[PW] Re: Help with deciphering Yiddish letter

[JoAnne Schmitz]

Robin,

The writing appears to start at the right side rather than the left.  Check
out this image of script Hebrew, which I think bears resemblance:

http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kybartai/kibtab06.html

Unless the writer were using mirror writing.  If so, the first line might
read, "dear arlene."  Is there an Arlene in the family?

-JoAnne

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:57:32 -0500, you ("Winters, Murl"
<WintersM at evangel.edu>) wrote:

>While I will be of no help translating the letter, I have just finished
>reading, Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man who Rescued
>A Million Yiddish Books, by Aaron Lansky. He is the director of what has
>become the Yiddish Book Center http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/+10176. 
>While I expect help to be forthcoming on the Project-Wombat list, if you
>have an interest in Yiddish, the Yiddish Book Center
>http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/ is a good place to begin.
>Murl Winters
>Assistant Library Director
>Evangel University
>
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>[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
>Sylvia Milne
>Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 3:21 AM
>To: Project Wombat
>Subject: [PW] Help with deciphering Yiddish letter
>
>I'm sending this on behalf of a w0mbat who is having difficulties 
>subscribing and posting.
>
>Greetings!
>
>  I'm a former Womb*t who had to leave the list shortly before its
>reincarnation, due to major spam problems.  I'm back, on a  personal
>account, and my first question is for myself (and my mother).
>
>  I have a letter from 1948, hand-written in Yiddish to my
>great-grandfather from his half-brother in Argentina.  My older
>relatives 
>who
>speak Yiddish cannot read it (at least, not in script)
>
>  The letter is fairly short.  A scanned image of it is online at:
>  http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8158
> <http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8158>
>  It probably contains no earth-shaking family secrets, but my mom and
>I would both be very grateful if someone could unlock the meaning.
>
>  Robin Carroll-Mann
>  Head of Adult Services,
>  Summit Free Public Library, Summit, NJ 07901
>  brighidnichiarain at yahoo.com
>
>Sylvia Milne
>
>Please visit me at
>http://www.sylviamilne.btinternet.co.uk/plucked/ 
>
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