[ha-Safran]: New AJL Podcast episodes!

[Heidi Estrin]

Many new episodes of the AJL Podcast are now available. They are all 
available at 
http://jewishlibraries.org/podcast.



Colon, Raul & Richard Michelson: 
As Good As Anybody

Cummins, June: Bat Mitzvah 
& Beyond: Jewish Girls COming of Age in Fiction

Galay-Altman, Racheli: 
Joachim Stutschewsky 
(1891-1982): Works for Cello & Piano in the Jewish Style

Hesse, Karen: Brooklyn Bridge

Kligman, Mark: Jewish 
Ethnomusicology

Levia, Anna: A Guided Tour 
of the Eisig Silberschlag Papers at Stanford University

Rosenberg, Avraham: 
Conservation of the 
Collections in the Ets Haim Library and Restoration of Over 1500 Items

Schreyer, Alice: Ludwig 
Rosenberger & Harry Sondheim: A Tale of Two Collectors

Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee: 
2009 Adventures in Book Reviewing

Weimann, Dr. Gabriel: The 
Dark Side of the Web: Terror on the Internet




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[ha-Safran]: Scanner for Shul Archive

[Gil Rosen]

Chaverim

My shul, Temple Emanuel, is starting to organize our archives.  We 
are looking for a dedicated duplex color scanner to use for this 
project.  Please contact me offline with any suggestions or 
experiences you've had.



Thanks very much.



Gil Rosen

Director

Rabbi Marshall R. Lifson Library

Temple Emanuel

385 Ward Street

Newton Centre, MA 02459

Phone 617 558-8126

Fax 617 558-8150

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[ha-Safran]: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle (a new book)

[David Elazar]

Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle  (a new book)

a.. Pub. Date: October 2009
a.. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
a.. Format: Hardcover, 304pp


About the book - 
http://www.startupnationbook.com/

Interview with one of the authors, Dan Senor -
http://www.road90.com/watch.php?id=UmazDJmcZW

Excerpt (chapter 4) -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33465046/ns/meet_the_press/

START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that
Israel -   a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by
enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural
resources­ produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable
nations like Japan,  China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? How is it that
Israel has, per person, attracted over twice as much venture capital
investment as the US and thirty times more than Europe?

Israel has more companies on the tech-oriented NASDAQ stock exchange than
any country outside the US – more than all of Europe, India, and China
combined. Nor is Israeli innovation limited to computers, security, and
communications; the Jewish state leads the world in medical device patents,
and is a strong global player in cleantech and biotech.

Dan Senor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on
Foreign Relations, has been on the front lines of policy, politics, and
business in the Middle East. As a senior foreign policy advisor to the U.S.
Government , he was one of the longest-serving civilian officials in Iraq.
He has also served in Qatar and studied in Israel. Senor's pieces are
frequently published by The Wall Street Journal. Saul Singer is the
editorial editor of The Jerusalem Post, for which he writes a weekly column,
and the author of Confronting Jihad: Israel's Struggle and the World after
9/11. For ten years, he served as a foreign policy advisor on Capitol Hill.



All the best

David

David Elazar  Rishon LeZion, Israel
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[Hasafran] Drancy Avenir

[Liz Edelglass]

Is anyone familiar with the film Drancy Avenir, which uses actors to 
recite published Holocaust testimonies and text juxtaposed against 
varied related images?  The booklet that comes with the film 
specifies that it is neither documentary nor fiction.  So I do not 
know quite how to catalog it.  For instance, should I use the subject 
heading "Holocaust, 1939-1945 -- France" or "Holocaust, 1939-1945 -- 
France -- Fiction"?

Also, last week someone asked whether R. Crumb's new Book of Genesis 
is appropriate for a Judaic library.  I would love to hear answers to 
that question.

Thanks.

Liz

Elizabeth Edelglass
Library Director
Department of Jewish Education of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Rd, Woodbridge, CT 06525
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[ha-Safran]: FS: Jacob Rader Marcus Set at Bargain price.

[Henry Hollander]

We are glad to offer the complete four volume set of Jacob Rader 
Marcus' last encyclopedic treatment of American Jewish History. It 
was published by Wayne State University Press rather than The Jewish 
Publication Society as one might have expected. That combined with a 
rather high price ($230.00) may have kept your library from acquiring 
it. I am glad to be able to offer complete sets for $60.00 postpaid 
within the US. $80.00 postpaid to Canada, or $97.00 postpaid 
elsewhere around the globe. Included with this set at no additional 
cost will be a copy of a posthumously published collection of Marcus' 
essays, "The Dynamics of American Jewish History: Jacob Rader 
Marcus's Essays on American Jewry," a Brandeis U. Press. Publication. 
Bibliographic details are below. Call 415-831-3228 or email to 
reserve a set. We ship and bill to libraries. Individuals should prepay.

THE BOOKS
Marcus, Jacob Rader. "United States Jewry 1776-1985. Volumes I, 
Volume II: The Germanic Period, Volume III: The Germanic Period, Part 
2, Volume IV: The East European Period, The Emergence of the American 
Jew, Epilogue." The Complete Set. Detroit, Wayne State University 
Press, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1993. Octavo, black cloth spines with gold 
lettering, gray cloth covered boards, 820 pp., b/w illustraions, 
notes, index + 419 pp., maps, b/w illustrations, notes, index + 925 
pp., maps, b/w illustrations, notes, index + 952 pp., maps, b/w 
illustrations, notes, index. Hardbound. Very Good.  (50493)

Marcus, Jacob Rader. "The Dynamics of American Jewish History: Jacob 
Rader Marcus's Essays on American Jewry." Hanover, New Hampshire, 
Brandeis University Press, Published by University Press of New 
England, 2004. First Edition. ISBN: 1-58465343-4. Octavo in dust 
jacket, frontispiece photo, xxxii, 192 pp., "Writings of Jacob Rader 
Marcus: A Bibliography, edited by Frederic Krome and compiled by Geri 
Newburge and Jeff Wildstein., soureces, index. Hardbound. Very Good. 
Edited by Gary Phillip Zola. Introduction by Zola. "Jacob Rader 
Marcus (1896-1995)," Jonathan D. Sarna, "A 'Moment' Interview with 
Jacob Rader Marcus (1981)," Elinor Grumet. (44475)

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[ha-Safran]: Screening of Film-Woman from Sarajevo

[Gail R Shirazi]

What: Film Screening-Woman from Sarajevo
Guest speaker-Filmmaker, Ella Alterman

Place and Time:
  2 Screenings-Library of Congress &  Magen David Sephardic
Congregregation

1. Library of Congress---Monday Nov. 9 at 1 PM, Pickford Theater,
Madison Building, 3rd Floor, 101 Independence Ave, SE, Washington, DC
(Free and open to the public)

2. Magen David Sephardic Congregation, 11215 Woodglen Drive, Rockville,
MD 20852---Saturday Nov. 7 at 8:00 PM---($5.00 charge at the door)

For more information about the LC program
contact Gail Shirazi at g...@loc.gov, 202-707-9897

For more information about the Magen David Program contact Andrea at:
301-770-68918, magenda...@mdscbe.org

  The 65-minute film (in Serbian, English and Hebrew, with English
subtitles) is a story about Zineba Hardaga*s Serbian family, who hid a
Jewish family during WWII and saved its members from certain death.
Later, she became the first Muslim woman to be honored by Israel as
*Righteous Among Nations,* recognition given to non-Jews who
risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination
by the Nazis. Fifty years later, the situation is reversed and it is the
Jewish family*s turn to rescue the Hardaga family from the inferno of
Sarajevo.

Alterman, professor of dramatic writing and directing at Haifa
University and at the School of Playwrights in Tel Aviv, has a rich and
varied experience as a writer and director for the theater, musicals,
television programs and documentary films. Her films include *The
People of Magdal Shams,* the story of six Druze villagers whose
futures are linked to the elusive peace between Israel and Syria; *A
Fence in the Middle of the Sitting Room,* the story of a Syrian
village divided between two nations; and *With Strong Hand,* which
looks at the lives of orthodox Jews who are also masters of Asian
martial arts. She is especially interested in exploring the lives of
women who demonstrate the courage to forge their own paths, as in
*Photo Birr,* the story of 10 women traveling to the south of
Ethiopia, and *When Caca Met Sugra,* the story of middle-class
career women traversing the Mongolian wilderness.




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[ha-Safran]: Judaica librarianship - Classes

[Nancy Poole]

Greetings safranim,

This topic has come up before (I've been looking through the 
archives), but there are some of us fairly new to the organization 
and list serve.  SO - if you could help us out, that would be much appreciated.

First are you aware of any classes in librarianship for Jewish 
libraries?  I mean, at colleges or universities, either online or in 
classrooms.  Not ceus - for example - as AJL does every year. COuld 
be a full progrqm or just some courses toward a certificate or 
specialization within another degree -  but the main element must be 
librarianship as related to Judaica/Jewish llibraries.

I've tried to look at the Israeli universities - but, alas, my 
knowledge of Hebrew makes the going very slow.  Bar Ilan, JNUL, and I 
think Hebrew University are supposed to have library programs.

In the states, I noticed Yelena had one started or in the process a 
few years back at U Maryland, there was also mention at Gratz, but it 
seems that those programs are no longer around.  I have looked at all 
the ALA programs and have not seen a single course relevant to Jewish 
librarians (in terms of special issues).

Is anyone aware of any offering elsewhere - or that I may have missed?

Secondly, how willing would you be to take such classes if offered online?

Thanks

Nancy Poole
MLIS grad student
UNCG



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[ha-Safran]: OT: Photos of the Torah Dedication at the

[Jacob Richman]

Maalot David Shul
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Hi Everyone!

Tonight, November 2, I participated in the Torah dedication
at the Maalot David Shul in Ma'ale Adumim.

I took 170 photos of the dedication and posted them online at:
http://www.jr.co.il/ma/pic/2009/ma429.htm

Enjoy the photos.
Have a good night,
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[ha-Safran]: Juvenile Holocaust book - The harmonica

[Corbett, Jeffrey]

Juvenile Holocaust book - The harmonica



Separated from his parents in Poland during World War II, a young 
Jewish boy enslaved in a concentration camp, keeps hope alive while 
playing Schubert on his harmonica whenever the camp's commandant 
orders him to play



Johnston, Tony. The harmonica. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2004

ISBN/ISSN 1570915474 (lib. bdg.)



d 6500  Harmonica|vFiction

d 6500  Jews|vFiction

d 6500  Concentration 
camps|vFiction

d 6500  World War, 
1939-1945|vFiction

d 6500  Holocaust, 
Jewish (1939-1945)|vFiction

b 700 1 Mazellan, Ron,|eill



Jeff Corbett

Circulation Coordinator

Ralph M. Besse Library

Ursuline College

2550 Lander Road

Pepper Pike, OH  44124-4398

Tel: 440-449-4202

E-mail: jcorb...@ursuline.edu

OhioLINK code: ur2bg

US Cargo code: 409




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[ha-Safran]: Accreditation Update

[Michal Davis]

I NEED HELP!! This past year the accreditation committee is in 
desperate need of committee members.  I cannot do it by 
myself.  Librarians who have gone through the accreditation process 
understand how important that accreditation is.
I know you are busy, but if we do not help each other nothing gets 
done!!  Please call me at 516-263-8842 if you can offer any time to 
help me with the committee. -- Thank you

For all those accredited libraries who have not received the logo 
please e-mail me so I can send it to you.

Librarians -- I realize I have not updated the website -- for that I 
apologize however the forms are still valid.  Applications are due by 
NO LATER THAN MARCH 1st, 2010 -- reponses should be out by mid-May, 2010.

Any libraries that wants to be grandfathered in to the new 5 year 
cycle MUST return the sent forms by December 10th, 2009.  If I do not 
receive the forms, you will lose your accreditations, and must begin 
the accreditation process from the beginning.

If you have any questions about the AJL accreditation process, please 
e-mail me at ajlaccreditat...@gmail.com

Michal Davis
AJL Accreditation Chair




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[ha-Safran]: Esther Hautzig (1930-2009)

[Zachary M Baker]

Today's New York Times print edition includes a brief paid necrology 
for the author Esther Hautzig.  An obituary for her, by Joseph 
Berger, has been published in the online edition of the Times as 
well.  Esther wrote a number of books for children and young adults, 
notably "The Endless Steppe," "A Gift for Mama," and "Remember Who 
You Are."  These books and others drew upon her childhood years in 
Vilna and her wartime experiences as a Jewish refugee in Siberia.

Esther was passionate about libraries.  As a little girl in Vilna she 
often visited the Jewish children's library, which was where she 
first met Dina Abramowicz, the future head librarian of the YIVO 
Institute for Jewish Research in New York City.  Esther also 
volunteered for many years at the Donnell Branch of the New York 
Public Library.

She was a gregarious individual who "collected" people.  Her Hanukkah 
parties were legendary, bringing together disparate personalities 
from the Great White Way, Publisher's Row, the New York Public 
Library, Anshe Chesed Synagogue, and West End Avenue.  The holiday 
spread was so lavish that one almost felt like saying kaddish over 
the oversized salmon, procured at Citarella's.  And in the music 
room, adjoining the living room, her husband Walter Hautzig, a superb 
concert pianist, might be heard playing a piece by Schubert or Chopin.

Esther was especially devoted to the cultural legacy of her native 
Vilna.  She was involved with the Nusakh Vilne organization and 
maintained close ties with the small Jewish community of that city 
after her visit there in 1993.  She was an enthusiast in the very 
best sense of the word and all who knew her - either in person or 
through her writings - will greatly miss her.

Zachary

Zachary M. Baker
Stanford University Libraries
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Holocaust Books for Children

[Lois Ruby]

Excellent input, Sara, on the subject of Holocaust books for 
children.  You listed one of my absolute favorites in this category, 
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC.  It meets all the criteria you suggested, and 
the reason I've recommended this book for years and years is the 
"remove/safety" aspect.  Since it's clearly a time-travel story, the 
sensitive reader will subconsciously know that the Jewish protagonist 
will come back to the present time, therefore will not perish during WWII.

Lois Ruby
www.loisruby.com
Author of SHANGHAI SHADOWS and THE SECRET OF LAUREL OAKS



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[ha-Safran]: Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the

[Benjamin Richler]

Vatican, now online
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The National Library of Israel is pleased to announce that  the 
catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican library is now 
available online on the website of the National Library of Israel.:

http://jnul.huji.ac.il/heb/vatican-catH.html

The catalogue was published by the publishing house of the Vatican 
Library which graciously granted permission to display it online. In 
the near future the catalogue will also be online at the website of 
the Biblioteca  Apostolica Vatican



Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, compiled by the 
staff of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jewish 
National and University Library, Jerusalem, edited by Benjamin 
Richler; paleographical and codicological descriptions Malachi 
Beit-Arié in collaboration with Nurit Pasternak. (Città del Vaticano: 
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2008, Studi e Testi 438)



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[ha-Safran]: Fall 2009 Jerusalem Books Newsletter

[Jerusalem Books]

Dear Friends,



A recurring theme in our newsletters over the years has been the 
importance of books which overlap different categories of books and 
fields of Jewish Studies.



Midrash Naomi, is just such a book. It is authored and edited by 
Avrajam Zigman and published by Yad Ben Zvi, isbn 978-965-217-297-6, 
Jerusalem 2009. The book contains the poetry of Naomi Shemer 
(1930-2004), an icon of Israeli, Hebrew poetry, literature and song, 
with 'nikkud,' and the dates of each poem along with the text of the 
author relating the passages to biblical, talmudic, midrashic / 
(aggadic), rabbinic and hassidic sources.  The work is accompanied by 
the illustration, artwork of Ruth Zarfati. Without belaboring the 
matter let me sum up by saying that the book is not only beautiful 
and a fitting gift, but a resource for scholars and libraries 
interested in Hebrew Literature and Bible, Rabbinics and Jewish 
Studies. Cat. # 71980  $33.00



Another work of fusion worthy of much attention is a book entitled, 
Dirshuni – Israeli Women Writing Midrash, edited by Nehama Weingarten 
– Mintz and Tamar Biala. The work is a collection of midrashic 
stories by Israeli women authors on biblical and talmudic passages, 
aggada. It is scholarly and enthralling. It is modern Hebrew 
Literature and classic Jewish Philosophy. It is ancient Aramaic and 
modern Hebrew prose. It is classic Bible study and Jewish Studies and 
Judaism and Feminism. It is a window on the Jewish Thought and Hebrew 
literature of some 35 of the wisest best educated modern Israeli 
women authors. Published by Yediot Hemed and the Jewish Agency, isbn 
978-965-482-862-8, Tel Aviv 2009. Do not pass go, do not miss this 
book.Cat. # 71866  $28.00



In the realm of modern Hebrew Literature popular prose and titles 
which straddle categories such as Bible or Israeli society and 
culture let's note Ram Oren's new work – Me'ha-Tanakh be-Ahavah 
('From the Bible with Love,') isbn 978-965-7130-37-7, published by 
Keshet. In this work, with the assistance of  Dr Yoel Rapel and Dr. 
Pnina Galpaz Feler, the well known and immensely popular author 
depicts monumental loves from the Tanakh.  Cat. #71821  $31.00



At the other end of the spectrum is the recent work by Moshe Pelli, 
Kerem Hemed .  This is a scholarly work of great importance in terms 
of Jewish History as well as Hebrew Language and Literature. It 
analyzes this / these early Hebrew language journals. It has 
important indices, footnotes, bibliography and not least an important 
introduction in English. The book is published by Magnes, 
isbnCat  71848  $ 34.00



We have just gotten the second volume of the series, 'Encyclopedia of 
the Jewish Story, (subtitled, Sippur Okev Sippur), edited by Yoav 
Elstein, Avidor Lipsker and Rella Kushelevsky, isbn 978-965-226-358-2 
and published by Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 2009.  This is an 
important scholarly work of studies in Jewish Literature. It is a 
critical, scholarly edition.  (Volume I came out in 2004)  Cat. 
#71763 $44.50



Similarly we have seen what turns out to be volume II of Ma'aseh 
Sippur, Studies in Jewish Narrative.  It is equally important, edited 
by Avidor Lipsker and Kushelevsky and published by Bar Ilan 
University isbn 978-965-226-339-1, 2009.   Cat. #71774   $47.00



Lastly, I would like to mention and promote a little, 'popular,' book 
published by author, David Ehrlich, entitled, 'Sefer 
Ha-Ahavot...'  The book is about the well known, Jerusalem literary 
café' Tmol Shilshom owned by, you guessed it, David Ehrlich.  The 
book contains 'interviews' with couples who met at Tmol Shilshom and 
I must admit a personal interest here, one of those couples is Jeff 
Spitzer and Nicky Cregor, my beloved wife. No, this is not a vanity 
book and we did not finance it's publication.  It is an example of 
21st Cent. CE modern Hebrew lit. and at the same time a window onto 
this wonderful place where food, books, poetry and some interesting 
varied couples meet.  Cat. # 71370  $10.00



We hope that these short updates on Israeli publishing are 
interesting and helpful at least in parts and at times and encourages 
all those involved in the important work of collecting, researching, 
teaching and studying, books in Hebrew from Israel.



I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have 
supported us over the past year and years for that matter.



Sincerely,

Jeff Spitzer



Wendy Weiss Simon

Jerusalem Books Ltd.

POB 26190

Jerusalem, 91261, Israel

(Tel) 972-2-642-6653/6576

(Fax)  972-2-643-3580

www.jerusalembooks.co.il





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[ha-Safran]: Warren Hoffman Book Talk:

[Amanda_Seigel]

Dear Safranim,

I am forwarding the following announcement (below) on behalf of Warren
Hoffman.,

Sincerely,

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel
Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111
The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018

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The Passing Game: Queering Jewish American Culture,

Warren Hoffman will be leading a discussion of his new book, "The Passing
Game: Queering Jewish American Culture" [2009, Syracuse University Press,
ISBN: 978-08156-3202-3], at Congregation Beth Simchat Torah (CBST) on
Friday night, November 13th at 8:30 immediately after Friday night
services. His book is an exciting addition to the queer Jewish cultural
landscape. At CBST, 296 9th Avenue at 28th Street. Books are available for
purchase at amazon.com or at major bookstores.

Fri, Nov 13
8:30 PM

[Sponsored by the JCC of Manhattan's Lesbians, Gays, BTQ's (LGBTQ) Program
and Congregation Beth Simchat Torah]

Event information:
http://www.jccmanhattan.org/category.aspx?catid=1498#20830
Book description:
http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/spring-2009/passing-game.html

http://www.jccmanhattan.org/category.aspx?catid=1498#20830




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[ha-Safran]: Book on Antisemitism

[Yeshivah Secondary Library]

Hi

Try "Speed of light" by Sybil Rosen, set in contemporary America in the south

A historical novel is "The Cure" by Sonia Levitin

"I Dreyfus" by Bernice Rubens is a contemporary take on the Dreyfus 
story set in England.

Hope that is some help,





Regards

Michelle Feiglin

Yeshivah College

Melbourne, Australia





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Re: [ha-Safran]: High School Level Book on anti-Semitism

[Andrea Rapp]

"Drummers of Jericho" by Carolyn Meyer is intersesting. It's about a 
Jewish student in a small town high school who objects to marching in 
a "cross" formation in marching band, and causes an incident.
Robert Cormier's "Tunes for Bears to Dance to" has a Holocaust 
connection but takes place in contemporary USA and is a fascinating 
study. It would be my first choice.
Also consider Kathryn Lasky's "Prank", Sybil Rosen's "Speed of 
Light", and Eileen Sherman's "The Violin Players", also set in a high 
school (in the Midwest).
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[ha-Safran]: re: Genesis by R. Crumb

[Eileen Polk]

For those curious about Genesis by R. Crumb, he was interviewed 
yesterday on All Things Considered on NPR.  The interview can be 
heard by going to the NPR website.  After listening to it, I decided 
it is probably not appropriate for a Jewish library.



Eileen Polk, Librarian

Prentis Memorial Library

Temple Beth El

7400 Telegraph Road

Bloomfield Hills, MI  48301



248-865-0627

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[ha-Safran]: Crumb's Genesis

[Jacqueline benefraim]

Below is a link to a recent review that should help in deciding 
whether or not to order this version of Bereshit.
Also, if you google "Crumb Book of Genesis" under the images tab you 
will find several illustrations from the book.

http://www.jewishjournal.com/books/article/r_crumb_brings_signature_style_to_genesis_20091028/

-- 
Jackie Ben-Efraim
Special Collections Librarian
Ostrow Library
American Jewish University
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Re: [ha-Safran]: The Book Of Genesis by R. Crumb

[rtalbott]

Hi Rachel:

I'd say so.  Crumb consulted Alter's translation of the Pentateuch and
apparently uses it in part as a source for his text.

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Re: [ha-Safran]: The Book Of Genesis by R. Crumb

[fredisaac]

Rachel --

It was reviewed this morning in the SF Chronicle (SFgate.com), along 
with an article on Crumb.

Since he's a local, there's a bit some people might not know about him.


Fred



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RE: [ha-Safran]: The Book Of Genesis by R. Crumb

[Shimon Vogel]

This book has received favorable reviews in both the NYTimes Book 
Review and Newsweek. It appears that Crum has followed the text 
faithfully. There was some criticism of his caricaturation being a 
litytle stereotyped.



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[ha-Safran]: Kol mekadesh

[Benamou, Sharon]

I have a patron who is looking for the sheet music for the zemirah, 
Kol mekadesh.  I found a recording and a Yiddish version in an 
anthology in my library and a Hebrew version at Brigham 
Young.  The  patron asked also about other versions of the song, 
including switching the words around for entertainment.  I have left 
the text of the patron'smessage below.  Does anyone know about this 
tradition or where else I might locate sound recordings, sheet music 
or an anthology?

Thank you,

Sharon

Sharon Benamou

Hebraica/Judaica and Music Catalog Librarian

Email: bena...@library.ucla.edu

Phone: (310) 825-8642

Fax: (310) 794-9357

QUESTION: Hi

I am a private researcher intersted in Jewish Music for the 
Shabbat(saturday) especially the song Kol Mekadesh I was hoping you 
help me track down music notes for this song and other versions of 
this song  as used in everday life a part of Folklore of pre world 
war Two such as yiddish version or switching the words around for 
their entertainment.





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RE: [ha-Safran]: Judaica Librarianship

[Rettberg, Dan]

Dear Haim--

You are just where I was about twenty years ago! I had completed a Ph.D.
in Rabbinical literature and enrolled in an M.S. in Information Studies
program focussing on cataloging and rare books.

So far as I know there are no active programs in Judaica Librarianship
in existence. There used to be one which was a joint program of Gratz
College and of Drexel University in Philadelphia. I don't know if it
still exists. If any of my colleagues can correct me on this I would be
pleased to hear from them. I suggest you rely on your classes for the
technical aspects of rare books and the "nuts and bolts" of
librarianship (cataloging, reference, collection development, etc.)and
depending on your background and interests read all you can about the
classical sources of Judaism (Talmud, Midrash, Zohar, etc.) on your own.


Given the fact that you are emphasizing rare books and manuscripts I
assume that you are looking to a career in academic librarianship either
in a large research university or in a smaller archive, museum, or
repository. Good luck! I wish I could give you more encouragement, but
given the present state of the economy jobs seem to be few and far
between. My advice is to have a strong seond "suit" besides Judaica
which you can also list on your c.v. Pick something that interests you
and which is a popular and known collecting area, like some area of
American history or modern literature. If you can "weave" it into your
Judaic interests so much the better.

Well, now I'll "shut up" and let my colleagues have at it.

Best,

Dan Rettberg

Daniel J. Rettberg, Ph.D.
Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer
Klau Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
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[ha-Safran]: OT: connections at Baltimore County Pub. Library

[Rachel Lewin]

Hi,

I know that there are a few librarians in the Baltimore area on this list.
If anyone has any colleague/friend/connection at the Baltimore County 
Public Library that they could put me in touch with, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks so much!
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[ha-Safran]: TOC of new issue of Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal

[Clare Kinberg]

http://inscribe.iupress.org/toc/bri/14/2



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Re: [ha-Safran]: New Anti-Semitic Textbook: Polygamy in Israel

[Nancy Poole]

http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/26/1008721/textbook-on-religion-could-fuel-anti-semitism

Here is another brief story about Hartney's book from JTA.

Nancy Poole
UNCG
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[ha-Safran]: Baboon in Jewish Studies canteen!!

[Veronica Belling]

Dear Yossie

I know this isn't your normal type of posting for hasafran, but see 
in this newsletter my article about the baboon. I bet it hasn't 
happened to any other Judaica Librarian in the association! I thought 
other members might be interested. Otherwise just delete!

Best Regards
Veronica


Veronica Belling
Jewish Studies Library
University of Cape Town
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South Africa
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UCT Libraries Staff Newsletter

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"I like work; it fascinates
me. I can sit and look at it
for hours."

~ Jerome K Jerome

MONKEY BUSINESS

BY VERONICA BELLING

I never anticipated when I took a job as a Jewish Studies librarian 
at U.C.T. Libraries that it would involve close encounters with a 
baboon! As my desk in the Jewish Studies Library is right along side 
the window adjacent to the bins where the baboons have been foraging, 
I have been in a position to observe them more closely than most. 
Firstly since the baboons have become a presence on campus, I have 
observed three. The first two I can say fairly confidently were 
males. The first was larger and younger, the second was slightly 
smaller and had more grey hairs, therefore I presume was older. The 
third, who visited the Kaplan Centre this week, I am fairly sure is a 
female, she is smaller, more compact and has a neater fur that the 
previous two. If one can say this of a baboon, she is „prettier. than 
her predecessors.

Observing their foraging, I was curious to see what their food 
preferences would be, as they are quite discerning! One really 
enjoyed the core of mielies, that he gnawed through happily, a banana 
was a real bonus (we all know that monkeys are supposed to like 
bananas), but he also took a few bites from a pumpkin fritter, before 
he threw it away. I sympathized as I also find them a bit too oily, 
although they are delicious. Generally the baboons enjoy the remains 
of sandwiches.

Although most of my observations have been of their foraging through 
the bins, one afternoon when I had completely forgotten about 
baboons, I was about to leave the building when immediately opposite 
me on the other side of glass door, the baboon was loping along, 
probably on his way back up the mountain. I got a fright and 
immediately locked the front door. (We don.t bother to lock any more, 
we have become so used to them!). At the sound of the bolt the baboon 
took fright and stood dead still, aware of some present danger. I 
guess the sound of a bolt turning could be very similar to that of a 
gun being cocked.

However this week on Tuesday morning, the female baboon really outdid 
herself, actually entering the Kaplan Centre canteen and taking four 
muffins from the plate where they are kept right next to the till!!! 
The ladies in the canteen had left the far door open and were busy 
with food preparation at the back of the kitchen. They did not 
initially notice that the baboon had entered. She stood on her hind 
legs next to the counter opposite the till, and took the four muffins 
that were standing on a plate next to the till, putting them into the 
crook of her arm. Patricia Solomons said that she was the first to 
see her as she turned towards the sink. She was standing there "just 
like a customer", said Patricia, "busy chewing one of the muffins." 
Patricia went to call Christopher Davids from the library to shoo the 
beast away. Says Chris: "I just went in and told her to go and she 
left through the door." "She was not aggressive," said Patricia. At 
that point I was called in to see what was going on. Along with other 
interested bystanders, I watched the baboon enjoying the stolen 
muffins. I have been asked what flavour they were. They were apple 
muffins with lots of icing on top. She was clearly not worried about 
her figure! Other comments I received were: At least she had no 
problems with the standard of the kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) 
observed at the canteen!

On Wednesday morning early she was at the far door again, but 
fortunately or unfortunately (it depends whose side you are on) this 
time the door was closed except for a crack. She put her paw through 
the crack but luckily she does not understand that it is possible to 
slide the door open, as she most certainly has the physical strength 
to do this! What a pity the ladies in the canteen did not have cell 
phones with cameras to record these incidents! And I didn.t think of 
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