Urim is pleased to announce the publication of If We Could Hear Them Now. This title is available through Baker and Taylor, directly from the distributor Lambda
(Tel: 718-972-5449 fax: 718-972-6307) or from booksellers. If We Could Hear Them Now Encounters with Legendary Jewish Heroines In If We Could Hear Them Now, Jewish heroines come to life from different eras of Jewish history. The author conducts interviews with different greats of the past, allowing each woman to tell her story from a personal point of view. History is brought down from the shelves of libraries and study halls and put in the readers' hands. Written in a contemporary and riveting fashion, this book illustrates what sets a hero apart and what lessons we can learn and incorporate from these remarkable lives. "This creative book allows modern readers to engage with Jewish heroines whose voices we cannot access." Elisheva Baumgarten, Director of the Fanya Gottesman Heller Center for the Study of Jewish Women and Social Historian at the Department of Jewish History Program at Bar Ilan University "This is a delightful, imaginative and inspirational work which I highly recommend." Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth "...takes us on a magic carpet ride through Jewish history, introducing us to impressive heroines and imagining how their stories could inspire us today. The book is both erudite and entertaining. So hear them now, meet them now, read them now. Buckle your seatbelts and enjoy this literary historical adventure in time-travel reminding us, in the author's apt words, of the "timelessness" of these Jewish heroines' teachings." Professor Gil Troy, McGill University, author of Why I Am a Zionist: Israel, Jewish Identity and the Challenges of Today About the author: Alice Becker Lehrer teaches at the David Weissman Institute of the Bronfman Jewish Education Centre in Montreal and has held senior positions in the Montreal Jewish community for many years, including: serving as the President of the Jewish Public Library and founder of its Legacy for Learning committee, chairing the Advisory Committee of the Melton School of Education, co chairing the Hartman Institute Lay Leadership Global Beit Midrash Seminar Series, and as board member of Kollel Torah Mitzion and Mizrachi Canada. Alice was the founder and president of the private health care company Orthosport, was the editor of The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, and has published in the Canadian Jewish News. She is the wife of Harold Lehrer, the mother of two daughters and the proud Oma of two grandsons. Title: If We Could Hear Them Now: Encounters with Legendary Jewish Heroines Author: Alice Becker Lehrer Publisher: Urim Fiction Pub Date: December 2009 Pages: 176 ISBN: 978-965-524-031-3 Hardcover $19.95 Stuart Schnee Public Relations, Marketing & Sales US Tel: 973-796-2753 Israel Tel: +972-54-790-9120 Fax: +972-2-561-0943 --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
