
man, a bird-like man who
was born in Poland and
immigrated to Argentina
in 1928. Founded in 1918,
Di Presse was at first
pro-Soviet. "Now, no,"
says Kaufman, who has
been on the staff for the
last 27 years. Put out in a
cramped office in a
Jewish district called
Once, Di Presse is today
staunchly pro-Zionist.
Because relatively so few
Jewish immigrants have
gone to Argentina since the
end of World War II, Di
Presse's circulation has re-
mained stagnant. At one
point, it was published six
times a week. But fiscal re-
straint forced management
to cut back. "Given the poor
state of economy, this is not
the best moment for Di
Presse," says Kaufman. He
is, however, proud of the
fact that only the Jewish
Daily Forward of New York
has a bigger circulation
than Di Presse.
To an observer, the
paper's future does not ap-
pear bright, primarily be-
cause the average of its
reader is 50 and above. Yid-
dish theater is in dismal
straits, says Horn. Whereas
there were once four theat-
ers, there are none now.
Ten years ago YIVO pub-
lished a Yiddish-Spanish
dictionary — the first of its
type. Part two will be
printed in a few years.
YIVO puts out a journal on
Argentine Jewish history.
Its library of 70,000 vol-
umes, written in a host of
languages ranging from
Yiddish to Spanish, attracts
scholars from all over the
country. Its museum,
named after the Polish
painter Maurice Min-
kovski, sponsors six cul-
tural exhibitions every
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year
MRS. SAMUEL N. HEYMAN
Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year
SHEL SILVER
May the coming
year. Of course, YIVO gives
classes in Yiddish, some of
which draws Catholics.
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