[ha-Safran]: Dead Sea Scrolls on casette or audio CD in English?

2006-08-31 Thread Dina Tanners
Hi, Do any of you know of the existence of the Dead Sea Scrolls in English on an audio CD or casette. We have someone interested in having such a thing and I have not heard of it. Thanking you in advance, Dina Tanners Seattle, WA Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran a

[ha-Safran]: Katrina

2006-08-31 Thread Amanda_Seigel
Dear Colleagues, For those who were asking about donations to libraries affected by Hurricaine Katrina, please see below. Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Dorot Jewish Division, Room 84 The New York Public Library Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Katrina

[ha-Safran]: Shmuel Leiter's dissertation

2006-08-31 Thread Yisrael Dubitsky
Does anyone -- institution or individual -- have, or know of others who may have, a copy of R. Shmuel Leiter's DHL dissertation (JTS, 1962) on the subject of Midrash and Psalms? We have checked all the usual suspects and have come up empty. We would appreciate any leads. Yisrael Dubitsky Public

[ha-Safran]: Jewish Children's Literature Conference

2006-08-31 Thread ha-Safran
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[ha-Safran]: Spectrum/Athena/Infocentre Sagebrush

2006-08-31 Thread Helene or Maurice Tuchman
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[ha-Safran]: B'nai mitzvah parents

2006-08-31 Thread Heidi Estrin
Oh great collective brain: Parents of b'nai mitzvah kids are always coming to the library desperate for "readings" that they can do at the ceremony. I have books of Jewish quotes and speakers' sourcebooks, but I don't really have ready-to-go readings that they can just take and use without hav

[ha-Safran]: Fallout

2006-08-31 Thread ha-Safran
--- Message requiring your approval -- From: "Weisman, Yaffa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: Fallout Dear Colleagues A recent item in ALA's AL Direct advertises a combined effort by French & Lebanese librarians to publicize the "damage and d

Re: [ha-Safran]: Large print books of Jewish content

2006-08-31 Thread Susan Berman
Dear Francine, Our sisterhood has an ongoing large print project. They transcribe books of Jewish content. One copy is added to our library and one copy is donated to the Jewish Braille Institute in New York. So far we have about twenty titles. Perhaps there are other chapters of Women of Reform

[ha-Safran]: YIVO presents: Jewish Cabaret in Exile

2006-08-31 Thread Aviva Astrinsky
YIVO Presents: Inaugural Sidney Krum Annual Concert JEWISH CABARET IN EXILE, SONGS OF MODERNITY New Budapest Orpheum Society (NBOS) DATE: Thursday, September 14, 2006 TIME: 7 PM VENUE: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, NYC TICKETS: $20/$10 st

[ha-Safran]: Soul Journey

2006-08-31 Thread ha-Safran
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[HaSafran] Are there any new videos/DVD's out there for

2006-08-31 Thread Levine, Janice
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[ha-Safran]: American Jewish History

2006-08-31 Thread Susan Berson
Issues going back approximately 10 years of "American Jewish History," the journal of the American Jewish Historical Society, are available free to anyone willing to pay for shipping. If you are interested, please contact the following person directly: Sharon Elfenbein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Submi

[ha-Safran]: Hebrew Word Processor

2006-08-31 Thread Kathe Pinchuck
Do anyone have an opinion on which Hebrew word processor they prefer: Davka or Dagesh? Thank you. Kathe Pinchuck 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]: Sh"oot: 1973 World Book Encyclopedia

2006-08-31 Thread Marga Hirsch
Sh'eilah: What does one do w/ a 1973 edition of World Book? Teshuvot: Use volumes as doorstops? Press leaves? Use instead of bricks in a "bricks & boards" bookshelf? Use pages for collage or rolled paper beads? Recycle? Any other suggestions? Selling on eBay does not appear to be a viable option

[ha-Safran]: Baby Shai Bernstein

2006-08-31 Thread Andrea Rapp
Mazel tov. That was wonderful. But I thought you would name him Marc. :) Andrea 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]: Simkhes Toyre Lid le-Rivkah Tiktiner

2006-08-31 Thread Yael Levine
"Simkhes Toyre Lid le-Rivkah Tiktiner", by Yael Levine (Jerusalem 2005, 32 pp.) [=Simchas Torah Song by Rivkah Tiktiner]. Rivkah bat Meir Tiktiner (d. 1605) was the first Jewish woman to compose a book, the Yiddish musar work for women "Meineket Rivkah" [=Rebeka's Nursemaid]. This book was p

[ha-Safran]: ALA

2006-08-31 Thread Yael Penkower
Dear friends, The Israeli organization of librarians ASMI, printed this letter in its newsletter. It was sent to Dr. Avishag Gordon (I think from the Technion). In response to the recent Anti Israel activities in ALA, during the Lebanon war. She left ALA in protest. She wrote to their newslette

[ha-Safran]: Books looking for a home - UPDATE

2006-08-31 Thread Karen Ulric
Just letting everyone know that most of my items have found happy homes. The items below are still available: 2. Hebrew Union College Annual- vols 22, 23, 24,29,30,34. 12. Likute Sihot: Kovets shalshelet ha-or/Ha-Rav Shneorson. 2vols. 1962. (Yiddish) Karen Ulric Librarian Solomon Schechter Day

[ha-Safran]: Good literature for religious children

2006-08-31 Thread joan hillel
I work in an Israeli public library with a good collection of english language books. We have many requests from religious children/parents for good secular reading appropriate for this population. Are there any lists available? Joan Hillel, Ramat Hashar

[ha-Safran]: Library jobs in Israel - Shoshana Hurwitz

2006-08-31 Thread ha-Safran
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[ha-Safran]: Tuesday, September 5, 2006, 6:30 pm: YIVO Faculty Seminar on the SS St. Louis by Dr. Diane Afoumado of the CDJC Paris

2006-08-31 Thread ha-Safran
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[ha-Safran]: New library at small temple

2006-08-31 Thread Melinda
Hi, I am looking for guidance, in terms of cataloging suggestions, collection development, borrowing and donation policies, etc., on a new project we are undertaking to create a small library at our upstate New York temple. We are in the beginning stages and are looking into receiving grants f

[ha-Safran]: More Jewish and library podcasts

2006-08-31 Thread Heidi Estrin
Hello everyone - I am posting the message below on behalf of a fellow podcaster. Hope you'll enjoy his shows as much as I do. -- Heidi Estrin -- Dear Colleagues, I am a reference librarian at a public library in the Midwest, member of a local congregation and even the brother

Re: [ha-Safran]: Re: Updated MARC record :-)

2006-08-31 Thread Stanley Nachamie
Steven Bernstein cataloged: > 260 __ $aNew York :$bMontefiore Medical > Center,$c2006.] Daniel Stuhlman commented: > The hospital is no more the publisher than a printer > or book store is the publisher of a book. Since in Hebrew the process of publication is called motsi la-or, didn't the ho

[ha-Safran]: RAND - new book on terrorism

2006-08-31 Thread David Elazar
A new book from the RAND corporation on terrorism. 254 pgs. 2006 Free download: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG454.pdf Paperback ~$20http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG454/ Unconquerable Nation Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves By: Brian Michael Jenkins Bri