Re: [ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

, and it's available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook. Please add it to your lists! Thanks, LOIS RUBY www.loisruby.com Author of ... The Red Menace (Lerner, February 2020) The Secret Grave The Doll Graveyard (Oklahoma Sequoyah winner!) Steal Away Home , Shanghai Shadows, The Stowaway Kid

Re: [ha-Safran] [AJL-Council] Please welcome Megan Shulman!

Welcome, welcome, welcome, Megan! > On 06/18/2020 8:46 AM Association of Jewish Libraries via Hasafran > wrote: > > > Hello Megan, > > Welcome to AJL's News and Reviews team! I look forward to working with > you and learning about rural Tennassee! > > Shabbat Shalom, > >

Re: [ha-Safran] name of a book

, and we had lots of correspondence to discuss it. (Before email, of course). That "kid" is now 54, and he still remembers that book with great fondness and remembers how it sealed a bond between us. So, I hope this is the book your colleague is looking for! Lois Ruby Congregation Albert A

Re: [ha-Safran] YA fiction

Three books I highly recommend as quality YA fiction: HUSH, by Eishes Chayil, AKA Judy Brown (read it before you recommend it to younger teens) MAPPING THE BONES, by Jane Yolen SHANGHAI SHADOWS, by me, Lois Ruby B'shalom > On May 3, 2019 at 11:41 AM pfine--- via Hasafran mailto:hasaf

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

Could the book Dina's talking about be mine? TWO TRUTHS IN MY POCKET came out about 35 years ago, edited by the incomparable Deborah Brodie, who is no longer with us. > On April 17, 2018 at 7:50 AM Dina Tanners wrote: > > Erika, > Thanks so much for bringing this

Re: [ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor Book Awards to be announced at 2019 ALA press conference

That is fabulous news > On February 1, 2018 at 4:23 PM Susan Kusel > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > I am delighted to report that next year in January, 2019 the Sydney > Taylor Book Awards will be announced at the Youth Media Awards (YMA) press >

Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

Excellent advice. I shall follow up my email with a pen-and-paper letter. Lois Ruby - Original Message - > From: "Rachel Sietz" <rsi...@gmail.com> > To: "Lois Ruby" <loisr...@comcast.net> > Cc: "Arthur Kiron" <ki...@pobox.upenn

Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

I did JUST SAY NO! and I hope everyone else will, as well. Lois Ruby Congregation Albert/Albuquerque, NM L OIS RUBY www.loisruby.com Author of ... Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits, and Doll Graveyard (now on the Oklahoma Sequoyah list!) Watch

Re: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school

h language 16. Did Moses have a last name? Yes? No? If No, give him one! THANKS FOR PLAYING - Come back often! - Original Message - > From: "Emily Bergman" <emilyanneberg...@gmail.com> > To: "Lois Ruby" <loisr...@comcast.net> > Cc: &quo

Re: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school

, we do what we can, eh? Good luck! Lois Ruby Congregation Albert - Albuquerque, NM www.loisruby.com Author of ... Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits, and The Doll Graveyard (now in Scholastic Book Fairs!) Watch for my new ebooks, too! --

Re: [ha-Safran] Has anyone used or heard about Library World inexpensive library automation package based on Apple inhouse product?

We use it, but it's $495 EACH YEAR, and I'm looking for a much less expensive program that I can transfer all our files to. Lois Ruby Congregation Albert Albuquerque, NM - Original Message - > From: "NinaLane" <ninal...@verizon.net> > To: hasaf...@lists.

Re: [ha-Safran] THE JEWS OF CHINA [???]

to about the 12th century. He holds the equivalent of the Chair of Judaica at Nanjing University, and he periodically plans symposia on Jewish cultural matters for Chinese professors across the country. A most interesting gentleman! Cheers, Lois Ruby Congregation Albert Albuquerque, NM

Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

The story Stone Soup is found in many cultures, including ours. I just did a quick peek at Amazon and found many versions. The book Sheryl is talking about is Could Anything Be Worse? I know of two Jewish versions of it, the other called It Could Always Be Worse, I think. I'm sure this has a

Re: [ha-Safran] Non-Jewish speakers

I'm stunned by the notion that Rachel's committee would object to having this non-Jewish (and worthy) author speak. Yes, we need to support our local Jewish authors. In fact, my library committee is sponsoring its second Author Panel wherein local Jewish authors who write on mostly secular

[ha-Safran] Holocuast books for grades 4-8

and a welcome (I hope) departure from the European angle. The Jews in Shanghai weren't targeted for extermination, but they were forced into a ghetto, where they formed a rich and varied culture under extremely difficult circumstances. Thanks for considering the book ... Lois LOIS RUBY

Re: [ha-Safran] Correction RE: Automation for small synagogue library

This thread has been so helpful to me as I begin the daunting task of automating a 5,000 volume library at my synagogue -- after being retired for about 15 years! Thanks, all. LOIS RUBY Author of The Secret of Laurel Oaks and Strike! Mother Jones and the Colorado Coal Field War (Filter Press