RE: [ha-Safran]: Starting up a reference collection
A few years ago I made some field trips to local synagogue libraries to see what other folks do, trying to update my synagogue's. I was sad to hear, in these upper middle class communities that books are often not returned, at least not without much prodding via phone, etc. One place said they leave a cart near the sanctuary before services so people could drop off returns there. Another said start with the children, maybe that can get the parents to return their own selections. --Carol Carol S. Joseph Head of Technical Services Touro Law Center Library Huntington, NY 11743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 631-421-2244 x360 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: What is happening to AJL?
Thank you, Yaffa Weisman! Enid Sperber Temple Israel of Hollywood 7300 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046 (323)876-8330 Ext. 217 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Shabbat Family Discussion resource
We have received a number of requests for information about the family Shabbat discussion guides that the BJE of Greater New York produces and distributes during the school year. Here's the information: Around the Shabbat Table is a program of the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York that encourages families to turn Friday night into family discussion night. During the course of the year twenty ready-to-use discussion starters are e-mailed to participating families and interested teachers and principals. These materials are written with students in grades 7 - 10 in mind, although they can be used by any family. The packets are transideological in nature, written by educators and rabbis from a variety of backgrounds and viewpoints. Each packet includes a brief summary of the coming parashah or holiday, a contemporary issue addressed by the parashah or holiday, discussion questions, and some suggested resources. Families are encouraged to use these discussion starters as a means of engaging in meaningful dialogue around issues of values and ethics, such as honesty, conflict resolution, self-esteem and more. Schools can sign their families up by sending their e-mail lists to Rabbi Arnold D. Samlan of the BJE Nassau/Queens Center (lists are used solely for distribution of these materials), 179 Westbury Avenue, Carle Place, NY 11514, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individuals (including teachers, principals, librarians) can sign up directly through the BJE website, http://lists.bjeny.org/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=shabbat_tableA=1 There is no fee for the program. For further information contact Rabbi Samlan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] , 516-876-6535. If the listserve allows me, I will attach a sign-up form that can be used by schools and synagogue interested in the program. Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Arnold D. Samlan Director of Nassau/Queens Services Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Looking for dictionary
A Hebrew teacher is looking for a dictionary edited by Eliezer Ben Yehuda. She wants one that he compiled not later Hebrew dictionaries. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Spring Catalog
Our full color spring catalog of books appropriate for Jewish libraries is now available. Please reply with your postal address to receive your copy. Thank you. Chaim Mazo Mazo Publishers Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: What is Happening to AJL?
I have not seen the books mentioned in the original post, so I can't comment on their eligibility for an award or their suitability for inclusion in one collection or another on the basis of their particular merits. However, I want to register my opinion that to provide Jewish children with books that reflect their reality, we must be open to stories of interfaith families. For the last year and a half I have been the coordinator of The Rabbi Morris Goodblatt Academy of the Philadelphia Region of the Rabbinical Assembly. We offer 30 weeks of Hebrew and Judaica instruction to individuals who are interested in conversion within the Conservative movement. Many of our students are engaged. After conversion, they are married with Huppah and Kiddushin. They will, God willing, be blessed with children whom they will raise as Jews. Those children will have one set of grandparents who celebrate Christmas. When one of those grandparents passes away, the Jewish grandchildren will participate in the funeral, burial, and mourning. Not every interfaith family includes an interfaith marriage. Marga * Marga Hirsch 175 Upland Terrace Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 610.668.9485 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Sylvie Weil book in NYT
Safranim -- This morning's New York Times Book Review has a top-of-the-page review of Sylvie Weil's My Guardian Angel. The reviewer is Julie Salamon. Fred Isaac Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Hebrew puns translated into other languages
Hebrew puns translated into other languages I am gathering a collection of Hebrew expressions that appear in other languages as idioms or nonsense. Some examples are provided below, using @ = aleph, X = het, and 3 = aiyin. I hope the members of the list can provide additional examples. Type 1: The translation of a Hebrew pun on a Hebrew phrase Ex. 1: Clear text: B'QoSHi = barely, hardly, scarcely Heb. pun: B'3oR SHiNai (Job 19:20) English:by the skin of my teeth Ex. 2: Clear text: YaRa:aX GaVNooNi = gibbous moon Heb. pun: YaRoK G'ViNaH English:The moon is made of green cheese. Ex. 3: Clear text: PeLeTZ + K'Foo = shiver, tremble + frozen (compare English palsy) Heb. pun: P'LiZ + KoF English:brass monkey (weather) (Treating P as B in Arabic, P'LiZ KoF = balls (k)off ..., hence cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey) Ex. 4: Clear text: YeReKH = buttocks, haunch, thigh. Heb. pun: YaRa:aX = moon English:mooning; to moon = to expose one's buttocks Type 2: The translation of a Hebrew pun on a phrase in another language Ex. 5 Latin: sopor sond = sleep soundly/deeply Heb. pun: S'PoR [EMAIL PROTECTED] (imperative) English:Count sheep (to go to sleep) Ex. 6 Latin: Saccharomyces cervisae = Brewer's yeast (an ancient hangover remedy) Heb. pun: Sa3aR MiNSHaKH KeLeV = hair bite dog (compare Greek Cerberus, the 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades) English:Take hair of the dog that bit you (as a hangover remedy) There are far more cases where a Hebrew phrase is transliterated (not translated) into an [English] idiom. I will post some of these at a later date. In the meantime, I hope to receive more translation examples from list members. Best regards, Israel izzy Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BPMaps Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Stories about Chusham
Our children love the story in The Diamond Tree called Chusham and the Wind. Where can I find other stories about Chusham, (the Iraqi chelmite)? Andrea __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Swedish Award for Rogov's GUIDE
The 10th Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place on February 11 in Sweden, with over 320 attendees from 29 countries. Rogov's Guide to Israeli Wines, by Daniel Rogov, was announced as one of the three best wine guides in the world this year, from hundreds of entries. Tom Stevenson, the editor of Sotheby's Christie's Wine Encyclopedias writes that ROGOV'S GUIDE is very tastefully designed, and an extraordinarily high quality production for the price. ROGOV'S GUIDE TO ISRAELI WINES (ISBN 1592640877, HC, $14.95) is available at Ingram's, Baker Taylor and of course, from the Toby Press direct Thanks and with kind regards Matthew Miller The Toby Press PO Box 8531, New Milford CT. 06776-8531 Tel: 203 830 8508 Fax: 203 830 8512 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: 24 Volume Zohar for Sale
The Association for Research Enlightenment (A.R.E.) of New York City is offering the 24 volume 1994-1995 Sefer HaZohar publishedby the Press of the Yeshivat Kol Yehuda..., Old City,Jerusalem and Richmond Hill, NY. The title page includesthe following information: Sefer ha-Zohar 'al hamishah humshe Torah 'im perush Rabi Shim'on ben Yohai; 'im perush Derech Emet; ve-'imha-bi'urim ha-nifla'im ha'sulam...Mesoret haZohar...Chalufi G'sorot. We thank you kindly for listing this set. Barbara Merritt Telephone: 718-657-3222 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: James' Howe's book
Just to clarify, I agree with Linda Silver that James Howe' Kaddish for Grandpa is absolutely unacceptable in any Jewish Library for many reasons but particularly because of the very syncretism Eli Wise seems to be referring to when he speaks about assimilation. When the editor sent me unbound galleys last year I correspondended with her and with Howe. Among other things, I learned that the author, however well-intentioned, has no understanding that using the word kaddish in the very same phrase as Jesus makes everyone I've shown it actually gasp. Howe hadn't learned enough about Jewish history, I assume, to get it. Shabbat shalom, Liza = Elizabeth F. Stabler, Librarian Congregation Emanu-El 1 East 65th Street New York, NY 10021 212 744-1400 Fax: 212 570 0826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
