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recited
dishes deklarmirt
only
Then, with a flourish, he added, teler
nor
silverware
Each month in this space,
zilbervarg
that
"in Yiddish."
make az
L'Chayim will present a Yiddish
machen
activity
zay that, in spite
He
informed
tease tetikeit
lesson entitled, "Du Redst Yiddish?
roytsn
sleep
of the fact that I was born in
shlofen
(Do You Speak Yiddish?)," whose
delicious
foods
maycholim
tree
America,
I
could
do
this.
There
boym
generous
aim is to encourage further study of
braythartsik
events
wasn't
anyone
there
who
didn't
ate pasirungen
Yiddish. The lesson will include a
hobn opgegesn
interrupted
know vuhin I was born but each
ibergeshlogn
pots
brief story utilizing the Yiddish
teps
came
they were reminded. In a haze
yor
hob
gekomen
away
words to be studied and a
avek
deklarmirt in
quiet
of
embarrassment,
I
shtil
before
vocabulary list with English
ayder
tired
Yiddish. I sensed the polite
poem mid
translations.
lid
sat
down
pretense
of
interest
in
my
captive
them hob zich avekgezetst
The lessons were prepared by
zay
silk
audience and shared their feelings.
zeid
where
Mary Koretz of Oak Park.
vuhin
this
was
the
later
az
Nor my father felt
year shpeter
Following is this month's
yor
highlight of everyone's day.
lesson:
Following this tetikeit, the men
One day out of each zumer, my
preceeded
to go to the shlofen
father's extended family hobn zich
boym. The women
under
a
shady
farzamlt at Belle Island, for a get-
talked, caught up on the past year's
together. Overlooked were all the
pasirungen. Occasionally, their talk
differences that had ongeklibn
was ibergeshlogn by one of them
during the year. My father's family
crying, "Chaim, don't wander
hobn gehat differences. They arose
avek." Once, I wandered away. I
over such inyen as "so and so"
experienced an exhilerating feeling
chasene
was told of a forthcoming
of freedom and discovery. I hob
before "der un der." Nor were zay
gekomen upon a nearly-deserted
persuaded that the post delivery
spot. It was shtil, almost hushed.
to'es.
was responsible for this
The grass was green and inviting.
At any rate, all slights, emes
Mid from my walks, I hob zich
and imagined, were opgelaygt this
avekgeztst on the ground. The
one day of the year, in the spirit of
grass felt like zeid; the earth
family love and ibergegebnkeit.
smelled pungent and wonderful. It
Invariably, it was a hays
was lovely. Years shpeter, when I
summer zuntog when we arrived at
read "Oh earth, I cannot hold thee
the island, or rather descended
close enough," it brought that
feters,
upon it, complete with
moment back to mind. It still does.
and
pots.
mumes, shvesterkinder
The pots were groys and contained
enormous amounts of esnvarg
prepared by the various women. I
summer
GRAND PRIZE: $100, and the piece
zumer
don't know if it was the happy
will be reproduced on the cover of
The JEWISH NEWS is sponsoring a
assembled
hobn
zich
farzamlt
THE
JEWISH
NEWS
contest for children to create
the December 22 issue.
noises of the group or the odor of
accumulated
artwork
which
will
be
used
as
the
ongeklibn
FIRST PRIZE: $50, for each category.
cover
for
our
Chanukah
issue.
All
the kroyt in the borsht, the knobl
had
hobn gehat
young people, up to age 15, are
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Finalists
in the pot roast or the chicken
matters
invited to enter.
in all categories will be featured
inyen
in
the
noodle
pudding,
but
shmalts
inside the issue.
wedding
Here is what's needed:
chasene
little by bisl, picknickers who were
AGE CATEGORIES: 6 and under; 7
so
and
so
der un der
SIZE: 10 inches wide by 10 1/2
to 9; 10 to 12; 13 to 15
not mitglider of our family moved
they
inches deep
zay
section
gants
TO ENTER: All work must be
away. Thus, we had a
mail
MEDIUM: Anything that shows up
received at The Jewish News
post
vividly, such as crayons, paint, cut
of the island as a private ort.
office, 27676 Franklin Road,
mistake
paper and similar materials. No
to'es
Southfield, Michigan 48034. All
A shady spot was decided upon
pencils or light blue crayons,
true,
real
work must have an entry form
emes
please. We suggest taping work on
were
dragged
to
it.
The
attached to the back. A self-
and tish
put
aside
cardboard
to
protect
it.
Please
do
opgelaygt
addressed, stamped envelope must
DEADLINE:
tishtech were spread, the teler and
not fold! Any entry form
devotion
be included if you want your work
ibergegebnkeit
must be affixed to the back of
laid
out
and
the
pots
returned.
zilbervarg
hot
FRIDAY,
DEC.
8,
1989
hays
the entry.
opened. Such heavenly odors arose
Sunday
ENTRY FORM —
zuntog
as to machen the mouth water, to
uncles
feters
roytsn the appetite mercilessly. But
AGE
aunts
mumes
NAME
first the women had to exclaim their
cousins
shvesterkinder
admiration of each others'
ADDRESS
large
groys
They
could
afford
to
be
maycholim.
food
ZIP
STATE
esnvarg
CITY
braythartsik because each was
cabbage
kroyt
sure that her efforts had resulted in
PHONE NUMBER
cabbage soup
borsht
the tastiest contribution.
garlic
knobl
PARENTS' NAMES
Finally, we ate. That is, the
chicken fat
shmalts
children habn opgegsn and the
little
SCHOOL
adults overate. The teps were taken bisl
members
No, do not return my work
mitglider
Yes, return my work
avek, the silverware, dishes and
whole
gants
tablecloth removed. Ayder everyone
Do Not Fold Your Artwork!
place
ort
left, my father hoisted me onto the
tables
tish
table. He announced, "Mary will
tablecloths
tishtech
for
us."
lid
recite a
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