[ha-Safran] The Book of Life Podcast: Family Meeting

[Heidi Rabinowitz via Hasafran]

Dear Book of Life Listeners,

This special episode of The Book of Life Podcast is packed with news you
can use. My husband Matthew helps me run a "family meeting" to share lots
of information with you about my various projects and about resources you
will find at Bookoflifepodcast.com.

You can hear the episode at
https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2020/03/family-meeting.html, where you can
also find a transcript. Please share the link with your friends and
colleagues! And please let me know what you think of the episode.

If you like the show, please tell your friends! We'd also love to get your
rating or review on iTunes, if you are so inclined.

Enjoy!
Heidi
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[ha-Safran] FYI a list of known concentration camps-known in Russia-you may have to check information about each to possibly find out

[Katalin Baltimore via Hasafran]

*Russia*

The real number of concentration and extermination camps established in
occupied Soviet Union by the Nazis is unknown. The following list contains
the name of the major camps. Some of these camps were under Romanian
control; e.g. Akmétchetka or Bogdanovka where 54,000 were executed between
December 21th and December 31th, 1941

   - Akmétchetka
   - Balanowka
   - Bar
   - Bisjumujsje
   - Bogdanovka
   - "Citadelle" (real name unknown. camp was located near Lvov. Thousands
   of Russian POWs were killed in this camp)
   - Czwartaki
   - Daugavpils
   - Domanievka
   - Edineti
   - Kielbasin (or Kelbassino)
   - Khorol
   - Klooga
   - Lemberg
   - Mezjapark
   - Ponary
   - Rawa-Russkaja
   - Salapils
   - Strazdumujsje
   - Yanowski
   - Vertugen (for all these camps, no sub-camp known)

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/full-listing-of-concentration-camps#russ
https://www.eurozine.com/holocaust-the-ignored-reality/
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Re: [ha-Safran] The 2020 AJL Conference has been cancelled

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

I applaud Dina, Kathy, and AJL Council for making this very difficult
decision as the health and safety of potential attendees is what has to be
foremost.  There really was no other choice but to cancel the 2020 AJL
Conference.

Please note that ALA made the same tough choice yesterday and canceled the
2020 Annual Conference in Chicago:

*http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/03/american-library-association-cancels-2020-annual-conference-due-covid-19
*

The American Library Association has made the difficult decision to cancel
the Annual Conference & Exhibition scheduled for June 25-30, 2020, in
Chicago.

We wanted you to be among the first to hear the news
.
We are grateful to you for registering for the conference and know that you
share in our disappointment that we will not be meeting this summer.

We will be in touch in the coming days and weeks to discuss your
registration and provide information about potential alternative engagement
opportunities.
Thank you for your continued support of ALA and we ask that you be patient
with us as we work through this unprecedented situation.
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AJL-ALA Liaison
Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee
Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
eger...@umich.edu


On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 3:22 PM Kathleen Bloomfield via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> [image: logo for AJL 2020 conference in Evenston]
> AJL Conference 2020 Update: March 25, 2020
>
> After much research, discussion, and deliberation, the Association of
> Jewish Libraries has decided to cancel our annual conference scheduled for
> June 29-July 1, 2020 in Evanston, IL.
>
> We know that you are disappointed in hearing this news, but the AJL Board
> felt strongly that there was no other choice to make given the uncertainty
> of the progress of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus).
>
> We will be in touch soon with information for those who have
> pre-registered for the conference and with information about potential
> alternative opportunities for us to share our knowledge and skills. Our
> hope is to have answers to these questions soon, but with the situation
> changing so rapidly, and Passover on the horizon, it might be a few weeks.
>
> Thank you for your continued support of AJL. We appreciate your patience
> as we work through this unparalleled situation. The Board and Council hope
> to have resources available for members related to librarianship in this
> interesting time and ways to best serve our patrons.
>
> A huge thank you goes out to our conference organizers, especially
> National Conference Chair Lisa Silverman and local chairs, Rachel Kamin and
> Marcie Eskin for all the work they and their committee did in preparation
> for the conference.
>
>
>
> Dina Herbert   Kathy Bloomfield
>
> President, AJL  VP-President Elect, AJL
>
>
> View the complete announcement here:
> https://jewishlibraries.org/announcements.php?id=79
>
>
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[ha-Safran] Child of Holocaust Survivor Looking for Publisher

[Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran]

*please respond directly to Grace at: * gracio...@gmail.com

My memoir concerns being the first generation born in the US from parents
who made it out of Germany before the worst. I grew up in Washington
Heights-Inwood, in upper Manhattan and was born in 1939. Just in the past
few years I have learned that I have PTSD and the holocaust was the major
experience of my life and determined almost everything else that came
thereafter.
Could you steer me to a publisher for this book? It is essentially written
and edited.

Thank you,

Grace Freundlich,  Truro, MA 02666-0090

-- 
Jackie Ben-Efraim

*"Although the books had changed, I the reader had not." **Micha Yosef
Berdichevsky 1865-1921*

Special Collections Librarian
Ostrow Library
American Jewish University
15600 Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077
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[ha-Safran] The 2020 AJL Conference has been cancelled

[Kathleen Bloomfield via Hasafran]

[image: logo for AJL 2020 conference in Evenston]
AJL Conference 2020 Update: March 25, 2020

After much research, discussion, and deliberation, the Association of
Jewish Libraries has decided to cancel our annual conference scheduled for
June 29-July 1, 2020 in Evanston, IL.

We know that you are disappointed in hearing this news, but the AJL Board
felt strongly that there was no other choice to make given the uncertainty
of the progress of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus).

We will be in touch soon with information for those who have pre-registered
for the conference and with information about potential alternative
opportunities for us to share our knowledge and skills. Our hope is to have
answers to these questions soon, but with the situation changing so
rapidly, and Passover on the horizon, it might be a few weeks.

Thank you for your continued support of AJL. We appreciate your patience as
we work through this unparalleled situation. The Board and Council hope to
have resources available for members related to librarianship in this
interesting time and ways to best serve our patrons.

A huge thank you goes out to our conference organizers, especially National
Conference Chair Lisa Silverman and local chairs, Rachel Kamin and Marcie
Eskin for all the work they and their committee did in preparation for the
conference.



Dina Herbert   Kathy Bloomfield

President, AJL  VP-President Elect, AJL

View the complete announcement here:
https://jewishlibraries.org/announcements.php?id=79
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Re: [ha-Safran] Good Jewish Websites for children and adults

[books2gogh via Hasafran]

openlibrary.org has thousands of ebooks to read totally free.  The
reading quality isn't always the best because they have been digitized by
scanning the originals, which sometimes are many years back and the pages
are yellowed.  There are a lot of "golden oldies."  Search for ebooks.

Here is the first page of a subject search by the term "Jewish."  These
lists include books that are not ebooks but there are still over 10,000
ebooks with the subject heading Jewish, including children's books.
Subject Search

1,286 hits


   - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
      7,995
   books, subject
   - Jewish-Arab relations
      2,170 books,
   subject
   - Jewish law    1,708 books
   , subject
   - Jewish Ethics    1,407
   books, subject
   - Jewish women    1,072
   books, subject
   - Jewish Philosophy 
 969 books, subject
   - Jewish Refugees    778
   books, subject
   - Jewish authors    756
   books, subject
   - Jewish Personal narratives
      713 books
   , subject
   - Hebrew Jewish sermons
      672 books,
   subject
   - Jewish question    597
   books, subject
   - Jewish families    537
   books, subject
   - Jewish way of life
      514 books,
   subject
   - Jewish children in the Holocaust
      473
   books, subject
   - Jewish sermons    404
   books, subject
   - Jewish legends    354
   books, subject
   - Jewish resistance 
 353 books, subject
   - Jewish literature 
 331 books, subject
   - Sabbath (Jewish law)
      323 books,
   subject
   - Jewish religious education
      315 books
   , subject
   - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
   
 305 books, subject
   - Jewish Cookery    287
   books, subject
   - Jewish children    254
   books, subject
   - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
   
  252 books, subject
   - Jewish scholars    250
   books, subject
   - American Jewish sermons
      232 books,
   subject
   - Jewish wit and humor
      232 books,
   subject
   - Jewish Christians 
 217 books, subject
   - Jewish influences 
 217 books, subject
   - Jewish interpretations
      211 books,
   subject
   - Jewish art    210 books,
   subject
   - Jewish art and symbolism
      205 books,
   subject
   - Jewish soldiers    200
   books, subject
   - Refugees, Jewish    199
   books, subject
   - Jewish cooking    195
   books, subject
   - Jewish youth    191
   books, subject
   - Jewish diaspora    188
   books, subject
   - Marriage (Jewish law)
      179 books,
   subject
   - Holocaust (Jewish theology)
      161
   books, subject
   - Jewish physicians 
 161 books, subject
   - Jewish Calendar    155
   books, subject
   - Jewish men    151 books,
   subject
   - Jewish law.    

[ha-Safran] The loss of an amazing Judaica scholar- Mr. Yaakov Shelomoh Biegeleisen

[Shirazi, Gail via Hasafran]

It is with great sadness that I am writing to inform you of the passing of Mr. 
Yaakov Shelomoh Biegeleisen. For over 60 + years Mr. Biegeleisen has been 
supplying material to the Library of Congress and other institutions around the 
world.  His excellent service, boundless knowledge of Hebrew/Judaica book 
publishing, scholarly manner and unique personality will be greatly missed by 
the staff of the Israel and Judaica Section.  Those who worked directly with 
him at LC (Galina, Yisroel, Aaron and myself) will particularly miss the 
excellent working relationships.   When AJL was in NY, Galina and I had the 
opportunity to visit his shop. We were amazed at how Mr. Biegeleisen knew 
exactly where each book was located in the piles of material he had in the 
store.  He remembered, without checking, what he sent to us and approximately 
when he sent it.  He worked without a computer (until his nephew joined the 
firm) and kept handwritten records which he could always locate ( going back 
decades). His death is a great loss to the field of Judaica librarianship.

We extend our deepest condolences to the entire Biegeleisen family.  Barukh 
Dayan he-Emet.

Gail Shirazi and Galina Teverovsky

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