The Jewish Historical Society of Delaware held it’s annual meeting last evening at the Siegel Jewish Community Center in Wilmington. Our program centered on the recent release of a new publication by Rabbi Edward Zerin, A Tribute to My Teacher Rabbi Simon Krinsky. The evening offered a delightful taste of the poems of Rabbi Simon Krinsky in both Yiddish and in English translation presented by Rabbi Peter Grumbacher and Ruth Fisher Goodman. A special treat was a recording of Rabbi Krinsky reading one of his poems.
Rabbi Ed Zerin shared his thoughts with the members of the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware in a video presentation produced by Lief Isaksen.
Rabbi Edward Zerin speaks to the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware, April 2014 from Jewish Historical Society of Delaware on Vimeo.
The book, A Tribute to My Teacher Rabbi Simon Krinsky, was a labor of love for Ed Zerin and took nearly two years for the manuscript preparation and proofreading. With the translator on the West coast and the designer on the East coast, the undertaking was a transcontinental adventure making use of many new communications and technology advances to accomplish the task. But the most valuable resources were the time-tested and always helpful ones—patience and attention to detail.