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Shulamith Nardi

Shulamith Schwartz Nardi (Hebrew: שולמית שוורץ נרדי; April 23, 1909 – May 3, 2002) was an American-born translator, writer, editor, and educator, based in Israel after 1950.

Shulamith Nardi
A young white woman with hair parted center and dressed to the nape, in an oval frame
Shulamith Schwartz, later Nardi, from the 1928 yearbook of Barnard College
Born
Shulamith Schwartz

April 23, 1909
New York City
DiedMay 3, 2002
Occupation(s)Translator, writer, editor, educator

Early life and education edit

Shulamith Schwartz was born in New York City, the daughter of Avraham Shmuel Schwartz and Fannie Masliansky Schwartz. Her father was a physician and a poet; her maternal grandfather Zvi Hirsch Masliansky was a leader of the Zionist Organization of America.[1][2] She graduated from Barnard College in 1928. She earned a master's degree at Columbia University.[3]

Career edit

Shulamith Schwartz was national president of Junior Hadassah from 1931 to 1933.[4][5] She moved to Tel Aviv with her new husband in 1934. She taught high school English, and wrote for the Jewish Frontier periodical. She spoke about Palestine in Montreal in 1936,[6] and was a delegate to the Twentieth Zionist Congress in Zürich in 1937. During World War II, she lived in New York again, where she was editor of the Hadassah Newsletter[7] and a member of the American Zionist Emergency Council.[3] She toured giving lectures to Jewish community organizations.[8][9][10]

Nardi returned to Israel in 1951, and became an English professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1953.[11] In 1961, she was an alternate member of Israel's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.[12] Beginning in the 1960s, she held an Israeli government appointment as presidential advisor on diaspora affairs.[3] She translated from Hebrew into English several works by Zalman Shazar, and one of the Dead Sea Scrolls.[13] She also conducted a study group on Jewish literature.[14]

Publications edit

  • A Genesis Apocryphon: A scroll from the wilderness of Judaea (1956, by Nahman Avigadi and Yigael Yadin, translated by Shulamith Nardi)
  • The Seven Scrolls (1957)[13]
  • Women Build a Land (1962, by Ada Maimon, translated by Nardi)
  • Morning Stars (1967, by Zalman Shazar, translated by Nardi)
  • Jewish Themes in Contemporary World Literature (1969)[15][16]
  • The Shrine of the Book and its Scrolls (1970)[17]
  • The world comes to Jerusalem : a collection of photographs (1983, by Sarah and Eli Ross, edited by Nardi)
  • Rerooted in Jerusalem: Recollections of a Poet and Scientist (by Asenath Petrie, edited by Nardi)

Personal life edit

Schwartz married a fellow Columbia University graduate student, Kiev-born educator Noah Nardi, in 1933. Their daughters Meira and Zvia were born in New York during the 1940s. She died in 2002, at the age of 93.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Nardi, Zviah. "Biography of Zvi Hirsch Masliansky". Cleveland Jewish History. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  2. ^ "Maslianskys Honored on 60th Anniversary". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1935-03-08. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Nardi, Zvia. "Shulamith Nardi". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  4. ^ "Zionist and 2 Hadassah Groups Hear Miss Shulamith Schwartz". The Courier-News. 1932-11-03. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Mrs. Nardi to Speak at Zionist Meeting". The Indianapolis Star. 1954-11-21. p. 49. Retrieved 2024-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Palestine Rebuilt by Unity of Jews; Miss Shuliamith Schwartz Describes Development to Hadassah". The Gazette. 1936-12-08. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Zionists To Note Declaration of Balfour Today". Hartford Courant. 1944-11-19. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Shulamith Schwartz Hadassah's Speaker; Noted Speaker Favors Local Organization with Visit Here". New Castle News. 1939-11-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Shulamith Schwartz, Noted Jewish Lecturer, to Appear at Faber Hall Monday Night". The Tyler Courier-Times. 1940-01-07. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  10. ^ "Meeting, Convention Attendance on List of Hadassah Activities". The Central New Jersey Home News. 1940-05-20. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Raymond, Steve (1959-04-19). "Education is Development Key, Israelis Believe". The Tampa Tribune. p. 58. Retrieved 2024-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Golda Meir to Head Israel's Delegation at U.N. General Assembly Session". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1961-09-06. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  13. ^ a b Nardi, Shulamith Schwartz (1957). The seven scrolls. Internet Archive. Jerusalem, Hebrew University in collaboration with the Shrine of the Book.
  14. ^ Shulewitz, Malka Hillel (2000-10-27). Forgotten Millions: The Modern Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands. A&C Black. pp. xi. ISBN 978-0-8264-4764-7.
  15. ^ "Random House to Print Books Examining Jewish Life in 20th Century". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. 1966-11-11. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Gilroy, Harry (November 6, 1966). "Random House Series on Jewish Life Today Set; General Editor a Professor at Hebrew University Books to Appear in '69". The New York Times. p. 132. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  17. ^ Nardi, Shulamith Schwartz (1965). The Shrine of the Book and its scrolls. Internet Archive. [Jerusalem, Shrine of the Book, the D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Centre for Biblical Manuscripts, the Israel Museum].
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