[ha-Safran]: First Fast

2006-01-04 Thread Paula Sandfelder
Thank you for all of you who reminded of the title of First Fast by Barabara Cohen. Paula Sandfelder Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran]: Re: Historical novels for high school students

2006-01-04 Thread Esther Erman
May I suggest my book Just One: Connecting With a Grandmother's Life? This is a novelization of my family's story, from a small village in Poland near the beginning of the 20th century, through the horrors of the Holocaust, and into building a new life in America. From a review in the AJL

Re: [Hasafran] DVDs

2006-01-04 Thread Andrea Rapp
I'm afraid I don't have an answer, as we have only recently phased out purchase of VHS tapes in favor of DVD's, but I saw a news article recently about public librarians commenting that some DVD's are getting only a few circulations, because they are so easy to abuse by patrons; I think it

[ha-Safran]: Librarian Job Opening @ Touro College South (Miami Beach)

2006-01-04 Thread Michoel Ronn
Touro College South Library 1703 Washington Avenue Miami Beach FL 33139 Position Opening (available immediately) LIBRARIAN (full-time) Responsibilities. Provide general and specialized reference service for the faculty and students of the new Florida Campus of Touro College, located in

RE: [ha-Safran]: Christmas and start of Hanukkah -- Is

2006-01-04 Thread Donald Weinshank
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Personal request for help from Books for Israel school

2006-01-04 Thread KPeter3434
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[ha-Safran]: Out of Print Books Task Force Committee: Report

2006-01-04 Thread Anna Olswanger
From the Out of Print Books Task Force Committee End-of-year report: As the chair of the Out of Print Books Task Force Committee, I contacted authors and publishers of the out-of-print children's books AJL members submitted through 2005, and have two pieces of good news to report: 1. Alyssa

Re: [ha-Safran]: Yom Kippur fast

2006-01-04 Thread Laurie Margolies
Are you thinking of First Fast by Barbara Cohen? Laurie Margolies Librarian Krieger Schechter Day School Baltimore, MD Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran]: Set of offprints from Encyclopedia Judaica

2006-01-04 Thread Bev Geller
A parent is offering the set of small blue and white books that are offprints from EJ's articles about Israel. eg ecomonics, geography, etc. If anyone would like them (for the cost of postage) please let me know and I will give her the information. B. Geller Messages and opinions expressed

[ha-Safran]: Textbook on industrial chemistry in Haifa

2006-01-04 Thread Shulamis Landesman
A student needs to know if there is a textbook (or any book) on the topic of industrial chemistry in Haifa, written in English, whether original or a translation. I've checked Books in Print, WorldCat, Amazon, and Google Hebrew and found nothing. Have I covered all my bases? Shulamis Landesman

[ha-Safran]: New Besht Book

2006-01-04 Thread Yitzhak
THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE BOOK IN ENGLISH ABOUT THE BAAL SHEM TOV! The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov BY YITZHAK BUXBAUM Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1700 - 1760), the founder of Hasidism, was a mystic and miracle-worker, a lover of God, people, and the whole creation. He revived

[ha-Safran]: Henry Roth Centenary Celebration

2006-01-04 Thread ha-Safran
--- Message requiring your approval -- From: Julie Koven [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ha-Safran]: Henry Roth Centenary Celebration Honor the life and work of Henry Roth: author of Call it Sleep, regarded as one of the greatest American novels of the