Re: [ha-Safran]: Dictionary of Arab-Israeli Conflict

2006-11-22 Thread Andrea Rapp
Thanks to Shmuel for his reference. Another reader wrote me personlly to recommend this volume instead; Bernard Reich (ed.). An Historical Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Westport, CT: Greenwood Pr., 1996. 0-313-27374-X Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of

[ha-Safran]: Yiddish question

2006-11-22 Thread irene
A local rabbi would like to know the Yiddish equivalent of: If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. or sometimes phrased as: People plan, God laughs. Any help would be appreciated Irene K. Seff Contact Information: 3805 Oxbow Village Lane NW Albuquerque, New Mexico 87120 505-836-1628

[ha-Safran]: New Releases from Bar-Ilan University Press

2006-11-22 Thread Press . Office
November 22nd, 2006 Dear Sir / Madam, We are happy to announce the recent publications of the following titles: Periodicals : Bar-Ilan Law Studies – Journal of the Faculty of Law Vol. 22 No. 2 / Tzipi Hotoely (ed.) ISSN 0334-0716 281 pp. Hebrew. Soft-Cover. 2006 List Price: $ 38.- Hebrew Lingui

[ha-Safran]: New Book Out: "The Streets of Jerusalem:

2006-11-22 Thread stu
New Book Walks Reader through the History of Jerusalem as Every Street in the City of Gold is Explained: The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, Why by Ronald Eisenberg A person would stop in their tracks in awe if they only knew the history behind every inch of land they stepped upon. In his u

[ha-Safran]: Citation needed from Pakn Treger #25

2006-11-22 Thread Steven M. Bergson
For an article I'm writing, I need the full citation for an article in the Summer 1997 issue of Pakn Treger (#25). This issue has an article in which different authors offer their viewpoints on what a Jewish book is. According to Ester Reiter, in this issue, Aharon Appelfeld distinguished between "

[ha-Safran]: Francisco Partners to Acquire Endeavor

2006-11-22 Thread Aviva Astrinsky
Francisco Partners to Acquire Endeavor Information Systems from Elsevier Endeavor to be merged with Ex Libris, to create global leader in library software and services Menlo Park, London, Chicago, Amsterdam, Jerusalem. November 21, 2006-Francisco Partners, one of the world's largest technology-foc

[ha-Safran] Hanukkah

2006-11-22 Thread Arielle Levites
The Jewish Publication Society's Hanukkah Children's Corner is up on our website, featuring crafts, recipes, games, and other Hanukkah fun. http://www.jewishpub.org/children/hanukkah/ The material featured on our site can be downloaded free of charge for personal or classroom use. Our Children's

[ha-Safran]: Jewish Encyclopedia, Circa 1901

2006-11-22 Thread Rich Stiebel
Does anyone know what the “fair market price” is for the 12 volume set of The Jewish Encyclopedia, published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, Isidore Singer editor? Volume One was published in 1901. Each volume is over 2 inches (about 5 cm) thick. If you do not know the “fair market price”, is the

[ha-Safran]: Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

2006-11-22 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad
Shalom. Regarding Ms. Rapp's query, I am unfamiliar with this work but asked a colleague at our library, who is our collection development librarian for the Middle East, about it. He wrote me (and I send this along with his permission), "The book... is the translation of a French work and is

[ha-Safran]: Re: Podcast on AJL booklist

2006-11-22 Thread Andrea Rapp
I sepnt part of this morning listening to Heidi's podcasts on her blogspot website. The interviews are just great, and I learned a lot about history (the origin of Jewish Book Month) ,about websites, (such as planetesme.com), books and authors. I plan to inform our temple members about "The

Re: [ha-Safran]: Art books

2006-11-22 Thread Matthew Smiley
Rowman and Littlefield just released "Jewish Art in America: An Introduction," by Matthew Baigell (Cloth 0-7425-4640-3, Paper 0-7425-4641-1). You can find a full description, reviews, and contents here: www.rowmanlittlefield.com/isbn/0742546403 If you have any further questions, please let me kno

Re: [ha-Safran] Hanukkah

2006-11-22 Thread Sheri Weisz
Perpetualpreschool.com has lessons and activities for toddlers: http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/holiday_themes/jewish/hanukkah.htm CAJE (Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education) has lesson plans. If you haven't already checked them out, they have a wealth of material, although some