[ha-Safran] Classifying a unique Judaica book
Hi colleagues, I recently purchased a very interesting Judaica book for my library called *Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul <https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=STNO&searchType=1&recCount=25&searchArg=9781250057266>* by Naomi Levy. At first glance it seemed to be about Albert Einstein, at second glance it seemed about Rabbi Naomi Levy's personal reflections based on a letter by Albert Einstein, and now it just seems like general Jewish inspiration by Naomi Levi but I'm really not quite sure. It still seems great for my library, but I have no idea how to classify it. Interestingly, the Library of Congress (see for yourself in the link above) classifies it as QC (general physics or science) in LCC but 296.7 (Judaism) in Dewey. I find these decisions by LoC interesting but unhelpful, as I am looking for its subject matter for the purposes of putting it into the Elazar system. To summarize, I don't understand it's subject well enough to give it an Elazar number. Biography? Kabbalah? Science from a Jewish perspective? Any thoughts or suggestions? It's been bothering me for over a week in the way that only happens to librarians. Thanks, and Shabbat Shalom, Josh Jasper Joshua Jasper, M.A., M.S.L.I.S. Librarian Rosen Library Temple Emanu-El 99 Taft Ave Providence, RI __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Sheet music in Hebrew characters
Hello all, The cantor in my temple runs a choir that will be singing two songs as part of a longer program. They have the sheet music, but the Hebrew on that sheet music is all transliterated, and they were looking for the lyrics in actual Hebrew characters. Since they already have sheet music, a simple printed text of the lyrics in Hebrew will be more than sufficient. I'm sure that there are some on this list-serve at libraries with much more resources than I have, so I thought I'd give this a shot. The two songs are as follows: 1. Song of the Pioneer (עור חלוץ) by Julius Chajes 2. Bish'arayich Yerushalayim (בשעריך ירושלים) by Yehezkel Braun Thank you in advance for all of the assistance. Shabbat Shalom, Joshua Jasper, M.A., M.S.L.I.S. Librarian Rosen Library Temple Emanu-El 99 Taft Ave Providence, RI 02906 <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Weekly Parsha Readers for non-Orthodox storytime
Hi all, The rabbi at my temple is looking for a quality anthology of short summaries for the weekly parsha. Ideally, each parsha would have a simple, three-page simple summary with a big picture. She is hoping to use it for a read-aloud storytime during Shabbat morning children's services. The major problem that we have been having is that all weekly parsha readers that I have been able to find are using Yiddish-style "yeshivish" spellings for many of the words. As a Conservative temple, the children and parents would not be able to understand these spellings as it is not how they pronounce the words. As a result, no matter how thoughtfully prepared these parsha readers are they are useless for our purposes. What we need is a parsha reader that says "Bereshit" or "Genesis" rather than "Beraishis" and "The Children of Israel" rather than "Bnai Yisroel." I have begun to despair ... I am not sure that such a book as we need even exists! Please let me know if you can think of any parsha anthology that even remotely fits these requirements. Thank you in advance, Josh Joshua Jasper, M.A., M.S.L.I.S. Librarian Rosen Library Temple Emanu-El 99 Taft Ave Providence, RI __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Research question: Oldest Shas in America
Hello again, I've had at least one response requesting that I forward along to everyone in the group the eventual answer to my question. The 1919 Talmud we have is the second printing ever made in North America, by Hirsch Wolofsky of Montreal in partial partnership with the Agunath Harabonim. Wolofsky owned the Eagle Publishing Company. This Talmud was printed due to an inability to import Talmuds from Europe during WWI. However, the first Talmud printed in North America was in 1913 in New York City. It was published by the Yiddish Daily called the Jewish Morning Journal (Der Morgen Zhornal). This Talmud went through a second printing in 1917. Thank you to Israel Mizrahi and Michael Kent for this information. Chag Urim Sameach, Josh Jasper Joshua Jasper Librarian Rosen Library Temple Emanu-El 99 Taft Ave Providence, RI On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Joshua Jasper wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a research query from a local rabbi that is wondering whether his > all-Hebrew volumes of the Talmud are the oldest all-Hebrew set of Shas > printed and published in America. He told me that the set is from the > Council of Rabbis in the United States and Canada, with the earliest volume > in his possession from 1919. I believe that the publisher may be the > Agudath Harabonim (known in English as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the > United States and Canada (UOR)). > > Historically, in the late 19th and early 20th century the Talmud had to be > imported from Europe at great cost because none were being produced in > North America. So while 1919 seems awfully late, it is definitely > reasonable that it could be the oldest American printing. > > Please respond directly by email if you have any information that may be > helpful. > > Thanks, > > Joshua Jasper > Librarian > Rosen Library > > Temple Emanu-El > 99 Taft Ave > Providence, RI > __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Research question: Oldest Shas in America
Hi all, I have a research query from a local rabbi that is wondering whether his all-Hebrew volumes of the Talmud are the oldest all-Hebrew set of Shas printed and published in America. He told me that the set is from the Council of Rabbis in the United States and Canada, with the earliest volume in his possession from 1919. I believe that the publisher may be the Agudath Harabonim (known in English as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada (UOR)). Historically, in the late 19th and early 20th century the Talmud had to be imported from Europe at great cost because none were being produced in North America. So while 1919 seems awfully late, it is definitely reasonable that it could be the oldest American printing. Please respond directly by email if you have any information that may be helpful. Thanks, Joshua Jasper Librarian Rosen Library Temple Emanu-El 99 Taft Ave Providence, RI __ 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Is your synagogue library open on Shabbat?
Hi all, My synagogue library is open on Shabbat, but it is not staffed by a librarian on the weekends. We're a medium-sized library in a large Conservative synagogue. I was just hired a month ago, and the interim librarian began this experiment about a month before I began. It is very much still a work-in-progress. The library gets heavy traffic during the weekend, since the library is open (either officially or unofficially) whenever someone is in the building and the weekend is when most congregants are around (especially in the summer). We do not have any public computers, our catalog is online, and we use the old card-in-book method for check-outs. Books, especially fiction and children's, were already getting heavy usage within the room on Shabbat and so my predecessor thought that a Shabbat check-out system would be very popular. We already have a sign explaining how to do a weekday check-out. Now we have a similar sign to put out explaining the special process for Shabbat. The patron is supposed to take the card out and leave it in the usual place (within a small box), but not write on it. There is a special "check-out card" to put inside the book. The card says "Please call or e-mail the library after Shabbat with the name of your book and your name, so that we can fill out the card and keep track of our books." This experiment has had mixed success and it is a work-in-progress. Many more books are now being checked out of the library, but no one is taking the special Shabbat cards or contacting the library after Shabbat. I am hesitantly hopeful that we can get the kinks fixed in this plan before holiday season begins in October, but I would love to hear suggestions from the group with ideas to improve the process. Best, Joshua Jasper Librarian Rosen Library Temple Emanu-el Providence, RI On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Emily Bergman wrote: > We're open on Shabbat, but we're Reform. I just figure I have to catch > people when they're around, which is Shabbat and Sunday school. I know > other congregations have dealt with the writing/computer issues in > creative, simple ways. If people want to use the library I don't think we > should say no. > > Emily Bergman > Temple Sinai > Glendale, CA > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 18, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Kaiya Goldhammer < > kgoldham...@nevehshalom.org> wrote: > > Every year or so a congregant or service attendee requests that the > library have Shabbat hours. Things worth note: we are a Conservative shul, > synagogue expectations on technology use and writing on Shabbat are clear, > the library has never been open on Shabbat, there are computers in the > library, we have a larger collection, and a good-sized membership, our > catalog is online and checkouts done on computer. I am concerned about > unsupervised kids, writing, computer use, books walking away, etc. The two > people who recently brought it up mentioned group Torah study, personal > library use, and book checkouts. Our education director leads a Women's > Torah Study group in the Beit Midrash (part of the library) monthly, but no > other educator, Rabbi, or layperson organizes Shabbat study. > > > What policies do you have in place for Shabbat? How do you convince your > Board, Director, Rabbi one way or the other? > > > Please reply on or off-list (kgoldham...@nevehshalom.org). > > > Thank you, > > *Kaiya Goldhammer* > > Librarian, Feldstein Library > > Congregation Neveh Shalom > > 503.293.7311 ext. 118 > > library.nevehshalom.org > > > > > > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > == > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > <http://www.jewishlibraries.org> > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > __ > 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 H
