[ha-Safran] Title suggestions needed

2016-02-11 Thread Susan Kusel 
I have a reference question I could use help with.  Someone in our community 
has reached out to us who would like to buy books for a Jew who is in prison, 
and would like suggestions of titles to purchase. The prisoner in question is a 
Jamaican Jew who has requested Jewish adult ed materials. The request has been 
quite broad (the original request was just for Jewish books). It has been 
difficult to narrow it down- since we are not directly involved in the 
conversation... the requestor and the prisoner are writing letters back and 
forth and it takes about a month to get any clarification.

We sent a list of several possible Jewish topics, and received this itemized 
list in response: "#1 Jewish History, #2 Philosophy, #3 theology, and #4 
Traditional Jewish Living. But I really like "Philosophy."

All these categories are still rather broad, and suggestions for your favorites 
in these topics would be appreciated. Probably not the classics, it sounds like 
he's already read those... more current titles would probably be better.

I'm a librarian at a reform synagogue, and if anyone can help with "traditional 
Jewish living" that would also be very appreciated.

**Also- the particular prison that he is at does not allow for hardcover books, 
so any titles would have to be available in paperback.

Thank you so much for your help. It is greatly appreciated.
-Susan

Susan Kusel
Librarian
Temple Rodef Shalom
2100 Westmoreland Street
Falls Church, VA 22043
(703) 532-2217
sku...@templerodefshalom.org

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Re: [ha-Safran] Title suggestions needed

2016-02-11 Thread Dina Tanners 
Jewish Prisoners Services International is based in Seattle where I live. The 
director, Gary Friedman, is amazing. If he does not have the prisoner's bane 
already, I would be surprised. Check out the website of JPSI and connect with 
him. He travels all over, distributes donated books, etc  and is very aware of 
regulations in prisons. 

Dina Tanners

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Please excuse auto-correct errors


> On Feb 11, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Susan Kusel  wrote:
> 
> I have a reference question I could use help with.  Someone in our community 
> has reached out to us who would like to buy books for a Jew who is in prison, 
> and would like suggestions of titles to purchase. The prisoner in question is 
> a Jamaican Jew who has requested Jewish adult ed materials. The request has 
> been quite broad (the original request was just for Jewish books). It has 
> been difficult to narrow it down- since we are not directly involved in the 
> conversation… the requestor and the prisoner are writing letters back and 
> forth and it takes about a month to get any clarification.
>  
> We sent a list of several possible Jewish topics, and received this itemized 
> list in response: “#1 Jewish History, #2 Philosophy, #3 theology, and #4 
> Traditional Jewish Living. But I really like “Philosophy.”
>  
> All these categories are still rather broad, and suggestions for your 
> favorites in these topics would be appreciated. Probably not the classics, it 
> sounds like he’s already read those… more current titles would probably be 
> better.
>  
> I’m a librarian at a reform synagogue, and if anyone can help with 
> “traditional Jewish living” that would also be very appreciated. 
>  
> **Also- the particular prison that he is at does not allow for hardcover 
> books, so any titles would have to be available in paperback.
>  
> Thank you so much for your help. It is greatly appreciated.
> -Susan
>  
> Susan Kusel
> Librarian
> Temple Rodef Shalom
> 2100 Westmoreland Street
> Falls Church, VA 22043
> (703) 532-2217
> sku...@templerodefshalom.org
>  
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Re: [ha-Safran] Title suggestions needed

2016-02-11 Thread Michael Kahn 
Aleph is also a Chabad organization that caters to the needs of Jewish
people in prison.
Yitzchok Kahn

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Dina Tanners  wrote:

> Jewish Prisoners Services International is based in Seattle where I live.
> The director, Gary Friedman, is amazing. If he does not have the prisoner's
> bane already, I would be surprised. Check out the website of JPSI and
> connect with him. He travels all over, distributes donated books, etc  and
> is very aware of regulations in prisons.
>
> Dina Tanners
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Please excuse auto-correct errors
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Susan Kusel 
> wrote:
>
> I have a reference question I could use help with.  Someone in our
> community has reached out to us who would like to buy books for a Jew who
> is in prison, and would like suggestions of titles to purchase. The
> prisoner in question is a Jamaican Jew who has requested Jewish adult ed
> materials. The request has been quite broad (the original request was just
> for Jewish books). It has been difficult to narrow it down- since we are
> not directly involved in the conversation… the requestor and the prisoner
> are writing letters back and forth and it takes about a month to get any
> clarification.
>
>
>
> We sent a list of several possible Jewish topics, and received this
> itemized list in response: “#1 Jewish History, #2 Philosophy, #3 theology,
> and #4 Traditional Jewish Living. But I really like “Philosophy.”
>
>
>
> All these categories are still rather broad, and suggestions for your
> favorites in these topics would be appreciated. Probably not the classics,
> it sounds like he’s already read those… more current titles would probably
> be better.
>
>
>
> I’m a librarian at a reform synagogue, and if anyone can help with
> “traditional Jewish living” that would also be very appreciated.
>
>
>
> **Also- the particular prison that he is at does not allow for hardcover
> books, so any titles would have to be available in paperback.
>
>
>
> Thank you so much for your help. It is greatly appreciated.
>
> -Susan
>
>
>
> Susan Kusel
>
> Librarian
>
> Temple Rodef Shalom
>
> 2100 Westmoreland Street
>
> Falls Church, VA 22043
>
> (703) 532-2217
>
> sku...@templerodefshalom.org
>
>
>
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Re: [ha-Safran] Title suggestions needed

2016-02-11 Thread Beth Braunstein 
Hi
I highly suggest Joseph Telushkin's books such as Jewish literacy , biblical 
literacy, Jewish wisdom, "words that hurt words the heal "and he has a set of 
books on Jewish ethics.
I also recommend Avi Weiss' book called Holistic Prayer.( not sure if it's in 
paperback)
Perhaps you may also consider Halachic Man by Joseph soleveichik
 Hope this is helpful
Beth Braunstein
Sar academy librarian

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> On Feb 11, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Susan Kusel  wrote:
> 
> I have a reference question I could use help with.  Someone in our community 
> has reached out to us who would like to buy books for a Jew who is in prison, 
> and would like suggestions of titles to purchase. The prisoner in question is 
> a Jamaican Jew who has requested Jewish adult ed materials. The request has 
> been quite broad (the original request was just for Jewish books). It has 
> been difficult to narrow it down- since we are not directly involved in the 
> conversation… the requestor and the prisoner are writing letters back and 
> forth and it takes about a month to get any clarification.
>  
> We sent a list of several possible Jewish topics, and received this itemized 
> list in response: “#1 Jewish History, #2 Philosophy, #3 theology, and #4 
> Traditional Jewish Living. But I really like “Philosophy.”
>  
> All these categories are still rather broad, and suggestions for your 
> favorites in these topics would be appreciated. Probably not the classics, it 
> sounds like he’s already read those… more current titles would probably be 
> better.
>  
> I’m a librarian at a reform synagogue, and if anyone can help with 
> “traditional Jewish living” that would also be very appreciated.
>  
> **Also- the particular prison that he is at does not allow for hardcover 
> books, so any titles would have to be available in paperback.
>  
> Thank you so much for your help. It is greatly appreciated.
> -Susan
>  
> Susan Kusel
> Librarian
> Temple Rodef Shalom
> 2100 Westmoreland Street
> Falls Church, VA 22043
> (703) 532-2217
> sku...@templerodefshalom.org
>  
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