[ha-Safran]: JHVC DVD issue

2007-06-28 Thread Poshi Mikalson
Dear All, For anyone who ordered the DVD replacements for the JHVC, you may already be aware that the "One Minute Bible Stories with Shari Lewis" DVD includes 54 stories from the New Testament (unlike the video, which only includes stories from the Tanakh). I would like to know how other synagogu

[ha-Safran]: Spertus College Membership

2007-06-28 Thread Esther Nussbaum
Am interested in finding out the details of subscribing to the Spertus online databases. Whom do I contact? Esther Nussbaum

[ha-Safran]: Duplicate for free

2007-06-28 Thread Peter Stern
Would anyone like a copy of Gur, David, 1926- Brothers for resistance and rescue : the underground Zionist youth movement in Hungary during World War II / David Gur ; edited by Eli Netzer ; transl. by Pamela Segev & Avri Fischer. Jerusalem ; New York : Gefen, 2007. 270 p. : ill., ports.

[ha-Safran]: Molly Picon: Yiddish Star, American Star

2007-06-28 Thread Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel
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[ha-Safran]: "Just One More Book!" podcast

2007-06-28 Thread Anna Olswanger
"Just One More Book!," a podcast that features weekly interviews with authors and literacy related discussions, interviewed me this month about Shlemiel Crooks, one of last year's Sydney Taylor Honor Books. You can listen to the interview by double clicking the play button (">" ) on the "Listen N

[ha-Safran]: "Just One More Book!" podcast

2007-06-28 Thread Yossi Galron
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[ha-Safran]: Duplicate Journals

2007-06-28 Thread Amram S. Rister
Hi, Touro College library has many duplicate issues of Tradition: a Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought that are available (List is available upon request). If you are interested, please contact Amram S. Rister, Judaica Librarian. Thank you very much. Amram S. Rister, MLS Judaica Librarian Touro

[ha-Safran]: LC Webcast of Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture

2007-06-28 Thread Peggy K Pearlstein
Zachary Baker's May 8th presentation for the Annual Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture at LC, "A Bibliographer Encounters the Muses: Reflections on the Yiddish Theater and Its Legacy", is now available for viewing. Go to www.loc.gov Click on webcasts Type in Yiddish in the Webcast Pages Search Bo

[ha-Safran]: Sifrei Kodesh

2007-06-28 Thread Noreen Wachs
I have 2 boxes of sifrei Kodesh that I would like to give away. There are several Talmuds, several Soncino Talmuds and several Steinsaltz Talmuds plus some other books of this type. I would be happy to pay for the shipping in the US. Noreen Wachs

[ha-Safran]: Library consortium

2007-06-28 Thread FromaJCC
We are four mid-sized (10-20,000 cataloged items) libraries at four different institutions in the Denver-Boulder area currently using Sagebrush and Follett cataloging / circulation systems. We are in the very earliest stages of discussing unifying (i.e. replacing) our systems and creating a lib

Re: [ha-Safran]: Questions about Running Jewish Day School Libraries

2007-06-28 Thread Andrea Rapp
Other that a budget line for library materials, I had 3 sources of funds: 1) Annual book fair in November, which netted us close to $1000. in our day school of about 280 students 2) Birthday Book Club, where parents contribute $18.00 in honor of their child's birthday and a new book was purchased,

[ha-Safran]: Job Listings RSS on the AJL-NYMA Website

2007-06-28 Thread Bernstein, Steven (Library)
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) is proud to announce that we are now hosting job listings on our website, http://www.ajlnyma.org. Our listings are also available via an RSS feed on our site so if you would like to know about job openings as

[ha-Safran]: Thank you for a GREAT Convention!

2007-06-28 Thread Maureen Reister
To the local planning committee and the national planning and programming committee members...This was a FABULOUS convention of librarians, authors, publishers, books, workshops, and programs. You all did a great job, many thanks! Maureen Reister SSC Vice President

[ha-Safran]: POEMS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND POEMS OF FAITH. By

2007-06-28 Thread Benjamin Richler
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[ha-Safran]: Hebrew Books - How to put in Database

2007-06-28 Thread Rich Stiebel
Shalom All, We are nearing the end of entering the English and English-Hebrew books into our computer database for the library. That leaves the Hebrew only books. Question: How does one enter Hebrew books into a database that will not accept Hebrew letters so that someone can search the databas

[ha-Safran]: Molly Picon: Yiddish Star, American Star, 6/26-9/22/07

2007-06-28 Thread Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel
Molly Picon: Jewish Star, American Star The New York Library for the Performing Arts 6/26-9/22/07 Libe fraynd, I hope you will be able to view the exhbition "Molly Picon: Jewish Star, American Star", curated by Dr. Diane Cypkin at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts from June 26-S

Menorah-on-the-dollar-bill

2007-06-28 Thread Aviva Astrinsky
I also heard the menorah-on-the-dollar-bill story just recently from an e-mail message. I looked at the bill and was convinced that it is a menorah! The moral of the story: the Internet is a formidable vehicle for spreading information, good or bad... Aviva Astrinsky

Purchase book

2007-06-28 Thread Leah Schechter
Dear Safranim, I've been looking to purchase the following title but can't find anywhere. Kasher, Asa; Ketko, Tamar. Ha-lohem ha-yehudi be-milhemet ha'olam ha-shniyah, Latrun:Hotsaat "Shiryon", 2005. (English title: Jewish fighter of World War II.) Does anyone have a copy to sell or know where I

[ha-Safran]: Metadata Librarian/Supervisor - Job at JTS

2007-06-28 Thread Naomi Steinberger
Metadata Librarian and Copy-Cataloger Supervisor The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary is seeking a creative, dynamic and innovative Metadata Librarian and Copy-Cataloger Supervisor. This is a full-time, professional supervisory job that reports to the Administrative Librarian for Techni

[ha-Safran]: Addition to my "books giving away" posting

2007-06-28 Thread Joseph Galron
--- Message requiring your approval-- From: "Ann Abrams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: Addition to my "books giving away" posting I also have many untouched copies of Let there be Light: Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah: a new conversation between

[ha-Safran]: Canadian Jewish Book Awards for 2007

2007-06-28 Thread Bernard Katz
STAN AND HELEN VINE 19th ANNUAL CANADIAN JEWISH BOOK AWARDS Leah Posluns Theatre - Bathurst Jewish Community Centre Held at Toronto - Bathurst Jewish Community Centre, June 21 Biography / Memoir: The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize WINNER: Eric Koch, I Remember the Location Exactly

[ha-Safran]: Addition to my "books giving away" posting

2007-06-28 Thread Yossi Galron
--- Message requiring your approval --From: "Ann Abrams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: Addition to my "books giving away" posting I also have many untouched copies of Let there be Light: Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah: a new conversation between

[ha-Safran]: Books to give away

2007-06-28 Thread Yossi Galron
--- Message requiring your approval -- From: "Ann Abrams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: Books to give away Dear safranim, I'm giving away the books, below, to libraries and schools. They are all in good or excellent condition - many are new, a

[ha-Safran]: Handling Hebrew books

2007-06-28 Thread Kathy Merkin
We are a small synagogue library using the Elazar system and ResourceMate software. We have a small number (< 100) of books in Hebrew. We'd like to hear how others in similar situations catalogue them. For example, what title? Our computer does not have Hebrew characters, nor do I believe Resou

[ha-Safran]: Questions about Running Jewish Day School Libraries

2007-06-28 Thread Ben Pastcan
Shalom Safranim, It sounds like everybody had a wonderful time in Arizona! The school year is starting for us in August and I have some questions about running a Jewish day school (pre-school-sixth grade) library. We have around 150 to 200 students who will use the library and about 15,000

[ha-Safran]: Check with your boss...

2007-06-28 Thread Heidi Estrin
In response to the generic press release I posted earlier, Stanley Nachamie brings up a good point: I had included a "quote" attributable to your boss, saying how wonderful it is that you participate in AJL and how proud they are of you. Stanley points out (as I should have) that you should make su

RE: [ha-Safran]: Blogs

2007-06-28 Thread Stahl, Sheryl
This year's convention blog is at: http://www.ajl2007.blogspot.com/ You have access the both written reports and phone reports (click on the box on the right for the audio reports) Feel free to write comments (they may take a little while to show up) Sheryl Sheryl F. Stahl Library Webmaster Heb