[ha-Safran] Renee Roth-Hano

I have been asked about Renee Roth-Hano as a Holocaust speaker. (She has written 2 Holocaust and post-Holocaust memoirs: Touch Wood and Safe Harbors). Have any of you used her as a speaker or heard her speak. Was she an effective speaker? For young adults? For teachers? Please let me know y

[ha-Safran]: Elazar Classification System - availability

The following is my correspondence with the publisher. Jason Aronson Inc. is now an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/aronsonj/ Dear Mr. Elazar, Yes the title is available, though we have chosen not to include it on our website. You can order by cal

[ha-Safran]: Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law

Dear Librarian We are please to announce that all 10 volumes of Restatement of Rabbinic Civil Law by Emanuel Quint are to be completed in the coming weeks with the publication, under our label, of the 10th and final volume. (Volume 9 is also published by Gefen) We are offering a library discount

[ha-Safran]: Hebrew poetry titles available

The following titles are available for purchase. Bar-Yosef, Hamutal, Mazon : Shirim, Yerushalayim : Karmel, 2002. $10 Ben-Meir, Yoram, Beit Jallah: kol ve-ruah ve-dibur, Yerushalayim : Keter, 1989. $10 [has overstock mark] Gershuni, Ben-Tsiyon, La-mishol ha-bahir: Shirim, Yerushalayim : Kiryat S

[ha-Safran]: Classification system

Dear Colleagues, I think this question has come up before, but perhaps I could get some insight from some of you. For a small library of about 500 or so books, which classification system would you recommend? Thanks, Bernie Maengen Temple Beth Israel Eugene, OR. Messages and opinions expr

RE: [ha-Safran]: Intellectual Freedom topic question

Thank you all so much for the many good suggestions. I have a lot of good topics to look into now. Does anyone know the name of the librarian's organization that is working on the spread of misinformation about Israel on college campuses? Does anyone know anything about it? Thanks again! Ruth

[ha-Safran]: Good news

Dear friends and colleagues, I'm pleased to announce that a story I wrote will be published in the 2004 issue of Parchment: Contemporary Canadian Jewish Writing. The title of my story is "At the Old Folks' Home or, What's Happening?". The Parchment launch will take place at the Miles Nadel JCC (

Re: [ha-Safran]: Sephardic children's list

Answered Prayer: And Other Yemenite Folktales by Sharlya Gold, S Golde, Mishael Caspi, Marjory Wunsch is a new paperback; I bought a copy at the AJL convention in June and have enjoyed what I've read. Rose Myers Edith Scheinberg Library Hillel Academy Fairfield, CT Messages and opinions express

Re: [ha-Safran]: Good news

Congratulations Anne. Glad to see a fine writer getting the recognition she deserves! All the best, Suzi Dubin Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === S

RE: [ha-Safran]: Intellectual Freedom topic question

> Does anyone know the name of the librarian's > organization that is working on the spread of > misinformation about Israel on college campuses? > Does anyone know anything about it? One thing that comes to my mind is CAMERA's "Adopt-A-Library" Program, but I don't think that is particularly

Re: [ha-Safran]: Classification system

--- Message requiring your approval -- From: Susan Dubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Classification system There have been many requests for information on software for small libraries. I am attaching a list I prepared three years ago with

Pro-Israel College Community Activists' Website:

Pro-Israel College Community Activists' Website: http://www.standwithus.com/campus/ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, s

Has this book appeared in English?

Dear friends: The book was called in Yiddish (my translation) "The Cigarette Peddlers At The Three Crosses Plaza". It is a fascinating, cliff-hanger story of a small group of Jewish boys who survived the war years in Warsaw by peddling cigarettes in front of the Gestapo headquarters, guessing (corr

[ha-Safran]: Has this book appeared in English?

Yes, it was translated by Janina David. It was published in England in 1970 as "The cigarette sellers of Three Crosses Square" (London, Vallentine, Mitchell, 1970) and in the United States in 1975 (Minneapolis. Minn. : Lerner Publications, 1975) and in 1977 (New York : Avon, 1977). It is listed i

Re: [ha-Safran]: Has this book appeared in English?

this book is supposedly available in English.The title was: The Cigarette Sellers of Three Crosses Square. Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A. Lerner Publishing Group, 1975 The author was, I am sure you know, Joseph Ziemian and translator was Janina David. Good luck in finding a copy David Hirsch David

Re: [ha-Safran]: Has this book appeared in English?

It is available in English: Cigarette Sellers of Three Crosses Square by Joseph Zieman. I am not sure if it is still in print, but I use it all the time when I do a Holocaust unit. Susan Dubin Valley Beth Shalom Day School Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual

[ha-Safran]: Chanukah JPS Anthology

Does anyone have an extra copy of the JPS Chanukah anthology, by Goodman? That seems to be the only one I'm missing. It is old-fashioned, but has some great illustrations and stories. Susan Levin Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessa