Re: [ha-Safran]: Sydney Taylor Club

[Susan Dubin]

We have a Sydney Taylor Book Club at our school. To belong, a student
must read one of the All-of-a-kind Family books and six books that have
won a Sydney Taylor Medal or Honor. Each year they can renew their
membership by reading an additional Medal or Honor book. They get a
certificate and an official Sydney Taylor Club Badge (a paper circle
with a Jewish Star in the middle and the word Sydney Taylor Club Member
around the outside.) Being in Sydney Taylor Club earns them $1 off on a
purchase at our book fair and special time with authors who visit the
school.

Susan Dubin
Off-the-Shelf Library Services



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New Book : [ha-Safran]: The Red Forest / Rivka & Israel Teyer

[Jerusalem Books]

Dear all,

I'd like to take a minute to tell you about a new book that crossed 
our desks - The Red Forest.  This paperback (272 pages) is a 
Holocaust memoir about a Polish Jewish family, their hiding in the 
forests during the war and about a Christian family that risked their 
lives hiding them.

This is the story of Rivka Shumowitz's family and Gosk and his 
family.  It includes a couple of pictures and copies of watercolors 
at the end of the book.

Originally written in Hebrew and published in 1982.  cat.no. 60140 
$22.00 plus shipping.  (no isbn)

be in touch. Wendy

Wendy Weiss Simon
Jerusalem Books, pob 26190
Jerusalem 91261, Israel
www.jerusalembooks.co.il
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[ha-Safran]: AJL Convention handouts

[ilanhigh]

  Much thanks to the AJL for coordinating such a jam packed 
information filled conference. As an administrator working partially 
as an untrained librarian  I gained an enormous amount from many of 
the different sessions.

Somehow I misplaced two handouts:  One from the session on electronic 
resources and the other from the session about Islamic bias in our 
text books.  Is there a way to get copies of these?  I am especially 
interested in the web sites that evaluate text books.

Thank you,
Aviva Wasser
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[ha-Safran]: Frankel Mishneh Torah

[Yisrael Dubitsky]

As a correction or update to my post on May 9, I  am happy to report 
that Rambam's Mishneh Torah published by the S Frankel press is now 
complete, including Sefer Ahavah. The copy I have seen is part of a 7 
volume edition which includes all 14 books of the Mishneh Torah as 
well as the [Hebrew translation of] Sefer haMitsvot (which is 
separate and distinct from the MT but inasmuch as it represents an 
outline of the material developed in extenso in the MT, it is often 
seen as an introduction to it). When, indeed whether, a separate 
volume of just Sefer Ahavah will be released, I do not know.

As the Talmud might put it, "Yoma tava le-rabanan."

Yisrael Dubitsky





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[ha-Safran]: OT: 128 pictures of Thursday's Aliyah

[Jacob Richman]

Hi Everyone!

Congratulations to the 240 olim who made aliyah on Thursday
from the USA and Canada.

Jonathan Stein (thanks!) sent me pictures of the new olim
arriving at the airport. I posted on my website articles about
the exciting event and 128 pictures in a gallery format.
When the first page appears, press the F11 key
to view the full length of the pictures. To move from page to page,
use the navigation buttons on the bottom of the screen.

The address of the articles and pictures is:
http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/israel/history/usa-aliyah.htm

(hold the control and press F5 if you do not see the July 2006 section)

Please forward this message to relatives and friends so they can also
enjoy viewing the pictures of this special event.

Shabbat Shalom,
Jacob



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[ha-Safran]: Catalogue 314.A

[Robinson Books]

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Dear Safranim,

We have just published our latest 'A' catalogue (which deals with 
recently published books) - No. 314.
'314.A' contains over 400 titles. Please advise if interested in 
receiving this catalogue in PDF format (via email), thank you.

Shabbat Shalom,
Uri Richter
Robinson Books



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[ha-Safran]: Articles about the IAJGS Conference in "The Jewish Week"

[Joy Rich]

"The Jewish Week" published two interesting articles today related to 
the IAJGS conference
in New York. The conference is only five weeks away!

"Connecting The Ancestral Dots"
(http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12688) 
gives an overview of the
lectures, computer labs, and tours that will be offered.

In "Father of 'Mother' DNA Study"
(http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12689), Dr. 
Doron Behar, the
geneticist who discovered that forty percent of Ashkenazi Jews can 
trace their ancestry to
just four women, is interviewed. At the conference, Dr. Behar will 
talk about the study
and his future research.

Full information about the conference is at http://www.jgsny2006.org, 
including online
registration.

Joy Rich
Co-chair, Repositories Committee
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies
26th Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy
New York, NY
August 13-18, 2006



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[ha-Safran]: Convention in the press

[Ann Abrams]

Here are some articles written in the North Shore of Boston, and 
Western Mass.  Jewish press about our recent convention.

Ann Abrams, Librarian
Temple Israel
477 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
617-566-3960 x116
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.tisrael.org
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http://www.jewishjournal.org/




June 20, 2006


Western Mass: News



Mordicai Gerstein wins award for 'Sholom's Treasure'

By Lauren Kramer


Mordicai Gerstein has a passion for making books, one that is clearly 
seen when you read his work and witness his illustrations.

"I think that making books, or any kind of art, might also be like 
mining," he philosophizes on his Web site. "The artist digs into his 
or her life and imagination and never knows what they'll find. That's 
the adventure."

Those words rang especially true when Gerstein got a call from 
Beverly Reingold, executive editor at the publishing house Farrar, 
Straus and Giroux in New York. Reingold had a gut feeling that his 
illustrations would be the perfect accompaniment to a picture book 
biography on Sholom Aleichem by Los Angeles writer Erica Silverman.

As it turns out, she was spot on.

Gerstein, an award-winning writer and illustrator who lives in 
Western Massachusetts with his wife, Susan Yard Harris and their 
daughter, Risa, had a keen personal interest in helping create this 
book because it hearkened back to his own family roots. His maternal 
grandparents hailed from a shtetl in Russia, while his father came from Poland.

"It appealed to me to try and recreate the world of Sholom Aleichem, 
and the world of my ancestors - to make a shtetl between the covers," he says.
Gerstein embarked on a process of researching photographic material 
of Jewish communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 
reading books and biographical material to learn about how people 
lived and what they looked like.

His research and talent, coupled with Silverman's writing, were a 
winning combination. The book, "Sholom's Treasure: How Sholom 
Aleichem Became a Writer," recently won the 2006 gold medal in the 
Sydney Taylor Book Award's Young Readers Category. On June 21, 
Silverman and Gerstein met for the first time in Cambridge during the 
Association of Jewish Libraries 41st Annual Convention, where they 
accepted the award.

"This book had a perfect marriage of illustration and text," enthuses 
Heidi Estrin, chairperson of the Sidney Taylor Book Award Committee 
at the Association of Jewish Libraries. "You can tell that the author 
and illustrator were doing this because they loved the topic and 
enjoyed the process of creating the book. As a result, the reader 
enjoys it, too."

Silverman, a published children's book author since 1989, read Sholom 
Aleichem's autobiography while working on another book that contained 
an adaptation of one of his stories.

"The idea of writing a picture book biography started forming then, 
because Sholom was a child full of life and spirit," she says. "He 
was bright, compassionate, yet a tremendous trouble-maker, and I 
thought he'd have great appeal to children."

The Sydney Taylor award committee immediately identified with that 
appeal and was struck by the book's universality.

"In selecting an award-winning book, we're looking not just for 
Jewish content but for books that are well written and universal in 
some ways, so that a wide readership, including but not limited to 
Jewish readers, would find them interesting," Estrin says.

"This book really makes the character of Sholom accessible," she 
continues. It's based on actual anecdotes about his life and 
communicates what an interesting person he was - a daredevil, a 
prankster, and a man with a real way of words. The illustrations form 
a very active story so you can see what's happening - even, for 
example, as he makes faces to copy his school teacher."

Silverman said that having Gerstein illustrate her picture biography 
was a match made in heaven.

"My publisher approached him, and I was thrilled that he was 
interested," she confesses. "Before this, I knew his work and admired 
him greatly. And I think Mordicai's art was the perfect vehicle in 
bringing my words to life."

Gerstein is thrilled to have participated in this book, and expresses 
dismay at how little known Sholom Aleichem is, even within the Jewish 
community today.

"He was called the Jewish Mark Twain in the time when he was writing, 
and he should be better known," he says. "I thought because of 
'Fiddler on the Roof' that his name would be more familiar to people, 
but it's not. I'm delighted that Erica came up with his biography, 
and I hope it will encourage more awareness of this great writer."

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Gerstein had always wanted to be a 
painter. He attended the Chouinard Institute of Art before moving to 
New York in 1957, where he lived and work for 25 years making 
animated films for television. In 1970, he met author Elizabeth Le

[ha-Safran]: Lecture: Terror on the Internet-Barnes & Noble,

[Gail R Shirazi]

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  Prof. Gabriel Weimann, Head, Department of Communication University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel, discusses his newest book: Terror on the Internet. 
This is the frightening story of how modern terrorist organizations 
raise funds, recruit members, plan and launch attacks and publicize 
their chilling results on the internet.  How do we handle the 
challenges to our civil rights that we face in confronting the 
growing and increasingly sophisticated terrorist presence on the Net?

Special Power  Point presentation included.


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[ha-Safran]: Bookplate information

[Poshi Mikalson]

Dear All,

Although I haven't ordered our bookplates yet, I have
already received very positive customer service from
this company:

ImpressionsLA, Inc.
10742 Burbank Blvd.
No. Hollywood, CA  91601
818-761-9295
www.impressionsla.com

They have been willing to work with me long distance
and sent me paper samples that would best work with
the custom bookplates I would like to order.  (They
are also able to accept photoshop files if you are
lucky enough to have an artist who works with that
program.)

I'll let you know how they turn out.

L'Shalom,
Poshi Mikalson

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