RE: [ha-Safran]: Starting up a reference collection

2005-02-09 Thread Yossi Galron
--- Message requiring your approval -- From: "Donald Weinshank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ha-Safran]: Starting up a reference collection Roberta Schoen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote One of the first questions that came up was how to keep the books from

[ha-Safran]: Get Caught Reading Hebrew!

2005-02-09 Thread francine levine
The Olive Press is pleased to offer you a wonderful selection of children's language book picture books from Israel. Each book is beautifully illustrated to share with the children in your life. Our collection includes many picture books popular in Israel today along with a selection of books trans

RE: [ha-Safran]: Starting up a reference collection

2005-02-09 Thread Donald Weinshank
Roberta Schoen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote One of the first questions that came up was how to keep the books from being borrowed and never returned. No one is going to sit there making sure people either don't take the books or sign them out. While we're not going to lock t

[ha-Safran]: Cambridge UP titles

2005-02-09 Thread Yossi Galron
--- Message requiring your approval -- From: Tamara Braunstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: Cambridge UP titles To whom it may concern, Cambridge University Press has any number of new and recent titles that may be considered Jewish interest; I

[ha-Safran]: Volunteer Opportunity in Israel

2005-02-09 Thread Steven A Lewis
Dearest Educators and Librarians: We at Youth Village Hadassah Neurim in Israel are looking for a volunteer to help us with our library and computer room. Attached are a description of our village and our invitation for a volunteer librarian. Please contact me with any questions or suggestions

[ha-Safran]: Kaya & Cosmogenesis music

2005-02-09 Thread
Hello Performance Director\Manger, We heard about your Jewish community center, and I would like to introduce a unique act. We think Kaya & Cosmogenesis's performance would be a wonderful act at your center, and we hope that you will select us to perform for you. We promise an out of this world

Judaica book dealers on the east coast?

2005-02-09 Thread Temple Librarian - Ramya
Dear Members of Ha-safran, I wanted to introduce myself and our library, and to ask a question of the NY/CT/MA librarians on this list. The Temple Beth Tikvah's Harold Besso Library, with its 2700 volume collection, has hired me to run its library since April of 2004. The list has been a wonderfu

[hasafran] Amicahai poetry in Hebrew

2005-02-09 Thread Library
Dear all- I have a patron who wishes to purchase several books of Yehuda Amichai poetry in the original Hebrew: * "Patuah Saqur Patuah" This is the Hebrew original of "Open Closed Open." ISBN #965-19-0462-3 * "Shirei Yehuda Amicahi" This is the collected poems, a multi-volume set. I

[ha-Safran]: Name and location of story

2005-02-09 Thread Adas Israel Librarian
I'm looking for a story from the Torah? About a man who goes into the desert and talks to a tree. With what should I bless you? End of story is something like "may your children be just like you". I know I have seen it/read it but I cannot think of the title or where I saw it. Any help would

[ha-Safran]: Sharon biography question

2005-02-09 Thread London, Shira
Does anyone know if the biography by Richard Worth entitled "Ariel Sharon," which is geared towards Middle Schoolers and was published by Chelsea House in 2004, is biased? I remember reading something negative about the balance in Chelsea House publications, but I don't remember the details. T

[ha-Safran]: Israel Book Recommendations

2005-02-09 Thread Beth Meister
Hello, everyone - I'm going to be getting a small amount of money in memorial donations, particularly for Israel-themed books for an elementary audience. I've looked at the Jewish Values Finder, but I was wondering if anyone could share their personal recommendations. The students are always ask

[ha-Safran]: Looking for Shayna Rudolf

2005-02-09 Thread Deborah Stern
I am trying to contact Shayna Rudolf regarding the AJL Scholarship. If by chance you subscribe to Hasafran please email me. Thanks Debbie Stern, Library Director Mordecai M. Kaplan Library Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 1299 Church Road Wyncote, PA 19095 [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 215-576-0

ha-Safran]: Book selection source

2005-02-09 Thread Faya Cohen
Book selection is a popular subject for discussion. I just became aware of a helpful source. www.sagebrushbooks.com/books. The same Sagebrush that brings us Athena, provides this as part of their Education Resources. There are lists of state and national

[ha-Safran]: RE: interfaith books

2005-02-09 Thread Heidi Estrin
We had a few interesting interfaith titles submitted to the Sydney Taylor committee last year. I really like the chapter book Sam I Am by Ilene Cooper. I thought it did an excellent job of exploring issues of religion and identity and was an entertaining read too. A book with a controversial

[ha-Safran]: Learn Hebrew SALE, up to 50% off

2005-02-09 Thread Shahar Geva
Dear Safranim! Israel-Catalog.com SALE This is the Chance to learn Hebrew: Reading Hebrew, Conversational Hebrew Courses, Dictionaries, Games & much more PLEASE NOTE the sale prices are valid until February 28. 2005 For online information & orders http://www.israel-catalog.com/hebrewsale.html?age