The eleventh issue of the Judaica Librarians' Group (Israel) Alon is now available at http://safranim.wordpress.com/. This issue deals with "matters of state".
Dr. Chaim Grossman who researches Israeli culture wrote about "Haggadat Yom haAtzmaut". Dr. Yoel Rafel of the Eli Weisel Center for the Study of Judaism at Boston University presented a chapter from his doctoral thesis entitled "The Prayer for the Well-being of the Ruler". Rabbi Avishai Elboim, Editor of the Alon and Director of the Rambam Library in Tel Aviv, surveyed the discussion in Orthodox circles of how to relate to Israeli Independence entitled "The Shehecheyanu bracha on the 5th of Iyar". --- 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
