[ha-Safran]: Jewish Seek find Books

2007-10-24 Thread evilinsk
I am the librarian at a Lubavitch Day School in Miami, Florida. I am
currently looking for a Jewish book series or individual books compararble
to Where's Waldo book series. Has anyone ever heard of such a seek and
find Jewish  book/series. If so, please let me know, I would greatly
appreciate it.

Thank-you,
Elona Vilinsky


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Re: [ha-Safran]: Tribute to Helene Tuchman

2007-10-24 Thread yoel sheridan
What a great tribute!

In these selfish and corrupt times, it is good to know that there are 
people out there who are deserved of such a tribute and, equally, 
people who appreciate  those who are.

Yoel Sheridan
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Tribute to Helene Tuchman

2007-10-24 Thread Etta D. Gold
How wonderful and refreshing to read this Lashon Ha-tov -- and how 
deserving and noteworthy is our dear friend Helen Tuchman!!
Thank you, Ann.

Etta D. Gold
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[ha-Safran]: FDR and the Jews

2007-10-24 Thread Aviva Wasser
Does anyone have recommendations for sources about FDR and Jews 
during the Holocaust for a high school research report?

Thanks,

Aviva Wasser
Ilan High School



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[ha-Safran]: Historical Fiction recommendations

2007-10-24 Thread Eva Radding
In response to George Lederer, here is another work of historical fiction.

Conway, Sara.  Murder on Good Friday.  Nashville, TN: Cumberland House, 2001.
  The murder of a Christian boy in 1220 brings accusations 
against a northern English town's few Jews.  Miracles convince the 
townspeople that the boy is a saint, while the bailiff searches for 
evidence that will lead to the killer and save the Jews.  The mystery 
is engaging, and the setting and relationships between the characters 
are well portrayed.  Grades 9 and up..

Eva Radding
Resource Librarian
Facing History and Ourselves
617-735-1680
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Literature and Jewish Food

2007-10-24 Thread Steven M. Bergson
--- Galit Seliktar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  I am gathering readings that deal with Jewish
  food (which go well
  with dinner).

Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen, won the 2003
Commonwealth Writers Award for Best First Book, Canada
and Caribbean Region, and the 2003 Canadian Jewish
Book Award.

Taylor, Kate. Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen
([Toronto, Ont.] : Doubleday Canada, c2003).

Kate Taylor entwines the stories of three women to
create a haunting story that spans the twentieth
century.

In fin de siècle Paris, Jeanne Proust writes in her
diaries of everything, personal and political. But
mostly she writes of her son, Marcel, who is plagued
by grandiose social ambitions and unfulfilled literary
aspirations.

In mid-century Toronto, Sarah Bensimon, who fled the
Nazis asa child, now feels alienated from her husband
and son,and seeks solace in her kitchen.

And at the turn of the millennium, Marie Prévost pores
over Mme. Proust's diaries, finding in them a refuge
from unrequited love.



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[ha-Safran]: Rabanim she-nispu ba-Shoah

2007-10-24 Thread Dr . Pnina Meislish
Dear friends,
I am very happy to let you know that just now came on the internet 
the second revised edition of my book

Rabanim she-nispu ba-Shoah.

Biographies of Rabis perised  in the Holocaust

About 2400 biograpies of Rabanim and Admorim of Poland  and other 
East European countries who perished in Holocaust.

Free enterence
http://Horabis.blogspot.com.

Yours,
Dr. Pnina Meislish, Jerusalem.

For remarks etc.

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ha-Safran]: Looking for a film on shmittah

2007-10-24 Thread Wendie Gabay
Can someone recommend a good film about shmittah?

Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Wendie Gabay

Head Librarian

Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
(formerly Akiba Hebrew Academy)



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[ha-Safran]: Southern California wildfire

2007-10-24 Thread Weisman, Yaffa
Friends,
Here is a recent report from Jewish agencies in Southern California
about the impact of the fires on everyday life.

Dr. Yaffa Weisman
Library Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-JIR
3077 University Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90007
www.huc.edu/libraries/losangeles
213.7652170

-Original Message-
From: Windmueller, Steven
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:07 AM
To: LA Staff - All (no students); LA Students - Fall 2007
Subject: Southern California wildfire


Some of you have inquired about how the Jewish community in Southern
California is responding to the wildfires. In conversations with our
local Jewish Federation and our Jewish Family Service as well as the
JCPA (Jewish Council for Public Affairs), I have learned the following:

Primary volunteer and service work is being handled by the American Red
Cross, although our JFS agency is currently providing social workers to
deal with the issues of emotional stress and trauma among victims. Other
resources will be required at a later point. There will no doubt be some
special emergency campaigns established to assist those made homeless by
the fires.

The situation is particularly serious in North San Diego County where
volunteers and resources are particularly important at this time. I am
enclosing below a report prepared yesterday and provided to us by the
JCRC Director of the San Diego Jewish Federation that will give you some
greater insights into the dimensions of this difficult situation.

Hi, everyone.

In a nutshell, a short time ago the sheriff's department reported
346,000 homes evacuated and they expect that number to increase before
the Santa Ana winds subside later in the week.

Virtually every synagogue and agency is affected.  In fact, I would dare
to say that everyone in this city knows someone who was evacuated or
were themselves directly impacted.  From my house I could see the fire
line about 20 miles in the distance (I was evacuated in the 2003 fires).
I sent my kids to a friend's for the day because I didn't want them home
by themselves (they're 14 and 16) watching the fire in the distance or
on the news, scaring themselves crazy.

Some synagogues were evacuated.  Our community's Jewish nursing home
evacuated all of the residents at their assisted living facility; most
of the residents of their SNF in a different part of the County were
also evacuated.  As of right now I have not heard reports of any Jewish
institutions sustaining serious damage (other than smoke).

All schools in San Diego County - public and private, elementary through
college - are closed today.  The Wild Animal Park and Sea World are also
closed.  Many businesses are closed.  Most major freeways are open for
passage except when the fire is too close for safety.  The roads need to
be kept as open as possible for evacuation purposes.  They're asking
people to minimize cell phone usage.  Our power went down for a few
minutes yesterday (a word from G-d, perhaps?).  Power has gone down to
thousands of customers throughout the area.

Qualcomm (The San Diego Chargers stadium) has become a major staging
ground and shelter.

Today's temperature will be HOT (about 95 near my house) with very low
humidity and high winds (that's part of the Santa Ana weather
condition).

If people want to do something please direct them to the United Jewish
Federation Website at www.jewishinsandiego.org.  Unfortunately we've had
experience with this before.  We're taking donations which will be used
for short term cash relief for those in need.  We're working very
closely with the Jewish Community Foundation and Jewish Family Service
(they'll provide the direct services).  We're keeping track of our
rabbis and other agencies.  Everyone has been terrific.
.

--Tina

Tina Friedman
Director, Community Relations
United Jewish Federation of San Diego County 4950 Murphy Canyon Road San
Diego CA 92123 telephone 858-571-3444 fax 858-571-0701 e-mail
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[ha-Safran]: Need article from Conservative Judaism magazine

2007-10-24 Thread Nancy Austein
--
From: Nancy Austein
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:52 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: need article from Conservative Judaism

Friends,

I need an article from 1982 or 1983 Conservative Judaism, written by 
SJD Cohen, about conversion to Judaism.  Can anyone help?
Thanks!

Nancy Austein
Library Director
Temple Emanu-El
8500 Hillcrest Road
Dallas, TX  75225
214-706-
214-706-0025 (fax)
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RE: [ha-Safran]: L A query

2007-10-24 Thread Stahl, Sheryl
HUC-LA is located near downtown Los Angeles.  Since we are almost
surrounded by fires (to the west, north-west, north-east, east and
south-east - most 30-60 miles away) our air is pretty  smokey and sooty.
One staff member did have to evacuate her home, but so far is doing
well.  Besides worrying about friends and family who are living closer
to the fire-regions, we're doing well.

Sheryl

Sheryl F. Stahl
Associate Librarian
Frances-Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
3077 University Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 765-2127
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[ha-Safran]: Yiddish Dance Symposium at NYU December 9

2007-10-24 Thread Amanda_Seigel
Yiddish Dance Symposium at NYU December 9

  The Center for Traditional Music and Dance and
  New York University's Department of Performance
  Studies present:

  The Yiddish Dance Research Symposium
  Defining Yiddish Dance: Secular, Sacred, Borrowed
  and Transformed

  Sunday, December 9th - 9:30AM - 5:30PM
  Edgar M. Bronfman Center
  New York University
  7 East 10th Street
  New York, NY 10003
  (between 5th Avenue and University Place).

  Admission: $10 general public, $5 students/seniors

  Scholars wishing to register should RSVP to Center
  for Traditional Music and Dance's
   Pete Rushefsky, 212-571-1555 ext. 36,
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  A special session focused on strategies for
  revitalizing the Yiddish Dance tradition will
  be held on the morning of Monday, December 10th
  (call/email Pete Rushefsky for details).

  The Yiddish Dance Research Symposium is a historic
  first-ever gathering of
  leading researchers, teachers and practitioners of
  the Yiddish (Ashkenazic)
  Dance tradition along with scholars specializing in
  dance ethnography, Jewish
  culture and other Central and East European
  cultures. The goals of the Yiddish
  Dance Research Symposium are for researchers to
  share fieldwork, discuss
  research into the dance tradition and its place
  within Yiddish culture, and
  identify goals/strategies for future fieldwork and
  dissemination of educational
  resources.

  The Symposium co-Chairs are Michael Alpert and
  Walter Zev Feldman, Ph.D.
  Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett of New York
  University's Department
  of Performance Studies is the Symposium's host and
  will moderate.

  Sessions: Sunday, December 9 - 9:30AM - 5:30PM

  1) Welcome from the co-Chairs and Moderator
  2) Defining Yiddish Dance - Contexts, Genres,
  Gestures
  3) Analysis of Film and Video Documents
  4) Connection of Dance and Music
  5) The Sher and Contra-Dance
  6) Interaction with Co-territorial Dance
  7) European Hasidic Dance
  Concluding Thoughts

  Monday December 10th: Special Session (place/time to
  be announced)
  1) Strategies for Field Research, Documentation and
  Dissemination
  2) Training Dance Leaders  Encouraging
  Participation

  For hundreds of years, Jews were part of a diverse
  tapestry of ethnic communities
  in Eastern and Central Europe. Dance, particularly
  during wedding festivities, was
  an important means of cultural expression and
  community cohesion for Jews living
  in cities and shtetlekh (villages) alike. Much of
  the dance repertoire of East
  European Jews was of a multi- cultural nature.
  Nevertheless, Jewish dance also
  featured a unique vocabulary of gestures and genres.
  A variety of factors caused
  most traditional Yiddish dance and its associated
  klezmer repertoire to fall
  almost completely out of practice by the 1960s.

  Participants at the typical American-Jewish
  celebration of today may move in a circle
  to the rhythm of the music but are at a loss as to
  the dance forms, steps and
  stylistic gestures of the tradition. While remnants
  of a limited number of dance
  forms and gestures are retained in Hasidic
  communities, today there are but a
  few elderly immigrant and second-generation Jews
  left who still perform, or can
  even recall traditional dance from either Europe or
  America.

  Despite significant success in the revival of
  traditional Jewish klezmer music over
  the past thirty years, the associated Yiddish Dance
  tradition has received less
  attention and is at alarming risk of being almost
  completely forgotten. It is only thanks
  to the work of a handful of dedicated individuals
  (mostly operating without
  institutional support) that any fieldwork and
  documentation of Yiddish Dance has
  been done over the past thirty years.

  Special thanks to Erik Bendix and Jill Gellerman for
  their work in helping to
  conceptualize the conference.

  Thanks also to Renata Celichowska, Adrienne Cooper,
  Lee Ellen Friedland,
  Jill Gellerman, Itzik Gottesman, Cindy Greenberg,
  Judith Brin Ingber,
   Haim Kaufman, Janet Leuchter, Hankus Netsky, Ethel
  Raim, Karen Sander,
  Jake Shulman- Ment, Fanchon Shur, Mark Slobin, Steve
  Weintraub, Adam Whiteman
  and Helen Winkler.

  Other Upcoming Yiddish Dance Events: Thursday
  November 1st and
  Thursday December 6th from 7PM - 10PM
  Tantshoyz (Yiddish Dance House) - Workshop/Dance
  Party at the
  JCC in Manhattan (76th and Amsterdam).
  Zev Feldman leads the dancing to live klezmer music.
  Dancers of all abilities
  welcome. $10/$8 for JCC and Workmen's Circle
  members.

  Support for the Yiddish Dance Project was provided
  to the Center for Traditional
  Music  Dance by the Forward Association, the
  National Endowment for the Arts
  Heritage and Preservation, the New York State
  Council on the Arts Folk Arts Program,
  a State agency, and the New York City Department of
  Cultural Affairs.

  Peter Rushefsky, Executive Director
  Center for 

Re: [ha-Safran]: L A query

2007-10-24 Thread Barbara Leff
Fred,  Thanks for your concern about our Southern California members 
being affected by the fires.

So far, I haven't heard of any problems.  We in the central Los 
Angeles and San Fernando Valley have not been affected - 
fortunately!  The worst hit have been all around us.  We see the 
smoke but the high winds that have caused havoc in the fire areas 
have kept our skies relatively clear.  I do know some personally who 
have been evacuated in outlying areas - but haven't yet heard of any 
libraries affected!  As Suzi Dubin wrote, the San Diego area and 
others are still very much a concern.  This morning's news said the 
fires are 80% contained, but then there are crazed arsonists who seem 
to want to join in the melee - so new fires are springing up here and 
there.   We keep hoping that all will be well.

Barbara

Barbara Y. Leff,
Chair, Website Committee
Association of Jewish Libraries of Southern California
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[ha-Safran]: Federation Establishes Emergency Fire Relief Fund

2007-10-24 Thread Miller, Caroline
This just came through on my synagogue's list.

Caroline R. Miller
Head of Monographic Cataloging
and Authority/Database Maintenance Sections
UCLA Library Cataloging  Metadata Center
BOX 957230
11020 Kinross Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230
E-mail:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone:  (310) 825-4446
Fax:  (310) 794-9357


From: Temple Beth Am [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: Federation Establishes Emergency Fire Relief Fund

Emergency Fire Relief
Dear Friends:

With wildfires raging throughout Southern California, we join 
together as a community to express our sympathy for the victims, 
including the families of those who have lost their lives, those 
whose homes and businesses have been destroyed or damaged; all whose 
lives have been shattered by the tragic events of this week. We are 
grateful for the firefighters who are working tirelessly, putting 
their own lives at risk.

After being in touch with individuals and organizations in the 
affected areas, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has 
established a special Fire Emergency Relief Fund. Although the extent 
of the needs is not yet clear, we are working with our own local 
Federation beneficiary agencies and the Federations and congregations 
of Orange County and the San Diego area to prioritize requests for 
assistance. We are immediately advancing $50,000 to the relief fund 
in order to help respond to emergency requests.

Make an Emergency Donation
Monetary donations are needed and welcome. To donate to the Fire 
Emergency Relief Fund call (323) 761-8200 or send a check to The 
Jewish Federation, 6505 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90048, made 
payable to The Jewish Federation with the words Fire Relief Fund in 
the memo line. You can also make an emergency donation online by 
clicking here.

Impact on Jewish Communities
Rabbi Mark Diamond of the Federation's Board of Rabbis has been 
speaking with rabbis of congregations in the affected areas and 
working closely with colleagues at Jewish Federations of San Diego 
and Orange County; the directors of the regional offices of the 
Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist and Reform movements; 
Jewish Family Service and other agencies to coordinate our response 
to this disaster.

To date, we are not aware of any synagogues or other Jewish 
institutions that have been severely damaged or destroyed in the 
fires. Congregations in and around Malibu, San Bernardino and San 
Diego report many member families that have been evacuated from their 
homes. We know that some families have lost their homes or sustained 
severe property damage. We have been in touch with rabbis and staff 
of many congregations.

Update from United Jewish Federation of San Diego County
In a nutshell, a short time ago the sheriff's department reported 
346,000 homes evacuated and they expect that number to increase 
before the Santa Ana winds subside later in the week.

Virtually every synagogue and agency is affected. In fact, I would 
dare to say that everyone in this city knows someone who was 
evacuated or were themselves directly impacted. From my house I could 
see the fire line about 20 miles in the distance (I was evacuated in 
the 2003 fires). I sent my kids to a friend's for the day because I 
didn't want them home by themselves (they're 14 and 16) watching the 
fire in the distance or on the news, scaring themselves crazy.

Some synagogues were evacuated. Our community's Jewish nursing home 
evacuated all of the residents at their assisted living facility; 
most of the residents of their SNF in a different part of the County 
were also evacuated. As of right now I have not heard reports of any 
Jewish institutions sustaining serious damage (other than smoke).

All schools in San Diego County - public and private, elementary 
through college - are closed today. The Wild Animal Park and Sea 
World are also closed. Many businesses are closed. Most major 
freeways are open for passage except when the fire is too close for 
safety. The roads need to be kept as open as possible for evacuation 
purposes. They're asking people to minimize cell phone usage. Our 
power went down for a few minutes yesterday (a word from G-d, 
perhaps?). Power has gone down to thousands of customers throughout the area.

Qualcomm has become a major staging ground and shelter. It's been 
reported that 40 San Diego Chargers players and staff have been 
evacuated. The team is temporarily relocated to Arizona.

Today's temperature will be HOT (about 95 near my house) with very 
low humidity and high winds (that's part of the Santa Ana weather condition).

I'll keep you posted.

Tina Friedman
Director, Community Relations
United Jewish Federation of San Diego County
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