Labor Day Evening
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- Title (English):
- Labor Day Evening
- Title (Yiddish Romanized):
- Leybor Dey Ovnt
- Title (Yiddish):
- לייבאָר דיי“ אוונט„
- Collection:
- International Workers' Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Culture Front
Education - Creator:
- National School and Culture Committee of the Jewish American Section of the IWO
- Creator:
- אינטערנאציאנאלער ארבעטער ארדן יידישן פאלקס־ארדן א.א.א
- Recipient:
- Lodge Culture Directors
- Organization:
- Jewish-American Section, I.W.O.
- Date:
- 1944
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b47f25_04
- File Name:
- 5276b47f25_04.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Transcription:
- Speakers Guide Labor Day Eve
- Work Type:
- publications
political ideologies and attitudes
authors
booklets
Jewish holidays
educating
historical figures
songs (oral or performed works)
house organs
communism
poetry
political ideologies and attitudes - Subject:
- Jewish Holidays- Labor Day
Education- Shule, Ordn Schools, Other
Youth
Political
Culture Front- Publishing, Poetry, Music, Music Pedagogy, Folk Music
Journal- Publication
Jewish Left
World War II Homefront
Postwar Jewish Culture- U.S., Americanization - Description:
- Yiddish Speakers Guides (booklets) with songs, plays, activities, Leybor Dey Ovent (Labor Day eve) 1944 with readings from poets Dovid Edelstadt, S. Rosenfeld and Shimen Frug. Starts by asking "What sort of yuntif (holiday) is Labor Day? The question is then answered rhetorically to the effect that it's the holiday when the American people give honor to workers and artisans. The linguistic improbability of Labor Day as a Jewish holiday is acknowledged and then glossed over. The pamphlet touches on the question of May Day in comparison with Labor Day after first explaining the history of Labor Day as a holiday. It is one of four booklets in a series on Jewish holidays. The other holiday Speakers Guides are for Chanukah, Fall Holidays, and Purim.
- Notes:
- The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented.
- Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 47
- Folder:
- 25
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu