[ha-Safran]: Specific Surpass recommendation
If you are an elementary school librarian, who uses the Surpass system, please contact me at sle...@ybhillel.org. Thanks. Susan Levin, Hillel Academy, Passaic, NJ --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: AJL ALA female roommate sought
Hi all, I'm looking for a female roommate, ideally someone who is also attending both conferences (I'll be staying at AJL's conference hotel through the night of July 12). Please let me know if you're interested by responding to me at j...@umd.edu. Thanks and hope to hear from you soon, Jasmin -- Jasmin Nof Judaica and Hebraica Cataloger 2200 McKeldin Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 301-405-9337 j...@umd.edu 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: Online Encyclopedia of Jewish Women.
FYI. Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel, Boston It's here! The Jewish Women's Archive is proud to announce the launch of the online version of Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, originally published by Alice and Moshe Shalvi of Shalvi Publishing Ltd., and edited by Professors Paula Hyman of Yale University and Dalia Ofer of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Encyclopedia is now available for FREE at http://jwa.org/encyclopedia. Previously available only on CD-ROM, the Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive source on Jewish women. It features over 1,700 biographies, 300 thematic essays, and 1,400 photographs and illustrations on a wide range of Jewish women through the centuries -- from Gertrude Berg to Gertrude Stein; Hannah Greenbaum Solomon to Hannah Arendt; the Biblical Ruth to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Never before has so much well-researched and well-written material about Jewish women been available in one place online. Accessible and free to Internet users all over the world, the Encyclopedia appeals to a wide range of readers, including educators, activists, high school students, researchers, scholars, and the merely curious. Its thematic and visual links make it possible to draw connections across time and space in ways that are impossible in a printed book. Please help us spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to your colleagues, family, and friends! Let us know how you are using the Encyclopedia. Send your feedback to Jordan Namerow, Online Communications Specialist, Jewish Women's Archive, jname...@jwa.org. Jewish Women's Archive | 138 Harvard Street | Brookline | MA | 02446 --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: Ohel Sorah Leah and Shema'atin
Does anyone have access to these journals who would be willing to email or fax me two articles? Thanks in advance. 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: Offer to librarians of a complimentary
documentary with a powerful Jewish message X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.60 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR,MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.132 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Shalom, As a follow-up to the review of A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World in the November-December Associations of Jewish Librarians newsletter, please note that the Jewish Vegetarians of Norh America (JVNA) will be happy to provide a complimentary DVD to each librarian who requests one. More information about the movie is in the article below. Best wishes, Richard (Schwartz) president, JVNA NEW DOCUMENTARY APPLIES JEWISH VALUES TO ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, HUMANE ISSUES Richard H. Schwartz Because the world is heading rapidly toward an unprecedented catastrophe from global warming and other environmental threats, Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA) has produced a documentary, A SACRED DUTY: APPLYING JEWISH VALUES TO HELP HEAL THE WORLD, to address these threats from a positive Jewish perspective. JVNA will send a free copy to anyone who will help arrange a screening or help promote the movie in some other way. Almost daily there are reports of severe droughts, floods, storms or wildfires, of the melting of glaciers and polar icecaps and other indicators of global warming. It is frightening that, while these effects are due to an increase in temperature of less than 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 100 years, the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group composed of hundreds of the world's climate scientists, is projecting an increase of 3 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit in the next 100 years. Even more ominous is that some climate scientists, including James Hansen of NASA, are warning that global warming may reach a tipping point and spiral out of control within a decade, with disastrous consequences, unless major changes are soon made. Israel is especially vulnerable to global climate change, in terms of reduced rainfall, severe storms and flooding from a rising Mediterranean Sea. A SACRED DUTY is a Jewish response to these realities. It reminds us that it is our sacred duty to become aware of current threats and our responsibility to apply Jewish teachings to how we obtain our food, use natural resources, and live among other creatures whom God created. It offers simple, practical measures for reducing our impact on the planet, including an inconvenient truth that even Al Gore has not yet acknowledged. Produced by the highly acclaimed, multi-award-winning film maker, Lionel Friedberg, A SACRED DUTY reinforces the messages in Al Gore's AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH and Leonardo di Caprio's, THE ELEVENTH HOUR about the dangers of global warming. However, it goes beyond these films, by showing how religious responses can make a major difference and why a shift toward plant-based diets is an essential part of efforts to reduce global climate change and other environmental threats. It also challenges people to consider the many moral issues related to our diets, including Torah teachings on how animals are treated on factory farms and the effects on human health and the environment. Although it is primarily intended for a Jewish audience, A SACRED DUTY speaks to people everywhere about the ethics of our relationship to the natural world in which we live. The movie's universal message will appeal to anyone interested in such topics as biblical teachings, Israel, the environment, health, nutrition, vegetarianism, hunger and resource usage. The movie may be said to be like Levy's Jewish Rye bread - you do not have to be Jewish to appreciate it. The documentary features interviews with leading Israeli and American environmental, health, vegetarian and animal rights activists as well as Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist and secular leaders. Interviewees include: Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Haifa; Rabbi David Rosen, Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland and International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee; Dr. Yeshayahu Bar-Or, Chief Scientist: Israel Environmental Ministry and many other rabbis and Jewish leaders and activists. Biblical passages are read by the acclaimed Jewish star of Broadway and screen Theodore Bikel A SACRED DUTY and the many activities being planned around it have the potential to help move our imperiled world toward a sustainable path. But only if the movie is widely viewed and discussed. So, please order your FREE copy and please consider taking one or more of the following actions after viewing the movie: have viewings for family, neighbors and friends; try to schedule showings
[ha-Safran]: K- 3 recommendation for Pesach
I just bought a worthwhile book on Pesach published by National Geographic: Celebrate Passover, by Deborah Heiligman and consultant Rabbi Shira Stern. The book has large, colorful photographs of children around the world observing Pesach. It features medium sized font in informative text appropriate for children through about 3rd grade. On the same pages, large green font relates simple concepts to photographs, making it equally useful for the very young children to whom I also give library lessons, ie.: We search for crumbs. We think of those who are hungry. Etc. This might sound cluttered, but it isn' t . I' m happy with this book. Melinda Herman Melinda Herman Librarian Beth El Synagogue Northfield Road at North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10804 (914) 235-2700, ext. 227 --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: Dan Wyman Books closing Manhattan location; 40%
off sale Sunday-Thursday March 8-12 X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.90 (*) [Tag at 5.00] J_CHICKENPOX_13,MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.130 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Dear Friends, Special Thanks to the hundreds of you who have come by our showroom in Manhattan since our opening in the Fall. However, given Manhattan rents and the current realities of retail, Dan Wyman Books is moving all our operations to Brooklyn, for one-stop-shopping, under one roof. But we need your help! Rather than ask you to pitch in with a box and marker, we hope you will help us reduce our movable inventory by purchasing books at a special 40% Off Moving Sale at our Manhattan location. No book will be spared! The sale starts with a special Open Shop Day on Sunday, March 8 and will run through Thursday, March 12 (We will be closed Monday Tuesday March 9 10 for Purim). The Sale is only at our 12 W. 27th St, 13th floor Location (b/w B'way 6th), and hours are as follows: Sunday, March 8: 10am-3pm (Monday March 9: closed) (Tuesday, March 10: closed) Wednesday March 11: 11am-7pm Thursday March 12: 11am-7pm After next week, we invite you come by and browse our extensive collection of Judaica Hebraica by appointment at our Williamsburg, Brooklyn location. And, of course, we will continue to publish quality catalogs of important, interesting, and unusual titles in all fields of Jewish studies. If you are in the Greater New York region, please print out the poster at http://danwymanbooks.com/saleposter.doc and post it in your Shul, JCC, Library, Department, or Deli. Thanks and see you at the Sale! Dan ~ Dan Wyman Books, Inc. www.DanWymanBooks.com Regular Hours Tues Thurs 11-7 (Phone First) 12 W. 27th St, 13th flr, NY, NY 10001 (b/w B'way 6th) Correspondence Billing: PO Box 110857 Brooklyn, NY 11211 d...@danwymanbooks.com v: 718.963.0410 c: 347.564.3954 (note new nrs.) We Find Good Homes For Nice Jewish Books --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: ALA Annual Conference
FYI: For those interested in extending their visit to Chicago by attending ALA after AJL please be advised of the following: The early registration deadline is Friday, March 6th. To learn more about the conference, visit http://ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/index.cfm . The ALA Exhibits will open on Saturday, July 11th at 8:45 AM. The only programming on Thursday, July 9th are Preconference Sessions: Privacy Who Do You Trust? 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm ($25) Cataloging Digital Media: Back to the Future 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Tickets: Advance: ALA Member, $249; ALCTS Division/RT Member, $199; Non-member, $289; Student, $99. Onsite: ALA Member, $299; ALCTS Division/RT Member, $249; Non-member, $339; Student, $99. Metadata Standards and Applications: A Cataloging for the 21st Century Workshop -2 day workshop Thursday and Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM both days Tickets: Advance: ALA Member, $389; ALCTS Division/RT Member, $339; Non-member, $489; Student, $150 Onsite: ALA Member, $439; ALCTS Division/RT Member, $389; Non-member, $489; Student $150 Streaming Media and Proliferating E-Books: Acquiring and Managing Emerging Formats 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Tickets: Advance: ALA Member, $249; ALCTS Division/RT Member, $199; Non-member, $289; Student, $99. Onsite: ALA Member, $299; ALCTS Division/RT Member, $249; Non-member, $339; Student $99 Also be advised that the ALA has a new policy: You must be registered for the Conference to register for housing. I don't know how that works if you are already registered at the hotel. For visit the ala website at www.ala.org or call them between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM CST at 1-800-545-2433. Kol Tuv, Kathe Pinchuck, Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Association of Jewish Libraries --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: Librarian's Lobby for March 2009
Hello Everyone, It's been a while since I had something to write about. This month's column is about the teaching of ethics. http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/crc103a.htm Also visit my blog for short entries about libraries, books, and stories that don't fit into a Librarian's Lobby column or academic article. It is meant to inform and amuse. Please check it out. Donnie Daniel Stuhlman Chicago, IL ddstuhlman at earthlink.net Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.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: hasaf...@osu.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 High School library premises
Dear all, Subject: [ha-Safran]: New High School library premises - any tips on furniture/design/lighting of the library? Our small American/Orthodox Jewish school is going to expand next year. We will have our first G9 class, and our present G6 G8 will move with this new class to new premises. At the moment we have only an empty room, so we have an opportunity to have a purpose built library! Could anyone please give me any tips, or pitfalls regarding the design of our library? There must be so many things to consider . . . I remember I even glanced at an email (I'm not sure if it was from Hasafran) regarding the standard dimensions of the circulation desk! (I'm guess mine is far short of what it should be!). I and our new High School Principal would be grateful for any assistance you can give us. Thank you for your help. Yours sincerely, Susan Morrison Librarian Carmel School 10 Borrett Road Mid Levels Hong Kong Tel : (852) 2964 1600 Fax : (852) 2813 4121 --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: Mi she-Berakh for Agunot
The Mi she-Berakh for Agunot and Mesorvot Get which I composed is scheduled to be recited this coming Shabbat, the Shabbat which precedes the International Aguna Day, marked on Ta'anit Esther, in shuls throughout the Jewish world. The prayer is also suitable to be recited on Ta'anit Esther itself, and likewise on Purim, which is considered particularly to be a day of òú øöåï (et ratzon). An article in Hebrew which includes an introduction to the prayer, the nusah of the prayer, and mare mekomot to the sources upon which the prayer is based is posted on the Kolech website at the following link. http://www.kolech.org/show.asp?id=31920 The publication of an official English translation is forthcoming. May our prayers on behalf of Agunot be answered. Yael Levine --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: For Sale: Adiel by Shlomo DuNour
We offer copies of this title for $6.00 postpaid in the US, $16.00 postpaid outside the US. Winner of the 1999 JERUSALEM PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Adiel is a re-telling of the Old Testament story of the Bible, from the Creation of Adam and Eve through the ten generations that culminates with Noah and the Flood. It is told through the observations of Adiel, an angel, appointed by God and the Archangel Michael, whose responsibility it is to record the events of Man--a sort of protective angel of history. Utilizing the ancient forms of Midrash, the Jewish term for literary and creative Biblical exposition, it is a reflection on the place of man in the universe, and on good and evil.The angel Adiel is chosen to witness the tragedies of the ten generations of man. Translated by Philip Simpson. Selected for the BARNES NOBLE DISCOVER PROGRAM Henry Hollander, Bookseller 843 Twenty-Fourth Avenue San Francisco, CA 94121 tel 415-831-3228 http://www.hollanderbooks.com http://hollanderbooks.blogger.com boyc...@hollanderbooks.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: hasaf...@osu.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]: our latest catalogue - 326/A
-- ROBINSON BOOKS E.MAIL: rob_b...@netvision.net.il WEBSITE: WWW.ROBINSON.CO.IL TEL: 972-3-560-1626/5461 FAX: 972-3-566-0439 P.O.BOX 4308, TEL AVIV 61042 ISRAEL -- Shalom, Robinson's latest catalogue (326/A) has just been published. Please advise if interested in receiving a copy, thank you. Best wishes Uri Richter Robinson Books --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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]: Book of Life podcast: Holocaust memories
THE BOOK OF LIFE: A podcast about Jewish books, music, film web, hosted by Heidi Estrin Holocaust survivor Aranka Siegal, author of Upon the Head of the Goat, Grace in the Wilderness, and Memories of Babi, shares some of the memories upon which her award-winning books are based, in the newest episode of The Book of Life podcast at www.bookoflifepodcast.com! Aranka's latest book, Memories of Babi, was named a 2009 Sydney Taylor Honor Book by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Enjoy! Heidi Estrin The Book of Life www.bookoflifepodcast.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: hasaf...@osu.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]: 2008 Judaica Reference and Bibliography Awards
On behalf of the Research Libraries, Archives, and Special Collections Division of the Association of Jewish Libraries, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Judaica Reference and Bibliography Awards: Reference Award: Hundert, Gershon David. 2008. The YIVO encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press. Bibliography Award: Richler, Binyamin, Malachi Beit-Arie?, and Nurit Past?ernak?. 2008. Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: catalogue. Citta? del Vaticano: Biblioteca apostolica Vaticana. Bibliography Honorable Mention: Lubetski, Edith, and Meir Lubetski. 2008. The book of Esther: a classified bibliography. Bible bibliographies. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press. I would like to thank the Judaica Reference and Bibliography Awards committee for their hard work: Jim Rosenbloom, Barry Walfish, Daniel Rettberg, Rachel Simon, Philip Miller, and Rachel Ariel. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Gershon Hundert and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; Benjamin Richler, Malachi Beit-Arie?, Nurit Pasternak, and the Staff of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts at the Jewish National and University Library (National Library of Israel); and our association member Edith Lubetski, and her spouse Meir Lubetski. Rachel Leket-Mor Chair of Judaica Reference and Bibliography Award Committee Association of Jewish Libraries Bibliographer Religion, Philosophy, Jewish Studies Arizona State University Libraries PO Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: 480 965 2618 Fax: 480 965 9127 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: hasaf...@osu.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