[ha-Safran]: A Purim Podcast

[Heidi Estrin]

MEDIA RELEASE
For immediate release: March 14, 2006
For more information, contact:
Heidi Estrin
Podcast Host, The Book of Life
www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com
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A PURIM PODCAST

"The Book of Life: A Show About Jewish People and the Books We Read" 
has posted its fourth episode online.  The theme is the holiday of 
Purim. The podcast includes interviews with the joke-telling Rabbi 
Moshe Waldoks, co-author of The Big Book of Jewish Humor, Latifa 
Berry Kropf, author of a series of holiday books for young Jewish 
children, and Cantor Stephanie Shore singing samples from her 
Purimspiel "Oy-klahoma!"

The podcast is produced by Heidi Estrin, synagogue librarian at 
Congregation B'nai Israel in Boca Raton, Florida. The monthly show 
features author interviews, reviews of books, music, and film, and 
comments from Jewish readers about how reading has affected their lives.

The podcast may be heard at www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com, and may 
also be subscribed to via iTunes.

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[ha-Safran]: Award winning Israeli film : Keep Not Silent -

[Ann Abrams]

also in Boston, March 17
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Keep Not Silent is also being shown in Boston, Friday, March 17th 12-1:30pm
with director Ilil Alexander present for Q&A following the film, @
Combined Jewish Philanthropies,126 High Street, Boston, Room 912
Near South Station & Downtown Crossing T Stations .

For more information: Nina Robinson, 617-457-8747
Light refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by Keshet and the Israel Aliya Center.

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[ha-Safran]: Purim podcast

[Heidi Estrin]

Hi everybody. I have just uploaded the Purim episode of my podcast, 
The Book of Life. This one includes:
- an interview with Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, co-author of The Big Book of 
Jewish Humor (he even tells some jokes)
- an interview with Latifa Berry Kropf, author of It's Purim Time, 
It's Challah Time, and other Jewish holiday books for young children 
published by Kar-Ben
- an interview with Cantor Stephanie Shore of Congregation B'nai 
Israel, Boca Raton, who has authored many Purimspiels (she'll sing 
for you too!)

You can hear it by going to 
www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com 
and clicking the play button. You can also subscribe through iTunes 
to have new episodes automatically downloaded to your computer or 
iPod (or other mp3 players). Or you can sign up on the website to get 
email alerts when new episodes are posted.

Hope you enjoy it!

Heidi Estrin
Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
2200 Yamato Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 241-8118 ext. 206
Fax (561) 241-1701
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[ha-Safran]: Program at Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto

[Anne Dublin]

Dear colleagues,
Holy Blossom Temple (1950 Bathurst Street, Toronto) will host an 
intriguing panel discussion on Tue. Mar. 21 at 7.30 p.m. Adam Sol, 
award-winning poet, will moderate "The Place of Jewish Values in the 
World of Publishing". Well-known panelists are publishers Cynthia 
Good, Malcolm Lester, and Margie Wolfe. For more information, e-mail 
me (off list) or phone 416-789-3291 x 235.
Warm regards,
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[ha-Safran]: Status and another amazing dvd sale

[Salkluger]

hello friends,  those who ordered Paperclips , please be advised they have
been shipped this week. Orders remain open for double disc set at 22.95.  Now
available on DVD two diferent Live performances[including from Krakow jewish
music fest] ,the sensational "black hazzan"  Joshua Nelson singing 
hebrew songs
and spirituals. 22.00pp. thx sal kluger 11 imbrook lane ,aberdeen, n.j. 07747.



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[ha-Safran]: German Judaica Collection

[Schwartz Judaica]

Dear Judaica Librarians,

Schwartz Judaica has a 103-item collection of German-language 
Judaica, all published before World War II, which is available for 
sale to an institution as a unit. It includes books in a wide range 
of topics, some published before WWI, some published between the two 
world wars. They are either in German or German and another language.

We also have a small collection of  6 German-language books regarding 
Germany published just before WWII and though these are not Judaica, 
they may be of interest to you and can be purchased separately from 
this Judaica collection.

If you have any interest in the German-language Judaica collection or 
the non-Judaica  collection for your institution, please let us know 
and we will send  pricing and a description of all the items in the collection.

All the best,
Stan & Laurel Schwartz




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[ha-Safran]: Milestone

[Linda Silver]

There are now 1001 titles in the ValuesFinder database!  Please view 
them - or some of them - at 
www.ajljewishvalues.org.  Contact me 
if you have suggestions for changes to the Search function, comments 
about the ValuesFinder's use, and any  other comments.  Thanks!
Linda Silver, Editor
Jewish Values Finder
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[ha-Safran]: OT: 175 Pictures of the Purim Parade in Ma'aleh Adumim

[Jacob Richman]

Hi Everyone!

On Tuesday, March 14, there was a Purim parade / carnival
in Ma'aleh Adumim. The festive event (called "Adloyada")
started at 10:00am.

I posted 175 pictures of the parade at:

http://www.jr.co.il/ma/pic/ma086.htm

When the first page comes up, press the F11 key on the
top of your keyboard for a full page view.
Use the icon buttons on the bottom of each page to navigate.

Enjoy the pictures!
Jacob



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[ha-Safran]: Jewish Fundamentalism

[D.J. Birnbaum]

- Original Message -
From: D.J. Birnbaum
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:33 PM
Subject: Jewish Fundamentalism

Dear Colleagues

I entirely agree with Aaron Kuperman's view that the proposed heading 
should be rejected, and wish to reiterate his 
points.  "Fundamentalism" is really a Protestant Christian term, and 
should not be used in a Jewish  religious context.  Also as he says, 
it is never used by those Jews to whom it is said to refer, and to 
whom it is likely to prove offensive. It is indeed a term used by 
certain secular Jews to mock Orthodox Jews.

David Birnbaum
Archivist
Nathan & Solomon Birnbaum Archives
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[ha-Safran]: Re: Children books and "censorship"

[Bernard Katz]

Shalom David,
My sincere apologies for my memory lapse. I relied on what you had 
included from my posting in your own message (you referred to it as
being so included further down) and of course that was only part of
what I had written, as you in fact said it was. I should have gone 
back to my original posting when seeking the context of the words you quoted!

It is the 1970 edition of Parke's book that I have requested. And I 
will look at your Web site.

I'm posting this to the whole list, because of my lapse, but I thank 
you for your menchlikhkeyt in sending me a private message about it.

Bernard.


On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, David Elazar wrote:

>Bernard shalom,
>
>You did use the term "certain uncomfortable facts"
>
>I very much agree with David that we have a profound responsibility
>to our Jewish children to teach them about our history and our people
>and our relationship to Eretz Yisroayl. This includes not skipping
>over certain uncomfortable facts and not denying that there were
>significant reasons for what the Palestinian leadership did, though
>we certainly will not agree with most of them, from the time of the
>Khibat Zion and the Bilu movements in the 1880's through to the end
>of the mandate period, including the UN's partition plan.
>
>Get the revised edition (1970) of Parkes' book.
>
>See also:  www.geocities.com/d_elazar/Parkes/parkes.html
>http://www.geocities.com/d_elazar/Parkes/parkes.pdf
>
>David



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[ha-Safran]: New at Gefen (publication date correction)

[Israbook Gefen Publishing House]

Dear Librarians,

We accidentally posted book information about this title with the 
wrong publication date. It is a new publication, which was issued in 
January 2006, not January, 2005 as was previously posted on Hasafran.

Sorry about that.

By the way, this has been a very popular title. It is already in its 
second printing.
For a standing order for this series send an email to me at 
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Here are the details again, including the correct publication date.

Onkelos On the Torah Exodus Understanding the Bible Text Exodus
By Israel Drazin and Stanley M. Wagner
Price: $35.00
Hardcover* 408pp * ISBN 965-229-341-5*
Publish Date: January 2006

Onkelos On the Torah: Understanding the Bible Text is a unique and 
remarkable translation and English commentary of the Targum Onkelos, 
the first and only rabbinically authorized translation of the Torah.

The Book of Exodus, the first of this five- volume set to be 
published. is a deluxe edition, which will contain the Hebrew 
Massoretic text, a vocalized text of Onkelos and Rashi, Haphtarot in 
Hebrew with an English translation from the Aramaic Targumim, a 
scholarly appendix, and a "Beyond the Text" exploration of biblical themes.

The Book of Genesis is being readied for publication and is expected 
to be released in approximately six months. The remaining volumes are 
to be published in yearly intervals.

About the authors:
Israel Drazin is the author of seven books, five of which are on 
Targum Onkelos. He was the first scholar to recognize that the Targum 
took hundreds of items from the Tannaitic Midrashim---those that were 
edited around 400 C.E.---and even incorporated many words found in 
these Midrashim in his translation. He was able, therefore, to date 
the Targum Onkelos around 400 C.E., a period much later than is 
widely accepted, because of the Targum's reliance upon these Midrashim.

Stanley M. Wagner is Rabbi Emeritus of The Beth HaMedrosh 
HaGadol-Beth Joseph Congregation in Denver, Colorado; Professor 
Emeritus at the University of Denver and Founding Director and 
Director Emeritus of its Center for Judaic Studies; and Founding 
Director and Director Emeritus of the Mizel Museum in Denver. He 
wrote, edited, or co-edited four volumes, A Piece of My Mind, 
Traditions of the American Jew, Great Confrontations in Jewish 
History and Great Schisms in Jewish History and was General Editor of 
a six volume series entitled Christian and Jewish Traditions in the 
20th Century.

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[ha-Safran]: New at Gefen (For Pesach 5766)

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Dear Librarians,

Title: And You Thought There Were Only Four
Subtitle: 400 questions to make your Seder 
Enlightening, Educational and Enjoyable

By Joe Bobker
Price: $14.95
Paperback * 352 pp * ISBN 965-229-366-0 *
Publish Date: February 2006

One of the main themes of Pesach are the 4 
questions that are asked… but do not be mistaken, 
there are still many other questions to be asked and lessons to be learned!


Joe Bobker addresses amusing and fascinating 
questions you never thought about or perhaps 
always wanted to ask, but never did! Have fun 
this Pesach, entertain and enlighten your guests around the Seder table.


And You Thought There Were Only Four asks questions, such as:

What's the connection between Pesach and the blood libel?
Where in the Torah do we first read about the Exodus saga?
How many Jews originally went to Egypt?
Why did God need two messengers, Moses and Aaron?
When we sing Pesach songs, are we singing the original tunes?
How many chariots chased the Jews to the Red Sea?
What was the duration of the plagues?
What is the main purpose of Pesach?
Is it OK to eat out on Pesach?
Can I drink more than four cups of wine?
Must I read the Haggada in Hebrew?

JOE BOBKER was born in 1947 in Ulm, a displaced 
persons’ camp in Germany, to Polish Holocaust 
survivors Chaskel, zt”l, and Ida Bobker. On May 
21, 1949 the family arrived in Sydney, Australia 
onboard the Luciano Marnaro liner as refugees from Adolf Hitler’s reign.


Mr. Bobker, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the 
100-year-old Los Angeles Jewish Times, studied at 
Jerusalem’s famed Mercaz HaRav Kook Yeshiva. He 
has spoken frequently and has written dozens of 
articles about Jews and Judaism for a variety of 
newspapers. His work covers a wide variety of 
Jewish subjects from a personal, philosophical – 
and often whimsical – perspective.
For more description, cover image, and inside 
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[ha-Safran]: Re: Children books and "censorship"

[David Elazar]

First let me clarify that I writing about children books in general and not
specifically about "Three Wishes"

The following is in regard to Bernard Katz's statement:

"Israel bears some (by no means all) of the direct and indirect
responsibility for their
suffering. This so patently obvious that I think it unnecessary to go into
details."



1. As a Jew, Israeli, and Human Being, I have absolutely no guilt feelings
regarding the suffering of the Palestinians. Yes, Israel, like all nations,
is not perfect, but it is the Palestinians who have to take total blame for
their situation. In all aspects they have "missed the boat". It is very
difficult for me to find one positive thing they have done as a nation. The
Jewish People throughout our history have suffered terribly, but our
energies have been directed to bettering ourselves and contributing to
civilization and not to find blame in others or to blow others up.

2. What I am trying to point out is that we, as librarians and educators,
must not hide the fact that there are Palestinian refugees or that people
lost their homes because of war, but we must explain it within a framework
which gives the complete picture from our point of view. When we bring up
these situations it should be "us" and not the "Ellises" who influence our
children.  My heart also breaks for the suffering of the Palestinian
children, but not because of Israel policies, but because of Palestinian
policies, actions, or lack of action. To discuss Palestinian suffering
without first discussing Palestinian leadership (or lack of), for example,
is basically an emotional exercise.

3. We must not forget that we are in conflict with the Palestinians,
fighting terrorism is war, and in war people suffer. "Conflict solution" has
not worked, so now we are entering the period of "conflict management"
trying to keeping the suffering on both side down to a minimum, while making
sure that we in Israel live as normal a life as possible.  Normal life for
the Palestinians is the responsibility of the Palestinian leadership
(burning of the British Council in Gaza yesterday is an example of making
their "normal life" more difficult.)."

4. I repeat, with limited budgets, let's be very selective to which books we
expose our children, and very careful as to how we expose them to what
Bernard calls "certain uncomfortable facts" and which I call "facts out of
context".

David

David Elazar  Rishon LeZion, Israel
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[ha-Safran]: Passover Haggadah

[Westmount Routes Office]

BS"D

Dear Eve Panzer,

What might be helpful is to review the descriptions on the following 
websites - 
http://www.artscroll.com/haggadahs.html
 
and 
http://www.feldheim.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=51
 
and when you find a few that sound promising, e-mail the Ha-Safran 
list and see if anyone can provide you with a review for the ones 
that made it to your shortlist.

A smaller press than the two mentioned above, but one that I might 
call "small but mighty," is Leviathan Press. 
http://www.jewishcheatsheets.com/JLF_catalog_0.htm.
 
They are the makers of the "Judaism in a nut shell" series. I can 
recommend their book PASSOVER - JUDAISM IN A NUTSHELL 
http://www.jewishcheatsheets.com/JLF_books_passover2_0.htm
 
which I have, as an excellent overview book. Their PASSOVER SURVIVAL 
KIT 
http://www.jewishcheatsheets.com/JLF_books_passover_0.htm
 
is a larger book than the previous title but is an excellent resource 
to use in preparation for the holiday. Even the cover illustration 
alone is worth to see the book. I am sure that that illustrator, 
Toronto native Mr. Julius Ciss must have been at one of my families' 
sederim in the past. I could tell you which of my relatives each 
person in the picture must be, but I won't tell you which one I would 
have been! Even the haggadahs pictured and the bottle of wine (which 
he skilfully obscured half of its name) was the same that we used 
"back in the day!" Although the website lists the book as no longer 
available it is still well worth borrowing from the library or a friend.

The good news is that the family haggadah based on this book is still 
available - THE SURVIVAL KIT FAMILY HAGGADAH - 
http://www.jewishcheatsheets.com/JLF_books_haggadah_0.htm.
 
I'd recommend reviewing this one to see if it meets your needs.


This year I am going to try 
Let 
My People Go Haggadah by The Chofetz Chaim
http://www.feldheim.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=1-58330-095-3&type=store&category=51

I look forward to seeing your "shortlist" and "final selection."

Be well!

Yours truly,

Jeff Corbett


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[ha-Safran]: Lieberman Talmud Databank

[Deborah Stern]

I'm interested in purchasing the Lieberman Talmud Databank that 
Yisrael Dubitsky advertised on Hasafran last week. Is anyone else 
interested, so we can get together and try to get a discounted price?

Debbie Stern, Library Director
Mordecai M. Kaplan Library
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
1299 Church Road
Wyncote, PA 19095
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone: 215-576-0800 ext. 234 fax: 215 576-6143




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[ha-Safran]: Re: Children books and "censorship"

[Bernard Katz]

I thank David for continuing this discussion on a good level and now in
a general line for all children's books. It is very important to have 
an exchange like this, only I would hope that it could become a 
'round-table' discussion involving more of us. With that hope, I'll 
respond to David's points in order.

1. Just to be clear, I have no interest in promoting "guilt feelings" 
but I don't believe that "it is the Palestinians who have to take 
total blame for their situation". That statement implies Israel's 
actions are always taken without any choice as to how to respond. 
This is completely false. There are many instances of individual 
actions both at the command level in the IDF and regarding 
individuals' decisions on how to act that deny the humanity of 
Palestinians and in particular, Palestinian women and children. 
ANYONE who reads Ha'aretz, the Jerusalem Report, Jerusalem Post and 
other news services will be familiar to a greater or lesser degree 
with the many many examples. They are also reported on B'Tselem's (The
Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights In the Occupied Territories)
Web site .

All human beings were created in G-d's image and we are bound by 
Jewish values to recognize this as a moral value even in times of 
war. There also are international conventions regarding the conduct 
of war which set down standards of behaviour, or red lines, which 
Israel has agreed not to cross.
If someone says in defence of certain IDF actions (collectively or by
individual soldiers) that the other side behaves as badly or even 
worse, that is no defence at all. Why should Jewish soldiers emulate 
the worst actions of our enemies? That leads to corruption of our 
Jewish values and ultimately to the corruption of those who undertake 
those actions. If a book omits the negative side of war and terror, 
and only tells about the glory of being a shahid (suicide bomber 
martyr), or of the 'purity of arms' of the IDF, it is lying to 
children about the conflict. I think it was Golda Meir who once said 
that the thing she resented the most about the Palestinians was that 
they forced Israel to train her youth to become killers of human beings.

I concur with David's sentiment, if not all of his actual words, that 
the Palestinian leadership has been very very destructive rather than 
giving positive direction to their people. This is not true of all of 
them, but generally speaking it is true and a terrible burden to 
them, in my view. But that doesn't acquit Israel in terms of its 
choices and actions.

2. Here, David opens his heart to the suffering of Palestinian 
children yet he clearly does not assign ANY responsibility to 
israel's actions - which takes us back to his point 1. It's as if it 
were the Palestinians, for example, who decreed the demolition 
penalty for a family's home if a member of the family became a 
terrorist. That is an Israeli policy of choice. David would like to 
see no books written by "Ellises" but only by "us", by which I take 
it he means Jews, or at least Jews who are prepared to "explain it 
within a framework which gives the complete picture from our point of 
view", by which I take it he means lay all the blame on the 
Palestinians and reject any responsibility falling on Israel. So 
that's back to point 1. again.

Nevertheless, I do agree that it is important, essential to note that the
progressive leadership within Palestinian society was minimal, and 
that their leaders' calls to action were followed by the bulk of 
Palestinians, such as what happened in 1947-49. At the same time, we 
must not omit the actions carried out by israel and Israelis during 
that period: both the good stuff and the shocking stuff - and I don't 
mean only Deir Yassin. I was fed a pap of whitewashed so-called 
history in kheder that I still see reflected in so many children's 
and adult books today. Anyone on this list who has not read Benny 
Morris' Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited (Cambridge 
Univ. Press, 2004) - a shocking 640 pages - ought to do so, in order 
to learn what happened on the Israeli side of that war.

3. David asks good questions here. How indeed are we Jews, both 
inside and outside eretz going to live "normal lives" during a time 
of conflict, of terror and war? If the direction now is, as David 
says, rather one of "conflict management" instead of "Conflict 
solution", then I would have expected much more management smarts and 
far less violence, provocation and other dismal actions on the part 
of Israel. The more extreme elements in the "settlers' movement" for 
example (not a quote from David) continue to be allowed to provoke 
Palestinian civilians, harm Palestinian children and generally to run 
rampant over Israel's own rules that supposedly govern their 
behaviour in the West Bank. Israel has not removed even a majority of 
the outposts and instant settlements that it has declared illegal. 
Israel has no

[ha-Safran]: Reminder: Reference Workshop, 2/21/06

[Rita Lifton]

Association of Jewish Libraries-New York Metropolitan Area Chapter (AJL-NYMA)

2006 Reference Workshop

*From Ancient Texts to Electronic Resources: Crossing Time Zones for 
Rabbinic Reference - Rabbi Moshe Schapiro, Reference Librarian, 
Mendel Gottesman Library, Yeshiva University

*Free and Fee: Electronic Resources for Jewish Libraries/Web Based 
Sources and CD-ROMs - Diane Romm, author of "The Jewish Guide to the 
Internet", Library Chairperson for the Uniondale School District (retired)

*Facilitated Networking Session: Learn From Your Colleagues, Share 
Your Expertise, Make New Contacts - Forget e-mail and voicemail! Take 
advantage of this wonderful opportunity to personally interact with 
other librarians and benefit from their experiences, ideas and innovations.

Please visit the current JTS exhibition "Purim in Jerusalem: 
Photographs by Yankl (Peter) Conzen"-Library, 2nd Floor

Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 1-4:30 pm (Coffee & Refreshments, 1-1:30 pm)
Jewish Theological Seminary Library-*Photo ID necessary for entrance*
Wingate Auditorium (5th Floor)
3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street)
New York, NY

Directions: Subway: 1 train to 116th Street (Columbia University). 
Walk six blocks north to JTS, on the northeast corner of 122nd Street 
and Broadway. Bus: M4 and M104 buses stop at 122nd and Broadway.

*Please RSVP by March 17.* Payment is at the door. NYMA members, 
$10/non-members, $18.  For further information, contact: Ina Rubin 
Cohen, Jewish Theological Seminary Library, 3080 Broadway, New York, 
NY 10027; 212-678-8836; [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, Rachail Kurtz, Yeshivah 
of Flatbush High School Library, 1609 Avenue J, Brooklyn, NY 11230; 
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[ha-Safran]: re: patron request

[Eileen Polk]

Dear Hasafranim,

A patron has asked me about a book, but she cannot remember the 
title.  She thinks it was published within the last 3-4 years, and is 
non-fiction.  It is about two sisters who are being raised as 
Catholics by their parents who have European accents, but the mother 
has told them they are not to take communion at church.  They also 
follow some traditions that are different from their Christian 
friends.  It turns out that the parents are Holocaust survivors.

Does anyone know the title of this book?  I would appreciate any help.

Thank you,

Eileen Polk, Librarian
Prentis Memorial Library
Temple Beth El
Bloomfield Hills, MI



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[ha-Safran]: Trying to find a book

[Norm Garr]

Sarah Kamin, Rashi's Exegetical Categorization with Respect to the 
distinction between Peshat and Derash, PhD. Hebrew University, 
1978.  $25

This listing was found on:

http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/temp/michaelstone.htm

Is it available for sale as suggested or where do you recommend I find it.

Thank you from Los Angeles.
Norm




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[ha-Safran]: Testaments to the Holocaust Online

[Heidi . Dalaker]

Primary Source Microfilm, in partnership with the Wiener Library in 
London, has amassed an enormous collection of Nazi propaganda, eye 
witness accounts from survivors, and other primary source materials 
making a unique research tool for understanding Nazi Germany and 
Jewish life in Germany during the Holocaust.
Available for the first time digitally, this collection offers fully 
searchable personal accounts of life in Nazi Germany along with 
photographs, text books, rare serials and other primary sources 
predominantly covering the time period 1933-1945 with testament 
records up to 1960.
If you are interested in trialing this database please contact me at 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or (800) 444-0799, ext. 3020.
In addition, Primary Source publishes many additional archival 
research collections in this area-resources that could be of great 
value to you and your students. You will find guides to many of our 
collections, as well as our online catalog, at www.gale.com/psm 
.

Thank you for your interest,

Sincerely,


Heidi Dalaker
Account Executive
Thomson Gale
(800) 444-0799, ext. 3020
www.Gale.com/psm
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[ha-Safran]: Lecture series re-announcement

[Liza Stabler]

Please make note in your calendars of the following free 
events.  More information will follow within 4 weeks of the event.

Congregation Emanu-EL
of The City of New York
2006 Library-Museum Lecture Series
!
The Arts and [Jewish] Identity

Sponsored by the Ivan M. Stettenheim Library
and Herbert and Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica
of Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York


[SYMPOSIUM on FOOD AND JEWISH CULTURE]
March 28: A Conversation with Nach and Maron Waxman
What IS It About Jews and Food?

[Genealogy, Society and Identity]
April 25: Ron Arons:
The Jews of Sing-Sing

[Memoir, Memory and Identity]
May 17: Abigail Pogrebin
Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish


All Lectures take Place at 6:30pm
Enter at Temple Emanu-El Community House
1 East 65th Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues)
New York, NY 10021
RSVP: (212) 744-1400 x362
Admission is Free






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[ha-Safran]: Judaica Librarianship - volume 12

[Zachary Baker]

Safranim ve-safraniyot,

The table of contents for the forthcoming volume 12 of Judaica 
Librarianship has been posted on the AJL website.  The issue is with 
the printer, and while it will still take a little while to get it 
all proofread, printed, and mailed I think that the official 
publication date of Spring 2006 is not too far off the mark.

Zachary Baker
Editor, Judaica Librarianship





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[ha-Safran]: Librarian opening in Queens New York yeshiva

[Diane Romm]

Exciting opportunity for experienced librarian to help create a new 
N-8 yeshiva library in New York.

Yeshivah Har Torah, a 16-year old coeducational yeshiva with a 
child-centered approach to education, has moved into its new state of 
the art facility in Bellerose, Queens.  The school is looking for an 
experienced librarian to transform the huge area it has allocated for 
its library into a dynamic instructional space.

The position for the 2006-2007 school year will be a part time one, 
but is expected to become full time as of the following school 
year.  In the first year, the librarian will over! see the completion 
of the physical interior of the library, weed and select from the 
existing legacy book collection, and implement a new library automation system.

Once the facility is up and running, the librarian will be involved 
in collection development and library instruction.

We are seeking an experienced individual who is excited about working 
with students and teachers and looking forward to meeting the 
challenges of creating a new library media center.

Please fax resumes to Rabbi Gary Menchel at 718-631-2513 or email 
them to [EMAIL PROTECTED]




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[ha-Safran]: EAJS06 - book exhibition & advertising

[ha-Safran]

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Subject: ha-Safran]: EAJS06 - book exhibion & advertising

Dear Joseph Galron,

The VIIIthe Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies
would be grateful if you put the information about the book exhibition on your
web-page.

The infromation letter is in attachment.

Kind regards

Olga Belova

--
 Olga  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

VIIIth CONGRESS of the European Association for Jewish Studies

JULY, 23-27, 2006, Moscow

Information letter

The Executive Committee of the European 
Association for Jewish Studies is glad to 
announce that in the frames of the VIIIth 
congress of the EAJS (23-27, 2006, Moscow) the 
book advertising and book exhibition will take place.


More than 300 participants have already given 
their confirmation to take part in the work of the congress.


We invite the publishers in Jewish Studies to 
take part in the exhibition and display a 
selection of relevant books, journals and 
catalogues and promote the publishing materials during the congress.


Conditions and Costs for Participation

A manned stand for 5 days - 500 $ (include: a 
demonstration table (1,5m x 1,0m) and chairs, registration fee for one person).
Registration 
feesBefore  After

(for additional person)  April 1, 2006April 1, 2006
for EAJS 
members:  $75 
   $100
for 
non-members: 
$180$220


If for budget reasons the publishers are unable 
to send someone to man a stand, the “unmanned” 
display is possible with the help of our volunteers – 250$
In the case of “unmanned” display please sent a 
collection of books beforehand to avoid post-delivery problems.
If you are interested in these opportunities 
please contact us by e-mail 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Please note the subject of the letter as “Book exhibition”.


The publishers are also invited to present 
information about their most relevant editions in 
the Congress Programme book (size ca. 16cm x 19 sm)

Format specifications for advertisements: full page – 200$, half page – 100$.
PDF format is preferred. Files should be set-up 
and saved for print as black and white ads. Under 
options for the PDF's resolution, the setting 
should be 300dpi for black and white images and 
1200dpi for monochrome images. Imbed all fonts 
and subset fonts below 100%. Quark 5 files (or 
less) are fine as long as they include photos, 
art, and screen and printer fonts with the file. 
All photos must be 300dpi tiffs at size in their ad.


Please note, that leaflets, price-lists, 
catalogues and flyers can be insert into participants’ bags[ 1] .


Payment for advertising and exhibition, and 
registration fees is to be sent to the EAJS 
Secretariat at Yarnton before June 1.  When you 
transfer money to the EAJS bank account please do 
not forget to mention what your payment is for 
(registration fee, manned or “unmanned” stand):


If you are interested in these opportunities and 
for guidelines for payment please contact us by 
e-mail 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Please note the subject of the letter as “Exhibition & Advertising”


Travel

CONGRESS TRAVEL AGENT
«Ariadna travel agency» has been appointed as the 
official travel agent for the Congress. Please 
contact Olga Levshina for any travel requirements 
(accommodation, visa support, transfer from/to 
the airport, touring, etc.) directly on:
E-mail: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Tel:  +7(495)7435284
Fax: +7(495)7805485

Accommodation
The VIII EAJS Congress Committee and Congress 
Travel Agent offers participants accommodation at 
the hotel “Cosmos” (4 stars) with a special 
discount price available for participants who 
will confirm their booking no later then 35 days before arrival:

Single room with buffet breakfast – 100 USD/room/night
Double room with buffet breakfast – 130 USD/room/night
The Cosmos Hotel provides a wide variety of facilities and services.
In order to secure you booking a deposit of the 
first night charge should be paid on later then 35 days prior to the arrival.
The number of rooms for Congress price is 
limited. Moreover due to the acute shortage of 
good and cheap hotels in Moscow the Congress 
Committee cannot guarantee the accommodation for 
the participants who do not book and purchase the 
accommodation before the deadline.


Limited number of rooms will be available in 
hotels located nearby which provides very modest 
facilities. Single room with buffet breakfast – about 60 USD/room/night.

Please find more details at the Congress web-site.

To book the accommodation please contact directly 
the Congress Travel Agent. You can find more 
details on booking and payment at the Congress