[ha-Safran]: 77 Free Learn English Study Sheets
Hi Everyone! Today I added a new feature to the website: Learn English with Audio and Transliterations I created 77 Learn English study sheets that you can use with the website or independently in the classroom, home, work or on the road. The study sheets include all 40 topics and 1,500 words and phrases from the audio site. Both the study sheets and the audio site are free to all. The direct address of the study sheets is: http://www.learn-english.co.il/print/index.html Feedback is welcome. Have a good day, Jacob 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
Publication of interest
Shalom all I hope you find the following publication by a member of Bar-Ilan univesity's teaching staff of interest: Avioz, Michael available Nathan's Oracle (2 Samuel 7) and Its Interpreters Series: http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vSiteName=SearchSeriesResult.cfmvSeriesID=BDHvLang=ELa Bible dans l'histoire Textes et études [] Vol. 5 Year of Publication: 2005 Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2005. XX, 230 p. ISBN 978-3-03910-806-0 / US-ISBN 978-0-8204-8026-8 [] pb. Chaim Chaim Seymour Head of Cataloging and Classification Wurzweiler Libary Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel, 52900 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 972-3-5318127, Fax 972-3-7384065 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 --=_14972328==_ Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=e46d4b.jpg Content-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline; filename=e46d4b.jpg R0lGODlhBgAIAIABAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAGAAgAAAILjI8IcLvmGJSphgIAOw== --=_14972328==_ Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name=e46d5b.jpg Content-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline; filename=e46d5b.jpg R0lGODlhBgAIAIABAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAGAAgAAAILjI8IcLvmGJSphgIAOw== --=_14972328==_--
[ha-Safran]: Teaching Joseph's Narrative Morally
THE WHAT, HOW AND WHY OF TEACHING MORALITY THROUGH THE JOSEPH NARRATIVE A No-Cost Interactive Tele-Webinar with Professor Reuven Kimelman Dear Friends, Have you ever wondered how do you teach the Joseph narrative as a lesson in morality? Are Joseph's dreams illusions of grandeur or premonitions of his future greatness? What is the moral message to Jacob of the selling of Joseph? If you're struggling with these and other questions about how to teach children or adults our Biblical narratives as a source of moral development, we invite you to our second interactive, live session with Brandeis Professor and Master Teacher Reuven Kimelman. Date:Monday November 26, 2007 Time: 1 PM Eastern / 10 AM Pacific Where: Your telephone OR your Internet computer In 75 minutes, you will not only participate in a live class on this material from Vayeshev, but also get the what, why and how to teach it using driving questions, dramatized Biblical text, group exercises, and mindmaps. You will even get a chance to ask your own question! All you need participate is either a telephone OR a computer. Period. No charge, no travel. To reserve your seat (yes, there is a limit on the number of attendees we can accommodate), simply... REGISTER NOW http://www.Our-Learning.com/MoralBible/TW03/ For more details: http://www.Our-Learning.com/MoralBible/TW03/Invitation.html If you've ever had the pleasure to attend any of Dr. Kimelman's live teaching, you already know how fun and rich they are. If you haven't, you are in for a real treat. Either way, give it a try! See you there! Our Learning Company LLC Register at: http://www.Our-Learning.com/MoralBible/TW03/ P.S. Even if you're not currently teaching Bible, you will find the Tele-Webinar inspiring and highly intriguing. So join in -- what do you have to lose? P.P.S. If this is not for you, or you think a colleague or friend can also benefit from it, feel free to pass this along. Thank you for spreading the word. 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]: What Does the Shema Really Mean?
Dear Friends, How many times have you said or heard the Shema in your lifetime? A few? Hundreds? Thousands? Maybe even tens of thousands... But what does it really mean? Why has the Shema become the center piece of Jewish liturgy? How do the 6 words of the Shema, the 6 words of the blessing formula (Barukh Ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh HaOlam), and the 6 words of the Rabbinic insert (Barukh Shem K'vod Malkhuto l'Olam va'ed) relate to each other? What is the literary meaning of the opening verse You shall Love is, and how it relates to the rest of the Shema's first paragraph? Does the Shema really command us to love? What does the oneness of the divine has to do with love? If the Shema has been puzzling to you or even if think you know it well, this interactive, live session with Brandeis Professor and Master Teacher Reuven Kimelman is for you. Date: Tuesday November 27, 2007 Time: 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific Where: Your telephone OR your Internet computer In 75 minutes, you will not only participate in a live class on getting a better understanding of the symphony we call the Jewish liturgy and its poetry, but also get the what, why and how to listen to, or even better recite the Shema with a greater understanding of the poetics of this inspiring text. You will even get a chance to ask your own question! All you need participate is either a telephone OR a computer. Period. No charge, no travel. To reserve your seat (yes, there is a limit on the number of attendees we can accommodate), simply... To register: http://www.Our-Learning.com/JewishPrayerbook/TW04 For more information and to register: www.Our-Learning.com/JewishPrayerbook/TW04/Invitation.html If you've ever had the pleasure to attend any of Dr. Kimelman's live teaching, you already know how fun and rich they are. If you haven't, you are in for a real treat. Either way, give it a try! See you there! Sergiu Simmel Founder and President, Our Learning Company LLC P.S. Even if you're not really into liturgy, you will find the Tele-Webinar inspiring and highly intriguing. So join in -- what do you have to lose? P.P.S. If this is not for you, or you think a colleague or friend can also benefit from it, feel free to pass this along. Thank you for spreading the word. 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]: Movie classification
While we're on the topic of movies. I've been looking for quite some time for a recording of a television show that some of you may recall titled Brooklyn Bridge http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101055/. It was produced by Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties, Spin City) and aired from 1991 to 1993 on CBS. The series followed the life of Alan Silver, a 14 year-old Jewish boy and his extended family who lived in Brooklyn in the 1950's. What was great about this show was that it was genuinely Jewish (if I recall correctly, there was an episode set during Sukot) yet was accessible and enjoyable to the non-Jewish world as well because of the diversity of the supporting characters (Alan's teacher is black; much to the chagrin of his grandmother, he dates an Irish Catholic girl named Katie Monahan). It really showed how much of a salad bowl Brooklyn--and by extension--America is. Although the series was lauded by the critics (it won a total of 12 Emmy Awards in its two-season run) it didn't find its groove with audiences due in part to the fact that CBS initially aired it on Friday nights and when petitioned by the Jewish community to move it to a different time slot, continually rescheduled it to different nights of the week. The end result is that this series has been all but forgotten. I would love to find a copy of this entire series on DVD (though I would settle for VHS). There are a few scam sites that can be found that sell bootlegged copies of the series (tvaddicts.tv, to name one) on DVD, but as of yet Paramount Television has not officially released the series on VHS or DVD. If anyone knows where I can find a legitimate copy of this series, please let me know. Although my search for the show is purely personal, I have no doubt in my mind that this show would make an excellent addition to any Jewish library. Steven +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Steven Jay Bernstein Assistant Catalog Librarian Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, Connecticut 06050 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ PHONE: (860) 832-2079 FAX: (860) 832-2053 E-MAIL: [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]: Facing History Jewish Ed Online Seminar
- Original Message - From: Facing History and Ourselves To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:12 AM Subject: Facing History Jewish Ed Online Seminar Online Seminar for Educators in Jewish Settings This stimulating online seminar will introduce teachers to Facing History and Ourselves' content and methodology. The seminar... teaches about the Holocaust in a way that allows students to draw connections between history and the moral choices that they confront in their own lives presents to students a full picture of the richness of Jewish life and culture in Eastern Europe prior to the Holocaust includes discussions of Jewish identity and the legacy of the Holocaust for today's Jewish community incorporates Jewish texts into the teaching of history Teachers who participate in this online course: -Explore engaging content while learning new methods and strategies for the classroom -Gain access to Facing History's online educator resources -Can receive graduate credits *Start Date: February 21 By using the Holocaust as a case study, we raise profound moral questions about the consequences of our actions and our beliefs, and Facing History teachers help their students make connections between history and the moral choices they make every day. Graduate credits are available through Hebrew College. I could not have imagined 8 weeks ago what an impact this course would have on me. --Teacher, Online Seminar Participant When I was first introduced to Facing History and Ourselves I said 'Facing History? Whose History?' and it was only later that I understood--our common history, that is what we are all trying to learn. --Elie Wiesel, acclaimed author of Night Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives. Facing History and Ourselves Headquarters 16 Hurd Road, Brookline, MA 02445, USA 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]: NEH Summer Institute 2008 -- Venice, the Jews,
and Italian Culture X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Tag at 5.00] X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.132 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Venice, the Jews, and Italian Culture: Historical Eras and Cultural Representations Directors: Murray Baumgarten, University of California, Santa Cruz and Shaul Bassi, University of Venice News: We are pleased to announce that the National Endowment for the Humanities has invited us to conduct the Institute on Venice, the Jews, and Italian Culture: Historical Eras and Cultural Representations again next summer. The Institute will be held in Venice from June 16July 18, 2008. The application deadline is March 3, 2008. College and university teachers of American undergraduate students are invited to apply. Qualified independent scholars and those employed by museums, libraries, historical societies, and other organizations may be eligible for consideration as well, provided they can effectively advance the teaching and research goals of the institute. Participants will receive a stipend from the NEH towards their expenses. Brief Description: College and University teachers are invited to participate in this five-week, inter-disciplinary institute exploring the cultural, intellectual, and historic experience of Venetian Jewry. Participants will receive a stipend from the NEH towards their expenses. Our primary focus will be the Ghetto of Venice, which gave its name to all such subsequent ethnic enclosures. We will explore the history of the Ghetto of Venice as built environment, cultural text, and symbolic site. Together we will examine various artistic materials representing Italian and Venetian Jewish life, including literary, artistic, and dramatic works.This will make it possible for us to reinhabit the Ghetto through the eras of its existence. The Institute will begin with the Renaissance, while emphasizing the modern experience of Venetian Jewry, a paradigmatic Italian Jewish community. The program is designed to benefit scholars in various fields, including European culture, literature, art, and history, Holocaust studies, Italian studies, and Jewish studies. For more information, read the Director's Letter for the NEH Venice Institute or see NEH Institute 2008. Paul Howard Hamburg Librarian for the Judaica Collection 438 Doe Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Tel: (510) 643-3353 Fax: (510) 643-6650 Cell: (510) 387-5827 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/judaica/ 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]: MY FANTASIA Film by Duki Dror-Documentary
Wonderful film by well known Israeli filmmaker - Duki Dror. The Darwish brothers immigrated from Iraq to Israel in the 50*s and established a menorah factory. For 50 years they designed, manufactured and shipped Chanukiyot all over the world. Now the factory is closing. Not just a Chanukah story. A story of Iraqi immigrants to Israel. Read below details. For more information please contact the film's distributor Hedva Goldschmidt - [EMAIL PROTECTED] MY FANTASIA English Title: MY FANTASIA Hebrew Title: FANTASIA SHELI Documentary, 54 min., 2001 (Hebrew with English subtitles) Directed and produced by: Duki Dror, Zygote Films Ltd. Funded by: Israel Broadcasting Authority-Channel 1 Makor oundation Synopsis The three Darwish brothers, who immigrated from Iraq to Israel in the 50*s, established the family factory *Fantasia* - a menorah factory. For a time period of 50 years they designed, manufactured and shipped Chanukah menorahs for the entire world and now*the family factory is about to close down. From this point in time, the director, who is the son of the youngest brother, is starting to embark on a journey that unravels the history of his family, going back 100 years. The story weaves memories from Iraq and Israel - two homelands, two languages, two identities, two enemies. The director is trying to reconstruct the narrative of his family, a narrative that has disappeared in the silence and shame that followed the family move to Israel. The father*s silence is finally broken by the director*s relentless inquiries, which reveal a story about 5 lost years of his father in the Iraqi prison. It is a diary film shot over a period of 10 years. *My parents generation is longing for their old country - Iraq but at the same time they hate it. They are foreign to mainstream Israeli culture but they want their kids to assimilate. Growing up in this paradox, I was expected to become a proud Sabra exemplar. I assume that I failed.*Duki Dror FILM FESTIVALS Encounters International Documentary Film Festival, Johannesburg and Capetown, South Africa Leipzig Documentary Film Festival Germany San Francisco Jewish Film Festival USA Montreal Jewish Film Festival Canada Vancouver Jewish Film Festival Canada Sephardic Film festival New York USA Sephardic Film festival Los Angeles USA Warsaw Jewish Film festival Poland * Part of the curriculum in Cinema studies at Tel Aviv University TELEVISION BROADCAST Channel 1, Israel MAIN CREDITS DirectorDuki Dror ProducerDuki Dror Zygote Films Ltd. Cinematography: Duki Dror, Philippe Bellaiche Writer: Duki Dror Editing:Sara Salomon PRODUCTION / TECHNICAL DETAILS: Year of Production: 2001 Running Time: 54 min. Original Format:Digital Video Preview Tape: DVD/VHS/PAL with English subtitles Screening Format: Beta SP PAL/NTSC with English subtitles REVIEWS *A moving and Sharp video-diary that moves in several layers, and comes to an end in a climatic dual between the director, armed with his microphone, and the father, armed with his silence.* Ma*ariv *Duki Dror employs his highly original documentary style to reveal the painful story of his family immigration to Israel and the racism of the Ashkenazi society they found there.* Judy Gelman Myers, Hadasa Magazine The Jerusalem Post Lighting up the darkness By Aryeh Dean Cohen Sometime this week, the lights will go out for the last time at the Fantasia hanukkiya factory in south Tel Aviv - its careful, loving workmanship replaced by cheaper, faster factories abroad after 50 years. But though the process of closing the shop marks an end of an era for Aboudi Darwish (Dror), one of three Iraqi immigrants who founded the factory, it also helped him and his filmmaker son, Duki, cast a different light on both father and son's experiences as immigrants in a new land. Duki Dror's documentary My Fantasia, is not so much about tracing the family history from its origins in Iraq to its arrival here in the 1950s, as about seeking to resolve what he calls certain matters in my life that remained unresolved. The main thing that was driving me... was to resolve this issue of why I feel like a stranger in Israel, why I ran away to the US and lived there for nine years, and why my father felt like there was nothing worth fighting for. Finding himself in California and then Chicago, Dror got a helping hand with his project from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Operation Desert Storm, which helped stir thoughts about his family's roots. A trip home for a family wedding, the events in the Gulf, and his wife Galia's desire to return, finally took Dror back to the cramped hanukkiya factory and the past, parts of which had remained an unsolved mystery for him for years. Dror had seen a picture of his father in jail in Iraq, a skinny man alongside two others, their feet in chains, but never knew why. There were rumors of some criminal activity, but the proud,
[ha-Safran]: Dictionnaire des rabbins - Derniers jours
La Commission française des archive juives vous rappelle - ATTENTION : DERNIERS JOURS POUR PROFITER DE LA SOUSCRIPTION SUR LE DICTIONNAIRE BIOGRAPHIQUE DES RABBINS (éd. Berg International) PRIX DE VENTE 35 JUSQU'AU 30/11/2007 En savoir plus - DEJA EN LIBRAIRIE : Zadoc Kahn Un grand rabbin entre culture juive, affaire Dreyfus et laïcité (éd. de l'Eclat) En savoir plus Merci de votre soutien. Jean-Claude Kuperminc Président Commission française des archives juives 45 Rue La Bruyère 75009 PARIS France tel. 33 (0)1 53 32 88 62 fax 33 (0)1 48 74 51 33 E-Mail [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]: European Judaism
Dear Safranim: If your library has the 1993 issues of this journal and you would be willing to either mail or fax me an article, please reply to me off-list. Thanks Bev Geller 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]: Mr. Saturday Night
Sounds like a lot of us haven't watched the movie. I have. I liked it, even if it was about dysfunctional siblings. And, yes it was comic. Most ordinarily dysfunctional families are comic. If that wasn't true comedy central would have to shut its doors. Val Val Morehouse, Temple Librarian Temple Isaiah Library 3800 Mount Diablo Blvd. Lafayette, CA 94549 [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]: JNUL becomes National Library of Israel
Yesterday (Nov. 26th) the Knesset passed the National Library Law which formally establishes a National Library of Israel. While the Jewish National and University Library has served as the de facto national library (of the Jewish People since the early 1900s and of the State of Israel since its establishment) it has formally been an administrative unit of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The new law, which goes into force on January first, provides that the Library will first become a semi-independent unit of the Hebrew University, with independent financial systems and fund raising. Subsequently, within a period of three years, the Library will become fully independent. The Library's new name will be ha-sifriyah ha-le'umit (The National Library of Israel). It's mandate is to serve as the national library of both Israel and the Jewish People, as well as continuing to be a general humanities research library for both the Hebrew University and other scholars. The Library's funding will now be primarily directly from the State, although the Hebrew University will continue to contribute part of the budget. As a result of this change, the Library's budget is expected to increase significantly, and the planning of a new building, the contribution of Yad Hanadiv Foundation, is underway. The law emphasizes the role of the Library in using technology to make its collections accessible, and specifically authorizes the library to archive and preserve the Israeli Internet domain. -- # # Elhanan Adler # # Deputy Director for Information Technology# # Jewish National and University Library# # P.O.B. 39105, Jerusalem 91390, Israel # # Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Tel.: 972-2-6585005, FAX: 972-2-6511771, Home tel.: 972-2-6515977 # # Mobile tel.: 972-54-6829657 # # 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
