[ha-Safran]: Job Announcement
Park Avenue Synagogue Edmond de Rothschild Library New York City, NY Job Description Librarian The Edmond de Rothschild Library offers a vibrant collection of well over eight thousand books, videos, LPs, CDs, and DVDs of Judaica, as well as the most current Jewish periodicals, domestic and Israeli. It is both a library and a cultural center. As such, is integrated fully into the life of the PAS congregation, offering not only items to lend but educational and enrichment programming. The librarian, along with a part time assistant, is in charge of collection maintenance, development, and circulation. This includes purchasing, cataloging, and processing of new books, periodicals, and media within budgetary guidelines. Cataloging and circulation processes are fully automated on the 'Athena' program. An integral part of PAS education programming, the librarian also plans and executes lively storytelling and other library programs for toddlers through kitah dalet, as coordinated with the PAS Family Education Dept., Early Childhood Center, and Congregational School, and runs a daily study hall for school children. In addition, the librarian provides ready educational resources to synagogue clergy, educators, and congregants. The Rothschild Library hosts numerous autonomous book clubs and a Yiddish Club for whom the librarian provides support in print and media. The librarian also plans, advertises, and presents other literary and cultural events, such as an ongoing Jewish film festival, and a yearly Haggadah Festival before Passover. The PAS congregation tends to be both highly literate and involved. The successful librarian will also be Jewishly literate, offering fiction and nonfiction which will both challenge the intellect as well as quicken the spirit. He or she will be intellegent, personable, flexible, responsive, comfortable with persons of every age, and a team player. MLA or equivalent experience required. 28 hours weekly. CVs and cover letters should be sent to Beryl Chernov, Executive Director, Park Avenue Synagogue, 50 E. 87th St., New York, NY, 10128; or [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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]: Job posting
POSITION DESCRIPTION Director of Library and Archives American Jewish Historical Society Applications deadline: May 30, 2008 The AJHS seeks a Director of Library and Archives to expand and develop its current staff of four full-time and several part time employees, plus interns and volunteers. The library and archives' mission is to collect, preserve, and make accessible historical materials concerning the communal, cultural, religious, and political life of American Jewry. The library and archives provides access to the material in its care following standard archival and library procedures. This position reports to the Executive Director of AJHS. Responsiblities Provides vision, leadership and operational management. Responsible for staff recruitment, supervision and development. Sets goals for library and archives with professional staff. Advocates AJHS library and archives on issues related to services shared with partners at the Center for Jewish History (CJH), such as collection development, user services, online catalog. Library and Archives Operations Develops and implements day-to-day library and archives practices, policies and procedures for all aspects of public service. Manages and supervises all library and archives activities regarding: acquisition, arrangement and description, EAD markup, electronic access, preservation and holdings maintenance, cataloging, reference (live and remote), records management, technology, online catalogs, security, and outreach. Prepares quarterly and or annual reports. Manages and supervises all long-range planning for facilities, archival and library practices, disaster planning, technology, preservation, security, maintenance, outreach, and collaboration with other institutions and partners at the Center for Jewish History. Participates with CJH partners regarding shared issues: grant development, electronic systems, online catalog, collection development, exhibits. Participates in fundraising or grant writing activities. Serves as project director on library and archives grant projects. Implements all grant requirements in collabortion with grant project team and development department. Provide access to collections to researchers and curators. Outreach and Advocacy Represents the American Jewish Historical Society at relevant professional forums. Attends local and national professional meetings when appropriate and establishes and maintains liaison with other institutions. Represents the American Jewish Historical Society and its collections to the general public and to the scholarly community at large. QUALIFICATIONS Masters degree in Library Sciene, Archives and History, History or related subject. A minimum of ten (10) years professional archival experience, including strong supervisory experience. Expert in best practice for archival procedures. Familiar with library concepts and practices. Outstanding flexibility, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a public service environment Experience in the management of rare books and manuscripts Detail oriented with ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects concurrently. ·Interest and experience with online library systems and digital intiatives Hours are primarily 9 am 5pm Monday through Friday. Must be willing to work additional hours as workload demands or for special events. Salary commensurate with experience. Comprehensive health and dental insurance benefits. About the American Jewish Historical Society. Founded in 1892, the American Jewish Historical Society's holdings include approximately 20 million documents, 60,000 books, thousands of photographs, paintings and other objects that bear witness to the remarkable contributions of the American Jewish community to American society from the 16th century to the present. The mission of AJHS is to foster awareness and appreciation of the American Jewish experience and to serve as a national information resource through the collection, preservation and dissemination of materials relating to American Jewish history. Please submit a brief cover letter and curriculum vita VIA E-MAIL ONLY to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No phone calls, please. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]: Retirement
Dear Cheryl, Mazel tov on your retirement. I know I speak for all of us when I say how much your involvement in AJL and your knowledge of Judaic librarianship has meant to us individually and as a group. I am sad to hear that you will not be actively involved in a library, but happy for you and glad that you will stay involved with AJL. Congratulations on your daughter's engagement. You have some wonderful experiences to look forward to in the near future! All my best, Suzi Dubin - 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]: Looking for Books published in Israel
Can anybody reading ha-Safran help us with these 2 items: 1) We would like to obtain this book, published in Israel: "Sefer Zikhron Shemuel : ha-ziknah bi-mekorot Yisrael : leket mekorot ve-`iyunim mi-tokh ha-Tanakh, ha-Shas, ha-Midrash, ha-Rambam ve-sifrut ha-Sh. u-t. : be-tseruf hebet sotsyologi u-bibliyografyah. Sifre Yahadut ha-Torah, 1989. We would accept a used copy in good condition if a new one is not available. 2) I'm trying to identify this item: a new set of Jerusalem Talmud that is probably being released one section at a time. It uses the Leiden manuscript as its base and then gives all the parallel text from the Babylonian talmud, Tosefta, etc. It may be from a yeshiva named Maale Adumim. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks in advance. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]: Holocaust Memorial Day
In memory. The Holocaust I was not there And yet I was We were not there And yet we were We, the lucky ones Whose forbears flew the European nest Before the black and blackened German eagle pounced We were not there But our Grandmothers were And our grief and anger remain unabated At the bestial manner in which they were humiliated The atrocities echo across the nation and time Reawakening the would-be deaf Reopening the unhealed wounds Reamplifying the unheard cries Reinforcing the resolve to never ever Endure such miseries again Who said the Jews should suffer because they are Jews? Or man should suffer for his views? Was it God who has long forsaken mankind? Or mankind that has forsaken God? A thousand miles away A thousand years away The stench of the stinking Nazi cesspool Will forever permeate the thinking Jewish soul One need not be near the gas chambers To smell the foul gas One need not see the acrid smoke of the crematorium To know it symbolises the Nazi German emporium The universe, so the scientists say Is dotted with black holes Their energy draws into its very centre All within its range So with the Holocaust It is the black hole of the Jewish collective soul It draws and will continue to draw us in For generations to come The Jew knows in his heart That the past will never pass It is with us forever Yoel Sheridan Source Book "From Here to Obscurity" www.tenterbooks.com 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]: Shiva information
The shiva information for Joel Wachs, Z"L, follows. Noreen and her family are sitting shiva until Monday morning, May 5, at the Wachs residence, 215 West 78 Street, (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue), Apt. 3A, New York, NY 10024. The telephone number is (212) 873-7271. May Joel's memory be a blessing - Yehi zikhro barukh. Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:28:40 -0400 To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu,[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Rita Lifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Sad news It is with great sadness that I inform you that Joel Wachs, husband of Noreen Wachs, the Librarian of the Ramaz Middle School, has passed away. The funeral will take place today, Tuesday, April 29, at 11:30 am, at the Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, 630 Amsterdam Avenue at 91st St., NYC. Shiva information will follow. May Noreen and her family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]: Dr. Morris Faierstein on Aaron Zeitlin
(5/11/08, 2:00 p.m.) X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.128 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Sunday, May 11, 2008, 2:00 p.m., Room 122, JCC of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road Rockville, Md. 20852 Yiddish of Greater Washington presents a reading and lecture by Dr. Morris M. Faierstein, editor and translator of the recently released Poems of the Holocaust and Poems of Faith by Aaron Zeitlin. Dr. Faierstein will discuss both Zeitlin and his work as well as the issues involved in translating the poems into English. The presentation will be in English and Yiddish. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Aaron Zeitlin (1898-1975) was one of the major literary figures of interwar Poland. He was a poet, playwright, editor and critic. He was president of the Yiddish PEN Club and with his close friend, Isaac Bashevis Singer, edited Globus, a literary journal, from 1932-1935. In the summer of 1939, Zeitlin was invited to come to New York to supervise the American premiere of one of his plays. The outbreak of World War II let him stranded and unable to return home. He spent the rest of his life in New York. His writings, particularly his poetry, expressed his sense of despair and mourning for the loss of his family and society. Many poems describe his guilt at having survived the destruction of his whole world. Though not conventionally religious, Zeitlin was very interested in spirituality and mysticism, and his poems reflect this interest. He was a major talent who has not received the attention that the quality and quantity of his literary output deserves. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
