[ha-Safran]: PS - new book - WORKING WITH BERNSTEIN
In my original posting yesterday I completely neglected to mention that Gottlieb goes into extensive detail about Leonard Bernstein's Jewishness. Others may have mentioned it in passing, but only Gottlieb goes into it extensively. --- 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 book
Dear friends and colleagues, I rarely go online to the Association to recommend a new book by a standard trade publisher, but I am in the midst of reading a book that I think may be of interest to your library users. The book is entitled: WORKING WITH BERNSTEIN. The author is Jack Gottlieb (Amadeus Press, 2010) ISBN 10: 1574671863 ISBN 13: 978-1574671865 I have known Jack Gottlieb for nearly 40 years. For decades before and after (with a brief hiatus in the early 1970s), he was associated with Leonard Bernstein. Often referred to as Bernstein's assistant, he was, as one learns in reading, a whole lot more. It is a highly personal memoir of his professional association with one of the giants of Classical Music in the last half of the 20th century. Early on in my relationship with Jack Gottlieb, I intuited that asking the slightest question about Bernstein would annoy, even anger him, for he was always protective and respectful of LB's privacy and that of his family. (That said, if he volunteered a bit of information in the course of a conversation, one was smart not to dwell upon it.) This reticence is over. Gottlieb unabashedly goes into fascinating detail about the Maestro, his quirks and foibles, his colleagues, friends, etc. But it is hardly a tell-all pot-boiler, for there is nothing seamy, seedy, or sordid in his reportage. Referring to diaries Gottlieb kept at the time, one gets a portrait that is respectful and not fawning. The photographs from Jack Gottlieb's own personal archive are a fascinating record of the whirlwind that seemed to accompany Bernstein wherever he went or did. The style might strike some as too colloquial, but with Gottlieb, what one sees (or reads), one gets. He is inordinately fond of word play (a habit only attenuated by Bernstein, who was a master of the bon mot), so be forewarned. Only today I spoke to Jack Gottlieb to congratulate him on the book. He asked me quietly if I had read his chapter on the end of Bernstein's life. I had not, for I am only about 100 pages into the book. But I recall so well how devastated he was when Bernstein died nearly 20 years ago, that I can only imagine how difficult it was for him to write this chapter while at the same time composing his emotions. While the title says it all, i.e., Jack Gottlieb's working relationship with the Maestro, Working with Bernstein provides especially important biographical details that counter the sensationalist rubbish that litter the field and detract from Bernstein's genius. [] Reply [] Forward --- 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]: Cataloguing Judaeo-German
I find this discussion fascinating. I am sure that at some point that cross-over generation of German Jews that initially spoke the Western dialect of what we call Yiddish and aspired to speak proper Hochdeutsch, were certain that the mixed dialect they spoke - and wrote - was Hochdeutsch, but was in fact something that would appall a Gentile speaker of Hochdeutsch. Think of Leo Rosten's classic character, Hyman Kaplan - He was certain he was speaking and writing proper English. --- 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]: Facebook
In connection with this, on Monday I received a message on Facebook from a childhood friend whom I have known on Facebook since Day One. The message contained a link and read, Hey, Phil - Check this out! Bob Unsuspecting, I clicked on it and my filters caught it as a virus. Before deleting it, I sent Bob a message - and he replied that he had no idea what I was talking about! Rita is right - Be very careful! Phil --- 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]: Purim Shpiel - 2009
For those who do not know, the Librarys stacks are on the Third Floor. Faculty members with an office on that floor have a key to the elevator. Otherwise, everyone else must use the stairs and be buzzed in from the circulation desk, a colossal nuisance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9qLP9OItqI 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: I invite you to read my latest blog entry: The
Book as Witness 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 128.146.216.83 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN http://www.huc.edu/libblog/librariantalk.html 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: [BULK] Re: [ha-Safran]: Stained-glass Window
Alba - Yes, it might also be a Sanskrit YA. As I have been looking at Tibetan lately, it was the first thought that struck me. But the Giving Peace motif seems to fit! Good to hear from you at your new e-mail address! Felipe / Fayvel / Phil Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Stained-glass Window
In all honesty, it appears to be not so much a Star of David with a Hebrew letter in it as it does a stylized lotus blossom with the Tibetan letter BA in the middle. What does all this mean? I do not know. Phil Miller 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Berlin libraries research books stolen by Nazis
Nothing like starting 60 years after the fact! PEM -Original Message- Subject: [ha-Safran]: Berlin libraries research books stolen by Nazis Interesting article from Der Welt. http://www.welt.de/english-news/article2443760/Berlin-libraries-research-books-stolen-by-Nazis.html Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: off-topic also
I heartily concur with my colleague and friend Yaffa Weisman, and I hasten to add this to her message Phil -Original Message- From: [] Sent: Fri 9/5/2008 12:47 PM To: Philip E Miller Subject: While Mayor, Palin Tried to Ban Books From Public Library While Mayor, Palin Tried to Ban Books From Public Library Posted by Staff, People For the American Way Foundation at 3:57 PM on September 2, 2008. Time Magazine today reports that Alaska Governor, and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, attempted to ban books from her local library as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, and then threatened to fire the librarian who stood up to her for not giving full support to the mayor. People For the American Way president Kathryn Kolbert issued the following statement: People can disagree about a lot of things, but censorship is completely beyond the pale. Our democracy was founded on the belief that government shouldn't tell people what kinds of books to read or what kind of beliefs to hold. No one with that kind of history should be anywhere near the White House. Sarah Palin needs to clarify her stance on freedom of speech immediately, and John McCain needs to explain why he chose a running mate with so little regard for the Constitution. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: AJL 2009 in Chicago - transportation
Dear Aaron - I used the train from the airport to the hotel, and it was a farshlepter zakh. Yes, it was inexpensive, but it took forever! And then to add insult to injury, we had to shlep the bags from the train stop to the hotel. By the time I arrived I was oysgematet and knew I had made a poor choice. The shared taxi to the airport after the conference was a breeze. My trey zuzey, Phil Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Thank you
This is a follow-up to an earlier posting I forwarded to Hasafran on behalf of the New York Board of Rabbis. PEM From: Stephen Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:54 PM To: Miller, Philip Subject: Thank you Dear Jewish Librarians - Todah Rabah - THANK YOU for your support. Today the New York Board of Rabbis is sending off 7 cases of Jewish books into the New York State Corrections system provided by different libraries. These books are being added to prison libraries throughout New York State for the benefit of inmates - both Jewish and non-Jewish. The books range from novels with Jewish themes to basic information on Judaism to even one on needle pointing Jewish themes. We have chaplains serving close to 75 correctional facilities. The NYBR works closely with our chaplains, helping them meet the needs of over 3,000 registered Jewish inmates within these facilities. If you have duplicate or no longer needed Jewish themed books in like new condition that you can donate to be sent into NYS prison libraries, we would be glad to pay the UPS postage to receive them. We can always use Chumashim/Bibles. Finally, if you have Jewish educational materials appropriate for a prison library in LIKE NEW condition, such as Hebrew/English Talmud sets, commentary sets, etc., please feel free to contact us about donating these as well. Again, thanks for the support you as a group have provided up to now. In advance, thanks for your continued support. Rabbi Stephen Roberts New York Board of Rabbis 136 East 39th Street New York, NY 10016 Direct Dial 212 983 3528 Main 212 983 3521 FAX 212 983 3531 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: My latest blog entry - About Fritz Bamberger
and the Sarajevo Haggadah 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 I invite you to view my latest blog entry, about Fritz Bamberger and the Sarajevo Haggadah: http://www.huc.edu/libblog/librariantalk.html 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Remembering Jacob Dienstag
I invited you to read my most recent entry on our Blog, Needle in the Bookstacks, which is devoted to the late Jacob Dienstag. http://www.huc.edu/libblog/librariantalk.html 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Different kind of query
Dear Vanessa - As I started this thread of conversation, I'll assume I can go again! My first week at Hebrew Union College in New York (January of 1974) a distant cousin of my wife who was a librarian at a major Madison Avenue advertising agency called with a similar question. A client, a major producer of dates, wanted to a campaign around Date - the Fruit of the Bible. She asked me for a list of scriptural verses they might use. We were both surprised to find out that while we assume that dates were commonly eaten in the ancient Holy Land, only the tree, the date-palm, is mentioned in the bible, the fruit alone is not. Phil 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Different kind of query
Thank you, Steve. Of course an Akademon publication might only get used in an academic setting. The question posed to me thirty years ago was long before this was published in Israel, let alone the existence of WorldCat (I basically went through decades of Kiryat Sefer looking but coming up empty) - never mind the Internet! Phil 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Different kind of query
Here is a different kind of query Many years ago someone asked me what the strangest or most bizarre reference question I had ever fielded. This person and I had not been in contact for almost twenty years, until yesterday, and the first thing he did was remind me of his question. This was my answer: About thirty years ago someone called our Library and wanted to know if there was a translation of Mein Kampf in Hebrew. My query to you, dear colleagues, is: What is the strangest or most bizarre reference question you have ever fielded? (Answers are not important Only the question!) This could be fun! Phil Miller 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: A Remarkable Experience
This morning I shared a remarkable experience with Yaron Kapitulnik, a second year rabbinic student. While perusing a book published in 2004 and written in English and Polish about Lopuszno, a Polish shtetl destroyed during the Holocaust, I happened upon some photographs of people named Kapitulnik and could not help but wonder if these persons were related to Yaron. I went to my computer to send Yaron an e-mail, asking him to come to my office, but before I could even sit down, he magically appeared at my door with a reference question totally unrelated to anything we had ever previously talked about. As I passed him the book, he literally collapsed in a chair, for he recognized photos of his grandfather as a young man, as well as great-grandparents and his grandfather's siblings, none of whose faces Yaron had ever seen before. (His grandfather, having left Poland in March of 1939, was the only member of the family to survive the Holocaust.) Especially poignant was a photo of his grandfather and a sister reciting Kaddish at their mother's grave on the eve of his departure.) I recalled the book had been donated by an Israeli businessman who had funded the book's publication, and I was glad to pass along his contact information in Tel-Aviv to Yaron. Yaron was eager to call Jerusalem and tell his father of this remarkable and entirely serendipitous discovery. That's the story so far Moments such as this truly make the work of a librarian most rewarding! 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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
Oren press release...
I am posting this for a friend This event in the NYC area might be of interest to some. Shabbat Shalom and Shanah Tovah Phil The American Jewish Committee ~ New Jersey Area 225 Millburn Avenue, Suite 301 Millburn, NJ 07041 Phone: 973-379-7844 Fax: 973-379-2036e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]web: www.ajc.org Date: September 6, 2007 Contact: Sari Klinghoffer 973-379-7844 FREE COMMUNITY FORUM WITH RENOWNED AUTHOR SEPTEMBER 30 Dr. Michael B. Oren, an award winning journalist, author and historian, will discuss his latest book, Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present at a community forum co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Sunday, September 30th at 10:00 a.m. at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, 1025 South Orange Ave. in Short Hills. Oren, a Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, is an expert on the diplomatic and military history of the Middle East. He has written extensively for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic, of which he is a contributing editor. Dr. Oren is the author of Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East. The book was a New York Times bestseller, winner of the Los Angeles Times' History Book of the Year prize and the National Jewish Book Award. Raised in New Jersey, Michael Oren immigrated to Israel in 1979 and served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, seeing combat in the 1982 Lebanon War. He was an advisor to Yitzhak Rabin and served as the Israeli liaison officer to the U.S. Sixth Fleet during the Gulf War. A graduate of Princeton and Columbia Universities, he has briefed the White House and has testified before Congress on Middle Eastern affairs. Currently, he is a visiting professor at Yale University. Funded in part by an endowment in memory of Edward L. Blau, the program is free and open to the community. For reservations or additional information please phone or e-mail the AJC office at 973-379-7844 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Too Good to Miss #7
Please read my latest blog entry, Too Good to Miss #7 http://www.huc.edu/libblog/librariantalk.htmlhttp://www.huc.edu/libblog/librariantalk.html 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: EJ (first edition) available
Forwarded from a friend: We have a first edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica we are willing to donate to another library or shul. Could you ask some of your colleagues if they want/need it? Have them respond to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Scott 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Scottsdale- Thank you!
My warmest congratulations and thanks to one and all who put together such a wonderful (and for me especially, a most memorable) convention! For those who heard the Feinstein Lecture I presented Monday afternoon, let me say that I had a most interesting reference experience with an agent of the TSA at the Phoenix airport. I'll be writing it up and posting it on the HUC-JIR librarians' blog as soon as I can. Again, thank you. You have set a high bar for conventions to come! Phil Miller
A Reference Desk Experience in Phoenix International Airport
This is a copy of my most recent posting to the HUC Librarians' Blog, Needle in the Bookstacks... A Reference Desk Experience in Phoenix International Airport The subject of the Eleventh Rosalind and Meyer Feinstein Lecture I delivered on June 18, 2007 at the Forty-Second Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries (Scottsdale, Arizona) was The Art and Science of Reference Work. While it was a pleasure putting this lecture together, and a greater pleasure presenting it, the greatest pleasure came in the reaction and conversation the lecture produced, especially the anecdotes I adduced. Yet little did I know or expect that a highly unusual reference desk experience awaiting me at the airport as I was departing. As I passed through the airport's security on the way to the gate, my carry-on tote was singled out for closer examination. An agent of the T.S.A., an older African-American gentleman with a finely shaped moustache and who carried himself with pride took my tote off the belt and asked me to accompany him to a table close by. As he lifted it to the table, he noticed what was printed on the bag's side: New York 2006 and 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. [I apologize I was not carrying the AJL 2007 tote, but the one I was carry was more commodious.] He studied these words for a moment before setting the bad down. Do you study this? he asked me. Yes, I replied. Is it true that the Jews financed the American War of Independence? My first reaction was Huh?! But his tone was even and respectful, and years of reference work has taught me that people often need further questioning in order to get to the root of their query. Why, I asked, What do you mean? Well, the gentleman continued, I learned that the Founding Fathers acknowledged their thanks to the Jews for financing the Revolution by placing a menorah [Yes. That was the very word he used!] on the dollar bill. Completely puzzled by this, I reached for my billfold and took out a dollar bill. As I was examining the front, he indicated I should turn it over. Then he gently took it from me and inverted it. He folded the bill in half and indicated the inverted tail-feathers of the spread eagle. There. Isn't that a menorah? I was not eager to get into a discussion over whether this was a menorah or not, figuring the subtleties of iconography might be excessive, given the context. Then it dawned upon me. I told him plainly that I had never heard this story about the menorah before and that I was grateful to him for pointing this out. Then I hastened to add that Jews as a collective did not finance the War of Independence, and told him of Haym Salomon and his singular role. I also told him that one could visit Salomon's grave near Independence Hall in historical Philadelphia, where his contribution to the founding of America was mentioned on a marker. As for the dollar bill, this was news to me. The gentleman listened respectfully, shook my hand and told me how grateful he was that I took the time to explain this to him. He then indicated the direction of my gate and said good-bye. (Yes, he did examine my bag while I was talking, and confiscated an unopened can of V-8 juice.) I admit, I had never heard this menorah mayseh before, so I instinctively looked it up on the Web. Yes, it is there! On Jewish and Christian web-sites: http://www.konig.org/wc129.htm http://www.factsofisrael.com/blog/archives/000467.html http://www.ttt.org.il/2000/jokes/2.shtml http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b2a7f5b44e5.htm At first blush one might wonder if this gentleman were innocently repeating some calumny he had picked up. Uncritically one might even jump to the conclusion that this person was anti-Semitic. Yet his way was gentle, displaying curiosity. Hence I had to conduct an impromptu reference interview in order to find out what it was he really wanted to know. 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Florence Horn's telephone number
My apologies to one and all for posting an incorrect telephone number for Florence Horn, who is seeking to give away a library The correct number is: (212) 928-4275 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Judaica library available
Dear Colleagues - This morning I received a telephone call from Florence Horn who has a library of Judaica to give away. We have no room here and are accepting no gifts at this time. Ms. Horn is afraid that after she is gone the books will be trashed. If you and/or your library is at all interested, please contact her: 212/928-4278 Phil Miller 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Uncle Tom's Cabin in Hebrew
Gates may have included printings. For example, HUC, NY has one published in Warsaw by Zuckerman in 1897 that is hotsaah 2 u-metukenet. That means there was an earlier printing as well, and that the 1902 might have been a reprint of the 1897. This would indicate that there was both the interest and a readership of such a size as to support this many editions. Phil Miller 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Looking for a well hidden article
Dear Yaffa et al. The issue may be v-e-r-y hard to find. I forwarded the message to a good friend who knows of such matters, and below is his reply: I remember the incident. The issue was removed. The article should not have been published. I say this even as a liberal in favor of a free press, etc. This is, in the Supreme Court metaphor, shouting Fire! in a crowded movie theater. Shabbat shalom Phil 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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] Question about author
Perhaps you mean: LAUFER ? 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Congratulations to Anna Olswanger!
Congratulations to our member Anna Olswanger, whose book Shlemiel Crooks was singled out by childrens lit writer and critic Daniel Pinkwater on National Public Radio as one of the outstanding childrens books of 2006! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6631429http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6631429 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: LC AMED Reading Room closing update
Forwarded from the H-Africa mailing list: == Library of Congress African Middle Eastern Reading Room to close permanently Dear H-Africa colleagues - Effective late December 2006, the Library of Congress will close its African and Middle Eastern Reading Room. This reading room is the public service point within the Library of Congress for Africa, the Near East (including Central Asia and the Caucasus), and for Hebraica (including Jewish studies and Biblical studies, ancient and modern Israel, the ancient Near East and pre-Islamic Egypt). The AMED Reading Room is being closed to accommodate a permanent exhibition gallery showing the recently-acquired Jay I. Kislak Collection of early Americana materials. The Library of Congress plans to move its Africa-related reference service to a reading room shared with its European Division (ED), according to Dr Mary-Jane Deeb, director of LC's African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED). The current AMED and ED Reading Rooms hold 20,000-volume reference collections - dictionaries, handbooks, statistical publications, atlases, and bibliographic tools. To share the same reading room, both core collections will need to be reduced by half. Dr Deeb told me yesterday that she believes public floorspace in the Library of Congress is available for a stand-alone AMED Reading Room. She has started negotiating within the Library of Congress for this new, separate reading room. Closing the AMED Reading Room diminishes the Library of Congress's mission to make its resources available and useful to the American people. Alongside other recent decisions, this appears to be more evidence that the Library of Congress's leadership sees the world's largest library as merely a museum for books rather than a living research facility encouraging knowledge and creativity. Librarian colleagues have suggested that deleting or concealing Africa from among the Library of Congress's public service points insults or denigrates Africa, that visiting dignitaries from African states might read this move as US state policy. But I am amazed that the Library of Congress leadership would reduce or constrain public reference support for African research at a time when public interest in the continent is at a peak. It goes without saying that cuts in reference collections on Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, and Palestine make absolutely no sense during this time of national awareness, involvement, and sacrifice. Please help to preserve the African and Middle Eastern Reading Room! Please speak out to affirm the importance of research support for African studies at the Library of Congress. There are several ways to help - but all ways involve letter-writing or e-mailing. First, these are the Library of Congress directors who set and implement policy for the African and Middle Eastern Reading Room. They are all: (1) Jeremy Adamson, Director, Collections Services Directorate. Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540-4800. Phone: 202-707-9176. Fax: 202-707-6269. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr Adamson oversees the Reading Rooms. (2) Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services. Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540-4000. Phone: 202-707-5325. Fax: 202-707-6269. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr Marcum oversees all collections services and public services, and is Dr Adamson's supervisor. (3) James Billington, Librarian of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540-1000. Phone: 202-707-5205. Fax: 202-707-1714. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The buck stops with Dr Billington. Second, the title says it all: Library of Congress. Please consider contacting your congressional representative. Ask your senators and representative to contact THEIR librarian, Dr Billington, about preserving the AMED Reading Room. You might also request that they ask Dr Billington for his short-term and long-range plans to sustain and advance research support for African studies within the Library of Congress. If you don't know how to contact your congressional representatives, here's some help: Write Your Representative: URL: http://www.house.gov/writerep/ U.S. Senate: Senators of the 109th Congress: URL: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm The House of Representatives's Committee on House Administration oversees the management of the Library of Congress. Committee members are listed at: URL: http://cha.house.gov/about/default.htm They are: Vernon Ehlers (R, MI), chair. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D, CA), ranking minority-party member. Bob Ney (R, OH). John Mica (R, FL). John T Doolittle (R, CA). Thomas Reynolds (R, NY). Candice Miller (R, MI). Robert A Brady (D, PA). Zoe Lofgren (D, CA). I have placed
[Hasafran]: Church and Synagogue Library Assoc.
Somehow I missed the earlier posting and could not locate it in the archives. When I was national president (1982-1984) the question arose of our relationship with/to the Church and Synagogue Library Association. This is what I recall - - Mae Weine (of blessed memory) told me that many years back, several persons organizing libraries at their churches contacted her because of her experience and expertise. The upshot what the creation of this church library association, paralleling AJL. They asked Mae about including synagogues in their organization, lest it appear exclusive. Her reply was that they were free to do so, but AJL existed for just this purpose. Over the years I have encountered only one or two synagogue librarians who were members of the Church and Synagogue Library Association; they were always members of AJL, I hasten to add. It makes sense, for before we became computerized and digitized, sharing information was not as easy. And for a synagogue library in an area remote from other synagogue libraries, many of the same questions and problems that arose in the neighboring church libraries made it practical to work together with them. Back when I was president, Mae Weine (who was a member of the Church and Synagogue Library Association) approached them and asked if there might be areas in which they and we could work together. There was never a clear reply because no one wanted to say no, because each felt it was serving its members and constituency adequately. I hope this anecdotal evidence is helpful. Shabbat shalom - and a Joyful Passover Phil Miller Ha-Safran (The Librarian) Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: New Orleans Public Library seeking hardcover, paperback books
I heard they actually would prefer $$$. I mean, 100 librarians send 100 old books in varying condition. The result is not a library but 10,000 volumes in a jumble. And who is going to organize them into a library? And who is going to pay for it? Honestly, I do not know if this is an urban legend, but I suspect some good-hearted soul planted this on the Internet with only the best of intentions. Unfortunately such people often do not think through the implications. My two agorot. Phil Miller Ha-Safran (The Librarian) Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: In memory of the desaparecidos
Not to besmirch the reputation of a man who did defy the generals of the Junta, but Timmerman was persecuted because he was a gad-fly; his being Jewish was incidental. Once he was released, he was welcomed to Israel as a poster boy for Jewish suffering. But he turned on his hosts when he championed the rights of the Palestinians. Once a gad-fly, always a gad-fly. He used his Jewishness when it served him Timmerman was able to survive prison because he was an internationally known journalist and the generals knew that people outside Argentina were watching. He was hardly a desaprecido. If he ever claimed he was, it was for mercenary ends. Los Desaparecidos were ordinary citizens trying to live their ordinary lives, and they had no protectors, as Timmerman did. They are genuine heros whose entire story will never be told. Ha-Safran (The Librarian) Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Jews buying books
I was dismayed when I read the first posting - I thought there was an error. Some 40 years ago, Commentary magazine, I believe, ran a profile of American Jewry, and one of the stats cited then was that Jews accounted for some 20% of the books bought in the U.S. Not bad for 3% of the total population. What did they base this on? Perhaps on some study done by the American Jewish Committee? That was then. I have no idea what the number would be today. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Do we listen to the tale or the teller?
Wasn't Laura Bush a librarian at one time? (Well, so was Mao Tse Tung!) 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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.htmlhttp://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.htmlhttp://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.orghttp://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: LC Authority Records re: Jewish ethics
Jewish Ethics is a kosher LCSH. 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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.htmlhttp://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.htmlhttp://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.orghttp://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: GI Siddur
We have one in our collection, Lee, but it is kept in our Special Collections, with other military prayer books from World Wars I and II. Because they were meant to be used, those that were past out usually got used up, lost and/or eventually thrown away/buried. Why not simply contact the Jewish Chaplain's Council, a division of the Jewish Community Centers Association (www.jcca.org) [the successor to the Jewish Welfare Board]? All the best Phil Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Antique jewish Magazine
FYI: filled with paste = empastado = Bound -Original Message- From: Victor Jara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 12:44 PM To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran]: Antique jewish Magazine Dear Mr. Mrs. I want to comment to you that I have some units of Journal Menorah and Commentary classical magazines in ingles published in; 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961. Published in Spanish : 1957, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969. Journal Menorah magazine english : 1938, 1928, 1929. All these units are well filled with paste and conserved. If this is of your interest to acquire these units please let me to know it and I will send you all the details. Thanks a lot Victor Jara LB publishing casaisrael @ hotmail.com Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.htmlhttp://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.orghttp://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Good challenge - Finnish Jewish composer
It would have been remarkable for a Jew to live in Finland in the 17-18th century as Finland at that time was a province of Sweden, and Jews were precluded from living there. Jews only established a presence there in the mid-19th century, and even then had to petition the Tsarist government for permission. I'd love to be wrong, and if anyone knows better, please correct me! Phil Miller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Dates for AJL conventions
I personally find this discussion perplexing. For more than twenty years I have missed almost every Fathers' Day with my family because it uncannily coincided with AJL Convention. When I asked (a number of years ago) why, davka, our Convention is held the third weekend in June, I was told, In order to accommodate the SSC librarians, so many of whom cannot get off until the term ends.]! Just my two cents... Phil Miller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Library Conventions redux
Not be labor Charyl's point, I would merely point out that that when I was AJL president (more than 20 years ago) I suggested that conventions be kept to one of two cities and that a national convention committee be incharge of programming, rather than have everything fall on the local chapters. My suggestion was rejected. In those days people liked travelling around, etc. (But in those days, people did not mind killing hours riding in school buses (AKA cheese boxes) to hold sessions at local synagogues. In those day there were still women who wore long gowns to the banquet! Times have changed, the Association has changed. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Yiddish funny film clip
I agree with Donald, it is not funny, but for another reason. True, derogatory words belong in n one's vocabulary, but deleting them is only one satep - First one must lost the hate and prejudice behind them. I was recently having dinner with friends, and someone brought along this book, from which we went around the room, doing dramatic readings. I failed to see anything funny about it - and I said so. What is it that people find funny? The most base and crass behavior one associates with Jews? Many years ago William Helmreich wrote a book about sterotyping, and a major point was that behind sterotypes is a kernal of truth. Maybe so. But Dick and Jane in Yiddish is, in the words of my late father, ... a good excuse for antisemitism! P. Miller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Hazir Talit
That's one I never heard and would be curious to know the answer. The closest I know is the Yiddish equivalent of making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, namely, One cannot make a streimel out of a pig's tail. Phil Miller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
RE: [ha-Safran]: Is there a website listing of Important Jewish
Events? X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-Spam-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN I do not know about any web site, but the Jewish Book Annual - every year for decades - had a list of Jewish literary anniversaries, compiled by Rabbi Theodore Wiener. For any 2004 events I would suggest looking for 50th or 75th anniversaries in the 1954 and 1979 annuals. Unfortunately, the JBS in its current form has abandoned this. NB Dates are given in Gregorian, not Hebrew calendar. As a result, Yortsayts are hard to reckon, especially if the death took place in Czarist Russia - Was the Julian calendar taken into account? Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Funny, It doesn't sound Jewish
Cherished Colleagues: My kvetching to SUNY Press about their having missed our Convention and our not getting the same potential discount as the American Conference of Cantors has borne fruit. The order form is available at: http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/temp/Gottlieb_AJL.pdf Please be aware to the correct ISBN: 0-8444-1130-2 Phil -Original Message- From: Flynn, Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:26 PM To: Miller, Philip Subject: The Association of Jewish Libraries Conference - Gottlieb - Discount Dear Phil, SUNY Press is pleased to extend the same discount to your conference attendees. Attached is an order form that reflects your conference discount, which will be honored through July 30th. Open the order form with Adobe Reader (PDF), which is available for free at the Adobe website (www.adobe.com). Thank you for your interest in Jack's fine book, and please contact me if I can be of further service. Cordially, Dan Flynn Sales Manager SUNY Press 90 State Street, Suite 700 Albany, NY 12207 Tel: (518) 472-5036 Fax: (518) 472-5038 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Flynn, Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 8:49 AM To: Miller, Philip Subject: Gottlieb - Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish - Correct ISBN Dear Phil, I hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend. I received an inquiry from a AJL Listserve member who referenced ISBN 0-7914-6101-7. Please note that this is an incorrect ISBN that the printer mistakenly put on the cover of a few sample copies. The correct ISBN is 0-8444-1130-2, which is correctly listed on the order form and distributed books. Cordially, Dan Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Persian word for goodbye
Khuda hafez [God protect] is goodbye in Farsi. There are several sites for leaning Farsi, one of which is: http://www.easypersian.com/http://www.easypersian.com/ But at the supposed time of Esther and Mordecai, Aramaic was the imperial language! Commoners spoke Pahlevi, an earlier form on modern Farsi. Khuda hafez Phil Miller == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
Reply: [ha-Safran]: Morning Freiheit's library at the Bodelian?
As I understand it, the Freiheit was Stalinist to the end, and its important people consequently left the US for Europe, which may explain how its papers ended up at the Bod. == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
