Re: [ha-Safran]: Jimmy Carter's book

2006-12-21 Thread Sherry Wasserman
I wouldn't worry about your congregants who want to read Carter's book. Keep in mind that as a book written by an former president of the United States, it will be available in every public library and your patrons will have no trouble getting it. As a librarian in a Jewish library, given its

[ha-Safran]: Wanted: a good home for Tikkun and other old magazines

2006-12-21 Thread raizel
OLD JEWISH MAGAZINES I want to share my treasures / get rid of old stuff that I will never read or re-read in spite of my best intentions. Would anyone like 38 Tikkun magazines from 1986 to 1993: specifically Vol 1:1,2 ('86); Vol 2:1,2,5 ('87); Vol 3:1-6 (all of '88); Vol 4: 1-6 (all of

[ha-Safran]: Summary of responses to question about Jimmy

2006-12-21 Thread Lori
Carter's book X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Tag at 5.00] X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.12 X-Listpro

[ha-Safran]: Online programs to learn Hebrew

2006-12-21 Thread lahad5
Has anyone used programs, to teach Hebrew, such as Rosetta Stone; language learning success? This comes in an online version as well as on a CD. It can be used for remedial help as well as a total imersion approach to learning a language. Has anyone used a similar product with which they we

Re: [ha-Safran]: Collection assessment

2006-12-21 Thread Joy Rich
Toby, if people offer you suggestions offlist, please summarize the responses on the list. Thank you. Joy Joy Rich Brooklyn, NY 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]: Jimmy Carter's Book

2006-12-21 Thread Eli Wise
Jimmy Carter’s book and it relevance goes beyond the normal collection development criteria. Since it has been argued that many facts are incorrect and his subsequent interviews give us a loud and clear message where he stands why purchase it. If someone wants to read the book I am sure that th

[ha-Safran]: Feedback on Encyclopedia Judaica purchases

2006-12-21 Thread Carol Schaengold
Thank you those who replied to me regarding your organization’s plans to purchase the new EJ in hard copy or e-book form. Here are the replies I received: 1. We are ordering both version since the print copy is so reasonable when you buy together. It sometimes easier to find things in

Re: [ha-Safran]: Jimmy Carter's book

2006-12-21 Thread Andrea Rapp
Aside from the comments and citations given, there were also the statements of American negotiator Dennis Ross. Ross takes Carter to task on a number of issues. For example, Carter apparently wrote that Ehud Barak rejected Clinton's peace plan. Ross said that not only did Barak accept the Clin