Re: [ha-Safran]: Jews buying books
--- Message requiring your approval -- From: alba toscano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Jews buying books I don't doubt that Jews might buy books, but what kind? Judaica-type or the Nancy Drew Goes Camping-type? I'm feeling a little weird and expansive this morning so bear with me a second (or hit the delete button). Book-buying by jewish persons has to be a country specific phenomena. Just off the top of my head, if someone semi-literate lives in Israel there's a good chance that they're jewish and that they'll keep right on being so no matter whether they buy the former or the latter type of book. So it comes as little surprise that jews in Israel buy a lot of books. Let's go with the country-specific former-type-of books: Judaica. Do jewish persons buy judaica in Spain for example? Someone sent me an article in english from some jewishy american newspaper bulletin whatever, written by some american-jewish-american tourists who spent 47 minutes in Barcelona last summer: In Barcelona the jewish community has a publishing company. Wrong. Some 35 years ago Rafa and Elisa, a nice catholic couple, got into the business of editing original material written mostly by cristians about the spanish medievel and urban-legended jews. They also took to distributing books largely from Israel. They barely eke out a living. Rafa told me once that he got into the business to help out the jewish community but had he known that his possible jewish customers would blow it all off and he'd end up selling almost exclusively to cristians he would have never taken the bait. As far as I can tell, the jewish community (whatever that is from a spain point of view, I'll keep you posted if I ever figure it out), can't be bothered with actually buying this stuff and outside of the occasional re-issue of a WIZO cookbook originally slapped together by the ladies's league at the orthodox community in Madrid in 1984 marketed for internal consumuption, there just isn't anything out there that jewish people are going to lay down soft cash on a hard barrelhead for. Like who needs another cookbook anyway? From personal experience, if we're talking jewish persons buying jewishyish books, there's not a single book with jewish-type information that I have ever tried to sell that a jewish person actually bought willingly. Maybe it's because they're all immigrants and books are heavy when you're on the move. In Madrid, some jewish people have a used/new mail-order sort of business called Hebraica. And then there's Raices the only jewish-y-ish magazine in Spain. Hebraica tells me they sell stuff but mostly to cristians. Many cristians who buy jewishy books later donate them to the La Javurá library. Love those guys. When they ask me for suggestions about what they should buy, I take a quick look into the La Javura library to see what we might be missing. Sure wish some cristian would buy a complete set of the Talmud in spanish. Building a judaica library in Spain and having a blast Besos de Valencia Alba Toscano Sinagoga conservador/masorti La Javura http://www.uscj.org/world/valencia Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Jews buying books
As the percentage of Jews who are Orthodox increases, which has been the case for a generation, the impact on Jewish publishing and book purchasing will become increasingly apparent. Many Orthodox publishers are not part of the mainstream of the book distribution network but have their own network, meaning that purchases from the Orhtodox/Hareidi stream will not be reflected in statistical measures such as the one that led to the conclusion that Jews are buying fewer books. I would not be surprised if Jews are buying fewer secular books compared to the numbers 50 years ago (when there were more Jews in the United States, and very few were Orthodox, at least as the term is now understood). Aaron Wolfe Kuperman (LC, Social Sciences Cataloging Division) This note is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Jews buying books
I've heard unofficial statistics from the Jewish Book Council that Jews buy about 20% of the books sold in the U.S.. I've also heard that Jews are the religious group that buys the most books. Episcopalians were second. Peggy Kurtz Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Jewish Music Forum event
Dear colleagues: The following event may be of considerable interest to listmembers, particularly those in the New York area. For more information, feel free to contact me. Sincerely, James Loeffler, Ph.D. Executive Director Jewish Music Forum mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] The Jewish Music Forum, a project of the American Society for Jewish Music at the Center for Jewish History is pleased to announce the following event: Energizing Jewish Musical Memory: Encounters with Sound and Text in Archives and Libraries Judith Pinnolis (Brandeis University) Respondents: Bret Werb (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) and Gina Genova (New York University / Milken Archive of American Jewish Music) Friday, March 31 10 A.M. Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street New York, NY Admission is free and open to the public How has the digital revolution in libraries and archives changed the world of Jewish music? As artists, scholars and educators increasingly look to the internet for recordings, manuscripts and other sources of information and inspiration, virtual libraries are fast becoming a new terrain for research on Jewish music. Judith Pinnolis of Brandeis University and the Jewish MusicWeb Center will present the newest trends that are reshaping Jewish musical memory today, followed by a roundtable discussion with two other experts in the field, Bret Werb of the United States Holocaust Museum and Gina Genova of New York University and the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music. Judith S. Pinnolis is a Reference Librarian at the Goldfarb Library at Brandeis University where she has served as Information Desk Supervisor, Publications Coordinator and the Training Coordinator since 1992. She holds multiple degrees in music and library science, including an M.S. in Library Information Science from Simmons College and an M.M. from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory, as well as a certificate in Yiddish studies from Columbia University. She has researched and written about Jewish music in the journal Musica Judaica, the new edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica, and Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia. In 1997, Pinnolis launched the Jewish Music WebCenter, a large academic website along that includes major research and bibliographical guides to Jewish music. Gina Genova is a writer and research associate for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, and an adjunct professor at New York University. She earned a master of music degree from the University of Arizona, and a master of arts from NYU, where she is completing her Ph.D. on the topic of Downtown New York composers of the 1970s. She has curated numerous music collections for the Fales Library at NYU and for other archives throughout the U.S. and Europe. Bret Werb has served as musicologist at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. since 1992. He earned his M.A. in ethnomusicology at UCLA with a thesis on the Yiddish stage composer Joseph Rumshinsky. He is currently a doctoral candidate at that institution. A contributor to the recent edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music Musicians, he has lectured and published widely on the topic of Holocaust related music, curated and designed exhibitions and websites at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and produced three CDs for the museum: Krakow Ghetto Notebook, Rise Up and Fight!: Songs of Jewish Partisans, and Hidden History: Songs of the Kovno Ghetto. For information on this or other events of the Jewish Music Forum, please see the website: http://www.jewishmusicforum.org/www.jewishmusicforum.org, call 212-294-8328 or email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Jews and book buying
I think the issue here is not that Jews don't buy many books, but that we are only a small percentage of the population of the US. I believe that I read somewhere that the largest block of book buying in this country is Christian books. This includes not only Bible stories and all kinds of inspirational type literature but a vast genre of Christian fiction. Since Christians are the majority population in the U.S., the sheer numbers of these books is very high. If you have travelled much in the rural areas of this country, you will find in Shopping Malls, Christian or Bible Bookstores. I have been in these bookstores to see what kind of Bible stories for children are available and been amazed at the the sheer numbers of books that I had no idea existed. A major summer activity in these rural area is the Summer Bible camp where these books are also featured. You will not find these books on the New York Times Bestseller lists, but I have come across catalogs from Ingram listing this genre. So that may be the basis for the statement about Jews and Book buying. Helene Tuchman, Librarian The Rabbi Marshall R. Lifson Library Temple Emanuel of Newton 385 Ward Street Newton Centre, MA 02459 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Conference on the Jewish Book at Penn, May 1-3, 2006
Dear Safranim, The Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will be hosting its 12th Annual Gruss Colloquium in Judaic Studies on the topic of The Jewish Book: Material Texts and Comparative Contexts. The three-day event will take place on Monday, May 1-Wednesday, May 3, 2006. The sessions will be held at Logan Hall, Terrace Room, University of Pennsylvania, 249 S. 36th St. For additional information, go to: http://www.cajs.upenn.edu/program/2005-2006/colloquium.htmhttp://www.cajs.upenn.edu/program/2005-2006/colloquium.htm To view a pdf-file of the program, go to: http://www.cajs.upenn.edu/program/2005-2006/colloquium.htmhttp://www.cajs.upenn.edu/program/2005-2006/colloquium.htm Thanks, Arthur Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Vacation
Dear Friends, This is just to inform you that I will be leaving tomorrow for a two-week trip to Israel and when I come back our library will be closed for the beginning of Pesach. You are welcome to send donations to me for the AJL Scholarship Fund during this time, but please note that there will be a delay in acknowledging your donations. 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 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: New METRO Magnet Job Posting: Reference
Librarian (American Jewish Historical Society) X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Hold at 5.00] X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.12 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Please excuse cross-postings. This message is being posted to multiple lists. The American Jewish Historical Society recently posted a METRO Magnet announcement for a Reference Librarian. The METRO Magnet is the online job bank and career center maintained by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (www.metro.org). For more information about the position and the application process, please see the announcement at http://metrojobs.metro.org?a=jID=HU34VEEUUU. Other jobs and RSS subscription information may be found by visiting the METRO Magnet home page at www.metro.org/magnet. Thank you. Susan Salomone METRO Magnet Project Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Metropolitan New York Library Council Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Thank you
Dear colleagues, Please excuse this group e-mail message. Thanks to the many people who gave me some fabulous suggestions for my course. You've helped me clarify my aims and narrow the focus a bit. I've decided to teach courses on Storytelling and mitzvot (Grade 7 8) and historical fiction about Israel (Grade 9 10). Many thanks. Anne Dublin, Librarian Holy Blossom Temple Toronto Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Biblical wall maps
I received my set of 26 maps today from Manna, they were shipped to Australia in only a week. The set comprises 13 maps that are double sided, 26 maps in total.I chose to purchase them not laminated, as some are new Testament maps backed on to Biblical maps. I will probably cover those maps with white paper before laminating so the other side can be viewed. They are excellent quality and good value. The site for ordering is http://www.biblemaps.com/wallmaps/WallMaps.htmhttp://www.biblemaps.com/wallmaps/WallMaps.htm Michelle Feiglin Yeshivah Secondary Library 92 Hotham Street EAST ST KILDA VIC 3183 Phone: 03 9522 8224 Fax: 03 9522 8257 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer This message and any attachment are provided without responsibility in law for their accuracy or otherwise and without assumption of a duty of care by the Yeshivah Centre. Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure material in this email is free from computer viruses or other defects, the attached files are provided, and may only be used, on the basis that the user assumes all responsibility for use of the material transmitted. This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any dissemination, distribution or copying by anyone other than the intended recipient of this email is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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]: Jews and book buying
Helene -- A follow up to your note. In addition to the quantity of bible material available primarily through religious stores (and websites) there are also lots of presses that publish only christian -- and specifically Evangelical -- books. A notable example is that many people had never heard of the publisher (I forget who it is) of the Born Again series till sales hit the multi-millions. But in fact they have been around for quite a while. Also, look at the popularity of the various preachers' books -- Joel Osteen, etc. Many of them are primarily sold either online or through the churches that agree with the author's point of view. I'm also aware that there's a large underground world of Christian CD's and music. It too isn't always noticeable to the general public, especially in the metropolitan areas. But it sells in very large numbers. Therefore, it's not entirely surprising that we don't show up as enormous book buyers when all of these trends are taken into account. On the othner hand, we do probably purchase (and borrow from libraries) a large percentage of the Trade books on a number of topics. I'd suspect as well that our interests are wider than the bulk of the country. Fred Isaac Temple Sinai Oakland, CA Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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
