I will sing you a verse--
Subtitle: Cantor Hyam Singer's journal : a family's journey
By: 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
Contributors: Pollack, Chana; Mniewski, Myra; Gilman, Eudice Landy; Krause, Marlene Gilman; Krause, Rachel
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [s.l.]
Language: eng; yid; heb
Translated from: yid; heb
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Translations into English; Cantors (Judaism); Poetry; Yiddish poetry; Hebrew poetry; Jews; Genealogy
Other titles: Cantor Hyam Singer's journal :
Work titles: Poems
Description: 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.
Notes: In English, with poetry transliterated from Yiddish and Hebrew, with English translations.