[ha-Safran]: Chelsea House title
Chelsea House published a book in 2004, by Robert Cotrell, entitled The Green Line;the division of Palestine. Is there anything we can do as individuals, or that AJL can do as an organization, to make them aware that this title is problematic? Leah Moskovits Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey 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]: Heidi Estrin's podcast
Mazal tov to Heidi Estrin on the inaugural episode of her podcast, The Book of Life. She is taking many of us into a new technology and although I don't own an IPod, I listened to it on my trusty PC. Heidi has produced a very professional program -- don't miss it. Click on http://www.jewishbooks.blogspot.comwww.jewishbooks.blogspot.com Merrily F. Hart Siegal College of Judaic Studies Cleveland, OH 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]: Christmas and start of Hanukkah
I referred the question to a friend of mine who knows a great deal about the Jewish calendar. His response is below. Marga * Marga Hirsch 175 Upland Terrace Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 610.668.9485 __ I'm pretty sure that the only time this CAN happen is on the 1st or 9th year of the 19-year cycle of Jewish leap years, which are the two latest years of the cycle with respect to the civil calendar. (If you divide the Jewish year by 19, the remainder has to be 1 or 9.) 5766 is the 9th year of the current cycle. But the Hanukkah/Christmas thing doesn't happen each time there's a year 1 or a year 9, due both to civil leap years and to the occasional need to add or subtract one day from the Jewish year. So what do you mean by falling on Christmas? If you mean that the first candle is on the 25th, then that will next happen in 5785 (2024, year 9) and in 5796 (2035, year 1). But if you also count the first candle being lit on Christmas Eve, then that will next happen on the next year 1: 5777 (2016). Furthermore, in 5804 (2043, year 9), the first candle will be on December 26th! That might be the latest possible start date for Hanukkah, I'm not sure. Of course, all of the above is invalid if either the mashiach comes before then, or if a gigantic meteor comes before then and disrupts all the astronomical calculations that have been done for the future. Though in either of these cases, whether Hanukkah and Christmas coincide or not will be the last thing on our minds. 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]: Israeli Children's Authors
By all means go to http://www.feldheim.com/ and put in Yaffa Ganz which will take you to http://www.feldheim.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi Wonderful writing! Truth-in-advertising: she is a long time friend BUT is in any case highly acclaimed. _ Dr. Don Weinshank Professor Emeritus Comp. Sci. Eng. 1520 Sherwood Ave., East Lansing MI 48823-1885 Ph. 517.337.1545 FAX 517.337.1665 http://www.cse.msu.edu/~weinshan 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]: CFP:Yiddish Culture in the Postwar Era
Call for Papers International Conference Yiddish Culture in the Postwar Era in Communist Countries Krakow 6-8 November 2006 The Department of Jewish Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, in cooperation with the School of Jewish Studies at University in Potsdam, Germany, invites to the international conference which will be held in Krakow on November 6-8, 2006. The theme of the conference is Yiddish Culture in the Postwar Era in Communist Countries. The small number of Jewish survirors from the Central and Eastern Europe which decided to stay after the Second World War in one of the communist countries made their effort to revive Yiddish culture, although the circle of Jewish audience had been continually shrinking. This era in the history of Yiddish language, literature, theatre still needs to be discovered. We are interested in the research which embrace following aspects: - the circumstances in which Yiddish culture developed; - the existence of different cultural institutions (supporting its development) like Yiddish publishing houses, Yiddish theatres, Yiddish schools, Yiddish cultural clubs, etc.; - the support which Yiddish institutions received from the circles of Yiddish communists in abroad (i.e. from France, the USA, Argentina); - Stalinist's crimes against Yiddish culture in the USSR and other Communist countries after the WW II; - the renewal of Yiddish literature and culture after Stalin's death and later on ; - Yiddish printing - its kind and size; - impact of Communism on literature itself: limitation and possibilities of its development, interference of the censorship, main motifs present in literature of that time; - Holocaust in Yiddish literature of that time; - impact of Communism on Yiddish language; - Yiddish writers' discussion with Stalinism and Communism itself after leaving their communist homelands ; and others. The Call for Papers is directed to scholars (historians of literature and critics of literature, historians, sociologists, and so on), who are interested in the subject and would like to deliver their paper at the conference. The languages of the conference are English and Polish. Presenters are asked to prepare lecture for no longer than 20 minutes (+ 10 minutes for discussion). We are making efforts to gather funds in order to cover all accommodation expenses. Conference proceedings are to be published in English and in Polish. All interested in participation are asked to send proposals of papers with the title and 300-word abstract in English or in Polish until February 28, 2006. The Organizing Committee of the Conference will announce the list of the presenters until March 31, 2006. Organizing Committee: Magdalena Ruta, Department of Jewish Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland Elvira Groezinger, Department of Jewish Studies at University Potsdam, Germany For more information contact: Department of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University (Katedra Judaistyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego) ul. Batorego 12 31-135 Krakow tel. 0048 12 633 50 78 fax: 0048 12 634 45 93 http://www.uj.edu.pl/judaistyka Dr Magdalena Ruta: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Noemi Bazanowska: [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
[ha-Safran]: Internet Yiddish Radio Program NOW!
Today, you can hear a three hour Jewish music program on the internet at 12:00 Noon (West Coast) 3:00 PM East Coast at: www.kcrw.org The program , Philosophers, Fiddlers and Fools is a yearly program devoted to Yiddish music and Jewish short stories- told in English Simon Hatikvah Music 323) 655-7083 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
