Re: [ha-Safran] Book challenge policy and form

[Susan Kusel via Hasafran]

A book challenge is when someone asks to have a book removed from the shelves 
of a library because they find the book objectionable.

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Susan Kusel via Hasafran wrote:
Hi friends, I am looking for a simple policy to have when a library is 
presented with a book challenge. If you have a form to fill out, that would be 
helpful too. I want something specifically for a synagogue library. I just had 
my second challenge
policy to have when a library is presented with a book challenge. If you 
have a form to fill out, that would be helpful too.
I'm fascinated: What's a book challenge?
Hugz
Jag ssameaj
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Valencia (Spain)
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[ha-Safran] Book challenge policy and form

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Hi friends,
I am looking for a simple policy to have when a library is presented with a 
book challenge. If you have a form to fill out, that would be helpful too.

I want something specifically for a synagogue library.

I just had my second challenge in ten years and want to be more prepared the 
next time it happens. Thanks for sharing any policies you may have.

-Susan

Susan Kusel
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[ha-Safran] Book donations and antisemitism?

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Hi friends,
  A patron recently asked me about donating Jewish books to my library. I 
didn't happen to need these particular books, so I suggested she donated them 
to the used book sale at her public library.  Here was her response.

--
We have been carting bags and boxes of other books to the local library for 
many months, but I was treating items of Jewish content differently. Pardon my 
paranoia, do I need to be concerned in these days of rising antisemitism about 
Jewish books going to a public library?
--

Has anyone experienced any issues with this?
Thanks!
-Susan



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[ha-Safran] Looking for the title of a Holocaust book

[Susan Kusel via Hasafran]

I have a patron looking for a Holocaust book.

I asked if the performance was in a camp, and she said yes, which led me to 
believe it might be Terezin.

Thanks for any help.

-Susan



I wonder if you could help me with the title of a book I read almost 30 years 
ago.

The book is about a girl who goes from camp to camp during the holocaust. I 
remember a few details:
Her mom had long legs and used to swim in their pool

She dyed her curtains yellow using onions

They would get settled and have to move and restart.

At one point she had a performance and her shoe fell off as she walked on stage.


Susan Kusel

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[ha-Safran] Source for Yiddish proverb

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Hi friends,
A patron is trying to find the original source for the Yiddish proverb: Two 
mountains can't come together, but two people can. Since it is a proverb, there 
may not be a source, but she asked me to check. More information below. Many 
thanks for any help.

-Susan

· .אַ באַרג מיט אַ באַרג קומט זיך ניט צונױף, אָבער אַמענטש מיט אַ 
מענטשן יאָ
oA barg mit a barg kumt zikh nittsunoyf, ober a mentsh mit a mentshn yo.
oTwo mountains can't come together, but two people can.
oMeaning: There is always a way for people to find common ground.
oGerman gloss (unattested): Ein Berg mit einem Berg kommt sichnicht 
zusammen, aber einMensch mit einem Menschen ja (schon).
oSource: Stutchkoff, Nahum (1950). דער אוצר פֿון דער ייִדישערשפּראַך. YIVO 
Institute for Jewish Research. p. 30. ISBN 
0-914512-46-3.



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[ha-Safran] Internship opportunity- Synagogue library

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Searching for: an intern for a synagogue library at a large reform temple in 
the Washington DC area. Prospective librarians welcome; interest in working 
with Judaica books or becoming a Judaica librarian a plus. Duties include 
assisting with circulation, basic cataloging, reference, purchasing, 
bibliographies, physical space management, donation processing, adult and 
children's services and teaching religious school and nursery school classes. 
Specific duties will be taught if they are new skills to the intern. The intern 
should indicate what their main interests are, so the internship can 
incorporate those aspects of librarianship. The internship will be a 
mentor/mentee relationship. Number of hours per week to be determined with 
intern. Both semester and open-ended opportunities available. The librarian is 
happy to work with library schools or other institutions if credit hours are 
needed. If interested, please send an email, and resume to 
sku...@templerodefshalom.org

Synagogue website: 
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Library catalog: 
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Susan Kusel, MLIS
Library Director
Temple Rodef Shalom
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[ha-Safran] Germany after the Holocaust

[Susan Kusel via Hasafran]

Hi friends,
  I have a patron who made the following request. The books I am finding are 
either personal memoirs, published many years ago and don't go up to the 
present day, or are on one very specific aspect such as music. Do you know any 
books that would fulfill this request? Many thanks!

"I’d like to read something about how the Germans responded to the 
Holocaust—how they rehabilitated their image, changed their government, 
education system, something along those lines."

-Susan




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[ha-Safran] Synagogue librarian job description

[Susan Kusel via Hasafran]

Hi friends,

  I am in the process of updating my job description. If you have a job 
description for a synagogue libraian that I can look at for comparison 
purposes, could you please send it to me?


Many thanks!

-Susan


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Re: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation

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Absolutely. We haven't had Hebrew school or Tot Shabbats, which is where a lot 
of the children's circulation comes from.

Every single category of circulation has been down.
-Susan

From: Amalia Warshenbrot 
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 8:43 AM
To: Susan Kusel ; Hasafran 
; Andrea Rapp 
Subject: RE: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation


Was children book circulation also down ?







From: Susan Kusel via Hasafran<mailto:hasafran@lists.osu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation



Circulation in my synagogue library is definitely way down. COVID is absolutely 
the reason.



A lot of things that draw patrons have been virtual such as Shabbat services, 
religious school, adult education, social events like book clubs and mahjong... 
even funerals, etc. And there are fewer people in the building in general, 
including staff, who also check out books.



But I do feel like my circulation is just starting to revive. It's so nice to 
see books checked out and to see patrons again.

-Susan



Susan Kusel

Librarian

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2100 Westmoreland Street

Falls Church, VA 22043

(703) 676-3851

sku...@templerodefshalom.org<mailto:sku...@templerodefshalom.org>





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behalf of Andrea Rapp via Hasafran 
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 9:54 AM
To: Hasafran 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation



Just ran some figures. Circulation in our synagogue library declined 3/4 this 
past 12 month period as opposed to the 12 months before covid.  Any thoughts? 
Have other synagogue/temple libraries (not day school libraries--that's 
different) found the same?

  Andrea Rapp, Isaac M. Wise Temple


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Re: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation

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Circulation in my synagogue library is definitely way down. COVID is absolutely 
the reason.

A lot of things that draw patrons have been virtual such as Shabbat services, 
religious school, adult education, social events like book clubs and mahjong... 
even funerals, etc. And there are fewer people in the building in general, 
including staff, who also check out books.

But I do feel like my circulation is just starting to revive. It's so nice to 
see books checked out and to see patrons again.
-Susan



Susan Kusel

Librarian

Temple Rodef Shalom

2100 Westmoreland Street

Falls Church, VA 22043

(703) 676-3851

sku...@templerodefshalom.org


From: Hasafran  on 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 9:54 AM
To: Hasafran 
Subject: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation

Just ran some figures. Circulation in our synagogue library declined 3/4 this 
past 12 month period as opposed to the 12 months before covid.  Any thoughts? 
Have other synagogue/temple libraries (not day school libraries--that's 
different) found the same?
  Andrea Rapp, Isaac M. Wise Temple
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Re: [ha-Safran] Mazel Tov!

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Thank you so much, my dear friends. It has indeed taken me a long time to go 
through all my emails and I just now saw these absolutely lovely notes.

Thank you so much to everyone for your wonderful congratulations. There is 
truly nothing like having your work be recognized by your own association and 
your own colleagues. Winning the Sydney Taylor Book Award means more than I 
could possibly say.

Thank you to the committee, the board, the council and to AJL.

-Susan

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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Mazel Tov!

Being the President of AJL has many perks, but I never thought that one of them 
would be to announce the Sydney Taylor Award and Honor winners at the American 
Library Association's Youth Media Awards.  Nor did I ever dream that I would 
have the joy of announcing the name of my former SSCPL VP,  Past Sydney Taylor 
Chair, and dear friend, Susan Kusel, as the WINNER of the Picture Book Award.  
I am so happy that this wonderful book won. I hope it will grace the shelves of 
Jewish and secular libraries for years to come as the "go to" Passover Book.

Kol HaKavod, Susan!

And Kol HaKavod to the Sydney Taylor Awards Committee for all their exceptional 
choices.  We are all so very proud of this year's list.

Kathy B.

On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 7:37 AM Rebecca Levitan via Hasafran 
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Now that she's gone through most of her congratulatory emails in the past two 
weeks, and will actually see this one, I would like to wish a hearty mazel tov 
to my friend Susan Kusel on her Sydney Taylor book award winning book The 
Passover Guest.

Susan is a past chair of the committee herself and an active member of AJL and 
it is so exciting to see her peers recognize her work. I'm so excited for her 
and to see that shiny gold seal on her book. Mazel Tov Susan!!
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[ha-Safran] The Shawl- Play version

[Susan Kusel via Hasafran]

Hello friends,
   A friend of mine at the Brandeis Theater Department is looking for a copy of 
Cynthia Ozick's play "The Shawl." It is a rewrite of her earlier play called 
"Blue Light" and he can't find it. I haven't been able to either. He is not 
sure if either of them have been published. He would appreciate any advice or 
insight any of you may have.

He already has the published short story. He only wants the play.

Many thanks!
-Susan


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Re: [ha-Safran] responding to Colleyville

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Thank you, Heidi, for making this excellent list.

I just want to clarify that I don’t know Rabbi Cytron-Walker personally, but he 
is good friends and was rabbinic classmates with my dear friend Rabbi Glenn 
Ettman.

Sending all of you love and support.
-Susan

Susan Kusel
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From: Hasafran  On 
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Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2022 8:47 PM
To: Hasafran 
Subject: [ha-Safran] responding to Colleyville

Saturday's hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas 
was obviously very upsetting. If you are feeling helpless, here is a list of 
actions you can take to push back against antisemitism, from the Justice 
section at The Book of Life blog. 
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Also, if you want to make a donation to Congregation Beth Israel, the URL is 
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.
 Our AJL pal Susan Kusel is friend with Rabbi Charlies Cytron-Walker, and she 
donated to the Rabbi's Discretionary fund in honor of Rabbi Charlie 
Cytron-Walker's extraordinary calmness and bravery, but there are many other 
funds as well such as the General Fund and Chai Hopes (which go right to the 
operating budget).

Hoping that action can feel empowering, and praying for peace,
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[ha-Safran] The Weight of Ink: Folger Library Book Club Selection

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Wishing you a happy 2022!

There is a virtual book club at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC.
Their February selection is The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish, the winner of 
the 2018 AJL Fiction award.

I'm not affiliated with the Folger so I don't have any more information, but 
the event information can be found here:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.folger.edu/events/book-club-february-2022__;!!KGKeukY!n8hCn1qySzZRS_O1RwFSSrYe45eV9l3iKjJ-_elVSPIzoPcWpmtMmVGyK1QvXM6nuSjLJKh8x1kP8-o$
 
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Words, Words, Words: The Weight of Ink | Folger Shakespeare 
Library
Join the Folger as we search the stacks for our favorite novels inspired by 
Shakespeare and the early modern era. Our February book club pick is The Weight 
of Ink by Rachel Kadish, set in London of the 1660s and of the early 21st 
century.
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Susan Kusel

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[ha-Safran] Grace Aguilar and the U.S. Jewish Sunday School movement

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A professor friend of mine is doing research on the following topic and I was 
wondering if any of you wonderful, knowledgeable folks might have some answers 
for her. Many thanks!

--
Here's her question:

I'm working on a paper regarding Jewish Victorian writer Grace Aguilar's 
connection with the U.S. Jewish Sunday School movement in the 19th century. I 
know there are some references in the Women's Jewish Archive page, but wondered 
if any of you are familiar with this area and could possibly give me some 
leads. I want to make sure I don't inadvertently miss anything.

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[ha-Safran] Bar mitzvah service in German and Serbian

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Hi friends,

I have a patron who is looking for a translation of the Reform bar mitzvah 
service in German, for relatives who will be streaming her son's service in 
Germany.

She may also need Serbian too.

Readings for service
Bo (Exodus 11:1-3, 4-7, 8-10)
Jeremiah 46:27-28
Exodus 12:21-23, 24-28, 29-32
Jeremiah 46:13-16

If you have any leads, please let me know. If it doesn't already exist, I think 
she may also be willing to engage a translator.

Many, many thanks.
-Susan


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Re: [ha-Safran] Books dealing with diversity of the Jewish experience

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Hi Amy
My synagogue did this exact type of program with My Jewish Year by Abigail 
Pogrebin and it was a perfect choice.

There is enormous diversity of Jewish experience in the book. Also, we were 
able to have holiday events connected to the book throughout the book.

Wishing you the best of luck.

-Susan




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Collective wisdom,

Our synagogue is looking to do a "one synagogue, one book" type of event. They 
are looking at a theme of diversity of Jewish experience. Does anyone have any 
suggestions? Could be fiction or non-fiction, but preferably something light 
enough for summer reading (yes it is June already!). I am interpreting 
"diversity" broadly. Marra Gad's Color of Love and Sue Eisenfeld's Wandering 
Dixie were both suggested and seem like decent possibilities.

Thank you for any ideas.

Amy Graham

~
Amy Wissoker Graham
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Congregation Ohev Shalom
Wallingford, PA
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[ha-Safran] Association for Rural and Small Libraries Conference proposals

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For those with small and rural libraries, this may be of interest:


-


The ARSL Conference Committee invites you to submit Preconference Workshop and 
Conference Session proposals for the 2021 ARSL Conference in Reno/Sparks, 
Nevada, October 20-23. With a focus on practical workshops and sessions, all 
presentations must be relevant to a small and rural library audience. 
Experiential and how-to formats are preferred. Learn about "The Biggest Little 
Library Conference" here: 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.arsl.org/2021-conference__;!!KGKeukY!jpQawzxU0KghvlCscb1F04b_itJo6S7IoEzWPDv-N6siyBdqPxY1ywMCJZJOsqDVAlelQ36x_csBjV0$
 





SUBMISSION DEADLINE: All program proposals are due April 27, 2021.



NOTIFICATION DATE: We will be in touch regarding the outcome of your 
proposal(s) by June 1, 2021.





For advice on submitting a proposal, read "Tips for a Great Program Proposal" 
here: 
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 . Other questions? Contact the ARSL office at 
i...@arsl.org or (206) 453-3579.





ARSL Office

Association for Rural and Small Libraries



Phone 206-453-3579

arsl.org

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[ha-Safran] Jewish Genealogy Workshop

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This is from the Library of Virginia. I don't have any more information about 
it, but saw it on the Viriginia Library Association listserv and thought it 
would be of interest to this group.

Shabbat shalom,
-Susan

GENEALOGY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Portals to a Jewish Heritage: Researching Jewish Genealogy with a Southern 
Accent
Friday, May 7, 2021, from 10:00 AM–11:00 AM
Online
$15 ($10 for Library of Virginia members)
Registration: 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portals-to-a-jewish-heritage-researching-genealogy-with-a-southern-accent-tickets-136978579619__;!!KGKeukY!kceShAaa6o45OD1irXGRYujGdAY-EoyB69iqMbzl6JmpcsXgg7je6h_EqUwdVKJqyA1fcNUzEmw4vMc$
 
Even the most avid students of Jewish genealogy find that the thousands of 
databases, books, and websites devoted to the subject can make their quest for 
information a daunting one. What you really need is a knowledgeable guide and 
some practical tips and strategies.

Karen S. Franklin is ready to provide them as she outlines the process to 
successfully explore general family history websites such as 
Ancestry.com, as well as online sites exclusive to Jewish genealogy such as 
JewishGen.org, and, of course, local archives and libraries. Franklin will feature a 
Richmond Jewish family as she demonstrates how to use these tools. Contact 
Ashley Ramey at 
ashley.ra...@lva.virginia.gov or 
804.692.3001 for more information.


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[ha-Safran] ALA Election

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Hi friends,
  I am running for the ALSC Board of Directors in the ALA election... and would 
love to know what other AJL members are running for ALA positions.

If you are, please respond to this message and let us all know what you're 
running for. Best of luck,
-Susan


Susan Kusel
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Author of The Passover 
Guest

Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
*Starred Reviews in Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus
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Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for an article in JSTOR

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I just wanted to add one more thank you to this thread.

Thank you to the multiple people who saw my query and reached out to the author 
of the article. She sent me the article as well!

Truly Hasafran and AJL are made up of wonderful people.

Many thanks,
-Susan

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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for an article in JSTOR

Thank you all, wonderful librarians. I greatly appreciate your help and  
speediness. Thank you for the many copies of the article I received and the 
ability to answer my patron's request.
Deep appreciation,
-Susan

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Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 9:16 AM
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Subject: Looking for an article in JSTOR

Hi friends,
   A patron is looking for the following article from JSTOR , and my library 
doesn't have access. If you do, would you be able to send me the article?

"Tracing the Contours of a Half Century of Jewish Feminist Theology” by Mara H. 
Benjamin in theJournal of Feminist Studies in Religion Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 
2020)<https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/jfemistudreli.36.issue-1>, pp. 11-31 
(21 pages).Published By: Indiana University Press.

Many, many thanks.
-Susan



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Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for an article in JSTOR

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Thank you all, wonderful librarians. I greatly appreciate your help and  
speediness. Thank you for the many copies of the article I received and the 
ability to answer my patron's request.
Deep appreciation,
-Susan

From: Susan Kusel
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 9:16 AM
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Subject: Looking for an article in JSTOR

Hi friends,
   A patron is looking for the following article from JSTOR , and my library 
doesn't have access. If you do, would you be able to send me the article?

"Tracing the Contours of a Half Century of Jewish Feminist Theology” by Mara H. 
Benjamin in theJournal of Feminist Studies in Religion Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 
2020), pp. 11-31 
(21 pages).Published By: Indiana University Press.

Many, many thanks.
-Susan



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[ha-Safran] Looking for an article in JSTOR

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Hi friends,
   A patron is looking for the following article from JSTOR , and my library 
doesn't have access. If you do, would you be able to send me the article?

"Tracing the Contours of a Half Century of Jewish Feminist Theology” by Mara H. 
Benjamin in theJournal of Feminist Studies in Religion Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 
2020), pp. 11-31 
(21 pages).Published By: Indiana University Press.

Many, many thanks.
-Susan



Susan Kusel
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Falls Church, VA
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[ha-Safran] The Sydney Taylor Shmooze

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We are super excited to announce the launch of The Sydney Taylor Shmooze, a new 
mock award blog that will offer critical discussion of Jewish books for 
children and teens. The blog will examine titles that may become contenders for 
the next Sydney Taylor Book Award.



This week on The Shmooze:



-Shalom!



-A Note on 
Spelling



-Be a Reviewer



-Calling All 
Books



The Sydney Taylor Schmooze can be found at 
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[ha-Safran] Seeking an intern

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Searching for: an intern for a few hours a week or every other week for a 
synagogue library in the Washington DC area. All prospective librarians 
welcome; interest in working with Judaica books or becoming a Judaica librarian 
a plus. Duties include assisting with basic cataloging, reference, purchasing, 
and donations for adult and/or children's services... all of which will be 
taught if they are new skills to the intern. The intern should indicate what 
their main interests are, so the internship can incorporate those aspects of 
librarianship. The internship will be set up as a mentor/mentee relationship. 
The librarian is happy to work with library schools or other institutions if 
credit hours are needed. If interested, please send an email to 
sku...@templerodefshalom.org

Synagogue: https://www.templerodefshalom.org/
Library: https://trs-hl.mimas.opalsinfo.net/bin/home

Susan Kusel
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Re: [ha-Safran] Suggestions for Cataloging a Nursery School Library

[Susan Kusel via Hasafran]

I am in love with OPALS. It is a wonderful system, does everything I need, the 
response time is terrific and they’ve added new things when I’ve asked.

-Susan

Susan Kusel
Librarian
Temple Rodef Shalom
2100 Westmoreland Street
Falls Church, VA 22043
(703) 676-3851
sku...@templerodefshalom.org



From: Hasafran  On 
Behalf Of Aileen Grossberg via Hasafran
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2019 9:36 AM
To: Maxine Wolfson ; Jacqueline Benefraim 

Cc: Hasafran 
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Suggestions for Cataloging a Nursery School Library

I second the suggestion of OPALS. It’s also reasonably priced and the tech help 
is very responsive. It’s also pretty easy to learn.

Aileen Grossberg
Jacobs Library
Oheb Shalom Congregation
South Orange, NJ

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 On Behalf Of Maxine Wolfson via Hasafran
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 8:17 AM
To: Jacqueline Benefraim mailto:j.benefr...@gmail.com>>
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Suggestions for Cataloging a Nursery School Library

We have been using OPALs, if it is within your
budget. It will printout labels for the barcode,
card pocket,card (if you're using the latter two),
tell you when an item is overdue, creates reports
etc.

Maxine Wolfson  -  Rosen Library
Temple Emanu-El
99 Taft Street
Providence, RI 02906
401-331-1616 Ext 18
www.teprov.org


On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 2:38 AM Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran 
mailto:hasafran@lists.osu.edu>> wrote:
Shalom,

I posted this in the summer, but I got a limited response.

I've volunteered to help get my synagogue's library in order. There are two 
parts to the collections. The adult reference materials are held in the chapel 
and will be checked out on an honor system; the children's library is in a room 
that is being converted into an official library. Of course my synagogue will 
be joining AJL.

Another shul member who already works in a public school will be in charge of 
children's collection. She wanted to know what program works best for a 
collection of about 1,000 title. We want to be able to check out books using a 
scanner, so I'd also appreciate a suggestion as to what scanner you'd recommend.

Todah Rabbah and Shannah Tovah,

Jackie

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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] Request for a specific Holocaust book

[Susan Kusel via Hasafran]

Hello friends,
  I have a request for a specific Holocaust book based on the following 
description. Thanks for any help.
-Susan


"I have a question... I'm trying to find a book that I once read and no amount 
of Google searches are bringing it up.  Wondering if you might be able to help.

It was a book about a young girl (and her mother). I believe the dad and 
brother were never seen again, are sent to a concentration camp, I think in 
Germany.  Something about this book really stuck with me.  I read it in 1992 
where I picked it up from the library at the Stanford in Berlin campus.  it 
wasn't a long book as I recall.  I am going to Auschwitz in May and I wanted to 
re-read this book.  The details that I can remember is that it was a detailed 
account of her day to day life in the camp and how she survived. She did this 
by putting multiple women in a bunk and sleeping very close together for 
warmth, mixing their urine with breakfast mush to try to make it palatable, and 
in her case, she was a "member" of two different cabins that were on two 
schedules.  She was starving and then figured out that when her cabin was going 
out to the fields to work, she could somehow get her name on the roster of 
another cabin that was just coming in to sleep. Thus she was in two cabins that 
were resting and none that were working. Her mother was possibly a nurse 
assistant that worked with the doctors there (and saw very horrible things).  
One of them also worked sorting out the discarded clothes of people who went to 
the showers so they somehow got a coat.  I also remember parts about how some 
of the people were "rats" for the Nazis and would turn fellow Jews in.  And 
that the "leader" of her cabin somehow figured out how to meet up with her 
boyfriend.  For the life of me I can't remember how it ends. If you have any 
thoughts on this or any ideas on how to figure out what book it was, I'd love 
to re-read it."


Susan Kusel
Librarian
Temple Rodef Shalom
2100 Westmoreland Street
Falls Church, VA 22043
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[ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor Book Award announcement on January 28th

[Susan Kusel via Hasafran]

Hello friends,
  We are very excited that the Sydney Taylor Book Awards will be announced this 
year as part of the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards.

The announcement will be on Monday, January 28th, at 8am Pacific time.
It will at the American Library Association Midwinter conference in Seattle.

Here is the link to the webcast to see it live: 
http://ala.unikron.com
It is typically archived, so you can watch it later in the day if you're busy 
at the moment it is being broadcast.

Here's a list of all the ALA awards that will be announced if you want to 
follow along: http://www.ilovelibraries.org/booklovers/youth-media-awards

The Sydney Taylor Awards will be announced in the beginning of the press 
conference by the ALA President along with awards from the Asian Pacific 
American Librarians Association and the American Indian Library Association.

The three Sydney Taylor medal winners will be announced at the press 
conference. The full list of winners, honors, notables and the manuscript 
award- along with press releases- will be available shortly after the 
announcement on the AJL website. I will also post the list of winners to 
Hasafran.

The press conference is always fun to follow on Twitter. Hashtags: #alayma 
#alamw19
That stands for: American Library Association Youth Media Awards and American 
Library Association Midwinter 2019
We are also using the hashtags: #STBA and #AJL for Sydney Taylor Book Awards 
and Association of Jewish Libraries.

Happy to answer any questions you may have about it.
-Susan Kusel
Sydney Taylor Book Award chair


Susan Kusel
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[ha-Safran] Opening on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee

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Hi everyone,
   Below, please find information about how to apply for one currently vacant 
position on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee. Please note that the term 
of service has been changed from 4 years to 2 years.
Shabbat Shalom,
-Susan

Dear Colleagues,

There is one position available on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee.

Applicants should be members of AJL, familiar with the scope of Judaic 
children’s literature, experienced in writing critical reviews, willing and 
able to read and review over 150 books during the course of a year, and able to 
meet deadlines.

Committee members are expected to attend the annual conference and to 
participate in committee-sponsored events, including speaking at the 
Committee’s annual presentation.  The term of membership on the Committee is 
two years.  Each committee member typically receives more than $1,500 in books 
for review, which may be kept for personal use or added to the member’s library.

Membership on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee is both fun and 
intellectually challenging. It also requires a substantial commitment in terms 
of time and energy.

Members must be able to submit reviews electronically and correspond with the 
committee members through regular e-mail.  Familiarity with Google Docs is 
helpful but not required.

To apply, send a letter indicating the reasons for your interest, a resume, and 
several examples of your recent reviews of Jewish children’s books to Susan 
Kusel, Committee Chair, at susanku...@yahoo.com

Applications will be accepted through February 1, 2019.

Susan Kusel, Chair
Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee
The Association of Jewish Libraries
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