If you are looking for stories for young children, you might try the
Yossi and Laibel series by Dina Rosenfeld. These rhyming stories
tell about two brothers who are always running to do mitzvot -
especially in Yossi and Laibel Hot on the Trail.
Sheri Weisz
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THE GARDEN OF RUTH
By
Eva Etzioni-Halevy
The book is scheduled to be published by Plume/Penguin in January
2007, but can be ordered now.
Here is its description:
A historical novel imagines the riveting story behind the Book of Ruth
Sitting beneath a tree in ancient Bethlehem,
This is the first year, so have only done a few books: I am David by
Anne Holm (girls hated the book, boys thought was OK, but all had a
LOT to say about it), Last Shot by John Feinstein (boys and girls
loved), Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (only girls read and all loved it,
and had a lot to talk
I know of two Avraham Avinu stories about his childhood: A Little Boy
Named Avram by Dina Rosenfeld (Hachai Publishing) and Who Is the
Builder? by Genendel Krohn (Feldheim Publishers.
There are two excellent books about welcoming guests published by
Hachai Publishing: Who's That Sleeping on My
I just realized I didn't specify a very important part of the offer I sent
out last week (see below):
The current owner is very willing to give the set away. He's not asking for
any money. He just wants to see it in a good home.
From my previous post:
I've been contacted about a 1905 Encyc
My budget allows me to purchase a paperback copy for each student
that signs up. I do a sign-up each month, as the book titles change
so does the # of students. Then I order that number. The book is
theirs to keep, which is part of the program. If a student did not
sign up to read that month's
Dear safranim,
We'll be happy to send, upon your request, the new PDF format of our catalogue
Recent Books From Israel
No. 419, November 2006 (Marheshvan 5767).
The following 926 new titles are divided into two files:
1. Hebrew general titles - (419-MASS-heb-$), including Religious books.
2.
Many of you asked me to forward the responses I received on teen
programming. Clearly, there is a lot of interest on this
topic...sounds like we need a workshop at the next AJL Convention.
I'm also attaching a very rough draft of a Library Cafe concept that
I may launch in the spring, in
I think teens would also enjoy a murder mystery night -- not sure how
this would fly in a synagogue setting, or how or whether it needs to
have a Jewish theme.
Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author
and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of
Dear Safranim,
I learned today that a number of North American serials vendors were not
aware that the journal Aleph is no longer distributed from Israel but
rather by Indiana University Press. You may want to check your holdings
to see if you have received the most recent volumes (i.e., vols.
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