Susan, you raise an interesting point! Do you seriously mean that there could possibly be something online? Anything? Fruma
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 4:33 PM Susan Pankowsky via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > I want to thank the committee for all of their hard work in pulling the > conference together, and then making the painful, but necessary decision to > cancel. As someone who has worked on 2 other conferences (Atlanta and > Cleveland) and attended (up until 2008) many of them, I know how difficult > this decision was. I remember attending the conference in Toronto during > the SARS outbreak. Although the situations were similar, I believe that > this pandemic is much more serious in it's global scatter. I hope that we > can do some sort of online event, especially because those of us in small > communities have few Jewish library contacts. It's our one opportunity to > connect with others. This would have been my first conference in 12 years. > I was looking forward to seeing many friends and learning with you all. > Thanks again to the conference committee. I had the pleasure of meeting > with Rachel Kamin in early February here in Nashville. She was a pleasure > to host, and extremely helpful to my small Jewish librarian community. > Stay well and stay home! > Susan Pankowsky > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hasafran <hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of > hasafran-requ...@lists.osu.edu <hasafran-requ...@lists.osu.edu> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2020 11:00 AM > *To:* hasafran@lists.osu.edu <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > *Subject:* Hasafran Digest, Vol 427, Issue 4 > > Send Hasafran mailing list submissions to > hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > hasafran-requ...@lists.osu.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > hasafran-ow...@lists.osu.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Hasafran digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Good Jewish Websites for children and adults (books2gogh) > 2. The loss of an amazing Judaica scholar- Mr. Yaakov Shelomoh > Biegeleisen (Shirazi, Gail) > 3. Child of Holocaust Survivor Looking for Publisher > (Jacqueline Benefraim) > 4. The 2020 AJL Conference has been cancelled (Kathleen Bloomfield) > 5. FYI a list of known concentration camps-known in Russia-you > may have to check information about each to possibly find out > (Katalin Baltimore) > 6. Re: The 2020 AJL Conference has been cancelled (Elliot H. Gertel) > 7. The Book of Life Podcast: Family Meeting (Heidi Rabinowitz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:21:09 +0200 > From: books2gogh <books2g...@gmail.com> > To: Janice LAST_NAME <levines2...@comcast.net> > Cc: Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Good Jewish Websites for children and adults > Message-ID: > <CAHxveXOTbO= > 1htqiwkoa6g4mhtd2g_tdqbh5von_8t_h4cx...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > openlibrary.org has thousands of ebooks to read totally free. The > reading quality isn't always the best because they have been digitized by > scanning the originals, which sometimes are many years back and the pages > are yellowed. There are a lot of "golden oldies." Search for ebooks. > > Here is the first page of a subject search by the term "Jewish." These > lists include books that are not ebooks but there are still over 10,000 > ebooks with the subject heading Jewish, including children's books. > Subject Search > > 1,286 hits > > > - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/holocaust_jewish_(1939-1945)> 7,995 > books, subject > - Jewish-Arab relations > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish-arab_relations> 2,170 books, > subject > - Jewish law <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_law> 1,708 > books > , subject > - Jewish Ethics <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_ethics> > 1,407 > books, subject > - Jewish women <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_women> 1,072 > books, subject > - Jewish Philosophy <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_philosophy > > > 969 books, subject > - Jewish Refugees <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_refugees> > 778 > books, subject > - Jewish authors <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_authors> > 756 > books, subject > - Jewish Personal narratives > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_personal_narratives> 713 > books > , subject > - 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Jewish physicians <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_physicians > > > 161 books, subject > - Jewish Calendar <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_calendar> > 155 > books, subject > - Jewish men <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_men> 151 books, > subject > - Jewish law. <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_law.> 144 > books > , subject > - Jewish <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish> 140 books, subject > - Personal narratives, Jewish > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/personal_narratives_jewish> 139 > books > , subject > - Jewish learning and scholarship > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_learning_and_scholarship> > 138 > books, subject > - Jewish religious education of children > < > https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_religious_education_of_children> > 137 books, subject > - Jewish Participation > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_participation> 137 books, > subject > - Jewish philosophers > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_philosophers> 136 books, > subject > - Jewish cemeteries <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_cemeteries > > > 136 books, subject > - Jewish property <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_property> > 135 > books, subject > - Jewish artists <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_artists> > 134 > books, subject > - Jewish epitaphs <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_epitaphs> > 133 > books, subject > - Prohibited work (Jewish law) > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/prohibited_work_(jewish_law)> 129 > books, subject > - Jewish fiction <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_fiction> > 122 > books, subject > - Jewish marriage customs and rites > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_marriage_customs_and_rites> > 118 > books, subject > - Cookery, Jewish <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/cookery_jewish> > 116 > books, subject > - Festival-day sermons, Jewish > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/festival-day_sermons_jewish> 116 > books, subject > - Philosophy, Jewish < > https://openlibrary.org/subjects/philosophy_jewish> > 113 books, subject > - 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Hebrew Jewish religious poetry > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/hebrew_jewish_religious_poetry> 88 > books, subject > - Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts > < > https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_illumination_of_books_and_manuscripts > > > 84 books, subject > - Jewish businesspeople > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_businesspeople> 83 books, > subject > - Legends, Jewish <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/legends_jewish> > 81 > books, subject > - Jewish festival-day sermons > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_festival-day_sermons> 81 > books > , subject > - Jewish girls <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_girls> 80 > books > , subject > - Jewish socialists <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_socialists > > > 79 books, subject > - Jewish Funeral sermons > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_funeral_sermons> 78 books, > subject > - Jewish historians <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_historians > > > 78 books, subject > - Psychological aspects of Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > < > https://openlibrary.org/subjects/psychological_aspects_of_holocaust_jewish_(1939-1945 > )> > 78 books, subject > - 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Jewish day schools > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_day_schools> 64 books, > subject > - Jewish Magic <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_magic> 63 > books > , subject > - English Jewish sermons > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/english_jewish_sermons> 61 books, > subject > - Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law) > < > https://openlibrary.org/subjects/medical_laws_and_legislation_(jewish_law > )> > 61 books, subject > - Jewish National Fund > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_national_fund> 59 books, > subject > - Jewish National Fund > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_national_fund> 58 books, org > - Jewish actors <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_actors> 58 > books, subject > - Religious aspects of Jewish-Arab relations > < > https://openlibrary.org/subjects/religious_aspects_of_jewish-arab_relations > > > 58 books, subject > - Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law) > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/legal_status_laws_etc._(jewish_law)> > 56 > books, subject > - Moral and ethical aspects of Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > < > https://openlibrary.org/subjects/moral_and_ethical_aspects_of_holocaust_jewish_(1939-1945 > )> > 55 books, subject > - Jewish journalists > <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_journalists> 55 books, > subject > - Jewish lawyers <https://openlibrary.org/subjects/jewish_lawyers> 54 > books, subject > > 12 > <https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=2 > >3 > <https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=3 > >4 > <https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=4 > >5 > <https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=5 > >6 > <https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=6 > >7 > <https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=7 > >8 > <https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=8 > >9 > <https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=9 > > > 10 > < > https://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=jewish&has_fulltext=true&page=10 > > > > Evi Reznick > Modiin, Israel > books2g...@gmail.com > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:32 AM Janice LAST_NAME via Hasafran < > hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > > Hi! I have been asked by my synagogue to recommend books, websites, etc. > > for people to access while many are at home with their families during > this > > time. > > > > Can people recommend good free Jewish websites, especially for children, > > that will provide stories, possibly games, etc. that I can pass along to > my > > conservative congregation? If you know of any good ones for adults where > > one can get access to free Jewish books to read that would be great too. > > Thanks! Janice R. Levine Congregation Etz Chaim, Marietta, GA > > __ > > 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > > Ha-Safran Archives: > > Current: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > Earlier Listserver: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > > -- > > Hasafran mailing list > > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/attachments/20200325/288c1246/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:41:48 +0000 > From: "Shirazi, Gail" <g...@loc.gov> > To: "'hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu'" > <hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu> > Subject: [ha-Safran] The loss of an amazing Judaica scholar- Mr. > Yaakov Shelomoh Biegeleisen > Message-ID: <57206734086141bbadf80c09d553c...@lcxex03.lcds.loc.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > It is with great sadness that I am writing to inform you of the passing of > Mr. Yaakov Shelomoh Biegeleisen. For over 60 + years Mr. Biegeleisen has > been supplying material to the Library of Congress and other institutions > around the world. His excellent service, boundless knowledge of > Hebrew/Judaica book publishing, scholarly manner and unique personality > will be greatly missed by the staff of the Israel and Judaica Section. > Those who worked directly with him at LC (Galina, Yisroel, Aaron and > myself) will particularly miss the excellent working relationships. When > AJL was in NY, Galina and I had the opportunity to visit his shop. We were > amazed at how Mr. Biegeleisen knew exactly where each book was located in > the piles of material he had in the store. He remembered, without > checking, what he sent to us and approximately when he sent it. He worked > without a computer (until his nephew joined the firm) and kept handwritten > records which he could always locate ( going back > decades). His death is a great loss to the field of Judaica > librarianship. > > We extend our deepest condolences to the entire Biegeleisen family. > Barukh Dayan he-Emet. > > Gail Shirazi and Galina Teverovsky > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/attachments/20200325/2084989a/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:05:57 -0700 > From: Jacqueline Benefraim <j.benefr...@gmail.com> > To: hasafran <hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> > Subject: [ha-Safran] Child of Holocaust Survivor Looking for Publisher > Message-ID: > <CAAk8W1DNC+GNeUoRemuJ34c8D8igo-NrvtsZaTCYAvGNxmrN= > w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > *please respond directly to Grace at: * gracio...@gmail.com > > My memoir concerns being the first generation born in the US from parents > who made it out of Germany before the worst. I grew up in Washington > Heights-Inwood, in upper Manhattan and was born in 1939. Just in the past > few years I have learned that I have PTSD and the holocaust was the major > experience of my life and determined almost everything else that came > thereafter. > Could you steer me to a publisher for this book? It is essentially written > and edited. > > Thank you, > > Grace Freundlich, Truro, MA 02666-0090 > > -- > Jackie Ben-Efraim > > *"Although the books had changed, I the reader had not." **Micha Yosef > Berdichevsky 1865-1921* > > Special Collections Librarian > Ostrow Library > American Jewish University > 15600 Mulholland Drive > Los Angeles, CA 90077 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/attachments/20200325/3dcfa815/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:19:28 -0700 > From: Kathleen Bloomfield <kathybloomfi...@gmail.com> > To: Hasafran listserv <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > Subject: [ha-Safran] The 2020 AJL Conference has been cancelled > Message-ID: > < > caen5tet9uguhkaers4puaxrz6pdzmpu9yy-p_fqya7n3nz9...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > [image: logo for AJL 2020 conference in Evenston] > AJL Conference 2020 Update: March 25, 2020 > > After much research, discussion, and deliberation, the Association of > Jewish Libraries has decided to cancel our annual conference scheduled for > June 29-July 1, 2020 in Evanston, IL. > > We know that you are disappointed in hearing this news, but the AJL Board > felt strongly that there was no other choice to make given the uncertainty > of the progress of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus). > > We will be in touch soon with information for those who have pre-registered > for the conference and with information about potential alternative > opportunities for us to share our knowledge and skills. Our hope is to have > answers to these questions soon, but with the situation changing so > rapidly, and Passover on the horizon, it might be a few weeks. > > Thank you for your continued support of AJL. We appreciate your patience as > we work through this unparalleled situation. The Board and Council hope to > have resources available for members related to librarianship in this > interesting time and ways to best serve our patrons. > > A huge thank you goes out to our conference organizers, especially National > Conference Chair Lisa Silverman and local chairs, Rachel Kamin and Marcie > Eskin for all the work they and their committee did in preparation for the > conference. > > > > Dina Herbert Kathy Bloomfield > > President, AJL VP-President Elect, AJL > > View the complete announcement here: > https://jewishlibraries.org/announcements.php?id=79 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/attachments/20200325/5db5e363/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:32:15 -0400 > From: Katalin Baltimore <katalin.baltimor...@gmail.com> > To: olswan...@mac.com > Cc: hasafran@lists.osu.edu > Subject: [ha-Safran] FYI a list of known concentration camps-known in > Russia-you may have to check information about each to possibly > find > out > Message-ID: > <CACiAcfCVeRx9gZ2HJ7GVo658rqSVhGO= > fwjcefwmoergcrf...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > *Russia* > > The real number of concentration and extermination camps established in > occupied Soviet Union by the Nazis is unknown. The following list contains > the name of the major camps. Some of these camps were under Romanian > control; e.g. Akm?tchetka or Bogdanovka where 54,000 were executed between > December 21th and December 31th, 1941 > > - Akm?tchetka > - Balanowka > - Bar > - Bisjumujsje > - Bogdanovka > - "Citadelle" (real name unknown. camp was located near Lvov. Thousands > of Russian POWs were killed in this camp) > - Czwartaki > - Daugavpils > - Domanievka > - Edineti > - Kielbasin (or Kelbassino) > - Khorol > - Klooga > - Lemberg > - Mezjapark > - Ponary > - Rawa-Russkaja > - Salapils > - Strazdumujsje > - Yanowski > - Vertugen (for all these camps, no sub-camp known) > > > https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/full-listing-of-concentration-camps#russ > https://www.eurozine.com/holocaust-the-ignored-reality/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/attachments/20200325/7ed4686e/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:31:40 -0400 > From: "Elliot H. Gertel" <eger...@umich.edu> > To: Kathleen Bloomfield <kathybloomfi...@gmail.com>, Dina Herbert > <dina.herb...@gmail.com> > Cc: Hasafran listserv <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] The 2020 AJL Conference has been cancelled > Message-ID: > <CAKD8UUEvOHFKx-Do_1Mu= > 3pep16wgcp070n_8vvzw19pfjm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I applaud Dina, Kathy, and AJL Council for making this very difficult > decision as the health and safety of potential attendees is what has to be > foremost. There really was no other choice but to cancel the 2020 AJL > Conference. > > Please note that ALA made the same tough choice yesterday and canceled the > 2020 Annual Conference in Chicago: > > * > http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/03/american-library-association-cancels-2020-annual-conference-due-covid-19 > < > http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/03/american-library-association-cancels-2020-annual-conference-due-covid-19 > >* > > The American Library Association has made the difficult decision to cancel > the Annual Conference & Exhibition scheduled for June 25-30, 2020, in > Chicago. > > We wanted you to be among the first to hear the news > < > https://www.em.compusystems.com/click.html?x=a62e&lc=WMU&mc=Z&s=Pi0U&u=H&y=S&z=fLqgSKc&; > >. > We are grateful to you for registering for the conference and know that you > share in our disappointment that we will not be meeting this summer. > > We will be in touch in the coming days and weeks to discuss your > registration and provide information about potential alternative engagement > opportunities. > Thank you for your continued support of ALA and we ask that you be patient > with us as we work through this unprecedented situation. > ------------------------------ > > > > ============================================= > Elliot H. Gertel ????????? ???? / ???????? ????? > AJL-ALA Liaison > Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee > Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica > The University of Michigan > Ann Arbor, Michigan > eger...@umich.edu > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 3:22 PM Kathleen Bloomfield via Hasafran < > hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > > [image: logo for AJL 2020 conference in Evenston] > > AJL Conference 2020 Update: March 25, 2020 > > > > After much research, discussion, and deliberation, the Association of > > Jewish Libraries has decided to cancel our annual conference scheduled > for > > June 29-July 1, 2020 in Evanston, IL. > > > > We know that you are disappointed in hearing this news, but the AJL Board > > felt strongly that there was no other choice to make given the > uncertainty > > of the progress of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus). > > > > We will be in touch soon with information for those who have > > pre-registered for the conference and with information about potential > > alternative opportunities for us to share our knowledge and skills. Our > > hope is to have answers to these questions soon, but with the situation > > changing so rapidly, and Passover on the horizon, it might be a few > weeks. > > > > Thank you for your continued support of AJL. We appreciate your patience > > as we work through this unparalleled situation. The Board and Council > hope > > to have resources available for members related to librarianship in this > > interesting time and ways to best serve our patrons. > > > > A huge thank you goes out to our conference organizers, especially > > National Conference Chair Lisa Silverman and local chairs, Rachel Kamin > and > > Marcie Eskin for all the work they and their committee did in preparation > > for the conference. > > > > > > > > Dina Herbert Kathy Bloomfield > > > > President, AJL VP-President Elect, AJL > > > > > > View the complete announcement here: > > https://jewishlibraries.org/announcements.php?id=79 > > > > > > __ > > 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > > Ha-Safran Archives: > > Current: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > Earlier Listserver: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > > -- > > Hasafran mailing list > > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/attachments/20200325/21e6cf5c/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:12:49 -0400 > From: Heidi Rabinowitz <bookoflifepodc...@gmail.com> > To: Heidi Rabinowitz <bookoflifepodc...@gmail.com> > Subject: [ha-Safran] The Book of Life Podcast: Family Meeting > Message-ID: > <CAEogw4u+rkyz8y= > yfmvgnwbynn2y9lirs9p+zlce3gt6hqb...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Book of Life Listeners, > > This special episode of The Book of Life Podcast is packed with news you > can use. My husband Matthew helps me run a "family meeting" to share lots > of information with you about my various projects and about resources you > will find at Bookoflifepodcast.com. > > You can hear the episode at > https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2020/03/family-meeting.html, where you > can > also find a transcript. Please share the link with your friends and > colleagues! And please let me know what you think of the episode. > > If you like the show, please tell your friends! 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