Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec [But Only 6 Rcichler Books!]

Oops! I must've forgotten basic arithmetic! Or was lured by the number 7, the number of illegal lawn crossers! There are only 6 listings for Mordecai Richler in the online catalog of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. Sorry for the error. Elliot *Elliot H. Gertel* *עלע־הערש גערטל / א

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

According to the Haskell (Stanstead) Library on the border online catalog, they have 7 titles by Richler (the duplicated title is actually in two formats, book and DVD): *Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! : requiem for a divided country* by Richler, Mordecai, 1931- Format Books Publication Date 1992. *Hom

Re: [ha-Safran] Are you a Goodreads member? Jewish YA in need of some support

Hello Aviva, Do you know how we can get review copies of the book? I will be happy to read it and write some positive comments. Many thanks for bringing this to our attention. Wendie Sittenfield, M.I.S. Director of Library & Media Services Pronouns (She/Her/Hers) 610 922 2356/wsittenfield@jbha.

Re: [ha-Safran] Are you a Goodreads member? Jewish YA in need of some support

Thank you for posting this, Aviva -- this Goodreads *author* is going to have a look at this book right now! Best, Kimberley Shaw Wellesley College Library author of "Handful of Spells" publ.2014, and work in progress "Only by a thread". On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 6:01 PM Aviva Adler via Hasafran < h

[ha-Safran] Fwd: [kiosk] Position announcement: Director of Library Services at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

-- Forwarded message - From: Jill Strykowski Date: Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 9:23 AM Subject: [kiosk] Position announcement: Director of Library Services at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research To: Posted by *Jill Strykowski, MSLIS **(she/her) *on behalf of YIVO Institute *_*

Re: [ha-Safran] Are you a Goodreads member? Jewish YA in need of some support

Aviva, thank you for letting us know. I read elsewhere that negative reviews of *Once More with Chutzpah* were being posted even before the book was released. So malicious. Here's the relevant quote from the article in Jewish Insider

Re: [ha-Safran] Two Library CE programs with Jewish Content

Thanks for sharing these opportunities with us, Sally! I've signed up to attend both. Best, Annette __ Annette Y Goldsmith, PhD (she/her) Part-time Faculty, Kent State iSchool; Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles "A book is like a world you can carry around with you." Li

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

Marjorie, This library was the answer to one of the last questions on Trivia night during the most recent AJL conference. SMB Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 14, 2021, at 18:08, Marjorie Gann via Hasafran > wrote: > >  > Thought the Safranim would enjoy this story. Never thought of using a li

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

I hope people didn't mind the repetition. I'm Canadian, and only just received that story from a US librarian friend of a friend. I found it awfully funny! There really are a lot of shared spaces along the border, from east to west, but who would've imagined a shared library! I'd love to see if t

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

Bravo, Marjorie! Thank you for interesting info! On Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 06:08:18 p.m. EDT, Marjorie Gann via Hasafran wrote: Thought the Safranim would enjoy this story. Never thought of using a library to dodge immigration rules! https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://montreal.ctvn