[ha-Safran]: Shalom from Israel
Dear friends, I retired as Director of Library Service of the Waldor Memorial Library last November. As of December I live in R'anana Israel. I would like to hear from you. My e-mail address: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] We love it here, and most of all we enjoy spending time with our family, our beautifully grand daughters and friends. The weather here is spring- like and we enjoy it as well. Take care, and shalom, Bracha 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: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Survey
This is an informal survey. Please reply to me directly. How many of you who are librarians in Orthodox shul and yeshiva libraries have on your library shelves any of the following: 1. Harvey Fields' 3-volume Torah Commentary 2. Harvey Fields' B'chol L'vavecha: With all your hear 3. Reform Responsa (various titles) 4. Rabbi Steven Greenberg's Wrestling with God and Men 5. Kravitz Olitzky: Shir haShirim 6. Kravitz Olitzky: Mishlei 7. Kravitz Olitzky: Kohelet 8. W. Gunther Plaut Torah: A Modern Commentary; 9. W. Gunther Plaut: Haftarah Commentary 10. Michael A. Meyer: The Reform Judaism Reader: North American Documents 11. Dana Evan Kaplan, Ellen Umansky, eds. - Platforms and Prayer Books: Theological and Liturgical Perspectives on Reform Judaism; 12. Dana Evan Kaplan American Reform Judaism: An Introduction 13. Dana Evan Kaplan: Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions\ Many thanks, Liza Stabler = 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: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Shulchan Shel Arbah
Shulhan shel Arba is a relatively popular work. It was printed six times in the sixteenth century, in Constantinople and Mantua (1514), Venice (1546), Cracow (1579), and in Lublin and Prague (1596). It is available today from Mossad ha-Rav Kook in their Kitvei Rabbenu Bahya and likely elsewhere as well. Marvin J. Heller 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: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Re: Tallis and tallis bag ca. late 1880's
Thank you to all the people who responded to my message about the tallis and tallis bag! It was suggested to me that the tallis was possibly used by someone of German-Jewish descent, as those tallisim tend to be smaller than what we would view as averaged sized today. It was also suggested that I contact a museum and donate it for safekeeping. I have contacted the Beck Archives of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society which is affiliated with the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver and we will be donating it to them. I don't have their URL handy at the moment, but they have a very lovely virtual exhibit of clothing, religious objects, family and historical photographs and other memorabilia of the Colorado Jewish community. I recommend it! Thanks again to all, Judy Petersen Fort Collins, CO 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: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Haggadas for small children
Can anyone suggest some haggadas or seder kits that can be used for children under six? Thanks for your help. Paula Fine Milwaukee, WI 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: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: wish Bibliography titles
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[ha-Safran]: I Don't get it?
I would like to echo Glenn's comments. It seems to me that this line should have a moderator that keeps discussion professional. It amazes me that there should be such agony concerning a piece of rabbinical literature and silence concerning the growth of interfaith titles. I realize that I have been criticized about my opposition because of the demographic nature of current Jewish life. Yes, there are many intermarried couples, children with non-Jewish grandparents and the like. It seems to me that there are more posts regarding this literature and the current incredibly judgmental discussion about a citation in rabbinic literature. The people who comment on this issue are coming from an almost agenda driven position. What is the message of AJL, we encourage acceptance of interfaith issues and then give crushing blows to rabbinic literature. One cannot use current ideas and values to properly evaluate the words of the rabbis. Furthermore, the respondents do not cite any commentary, contextual meanings, or even at the least discuss the issue without rancor. The initial description of a disturbing Talmud quotation demonstrates a value judgment on the quote. AJL is supposed to be an organization that is inclusive of all Jewish groups, it should not become a podium for destruction of our literature. You don't have to agree, and you can even show your criticism, however to do so you must be more than reactive to an isolated quote. I am also very surprised that the leadership of the organization doesn't involve itself in these issues. The rabbis teach us that silence is acquiescence. I can only surmise that this clearly anti-tradition slant is tacitly approved by the AJL leadership. Eliezer M. Wise Library Director Tuttleman Library of Gratz College [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: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: I Don't get it?
Finally some good sense, thank you Eliezer M. Wise for your insightful words. Deborah Thorne Leo Baeck Institute 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: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
Re: [ha-Safran]: Haggadas for small children
We usually don't toot our own horn but Kar-Ben's My Very Own Haggadah -- A Seder Service for Young Children -- is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with over 2 million copies in print. We're tickled that it's engaging and teaching a new generation of kids. Judye Groner and Madeline Wikler 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]: I do get it, and it bothers me
Dr. Wise, I've read and re-read your email, below. I absolutely respect the strength and depth of your views, even if I disagree with some of them. Allow me to address what I find objectionable in your email: First, you call the discussion incredibly judgmental - as if people thinking for themselves and arriving at their own decisions was some sort of a sin. Perhaps you disagree - fine. But as a people we are educated to analyze and judge. Would you label the discussion incredibly judgmental if everyone agreed with you? Second, and related, I object to the insinuation that simply because someone does not share your views, they have an almost agenda-driven position. Can you respect that I think for myself - and the results of my thought might be disagreement with you? Why paint people with the broad brush of conspiracy? Finally, and perhaps most egregious, is your last sentence, which slanders AJL leadership and membership. We are accused of things that are not true because we have the temerity to not share all of your beliefs. That's not right. Respectfully, Ted Koppel Please note: I am purposely not commenting on the specific content of the issue. I write to object to the way that you make your argument. 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]: I Don't get it?
Eli- Rancor? Wasn't that a monster kept in the basement of Jabba the Hut's palace? Ate treyf, as I remember, and eyver min ha-chai to boot! With the boot still on! Incredibly judgmental ? Crushing blows? Podium for the destruction of our literature ??? Plot by AJL leadership. Ganz apikorsus!! As Pope John Paul II just opined, it can all be blamed on the Enlightenment. So it goes. David Gilner 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]: Collection development
I am interested in gathering collection development policies for Orthodox Jewish Day Schools as a basis for crearing such a policy for a K-12 school. We are specifically looking for statements regarding Middle and High School collections. Please forward your response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you in advance. Chana Schechter Yeshivat Rambam Baltimore, Maryland 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
