| Author | Singer, Hyam, 1854-1919.
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| Uniform Title | Poems
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| Title | I will sing you a verse-- : Cantor Hyam Singer's journal : a family's journey / journal transliteration and translation from Yiddish and Hebrew by Myra Mniewski and Chana Pollack ; compiled, annotated and edited by Eudice Landy Gilman, Marlene Gilman Krause and Rachel Krause.
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| Published | [S.l. : s.n.], c2007.
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| Description | xiii, 124 p. : ill., ports., 1 map, 28 cm.
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| General Note | "Although the frontispiece is inscribed with the name Hyman Singer, the author was always called Hyam by those who knew him. He is referred to as Hyam throughout this book."--p. vii.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Hyam Singer was a devout Jewish cantor, teacher, philosopher, and poet. He was born in 1854 in Kovno, Lithuania, and moved to Riga, Latvia as a young man. In 1888 he and his wife and children immigrated to Dublin, Ireland, and in 1901 again moved his family to Chicago. During the 1880's and possibly the 1890's, he maintained a personal journal, the transliteration and translation of which is recorded here. Writing in poetic Yiddish and Hebrew, using Hebrew script, he recorded his feelings and his opinions on everything from the fate of Judaism to what makes a good marriage. This book includes genealogical information and photographs of the family.
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| Acq. Note Source | Gift of Eudice Landy Gilman, 9 November 2007.
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| Language Note | In English, with poetry transliterated from Yiddish and Hebrew, with English translations.
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| Subjects | Cantors (Judaism) -- Poetry.
Hebrew poetry.
Jews -- Genealogy.
Jews -- Poetry.
Singer family.
Singer, Hyam, 1854-1919.
Singer, Hyam, 1854-1919. -- Translations into English.
Yiddish poetry.
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| Other Authors | Pollack, Chana.
Mniewski, Myra.
Gilman, Eudice Landy.
Krause, Marlene Gilman.
Krause, Rachel.
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| Other Titles | Cantor Hyam Singer's journal : a family's journey
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: PJ 5129 S487I 2007
mq245490: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 147492] |
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