[ha-Safran]: New book (Spanish)

[Yossi Galron]

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Estimados amigos:

En los aledaños de Hanuká 5764 / diciembre 2003, hemos visto nacer un nuevo 
número de la Colección Fuente clara. Estudios de cultura sefardí.

Se trata de la obra de Rosa Asenjo, El Meam loez de Cantar de los cantares 
(Šir ha-širim) de Hayim Y. Šakí (Constantinopla, 1899). Barcelona, 2003, 
214 págs., (21 x 14). ISBN 84-930570-70-5-3.

Esta es una de las obras imprescindibles de la preciada literatura en 
lengua sefardí, de la que se han tirado únicamente 100 ejemplares numerados.

Quienes estéis interesados podéis acceder a www.tirocinio.com para ver la 
información.

Un saludo

Pilar Romeu
Directora de la colección
Tirocinio
c/ Cavallers 56
08034 Barcelona -Spain
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[ha-Safran]: A one-of-a-kind Hebrew workbook

[Yossi Galron]

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Dear Safranim

New & Exclusive Offer from Israel-Catalog.com
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Interested in improving your Hebrew skills, learning modern Hebrew phrases 
and learning more about words you already know? Then this workbook is for you!

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A one-of-a-kind workbook for expanding your Hebrew vocabulary.
Interested in improving your Hebrew skills, learning modern Hebrew phrases 
and learning more about words you already know? Then this workbook is for you!

Hebrew Today is designed especially for English-speakers with a basic or 
intermediate knowledge. Hebrew Today will help you:

• Expand your vocabulary
• Enhance your knowledge of Hebrew
• Learn Hebrew phrases and expressions
• Pick up modern slang
• Practice your Hebrew language skills
Hebrew Today includes short stories in easy Hebrew, articles about Hebrew 
in English plus a myriad of fun and challenging Hebrew language activities.

You'll learn about the source of Hebrew expressions and phrases, how to use 
contemporary slang, and the origin of common Hebrew words. You'll be able 
to test your knowledge with activities such as giant English-Hebrew 
crosswords, 'magic squares', wordfinds and much, much more.

Hebrew Today I is the first in our series. It will give you a èòí (taste) 
of the richness of the Hebrew language and have you asking for more!

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[ha-Safran]: Best Jewish children's books of 2003

[Heidi Estrin]

The Sydney Taylor Book Award winners and honor books, and the list of 
Notable books for 2003, have all been posted on the AJL web site!  Please 
take a look, there is some great stuff there!

Heidi Estrin
Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee

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RE: [ha-Safran]: Vegetarian Passover cookbook

[Wolfson, Laurel]

These two books might be of interest. The first is specifically for 
Passover, the second is more general.
Laurel S. Wolfson, Deputy Librarian
Klau Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
3101 Clifton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH  45220-2488  USA
phone: (513) 221-1875
fax: (513) 221-0519

ISBN: 0916288471
AUTHOR: Kalechofsky, Roberta.
TITLE: The vegetarian Pesach cookbook : feasts for freedom / Roberta 
Kalechofsky.

PUBLICATION: Marblehead : Micah Publications, 2002.
DESCRIPTION: 70 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

ISBN: 0870687565 : $5.95
AUTHOR: Berman, Louis Arthur.
TITLE: Vegetarianism and the Jewish tradition / by Louis A. Berman.
PUBLICATION: New York : Ktav Pub. House, 1982.
DESCRIPTION: xxi, 119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
NOTE: Includes indexes.
NOTE: Bibliography: p. 109-112.

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[ha-Safran]: New Yiddish Books from CYCO

[CYCOBOOKS]

We are pleased to announce the following NEW Yiddish books available from CYCO.

Prophecy of the Inner Eye, by Abraham Sutzkever. A masterful collection of 
Yiddish stories from one of the greatest Yiddish writers of all time. In 
Yiddish. Reprinted with permission of the author by CYCO, 2003. $15

Sudden Rain / Plutsemdiker Regn, by Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath. Stirring 
poems by this modern Yiddish poet in a bilingual edition. English 
translations by Zachary Sholem Berger and Jeffrey Shandler. 
Yiddish/English. "Israel Book" Publishing House, 2003. $15

Di katz der payats (The Cat in the Hat), by Dr. Seuss, translated into 
Yiddish by Sholem Berger. A delightful translation of the children's 
classic story. 24th Street Books, 2003. $15

Jerusalem Almanac, Number 27. A new collection of Yiddish writings on 
literary and social issues featuring a variety of modern writers. Edited by 
Dov-Ber Kerler. Published by The Vilna Yiddish Institute at the University 
of Vilna and by the Young Yiddish Center of Jerusalem, 2003. $30

For more information, or to order books, please contact CYCO Books at 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or 212-505-8305. CYCO Books accepts checks as well as 
most credit cards.



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[ha-Safran]: Teruma and maaser

[Beverly Geller]

Safranim--can someone please tell me where I can locate the Nusach of what 
is said when teruma and maaser are taken.  I found the English version from 
the Orthodox Union and a teacher is looking for the Hebrew text.  Thanks in 
advance.  Bev Geller

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[ha-Safran]: Librarian Opening @ Touro College (NYC)

[Michoel Ronn]

TOURO COLLEGE

Position Opening

PARTTIME ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN @ TOURO COLLEGE (NYC)


Responsibilities:  Will provide library services for the faculty and
students of Touro College's Graduate School of Jewish Studies. Duties
include: general and specialized reference service; coordinate circulation,
inter-library loan, and referral services; participate in a formal library
instruction program; manage collection development.



Qualifications:  An MLS from an ALA accredited program a must. Knowledge of
online bibliographic databases, electronic reference sources, and Web
capabilities a must.  Knowledge of Hebrew and Judaica necessary.



Hours: 16 Hours/Week.



Please note that Touro College recruits, hires, trains and promotes
employees without regard to age, color, creed, marital status, medical
condition, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or
disabled veteran status. Touro College does not currently sponsor graduated
foreign students to obtain "H" status.



For immediate consideration, contact:



Bashe Simon, Coordinator of Public Services

Midwood Campus Library

1602 Avenue J

Brooklyn, NY 11230

fax 718-338.7732

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[ha-Safran]: Book on tzedakah

[MHM1234]

Dear Safranim,

I have been to recommend a book, non-fiction, suitable for bar/bat mitzvah 
age, on the subject of tzedakah.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Also, a number of years ago, one of the large organizations (perhaps UJA or 
Federation?) put out a booklet about tzedakah.  Does anyone know the title 
and/or  where I can get a copy?

Thanks very much.

Michal Malen
North Shore Hebrew Academy Library

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[ha-Safran]: Looking for a synagogue in Veracruz

[Dave Silverberg]

I'm not sure if you can help me but I will be traveling to Veracruz, Mexico
in a couple weeks for a vacation, and would like to find a conservative
synagogue for Saturday morning services. Any help you can provide would be
great. I've been searching for a while and haven't been able to find any
contacts.

Thank you,
Dave Silverberg



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[ha-Safran]: Vegetarian Passover Cookbook

[Barry Walfish]

The book we use is No Cholesterol Passover Recipes by Debra Wasserman. It 
is published by the Vegetarian Resource Group, POB 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.

A revised edition came out in 1995. It has 100 vegan Passover dishes.

Some recipes are better than others, but on the whole, it's very good. It's 
gotten us through many a Passover. I highly recommend it.

Barry Walfish
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Dr. Barry Dov Walfish
Judaica Specialist
University of Toronto Libraries
130 St. George St.
Toronto, Ont.
Canada M5S 1A5
Tel. 416-978-4319
Fax 416-978-8827
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[ha-Safran]: Pesach vegetarian cookbook

[Dina Tanners]

Thanks to all of you who replied with information of Pesach vegetarian 
cookbooks.  I really appreciate the input.

Dina Tanners


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[ha-Safran]: "Our Israel-Bashing Libraries"

[George Baker]

Our Israel-bashing Libraries
  by George Baker  January 11, 2004


Are you ready for this one? Hamas and Fateh are not terrorist groups. They 
are political organizations!!! That is what it says on a website, and 
sadly, you do not have to be very naive to believe it. You see, a librarian 
put it together, and people tend to trust librarians. They think of them as 
knowledgeable and fair-minded. Well, maybe they shouldn't.

The website remains the handiwork of Christof Galli, Middle East resources 
specialist at Duke University's Perkins Library, and member of the Muslim 
Networks Consortium, a group run, in part, by Ebrahim Moosa, who teaches at 
Duke. As reported in the April 23rd edition of The Chronicle, a Duke 
University newspaper, Professor Moosa has exclaimed: "I think the language 
of 'terrorism' is going to go out, and it's going to be replaced with 
'resistance' and 'liberation' from American power."

In its original form, Galli tellingly entitled the website "Palestine 
Internet Resources," and it contained a map on which Israel was nonexistent.

Neither has the website, defended in writing by head librarian David 
Ferriero, been limited to simply bashing Israel, along with the usual, more 
subtle anti-Jewish asides so many opponents of that tiny nation relish in 
spewing out. Rather, it continues to be quite overtly anti-Semitic, linking 
to a racist cartoon, for example, in which the Star of David is crafted 
from barbed wire!

I consider myself to be on the center of the political spectrum, but must 
give considerable credit to the Duke Conservative Union. It was the DCU 
whose members first exposed the website's bigotry, as well as the 
overwhelmingly pervasive anti-Bush sentiments, found on a second Perkins 
Library website, likewise constructed by Galli. A recent editorial in New 
Sense, a DCU magazine, summed up this sorry state of affairs: "Mr. Galli 
and Mr. Ferriero should be deeply ashamed of their actions. The former 
'librarian' misused his post as a bully pulpit to preach to unsuspecting 
students. The latter is too foolish to realize this. Neither man deserves a 
position at a serious institution of higher learning."

But what happened in the Perkins Library is not, by any means, unique.

Ponder what has been taking place at the Boulder Public Library, in 
Colorado. The outreach librarian there is Lebanon-born Ghada Elturk, who 
has been active in the American Library Association's International 
Relations Round Table. Her published writings reveal someone who is a 
passionate advocate of the Palestinian cause. But has Elturk used her job 
to propagandize for it? You be the judge. In April of 2002 alone, at least 
six pro-Palestinian, and no pro-Israeli films were shown, in the library's 
main branch. The distributors have vaunted one of those scheduled, "The 
Bombing," as a motion picture which does not take sides, but that is simply 
not the case. Its narration unequivocally blames the Israelis for the 
homicide/suicide bombings, instead of placing the onus on the Palestinian 
Authority's unrelenting indoctrination about the "glories" of jihad. 
However, the distributing agency did have "Welcome to Hadassah Hospital," 
their only film, at the time, that leaned in favor of Israel. Why wasn't 
even that single documentary among the films shown to those in attendance?

Moreover, several of the pro-Palestinian films, viewed that month, were 
added to the Boulder Public Library's permanent collection, and are 
currently available for loan. Acquisitions at the library have, for some 
time, been heavily skewed against Israel. An examination of its online 
catalog will confirm that. Yet another pro-Palestinian program has already 
been scheduled there for November 1, 2004.

Clearly, a very disturbing trend, one that raises distinct questions about 
professional ethics and accountability, is taking root in our libraries. 
Please understand that I am NOT advocating censorship. But aren't 
communities entitled to fairness, balance, discretion, and sensitivity from 
their public libraries? Aren't those values supposed to underlie the 
library profession? And are they not especially important when ethnic and 
international political disputes, of long duration, are involved?

The pro-Palestinian film series, which was held in the Flint Michigan 
Public Library, this past November, was a trifle more restrained than the 
one in Boulder. "Only" three pro-Palestinian films were shown, with no 
pro-Israeli ones!

There was a bit of media variety, in two separate Israel-bashing programs, 
at the New Brunswick, New Jersey Public Library, in 2002. On June 29th, an 
anti-Israel film was shown, and exactly four months later, an anti-Israel 
lecture, with accompanying slideshow, was presented. The International 
Solidarity Movement's New Jersey offshoot, led by Charlotte Kates, 
notorious for declaring that Israeli children are a "legitimate target," 
was heavily involved in these affairs. I kn