[ha-Safran]: Educational websites about Lag Ba'Omer
Hi Everyone! The Jewish festival Lag Ba'Omer is Tuesday, May 12, 2009. If you are flying over Israel on Monday night (11th) and you look down out of your plane, you will see thousands of bonfires dotting the landscape as far as the eye can see. There are various customs and explanations for these celebrations. I posted on my website 38 links to learn about Lag Ba'Omer. All 38 links have been reviewed / checked this week. The web address is: http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdayla.htm I also added Lag Ba'Omer stickers to the Facebook Send Jewish Stickers application at: http://apps.facebook.com/jewish-stickers/ Enjoy the bonfires! 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: 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]: NoveList coverage of Jewish fiction
I took the liberty of relaying to my colleagues at NoveList (for whom I do some freelance writing) some of the concerns that have been expressed on this list about their coverage of Jewish fiction. Their Data Manager told me that she has checked out the AJL website and will be pointing catalogers in their Data Division to several resource lists there: Book Club Reading Lists (2003-2009), for adult fiction nonfiction recommendations, and Notable Children's Books of Jewish Content (1999-2009). She is also ordering these print bibliographies for cataloging: Notable Children's Books of Jewish Content (covering 1985-2000); Jewish Classics for Kids by Linda Silver (2006). She also asked, By the way, who at AJL could tell me about the electronic format of the newsletter book reviews and the fee for licensing? If someone can provide me this information offline, I'll pass it along. (Please do so before noon on Friday, as I'll be away from this computer for a couple of weeks after that.) This seems to me a good response, one that should help to solve some of the problems that Safranim have noted about NoveList's coverage of Jewish books. Fred Lerner, D.L.S. Hon. Librarian, Koreman Library Roth Center for Jewish Life Hanover, New Hampshire fred.ler...@dartmouth.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
Re: [ha-Safran]: AJL-NYMA Spring Conference
Congratulations to NYMA for once again hosting such an outstanding opportunity for professional growth. Thank you for setting the standards in our profession. Sincerely, Susan Dubin AJL President --- 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 newsletter reviews
I only just noticed this line of discussion about AJL's newsletter reviews with Linda's message below. I'd like to add my 2 cents. I agree that it is in AJL's best interests to share our reviews as widely and freely as possible. Only by having the outside world become aware of our points of view can we expect to have any impact on Jewish content in publishing or book purchasing. Putting our reviews on Amazon is an excellent plan. Not only is Amazon itself widely used, but reviews posted to Amazon end up moving virally across the internet on other bookselling sites and Amazon affiliate sites. Anyone can create an account and post a review. The only stumbling block is time to input the information. Hopefully our recent reviews are available digitally (in Word or some such) so that they could be cut-and-pasted rather than retyped into Amazon. As to which reviews to include, I'd say we should include all reviews starting with the most recent issue of AJL Newsletter, and then work backwards as time permits. And of course, as new newsletters come out, those new reviews would take priority over back issues for being added to Amazon. We might also consider adding our reviews to AJL's blog, People of the Books. This would provide valuable content in an AJL sanctioned venue, and would allow our blog to remain current. However, I would still want to see them included on Amazon, because they'll be seen by more people in that environment. I agree completely with Linda's points that negative as well as positive reviews must be included, and that there is no need for password protection. It is much more valuable to share our reviews with the wider world than it is to hold reviews back as a recruitment tool. I too doubt that many people join AJL for the reviews alone. The only point I (sort of) disagree with is the idea of moving the newsletter completely online. I can see the benefit, but it's a rather long newsletter and I know that I personally would never read it if I had to do so digitally. Heidi Estrin AJL PR Committee he...@cbiboca.org Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 21:08:47 -0400 From: Linda Silver silve...@roadrunner.com To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: RE: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews My computer died and this is the first time I've been reading or writing email messages in quite a while. I'm not sure of the origins of the discussion about access to AJL Newsletter book reviews that was summarized by Suzi Dublin in her HaSafran message of April 21, but I want to chime in and say how important I think it is for there to be online access to AJL Newsletter reviews. My concern for years has been that our reviews reach a very limited audience and not the wider world of book selectors who could certainly use a Jewish perspective on Jewish books. For example, the large public library database that I use most frequently (Clevnet) has a feature in its catalog called Online Extras. It consists of published reviews from SLJ, Booklist, etc. As we know, those are not always the best sources of reviews of Jewish children's books and they are sometimes misleading. Each time I read one, I wish that the AJL Newsletter review was also available. In researching books of Jewish content, I often use Novelist, one of hundreds of databases available through Clevnet. Again, reviews from secular media are in it but never reviews from the Jewish media. Moreover, some important Jewish books are not included and other rather poor ones are. This, I'm pretty sure, is a result of the available reviews. If AJL Newsletter reviews were available online, they would be accessible to database searchers and could be more easily included in some of the big, popular databases like Novelist. It is worth noting that AJL Newsletter reviews of books for children and teens are included in the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) and have been for about five years. CLCD is a subscription service so its contents are limited to those who pay the yearly fee or, like some AJL members, have it waived. Recently, I suggested to the Newsletter editors that they look into posting Newsletter reviews on Amazon. This seems like a good way to make them available to the wider public but someone in AJL would have to be responsible for finding out if and how it could be accomplished. Regarding the questions in Suzi's messages from AJL Council: 1) Which reviews do we make public? Why not all of them? How else would one choose? Certainly not just the reviews that are positive. Negative reviews are very important as well. 2) How far back do we go? Start with the current and work backwards as time allows. 3) Password protection for current reviews: Not necessary IMHO. How many people join AJL just for access to Newsletter reviews? To add one more thought to the mix, why not
[ha-Safran]: Duplicate copies of Conservative Judaism
I have duplicate copies of numerous issues of Conservative Judaism, available for the cost of postage: Vol 60 no. 3 (Spring 08) and no. 4 (Summer 08) Vol 59 no. 1 (Fall 06), no. 3 (Spring 07), no. 4 (Summer 07)\ Vol 58 no. 1 (Fall 05), nos. 2-3 (Winter/Spring 06), no. 4 (Summer 06) Vol 57 no. 1 (Fall 04) Vol 56 no. 1 (Fall03), no. 2 (Winter 04), no. 4 (Summer 04), Special Supplement on The Problem of Judaism in America Vol 55 no. 3 (Spring 03), no. 4 (Summer 03) Please let me know if you would like any or all of them. Marga * Marga Hirsch Librarian Park Avenue Synagogue 50 East 87th St. New York, NY 10128 212.369.2600, x127 mailto:mhir...@pasyn.orgmhir...@pasyn.org --- 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
[Hasafran]: American Girl series, Rebecca
Jackie Greene, the author of 'Out of Many Waters and One Foot ashore' and 'Nathan's Hanukkah Bargain' is going to be in New York at the Children's Book Expo and the Jewish Book Council's author luncheon. This will be part of the launch of her American Girls series, Rebecca 6 volumes about a Russian Jewish immigrant girl in 1914 New York. May 31st is the official launch date. Jackie is a wonderful and frequent speaker at our Book Fairs at Temple Emanuel in Newton MA. The children love her talks and even write letters to her afterwards. She also has a new Kar-Ben book launching at the same time The Secret Shofar of Barcelona. Be sure to stop by her booth. Helene Tuchman Librarian, retired Rabbi Marshall R. Lifson Library Temple Emanuel of Newton MA tuchm...@rcn.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]: Question about the Middle East
Dear AJL librarians, I am posting this reference question for my colleague. We need to find the components of populations in the 6 GCC countries in the Middle East (UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait). Would you know of any resources that give the percentage or the number of people by nationality for each of these countries (or for the GCC as a whole)? For example (I'm just making this up), it could be something like this: Saudi Arabia's population is made up of 60% of Saudi Arabia people, 30% Israelis and 10% Lebanese. We've looked at the statistics on the websites of each of these GCC countries. But they only give very simple breakdown: percentage of Nationals and non-Nationals. No breakdown of what these non-Nationals are. Any leads will be welcome. Please reply me and I will relay the message. Thanks, Brenda * Brenda Yi, Librarian Jewish Community Centre One Robinson Place 70 Robinson Road Mid-Levels Hong Kong S.A.R., China http://www.jcc.org.hk E-Mail: jcc...@jcc.org.hk Tel: (852)2589-2660 Fax: (852)2877-0917 * --- 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]: Lecture on Ethiopian Jewry at the Library of
Congress May 11at noon 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 128.146.216.89 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Hebrew Language Table of the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel presents: What: Ethiopian Jewry: History, Dream and Aliyah Lecture by Dr. Yohannes Zeleke (in English) When: Monday, May 11, 2009 at Noon Where: Library of Congress, Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, Madison Bldg. Dr. Yohannes Zeleke, an Ethiopian Jew, is an historian, archaeologist, anthropologist and former curator of the National Museum of Ethiopia. He has been teaching as an adjunct professor at George Washington University and American University. Dr. Zeleke has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the Russian Academy of Science and an MA in archaeology and BA in history from St. Petersburg State University. PROGRAM IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For more information: Gail Shirazi g...@loc.gov, 202-707-9897 --- 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]: Lecture on Nazi Propoganda at Library of
Congress-May 18 atNoon 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 128.146.216.129 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN European Division and the Hebrew Language Table of the Library of Congress Present: What: Lecture-Nazi Propaganda: The Machinery of Evil Lecture by Professor Gabriel Weimann When: Monday, May 18, 2009 at Noon Where: Pickford Theater, Library of Congress, Madison Building This presentation by Dr. Gabriel Weimann, a Professor of Communication at Haifa University, Israel and at the American University, Washington, DC, will examine the social and psychological mechanisms activated by the sophisticated and powerful Nazi propaganda. The multi-media presentation includes posters, movies, speeches, public events, books, cartoons and other media used by the Nazis. Program is free and open to the public . For more information contact Gail Shirazi: 202-707-9897,g...@loc.gov Weimann is currently a visiting professor at the American University in Washington, D.C. His research interests include the study of media effects, political campaigns, persuasion and influence, media and public opinion, modern terrorism and the mass media. He is the author of five books including Communicating Unreality, The Influentials: People Who Influence People, The Theater of Terror, Hate on Trial and The Singaporean Enigma. Weimann's report titled Terror on the Internet, which was published in 2007 by the nonpartisan, congressionally-funded U.S. Institute for Peace, has received much media attention. The report concludes that the potential for terrorist cyber-attacks over the Internet is an overrated threat. Instead he suggests that policymakers and journalists should focus on the numerous uses that terrorists make of the Internet every day. These include psychological warfare; publicity and propaganda; data mining; fundraising; recruitment and mobilization; networking; sharing information and planning and coordination. --- 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]: Modern Zionism textbook
Dear Colleagues, I have been asked to post the following title by the author, a colleague in my school. I have included some reviews, too. Lillian Steinberg Librarian, HAFTR High SchoolCedarhurst, NY 11516 For the Sake of Zion: Pride Strength through Knowledge Tuvia Book This educator's guide is intended to provide students with a sense of pride and understanding of modern Zionism and its achievements. Once Jewish students leave the protective bubble of school, home or intimate social group and enter the real world of a mixed college campus, sometimes hostile to Jews and Zionism, they often find themselves uncomfortable, on the defensive and unable to speak about Israel, in part, because they lack the passion for Zion. In order to respond effectively with a sense of self-respect and to be proactive, students need a sense of commitment and pride, as well as knowledge and tools. The units in this guide are structured to paint broad-brush strokes of Zionist literacy and focus on key documents and understand the motivation of the heroic men and women who helped shape the Zionist dream. There are many triggers that should lead to passionate group discussion and debate. The clips on the suggested films listed in the index will enhance many units. In addition, the educator should also utilize the resources provided in the appendix in order to develop a comprehensive course on Israel that will provide the students with the specific responses to challenging questions. The appendix includes: A bibliography containing recommended books to enhance each unit. A list of suggested films to accompany each unit. A list of useful educational websites. An index of maps and illustrations. A timeline. The units are structured in the following manner: The first three units are foundation units dealing with the necessity to define Zionism in the twenty-first century. This involves exploring our historical and religious connections to the Land of Israel. The next four units concern the rise of the modern Zionist movement and theYishuv (pre-state Israel). Streams of Zionism will be reviewed, as well as theChalutzim (pioneers), and the hope and betrayal of the British Mandate era. The culminating units relate to the Modern Jewish State, including Israel at War and peace, and acknowledge the importance of having a Jewish country of our own after almost two stateless millennia. Praise for Tuvia Book's For the Sake of Zion: This book is a wonderful road map to one of the great journeys of human history the return of the Jewish people to Israel. Tuvia Book combines the head of a knowledgeable expert with the heart of a passionate educator, to produce a volume rich in facts, ideas, and creative pedagogy. This guide will be an invaluable resource for those who really care about bringing Israel into the hearts and souls of our young and not so young. This book in the hands of educators who care will fill a great void. Professor Barry Chazan Tuvia Book has written a fascinating and informative survey of Zionism from its early days to the present. This book is an important addition to the existing educational material. Sir Martin Gilbert It is a splendid work, enlightening, full of important information, well-organised and beautifully produced. I need hardly say how valuable a contribution it is, given the sad state of disinformation anddemonisation of Israel in so many circles today. I congratulate you on it and hope it is widely read and reflected on. Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks Kol Hakavod and congratulations on this important and much needed book! Natan Scharansky Bravo! Putting his extensive knowledge and experience to great use, Tuvia Book has produced an essential guide for teachers and students, offering pithy, practical, exciting, illuminating and substantive units on Zionist history, Zionist ideology, and the State of Israel. This helpful guide will help bring Zionist education and Israel studies into the twenty-first century. Professor Gil Troy For the Sake of Zion is extremely informative. The book inspires students to delve deeper into vital historical subjects for the Jewish people and the Zionist enterprise. This is indeed an important project. Elie Wiesel Since its publication, thousands of copies of the curriculum source book have been sold to schools, Federations, Jewish institutions and youth movements in Australia, South Africa, Europe and North America. The materials in the curriculum text are meant to assist Jewish students to better understand their connection to Israel, thereby helping them when they attend college to confidently identify with and, if necessary, defend Israel against critics. Emunah Magazine This excellent resource guide is long overdue it provides powerful intellectual and historic background Worksheets, topics for discussion, an excellent chronology and bibliography
[ha-Safran]: Audio and Video of AJL-NYMA Workshops Available Online
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter is pleased to announce that the following are now available on our website: 2009 School Library Workshop Guidelines for Using Holocaust Literature With Middle School and High School Students Beryl Bresgi - Librarian, Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen Co. Kathe Pinchuck - Chair, Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee - Librarian, Congregation Beth Sholom, Teaneck, NJ - Part-time Librarian, Montclair Public Library Audio Available at: http://ajlnyma.org/Events/2008-2009/2009%20School%20Library%20Workshop/index.htm 2009 Cataloging Workshop XML for Catalogers in 2009: Emerging Technologies, Tools, and Trends Kevin Reiss, Systems Librarian Office of Library Services City University of New York PowerPoint Presentation with Synced Audio Available at: http://ajlnyma.org/Events/2008-2009/2009%20Cataloging%20Workshop/ And be sure to check out the Events section of our website for audio, video, and textual files from previous workshops! +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Steven Jay Bernstein Association of Jewish Libraries New York Metropolitan Area Chapter http://www.ajlnyma.org +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ I serve as the: - Cataloging Workshop Coordinator - Webmaster Contact me at: - catalog...@ajlnyma.org - webmas...@ajlnyma.org +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ --- 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]: Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal
Hi all, I'm new to this list and just entering my third term in the LIS program at Wayne State University. For the past 20 years I've been the general and managing editor of Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal, which is now published by Indiana University Press Bridges has a brand new special issue, Jewish Feminists and Our Fathers guest edited by Rebecca Alpert and Laura Levitt Here is a link to the table of contents: http://inscribe.iupress.org/toc/bri/14/1 -- Clare Kinberg, Managing Editor Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal 4860 Washtenaw Ave #I-165 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 cl...@bridgesjournal.org www.bridgesjournal.org Order Bridges at http://inscribe.iupress.org/loi/bri --- 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]: Nomi Levy (San Diego Hebrew School)
Please forgive, campers, but I can't think of another way to get to Nomi Levy at the San Diego Hebrew Day School I send you emails and stuff and they all get bounced back at me with the note: Inappropriate Language used!!!. It is true that I have been known to make sailors blush while cruising certain bars down on the wharf, but in the case of what I hack out on the internet, my Bobbsey Twin sinagoga newsletters could win a Swiss Catholic Girl's Convent School seal of approval on any random day of the week. (Does anyone still read those books, by the bye? I had my mother's 1920's collection and they were real page turners. It took me forever to figure out what a velocipede was let alone pronounce it). Anywhosits, do you have another email address? Besos Alba Toscano Sinagoga conservador La Javura calle Uruguay 59, pta 13 46007 Valencia (SPAIN) http://www.uscj.org/world/valencia lajav...@lajavura.org --- 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]: Blessed is the Match DVD now available
Dear Colleagues, i am pleased to announce the release for educational institutions of the excellent film about Hannan Senesh called Blessed is the Match. Below are the instructions on how to order as well as 2 PDFs, one with a poster and one with all of the information. I highly recommend this very moving film. Roberta Grossman, the filmaker and my friend has made it available to us for a very reasonable price. B'shalom, Enid Own the inspirational true story of Hannah Senesh, now on DVD for educational institutions only. This 10-time audience award winner for best documentary celebrates the remarkable life of one the great heroines of the 20th century. The film is available in an 85-minute version and a 45-minute version for classroom use. A free study guide is available online from Facing History and Ourselves. One of the major untold stories of the Holocaust. Martin Gilbert A miracle -- moving, informative, unforgettable. Gloria Steinem. Beautiful, meaningful, memorable. Michael Berenbaum To order your DVD, visit www.blessedisthematch.com. For more information please contact: Roberta Grossman atbles...@katahdinproductions.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]: Ghetto: Jews,African-Americans, and the Urban
Imaginary at UC Santa Cruz 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 128.146.216.84 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN *GHETTO: JEWS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AND THE URBAN IMAGINARY* A Dialogue With: Nathaniel Deutsch, UC Santa Cruz Mitchell Duneier, Princeton University Sudhir Venkatesh, Columbia University Moderated by Eric Porter, UC Santa Cruz *Where:* Humanities 1 room 210 *When:* Tuesday, May 19, at 4:00pm Since its inception in sixteenth century Venice, the term ghetto has been applied to Jewish urban spaces in Europe and the United States. Over the last half century, it has also become associated with African American inner city neighborhoods. Highly regulated and surveilled by the state, Jewish and African American ghettos have also been marked by a high degree of social autonomy. Ghettos have functioned as sites of extraordinary cultural and religious creativityand extreme violence and repression. Alternately mythologized and pathologized, the ghetto also exists as an imaginary space that has defined and distorted the historical representation(s) of Jews and African Americans, respectively. Over time, ghetto has come to signify a place, a way of being in the world, and a state of mind. In this interdisciplinary dialogue, the first of a series that will bring together scholars of Jewish Studies with scholars from other fields, Professor Nathaniel Deutsch, Co-Director of the Center of Jewish Studies at UCSC, Professor Mitchell Duneier of Princeton University, and Professor Sudhir Venkatesh of Columbia University will discuss these and other aspects of the ghetto. Professor Eric Porter, Chair of the Department of American Studies at UCSC and author of the award winning book What Is This Thing Called Jazz? African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists, will introduce and moderate the dialogue. The event is made possible by a grant from the David B. Gold Foundation and is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology, the Department of American Studies, and the Urban Studies Working Group. Sudhir Venkatesh is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. He is an award-winning author, most recently of the New York Times bestseller Gang Leader for a Day (Penguin), a film maker, and radio producer, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, This American Life, and other venues. Venkatesh's research on Chicago street gangs served as the basis for a chapter in Freakonomics. Mitchell Duneier is Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and regular Visiting Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. His first book, Slim's Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity won the 1994 American Sociological Association's award for Distinguished Scholarly Publication. His second book Sidewalk (1999), won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the C. Wright Mills Award. The event is made possible by a grant from the David B. Gold Foundation and is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology, the Department of American Studies, and the Urban Studies Working Group. Supported by the Institute for Humanities Research, UCSC. -- Lee Jaffe Assessment Planning Librarian 3366 McHenry Library University of California 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, California 95064 831.459.3297 ldja...@ucsc.edu http://library.ucsc.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]: Help with an article
Hi everybody, One of our Professors is interested in an article written by Wallace E Lambert.. . He remembers that it was published around 1970-71 and dealt with Lithuanians. I looked everywhere but couldn't find it. Can someone please help by sending me the reference? Thank you very much! Smadar Wisper English Seminar Library Bar Illan University Israel --- 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]: Jewish cartoonists at TCAF this weekend
From : miriam libicki realgonegirlstud...@gmail.com On Sunday afternoon from 4:30-5:00, in the Learning Centre 2, I'll be doing a comic reading/slideshow talk, which is, like the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, utterly free open to the public! I've done variations of this reading for students at UW as well as the Association of Jewish Libraries, but this is my first time doing it in Canada, first time in a comic con setting! If there were a promotional blurb, it would go: Miriam Libicki brings her innovative comics reading/slideshow to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! Join the acclaimed autobiographical cartoonist as she dramatically reads from her Israeli Army memoirs, as well as her provocative drawn essays Towards a Hot Jew, Ceasefire, and Jewish Memoir Goes Pow! Zap! Oy! In between, Miriam will discuss her influences, what led her to choose comics as a format, why she started the jobnik! series, her self-publishing experience and how her work has been received thus far (in Israel and elsewhere). it will be all that more! I'll have books merch there, so even if you can't make it to the rest of the show, please come to this! I'd hate for my sparkling prose personality to be wasted on an empty room. if you have any friends in toronto, please pass on the word let them know too! Here's the official link to events (scroll all the way down for me), remember it's free. Hope to see you soon! May 9-10, 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge St. Toronto, Ont., CANADA http://torontocomics.com/tcaf/ best, miriam [Steve Bergson adds :] Other notable comix guests will include : * Willow Dawson, a talented Canadian artist, who has illustrated the anthology No Girls Allowed : Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure, written by Susan Hughes published by Kids Can Press. The anthology includes the story of Esther Brandeau, the first Jewish person to immigrate to Canada. * Dan Goldman, author-illustrator of a short piece titled Schmear (in Smut Peddler #2), which he describes as Jewish porn (since it takes place in the backroom of a Brooklyn bagel shop), as well as a special 1-page illustration for The New York Post titled Israel Turns 60. * Miss Lasko-Gross, author-illustrator of the graphic autobiographies Escape from Special and A Mess of Everything * Jim Ottaviani, author of Wire Mothers: Harry Harlow and the Science of Love and Fallout : J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the Political Science of the Atomic Bomb * Paul Pope, author-illustrator of the story Berlin Batman in The Batman Chronicles #11 (reprinted in Batman : Year 100, in which Batman is a Jewish painter named Baruch Wane). * Jonathan Rosenberg, author-illustrator of the webcomic Goats, which includes the Jewish character Jon, as seen in the strip from Nov. 24, 2005 According to the Facebook guest list, both Alan Oirich (author of issues 1 2 of the comic book series Jewish Hero Corps and Gina Kamentsky (author-illustrator of the comic book series T-Gina) will be attending, although neither of them are official guests (i.e. they will be around, but will not have exhibitor tables). --- 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]: Barcodes in Athena
Hi, Do any of you who use the Athena cataloging system know how to print a list of available barcodes? Thanks!! Joan Tedlow Temple Solel, Cardiff, CA --- 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}: Children's Jewish Book Month????
I got an inquiry from a non-Jewish kidlit blogger, asking me if I'd ever heard of Children's Jewish Book Month - which I hadn't. She'd received the press release below from Artscroll. It looks like they are initiating a Children's Jewish Book Month as a way to pump up sales in May. Does anyone know anything about this? Is this a wider effort to create a new literary holiday, or is it a single-publisher sales event? The press release that my friend received is below. Thanks, Heidi -- Forwarded message -- News From ArtScroll Publications *Leading Publisher Introduces* *Children's Jewish Book Month* NEW YORK, May 7, 2009 - In a move timed to coincide with National Children's Book Week, ArtScroll -- the world's leading publisher of Judaic literature -- has announced the introduction of Children's Jewish Book Month*.* According to ArtScroll vice president Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz, the Jewish-themed literary event will, like its broader counterpart, take place every May and will feature related programs designed to get kids excited about books and reading. Children's Book Week was conceived 90 years ago as a way to introduce children to the pleasure and value of reading, observes Rabbi Zlotowitz. Jewish Children's Book Month shares that goal but has the additional objective of introducing Jewish children to the many wonderful books out there that speak to their own culture and traditions. As is true of children's literature in general, Rabbi Zlotowitz points out, the quality of Jewish-themed children's books has come a long way in recent years. The selections have grown to encompass a wide array of picture books, individual chapter books and books in a series - many by award-winning authors and illustrators. Jewish children's books generally feature Jewish characters who, through thrilling adventures or humorous escapades, manage to learn and teach important lessons. Experts agree that when it comes to getting a child hooked on reading-books themselves are the very best motivators, Rabbi Zlotowitz points out. With summer vacation just weeks away, he notes, it is especially important to stock up on quality reading material for kids. Studies have clearly shown that children who read during the summer months do much better in the following school year. But there's a lot of competition for our children's leisure hours in the summer. Keeping a collection of wholesome, entertaining and age-appropriate books around the house helps ensure that a child will set aside time for reading every day. Providing children with their very own stock of books create yet another incentive for reading. There's nothing like having that favorite book up on a shelf, being able to return to some faraway place or exciting adventure whenever the mood strikes, the ArtScroll representative says. And when parents purchase books for their children, it sends a message that they consider reading an essential and worthwhile activity. Supplementing their children's collections with Jewish-themed books sends a message about the importance of Jewish values and ideas, as well. In honor of the inaugural Children's Jewish Book Month, Artscroll is offering a 30% discount on all its children's books. The imprint's entire collection for children ages three through twelve can be viewed at www.Artscroll.comhttp://www.artscroll.com/ . *Contact:* Chanie Friedman ,516-239-3816 or 917-331-3342 --- 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]: Elazar Website - new URL
Safranim shalom, Due to the fact that Geocities is closing down, I have transferred my site to Google. New URL: Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/ Classification site: http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/elazar-classification Please inform anyone having links to my site to replace them with the new URLs. Comments and/or suggestions are welcome. All the best, David David Elazar Rishon LeZion, Israel mtev...@zahav.net.il Home page http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/ Weekly current events update http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/Home/elazar-distribution---archive-1 --- 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]: Closing all high school libraries - SOS
To counter that argument that libraries are no longer needed Susan Dubin AJL President - Original Message - From: Richard K. Moore To: calib...@lists.sjsu.edu Cc: herri...@winthrop.edu Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Closing all high school libraries - SOS from: 10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library [2001] By Mark Y. Herring, Dean of Library Services Dacus Library, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina Aren't There Library-less Universities Now? No. The newest state university in California at Monterey opened without a library building a few years ago. For the last two years, they've been buying books by the tens of thousands because -- surprise, surprise -- they couldn't find what they needed on the Internet. California Polytechnic State University, home of the world's highest concentration of engineers and computer geeks, explored the possibility of a virtual (fully electronic) library for two years. Their solution was a $42-million traditional library with, of course, a strong electronic component. In other words, a fully virtualized library just can't be done. Not yet, not now, not in our lifetimes. But a Virtual State Library Would Do It, Right? Do what, bankrupt the state? Yes, it would. The cost of having everything digitized is incredibly high, costing tens of millions of dollars just in copyright releases. And this buys only one virtual library at one university. Questia Media, the biggest such outfit, just spent $125 million digitizing 50,000 books released (but not to libraries!) in January. At this rate, to virtualize a medium-sized library of 400,000 volumes wo uld cost a mere $1,000,000,000! Then you need to make sure students have equitable access everywhere they need it, when they need it. Finally, what do you do with rare and valuable primary sources once they are digitized? Take them to the dump? And you must hope the power never, ever goes out. Sure, students could still read by candlelight, but what would they be reading? from.American Libraries, April 2001, p. 7678. © 2007 American Library Association. Mark, Are these paragraphs holding up? Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa Huntington Beach, CA ** A poem represents the mastering, even if just for a moment, of the pessimism and the melancholy, and enables you - you the poet, and you, the reader - to go on. -- Philip Larkin * -Original Message- From: Becca Todd becca_t...@berkeley.k12.ca.us To: calib...@lists.sjsu.edu Sent: Thu, 7 May 2009 10:52 am Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Closing all high school libraries - SOS If anything, there is even MORE of a need for a collaborative space where students from different small learning communities can communicate in an educational setting. There is even MORE of a need for the resources that can be provided collectively with funding from each of the SLCs, rather than duplicating expensive resources many times over or going without them. When I worked at a high school that moved to become small schools rather than one big high school, our usage increased. The same is true for Berkeley High, which has 4 small schools and 2 programs serving the 3400 students. We have 2 teacher librarians and one beautiful library that serves everyone on that campus. Aren't the SLCs still sharing the socer/football field? What about the cafeteria, the auditorium? Becca Todd, District Library Coordinator Berkeley Unified School District 1720 Oregon St. Room 9 Berkeley, CA 94703 (ph) 510.644.4895 (f) 510.644.8933 becca_t...@berkeley.k12.ca.us Debra Bohnett dbohn...@stockton.k12.ca.us writes: Dear all, This is for the high schools utilizing the small learning community model. How have your library services changed utilizing this model? Do you see an increased need for school libraries utilizing this model, a decrease or the same? Our district has moved to this model for all four of our comprehensive=2 0high schools and there is a movement to eliminate high school libraries because there is a perceived notion that libraries will not be necessary. I am the teacher librarian at a relatively new high school that has been utilizing the SLC model since it opened so I do not have a comparison. Please respond ASAP the district librarian is at a hearing today that may determine the fate of high school libraries in our district. . . Thank you, Debra Bohnett Teacher Librarian Cesar Chavez High School Stockton, CA (209)933-7480 ext. 8761 --- 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:
[ha-Safran]: Three New Bibliographies
Hi everyone, We have just added three new bibliographies to the Bibliography Bank thanks to Kathe Pinchuck: Guidelines for Using Holocaust Literature with Middle and High School Students Counting the Omer Shavuot Susan Berman Bibliography Chairman --- 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]: Transforming America's Israel Lobby - a book review
Safranim shalom, For those interested in a review of the following book: Transforming America's Israel Lobby: The Limits of its Power and the Potential for Change By Dan Fleshler (Potomac Books; 272 pp.; $24.95) www.jewishpolicycenter.org/935/transforming-americas-israel-lobby All the best, David David Elazar Rishon LeZion, Israel mtev...@zahav.net.il Home page http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/ Weekly current events update http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/Home/elazar-distribution---archive-1 --- 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]: To Share room at the AJL Conference
Hello! I am interested in finding people who wish to share rooms for the AJL conference. I am a first-time attendee. Thank you! Nancy ( Poole) Gerlach --- 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]: NoveList coverage of Jewish fiction
I took the liberty of relaying to my colleagues at NoveList (for whom I do some freelance writing) some of the concerns that have been expressed on this list about their coverage of Jewish fiction. Their Data Manager told me that she has checked out the AJL website and will be pointing catalogers in their Data Division to several resource lists there: Book Club Reading Lists (2003-2009), for adult fiction nonfiction recommendations, and Notable Children's Books of Jewish Content (1999-2009). She is also ordering these print bibliographies for cataloging: Notable Children's Books of Jewish Content (covering 1985-2000); Jewish Classics for Kids by Linda Silver (2006). She also asked, By the way, who at AJL could tell me about the electronic format of the newsletter book reviews and the fee for licensing? If someone can provide me this information offline, I'll pass it along. This seems to me a good response, one that should help to solve some of the problems that Safranim have noted about NoveList's coverage of Jewish books. Fred Lerner, D.L.S. Hon. Librarian, Koreman Library Roth Center for Jewish Life Hanover, New Hampshire fred.ler...@dartmouth.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]: New documentary MY ISRAEL- REVISITING THE TRILOGY
I thought the members of this listserv would be interested to know about MY ISRAEL-REVISTING THE TRILOGY now available through Women Make Movies. In MY ISRAEL-REVISTING THE TRILOGY, Tel-Aviv born Yulie Cohen embarks on a difficult and emotional journey to free the surviving terrorist who attacked her in 1978, to question the myths of the state that she grew up in, and to reconcile with her ultra-orthodox Jewish brother after 25 years of estrangement. It is film of remarkable courage and understanding set against the last turbulent decade of Israeli history, and it successfully combines Cohen's earlier 3 films, MY TERRORIST (2002), MY LAND ZION (2004), and MY BROTHER (2007), in an incisive and refreshing new way. MY ISRAEL also includes a very special 3-film bonus collection of the original full-length films. VIEW A CLIP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5PVf3XZ9lc For more information: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c752.shtml Sincerely, Stephanie Houghton WOMEN MAKE MOVIES 462 Broadway #500LS * NY, NY * 10013 * ord...@wmm.com Tel: 212.925.0606 x36 www.wmm.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]: Author references/recommendations
We are a K-8 school in Baltimore, Maryland and would like some feedback from anyone who has had experience with Sonia Levitin as an author-in-residence. We would like to know how she related to the kids, was she easy to work with, whether she was interesting, exciting, etc. Please respond off-list. Thank you. Sonia Kozlovsky Librarian, Krieger Schechter Day School skozlov...@soink12.ksds.edu Laurie Margolies Librarian, Krieger Schechter Day School lmargol...@soink12.ksds.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]: Basic Reference Books
We are about to start reorganizing our temple library that has been sadly neglected over the past several years. Does anyone have any suggestions for a core collection of basic reference works? Is there a definitive list anywhere? I already have suggestions from the URJ called Building Your Jewish Library. Are there others? Thanks, Joan Leb Temple Israel Long Beach, CA --- 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
