Re: [ha-Safran]: Women in the Bible

2004-01-27 Thread Rivka Strom
I am not sure if I understand the question but have you referred him to Kosher Sex by Schmuley Boteach? === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at

RE: [ha-Safran]: Statistics on Conversion to Judaism

2004-01-27 Thread Rivka Strom
Dear Randy and hasafran, Try this organization or their PR firm. National Jewish Outreach Program and Warschawski Public Relations or try this book: Gender and Assimilation in Modern Jewish History: The Roles and Representation of Women. By Paula E. Hyman. The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures

RE: [ha-Safran]: Web sites monitoring anti-Semitism

2004-01-27 Thread Dr. Donald J. Weinshank
I warmly recommend Honest Reporting http://www.honestreporting.com/ Their sympathies are very much with Israel, but they document all statements and positions which they take. _ Dr. Don Weinshank Professor Emeritus Comp. Sci. & En

Re: [ha-Safran]: Web sites monitoring anti-Semitism

2004-01-27 Thread olivia hibel
Yes, www.littlegreenfootballs.com is a site/webzine full of really knowledgeable people, many computer programmers, of all faiths, who are fiercely pro Israel and very well-read. Many articles from national press are monitored/featured and mocked and answered by members. However, be aware th

[ha-Safran]: Web sites monitoring anti-Semitism

2004-01-27 Thread aemerzel
With anti-Semitism on the rise around the world, I am trying to put together a list of web sites that monitor anti-Semitism here and worldwide. I am planning to post this list in our school library and display the books we have on anti-Semitism with this list for the students and faculty. Do any

Re: [ha-Safran]: Women in the Bible

2004-01-27 Thread alba toscano
Sara > English, regarding the conjugal (sexual) obligations of > married men and women. Finally, something I can answer: Mishneh Ktubot 5:6 There's a fabulous Bureau of Jewish Education of Los Angeles filmstrip from Jewish News November 1978 which can be seen in our website in spanish: "Marita

Re: [ha-Safran]: Library services for diverse groups

2004-01-27 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
At 11:07 01/27/04, you wrote: >Sorry to take up so much space in our list. have another question involving >a class I am taking. Do any of you know of any library services in >non-Jewish settings that are aimed at serving Jewish clientele? The public >library back in Brattleboro, VT would have a sp

Re: [ha-Safran]: Women in the Bible

2004-01-27 Thread Sara Rofofsky Marcus
Safranim, I am searching for a patron who is seeking information, in English, regarding the conjugal (sexual) obligations of married men and women. The patron remembers reading somewhere about how different occupations allow a man to travel for different lengths of time, but this is all the infor

[ha-Safran]: Answers to the library shelving questions

2004-01-27 Thread Cheryl Banks
Dear friends: Here are the answers that I received about places to contact re: library shelving. Thanks to all of you who answered! Cheryl Banks We had a good experience with Bradford Systems(in Morton Grove) when we renovated in 1998-99. We bought archives shelving from them, but they of

[ha-Safran]: Einstein

2004-01-27 Thread Michael Katz
Dear All, The recent correspondence about Albert Einstein has encourage me to write regarding a wonderful picture book we published recently by Shulamith Oppenheim called "Rescuing Einstein's Compass" published in the US by Crocodile Books $15.95 http://www.interlinkbooks.com and by Tradewind

[ha-Safran]: Publication announcement: Making Jews Modern (Stein)

2004-01-27 Thread Sarah Stein
Publication announcement: Making Jews Modern: The Yiddish and Ladino Press in the Russian and Ottoman Empires (Indiana University Press, 2003) Sarah Abrevaya Stein On the eve of the 20th century, Jews in the Russian and Ottoman empires were caught up in the major cultural and social transform

[ha-Safran]: Women in the Bible

2004-01-27 Thread Evi Reznick
The listing about Women In The Bible (Aishet Chayil) by Rav Shlomo Aviner was so timely for my needs. Does anyone know of any other books or websites on the topic--I have Ishe Ha-Tanakh, Sisters at Sinai, Daughters Victorious and Mirror of our Lives: Reflections of Women in the Tanach. Evi Re

[ha-Safran]: Statistics on Conversion to Judaism

2004-01-27 Thread Randy Belinfante
Dear Folks, I am doing research for a patron and I am trying to find out if there are any statistics regarding the number of people who convert to Judaism each year (all three denominations)? and about what percentage of the population of Jews in the US are converts to Judaism? Thank y

[ha-Safran]: Weine number

2004-01-27 Thread Andrea Rapp
Does anyone have a special Weine number for books dealing with non-Jewish groups who were Holocaust victims, e.g. Jehovah's witnesses, Romanies, etc.? Andrea == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Li

[ha-Safran]: Christian practices

2004-01-27 Thread Janet Gross
Wanted to thank the group for your advice, information and opinions on certain practices and rewards at my school that excluded me as an observant Jew. I decided to take the issue to our employee relations representative, who, perhaps not surprisingly, has not answered after several weeks. I wrote

[ha-Safran]: Library services for diverse groups

2004-01-27 Thread Janet Gross
Sorry to take up so much space in our list. have another question involving a class I am taking. Do any of you know of any library services in non-Jewish settings that are aimed at serving Jewish clientele? The public library back in Brattleboro, VT would have a special display for Jewish Book Mont

Re: [ha-Safran]: Einstein & Rabindranath Tagore

2004-01-27 Thread Susan Berson
Thank you to everyone who responded with sources on the conversation between Einstein and Tagore. My patron will be able to find the transcript in The Kenyon Review and A Tagore Reader (edited by Amiya Chakravarty). Susan Berson Librarian Congregation Emanuel Denver, Colorado