Re: [ha-Safran]: Position Announcement

2008-01-22 Thread Joy Rich
I posted this question to the ha-Safran list on January 18th: Is it the feeling of this list that it is not particularly important to have an idea of a salary before applying for a position? Some people posted responses to the list and others replied to me privately. My response is It's

Re: [ha-Safran]: Surviving edition of manuscript Talmud

2008-01-22 Thread Chaim . Seymour
Hallo all I would like to refer you all to the Jewish National and University Library. Their digitization project includes manuscripts of the Talmud see: http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/talmud/ Bivraha Chaim Chaim Seymour Head of Cataloging and Classification Wurzweiler Libary Bar-Ilan University

[ha-Safran]: Is the Internet Good for the Jews?

2008-01-22 Thread Stephanie L Gross
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/410122/ being sponsored by the Jewish Community Project. It's open to the public and free. One need only RSVP. They ran an ad in the Jewish Week and it caught my eye as something people in the tri-state area might wish to attend. Stephanie Gross, MLS

[ha-Safran]: Classification of Holocaust Denial literature

2008-01-22 Thread Daniel Lovins
Dear colleagues, I wonder if any of you could help me respond to this Harvard Law School graduate who's co-authoring a paper that touches on the cataloging and classification of Holocuast denial literature. He asks three broad questions (below) about documenting the movement to change subject

[ha-Safran]: surviving Talmud manuscript

2008-01-22 Thread Andrea Rapp
Thanks to all who told me that the one complete manuscript copy of the Babylonian Talmud is in Munich, at the Bavarian State Library. It has been digitized and can be viewed via several sites, including this one: Online Treasury of Talmudic Manuscripts: http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/talmud/

Re: [ha-Safran]: A neutral text on denominations of Judaism

2008-01-22 Thread Elizabeth Gouverneur
Dear Colleagues: Thanks for the responses to my search for a neutral text describing how the different branches of Judaism approach various topics. The suggestions I've gotten are: Moment magazine's ongoing series where they ask a particular question and interview a spectrum of Rabbis and

[ha-Safran]: You are invited: AskHowardSmith.com

2008-01-22 Thread Sergiu S. Simmel
From: Our Learning Company LLC Re: No-Cost Live Interactive Tele-Webinar I am inviting you to a zero-cost, live, interactive tele-webinar with renowned Harvard-Smithsonian astrophysicist and author Dr. Howard Smith on MODERN COSMOLOGY AND KABBALAH Religion in the Age of Science Modern Science in

[ha-Safran]: Deir Yassin

2008-01-22 Thread Margo Gutstein
I am cataloging a pamphlet on Deir Yassin (Deir Yassin: History of a Lie, by Morton A. Klein), and I'm having trouble with the subject headings. I've looked in LC Authorities, and the heading for Deir Yassin is Dayr Yasin (Palestine). Sudivision usage is [Subject]--Israel--Dayr Yasin

[ha-Safran]: New book or set of books by Rabbi Berel Wein

2008-01-22 Thread Susan Morrision
Dear all, Does anyone know of a recently published book or set of books by Rabbi Berel Wein? Thank you for your help. Yours sincerely, Susan Morrison Librarian Carmel School 10 Borrett Road Mid Levels Hong Kong Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual