[ha-Safran]: New Book: Lurianic Kabbalah

2008-02-17 Thread Benjamin Richler
I just received this notice. Benjamin Richler Cherub Press Academic Publisher of Studies and Editions of Jewish Mystical Literature Celebrating forty volumes of scholarship * *JUST RELEASED* * Lurianic Kabbalah Collected Studies by Gershom Scholem edited by Daniel Abrams Lurianic Kabbalah

[ha-Safran]: Yiddish Given Names: A Lexicon

2008-02-17 Thread Heidi Lerner
FYI - see below - Original Message - From: Tsuguya Sasaki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: JEWISH LANGUAGES [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: [Jewish Languages] Yiddish Given Names: A Lexicon I thought that those of you with an onomastic orientation might be

Re: [ha-Safran]: Jewish Life in Smaller Town America

2008-02-17 Thread Dina Tanners
Thanks to Daniel Stuhlman and all the others that wrote about Jewish Life in Smaller Town America prior to 1950. I'm sure my friend will be able to do a lot with the books and other items mentioned. Dina Tanners Seattle, WA Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the

[ha-Safran]: NEW BOOK Defending the Human Spirit

2008-02-17 Thread Stuart Schnee
NEW BOOK FROM FELDHEIM PUBLISHERS: Defending the Human Spirit: Jewish Law's Vision for a Moral Society What does a 3000-year-old system of social justice offer to an ever-changing, modern world? Plenty. For the most part, when people think of laws and legal systems, what often

Re: [ha-Safran]: EJ e-book

2008-02-17 Thread Karen Corrin
Re:EJ I purchased both ebook and print EJ for the members of the JCCGV's Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library and for the high school students at the school next door who are all members. Many of our users who are older like the print and the students prefer online so I purchased both. Yes,

[ha-Safran]: Upcoming IFLA Conference in Ramallah

2008-02-17 Thread Librarians for Fairness
IFLA (the International Federation of Library Associations) will be holding a conference in late March-early April at the so-called Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies. As you are well aware, there are those within our profession who are much-interested in unfairly demonizing Israel. The

[ha-Safran]: Medieval Jewish Art

2008-02-17 Thread Randi Scott
I am a student at the University of Rhode Island doing a research project on Medieval Jewish Art and was wondering if you could suggest any literature that may be available, or volumes that contain any images, I realize that Jewish art from this period may be scarce but I would appreciate any

[ha-Safran]: On self-hatred

2008-02-17 Thread Andrea Rapp
Aside from David Mamet's The Wicked Son, can anyone suggest any other non-fiction books that deal with Jewish self-hatred? I mean in an academic way. (My patron is not looking for personal stories of people who had gone astray and then found Judaism again through the intervention of a

[ha-Safran]: Talk on Jacob Gordin at the 92nd Street Y

2008-02-17 Thread Amanda_Seigel
Dear Safranim, Of possible interest: Talk on Jacob Gordin at the 92nd Street Y Please see details below. Sincerely, Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Dorot Jewish Division, Room 84 The New York Public Library Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018 Phone: 212-930-0971 Fax: 212- 642-0141

[ha-Safran]: I thought this piece form Artuz Sheva might be

2008-02-17 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad
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[ha-Safran]: Thinking ahead to Hanukkah requests

2008-02-17 Thread Andrea Rapp
As Hanukkah approaches, parents often come in for storybooks to read to their children's public school class, to teach the children about the holiday. I'm thinking of assembling a packet, or at least a page of ideas, for books and activities for these parents, for various grade levels. Has

[ha-Safran]: Models of Moral Leadership: Abraham and Moses

2008-02-17 Thread Sergiu S . Simmel
THE WHAT, HOW AND WHY OF ABRAHAM AND MOSES' MODELS OF MORAL LEADERSHIP A No-Cost Interactive Tele-Webinar with Professor Reuven Kimelman Dear Friends, Have you ever wondered whether the stories

[ha-Safran]: Resourcemate on-line catalog

2008-02-17 Thread Kathy Merkin
We're looking forward to putting our Resourcemate Catalog on-line soon. Two questions for those who have done so: Was it straightforward, or require help from them? Do you have it on your own website, or on some free website. If free, where and how is it working? Thanks in advance. Kathy