RE: [ha-Safran]: Maggie Anton (Rashi's Daughters)
It sounds like a fascinating presentation. Anton's books provide rich details of Medieval Jewish life. If you enjoyed reading about Jewish life in Medieval Europe, I highly recommend Michelle Cameron's new book, The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz. Cameron based her historical novel on her research about her own ancestor, Rabbi Meir Ben Baruch, imaginatively developing the character of the rabbi's wife to provide insight into Jewish life in 13th century France, Germany, and England. Compared with Anton's work, Cameron created more rounded characters, without any of the salacious details that had bothered me in some sections of the three volumes of Rashi's Daughters. Regards, Melinda Herman Melinda Herman Librarian Beth El Synagogue Northfield Road at North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10804 (914) 235-2700, ext. 227
[ha-Safran]: Responses to 5 books
Andrea, I agree that Steinberg's As A Driven Leaf is a compelling novel of ideas. Rabbi Steinberg seemed to me unusual, as an early Reconstructionist who had probed the ideological and religious concerns attributed to his inwardly tormented protagonist, Elisha ben Abuyah. I loved Steinberg's complex characterizations of the ancient rabbis and his portrayals of Greek and Roman culture and society. Generally at our synagogue library, only those interested in fine literature and philosophy have expressed an interest in reading As A Driven Leaf. At a book group discussion, several of the women complained that the book was too dense or dull and that they had had trouble finishing reading it! Regards, Melinda Herman Melinda Herman Librarian Beth El Synagogue Northfield Road at North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10804 (914) 235-2700, ext. 227
[ha-Safran]: New Israeli Educational Stamps
Hi Everyone! I scanned and posted on my website the new Israeli stamps that were issued in January 2010. I included the stamp itself, the first day cover, and an English and a Hebrew flyer about the stamp. - Past and Future in Our Hands International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Alliance Israelite Universelle 150th Anniversary - Lions Israel 50th Anniversary - Fifty Years of Settling the Arava - Birds of Israel (includes Israel's National Bird) The new stamps are located at: http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/stamps/index-2010.html Enjoy! Shavua Tov - Have a Good Week, Jacob
[ha-Safran]: LARGE PRINT BOOKS WITH JEWISH CONTENT
Safranim, I have read several postings on Hasafran that asked for Large Print books with Jewish content. I work with Thorndike and help them to recognize Jewish content books. I have a small collection in my library and I buy from them. Here is the current list of books. They often have sales also. Sherry Cookson is the person I work with and she will give you the name of the person in charge of your area. Her phone number is 1-800-223-1244 x 1048. Their website iswww.gale.cengage.com/thorndike Epilogue PB by Anne Roiph 24.95 People Who Walk in Darkness by Stuart Kaminsky32.95 Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 30.95 Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum 25.95 The Girls of Room 28 by Nannelore Brenner 31.95 The Zookeeper's Wife PB by Diane Ackerman 16.95 The Year of Living Biblically PB by A.J. Jacobs 16.95 All Other Nights by Dara Horn 30.95 The Defector by Daniel Silva 35.95 Einstein PB by Walter Isaacson 13.95 The Secret Servant PB by Daniel Silva 13.95 Day After Night by Anita Diamant 32.95 To be ready by 7/20/10 The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva 35.95 Sylvia Firschein, Librarian Temple Beth Sholom Adult Library Sarasota, FL 34235 shfir...@aol.com
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--- Message requiring your approval -- From: Shmuel Ben-Gad shmu...@gwu.edu Subject: [ha-Safran]: Collected Works of Jabotinsky Michael Cherney Foundation Publishes Second Book Of Collected Works Of Jabotinsky By Herb Brandon Israel News Agency Jerusalem February 8, 2010 The second book of the second volume of the full nine-volume Collected Works by Vladimir (Zeev) Jabotinsky has been published. The publication, sponsored by the Michael Cherney (Mikhail Chernoy) Foundation, is a joint project of the Jabotinsky Institute in Israel and the Kovcheg (The Ark) Culture and Education Center in Moscow. Book Two, of the second volume includes, in chronological sequence, all the known drafts of Jabotinskys media publications, short stories, poetry, plays, translations and private correspondence from the year 1902. In his foreword, Leonid Katsis writes:Unlike Jabotinsky fiction, this is the first time that Jabotinsky nonfiction is being published in a volume so comprehensive as to really give us a full view of it, says Katsis. The editors of Jabotinskys most representative Collected Works that came out in Hebrew in 1947-58 did not set out to cover the Russian period of the leader of Revisionist Zionism, to say nothing of translating all the Altalena texts into Hebrew. At that time one could not really say that Jabotinskys views were too popular, either in the newly formed State of Israel or in the rest of the Jewish world, whose links to Russia were rather tenuous; to say nothing of the USSR. The situation has changed drastically since, yet up to date no one has ever collected Jabotinskys full works even in Russian. Thirty years ago Itzhak Oren (Nadel) wrote in his foreword to a collection of Jabotinskys works: The world has changed. Hundreds of great books, interesting at their own time, have been forgotten. Yet the ideas, the anger, the sarcasm, are alive in short pieces written on the issues of the day and have now leaped over an era. Todays Moscow Jews, the young Jabotinsky sounds as ardent and convincing as he did to their Odessa great-grandfathers. In the thirty years that have passed, not a single word in this statement has lost its validity. Following his repatriation to Israel, Michael Cherney has maintained commercial interests in Russia and post-Soviet states, while developing new business contacts between Russia, Europe, Israel, and the US. In Israel, Michael Cherney spends much effort on charity and humanitarian projects that reinforce cooperation between Israel and Russia in fighting terrorism. Prior to 2001, Cherney was engaged in charity work in Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Bulgaria, the US - wherever he did business. He made valuable contributions into Jewish philanthropy in Russia. Following the Dolphinarium terrorist tragedy, the Cherney Fund became the helping hand for all its victims. In a misfortune like this, emigres from the former Soviet countries are even worse off than those born in Israel: they don't have a support system or savings. The Michael Cherney Foundation renders help mostly to the new arrivals, victims of catastrophes and terrorist acts that continue to bleed Israel, as well as to the low-income victims of terror in other countries. Another equally important task assumed by the Cherney Foundation is the media effort in war on terror. Shortly after the Dolphinarium attack, the Foundation published a book called Dolphinarium: Terror Targets the Young. The Michael Cherney Foundation has established grants for students from the former Soviet Union in all major Israel universities with an annual endowment of 1 million shekels. Mr. Cherney and his family live in a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel. Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University.
[ha-Safran]: Online technology conference, tomorrow and
Wednesday, Feb 9-10 - free X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.0.16 X-Spam-Score: -1998.70 () [Tag at 7.00] MISSING_SUBJECT,SPF(pass,-2000) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=128.146.216.86; country=US; region=OH; city=Columbus; latitude=39.9968; longitude=-82.9882; metrocode=535; areacode=614; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.9968,-82.9882z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists (inherits from default) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.81 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Dear safranim, A colleague told me about this: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1633 Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel 477 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02215 617-566-3960 x116 aabr...@tisrael.org
[ha-Safran]: Jewish Interest DVD sale
Hello friends-forsale, Funny People[a.Sandler]25.00, Serious Man[very jewish]28.00,Ingloroious Bastard[Pitt as a jew] 28.00, Taking Woodstock[ biselle catskills]28.00, One Day you will understand[A. Gitai]28.00. Highly recommend Serious Man. sal kluger simcha sales inc. cell 908-461-3619 office 732-566-7538 fax 732-566-6997
[ha-Safran]: New Israeli books, by Rubin Mass
Dear safran and book friend, We are happy to inform about our new PDF format of our catalogue, and will be happy to e-mail it to you upon your request: Recent Books From Israel No. 435, February 2010 (Shevat 5770). The catalogue contains 531 new titles that are divided into two files: 1. Hebrew general titles - (New Israeli Books - Hebrew titles- cat. 435- Feb. 2010- PDF), including religious books (SIFREI KODESH). We add a word file of Hebrew titles in transliterated text (435-MASS-Hebrew-transliterated$). 2. Non-Hebrew tiltes - (435-MASS-non-Heb-$-Rubin Mass-Feb. 2010) (a Word file). You are invited to browse our web: www.Rubin-Mass.com and place your order. We hope you enjoy this new selection of Israeli books. We wish a happy Purim. Rubin Mass Ltd.- Your literary stop in Israel. Oren Mass Manager === RUBIN MASS Ltd., Publishers and Booksellers Exporters of ALL Israeli books and periodicals POBox 990, Jerusalem 91009, Israel ___ \/ \/\ \_/ / _ \ Tel. 972-2-6277863 Fax 972-2-6277864 e-mail: rm...@barak.net.il http://www.rubin-mass.com www.Israeli-Books.com
Re: [ha-Safran]: Maggie Anton (Rashi's Daughters)
Just an added note, Michelle was a speaker at our temple and she was wonderful. The book has been a big hit with our congregants. Linda Wien Murray Monmouth Reform Temple 332 Hance Avenue Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 lwmurr...@gmail.com
RE: [ha-Safran]: LARGE PRINT BOOKS WITH JEWISH CONTENT
In addition, Kar-Ben has a large print Haggadah that matches the regular size A Family Haggadah. This link to it on our website includes a Look Inside the Book feature: http://www.karben.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=11; products_id=78 Joni Sussman Publisher Kar-Ben Publishing
[ha-Safran]: Origami in Hebrew
I am looking for books in Hebrew on Origami.Can anyone suggest a viable place to order from I already tried the Origami Peace Center in Jerusalem, so far without success. Thank you. Chavah Rabbi Chavah Carp 2017 Butterfly Maiden Tr. NE Albuquerque, NM 87112 505 266-8138 https://mail.google.com/mail/mailto:rabbic...@msn.comrabbic...@msn.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
