[ha-Safran]: Update on me

2004-06-15 Thread Marcia Goldberg
Safranim: I am now at my parents' home 6316 Whaley Dr. San Jose, CA 95135 I have received many letters an cards from many of you and it is GREATLY appreciated!! Marcia Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL ==

[ha-Safran]: American Judaica rare book catalogue

2004-06-15 Thread Irvin Ungar
Historicana is pleased to announce its forthcoming rare book and manuscript catalogue of American Judaica which will be available at the AJL conference next week. Free Copies of this catalogue may be picked up in the exhibition area where Historicana will have a table starting on Monday, and on

[ha-Safran]: Holocaust Library Collection in the News

2004-06-15 Thread Yossi Galron
--- Message requiring your approval -- From: S B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Holocaust Library Collection in the News from http://www.freep.com/news/locoak/lib15_20040615.htm HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER LIBRARY: Documenting a bittersweet past BY FRANK WITSIL F

[ha-Safran]: Early Printed Korans

2004-06-15 Thread Willemijn Lindhout
The Dissemination of the Koran in the West A collection of 62 rare Korans and Koran translations in eight languages is now available. The crown jewel of the collection is the only survivng copy of the first printed Koran (Venice 1537/38). This collection of Early Printed Korans demonstrates wha

[ha-Safran]: Librarian's Lobby for June 2004

2004-06-15 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
After going to two different graduations I wrote my own charge to new library school graduates. Here is the Librarian's Lobby column for June : http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/crc72.htm. Here is the Librarian's Lobby column for May : http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/crc71.htm. Da

[ha-Safran]: Ride to Brooklyn from Washington

2004-06-15 Thread Ellen Share
There is a door to door service from Washington or Baltimore to Brooklyn on Sunday. Contact www.marshrutka.com or 301.928.4199. If enough people are interested, we can make plans for Wed. Ellen Share, Librarian, Washington Hebrew Congregation Messages and opi

[ha-Safran]: Good news

2004-06-15 Thread Michal Avrahamy
Dear all, On July 30 I will get married (in Jerusalem) and will follow my husband to Boston for his PhD in Harvard. Naturally, I am very excited about the wedding, as well as moving to a new continent (!). At the moment I am looking for both an apartment and a new job. I prefer to work in the Jew

Re: [ha-Safran]: Re: Dead Sea Scrolls

2004-06-15 Thread Fredisaac
I didn't know they had done the Scrolls, but here's what i do know. Kodansha is a very well-respected press out of Japan. They've been distributing books here for a long time. I bought from them when I was a Bibliographer back in the 70s and 80s. Their website, which is also listed as part o

[ha-Safran]: Blogging the Book Expo America from Jewish POV

2004-06-15 Thread MyJewishBooks
hey fyi... i posted my rants (part 1) from the book expo america last week in chicago on MyJewishBooks.Blogspot.com or just go to MyJewishBooks.com and click in the upper left corner for our link to out BLOG highlights for me.. in addition to David Sedaris calling me a big Jew.. I snagge

[ha-Safran]: "Making New Connections: Secular Publishers and

2004-06-15 Thread Anna Olswanger
Jewish Librarians Creating Jewish Children's Books" X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Re: "Making New Connections: Secular Publishers and Jewish Librarians Creati

[ha-Safran]: Valuesfinder Update

2004-06-15 Thread Linda Silver
There are now 700 titles in the Valuesfinder database. Included are new books by AJL members Anne Dublin and Bracha Weisbarth and a new novel on the subject of American Jewish history called Nothing Here But Stones by Nancy Oswald. Linda R. Silver, Editor Messages and opinions expressed