Re: [ha-Safran]: Large Print Pentateuch

2008-03-24 Thread Yakov Shafranovich
Try the Jewish Heritage for the Blind: http://www.jhbinternational.org/largeprint.html 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]: Teaching Jews in Spain

2008-03-24 Thread Sherry Berlin
A seventh grade humanities and Judaica teacher at my school is teaching about the Jews of Spain from Golden Age of Spain through the Expulsion and beyond. Has anyone taught this unit, that would be appropriate for 7th grade, or knows about appropriate resources? Please respond if you have a

[ha-Safran]: Czernowitz at 100 Conference

2008-03-24 Thread david birnbaum
Please notify our AJL members about the following conference as soon as possible. Thanks, David Birnbaum (Nathan Solomon Birnbaum Archives, Toronto). The Czernowitz at 100 Conference will take place Sunday - Monday, April 13 - 14, 2008 at York University, Toronto, Canada. The Conference

[ha-Safran]: HAVA BEN-ZVI -- LIBRARY EVENT

2008-03-24 Thread Hava Ben-Zvi
To all my Friends and Colleagues, I will introduce and we will discuss my books: Eva's Journey: A Young Girl's True Story and The Bride Who Argued With God: Tales from the Treasury of Jewish Folklore . with special attention to the folktales meaning and message. Time: Thursday, April 10,

[ha-Safran]: 3 PROGRAMS ON JEWISH MUSICAL HERITAGE OF COCHIN

2008-03-24 Thread Gail R Shirazi
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[ha-Safran]: Yeshiva University New EAD Finding Aids Website

2008-03-24 Thread Deena Schwimmer
Yeshiva University Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of a new website of electronic finding aids to our archival collections. EAD-encoded finding aids to fourteen of our collections are now available online in this initial release, and include major collections from Yeshiva's rich and

[ha-Safran]: New Yiddish and English Books from CYCO

2008-03-24 Thread cycobooks
New Book Available from CYCO: Key to Yiddish (shlsl tsu yidish) by Miriam Hoffman, M.A., Published by the National Center for Jewish Cultural Arts, Inc. (NCJCA) Hoffman is a lecturer in Yiddish Language and Culture at Columbia University. Key to Yiddish is a textbook on the University

[ha-Safran]: Jewish Library Exchange Programs

2008-03-24 Thread Robin Gluck, OHDS Librarian
Hello, One of our teachers is interested in having access to other Judaic collections. Is anyone aware of a Jewish library book exchange/loan program? Robin Gluck Librarian 5500 Redwood Road Oakland Hebrew Day School Oakland, California (510) 531-8600 ext. 43 Messages and opinions expressed

[ha-Safran]: Donations

2008-03-24 Thread Jenny Schnoll
I am a volunteer Librarian with a small synagogue in Toronto. We recently opened our library and are being inundated with donations. Our committee finds it is spending most of its time sorting through everyone's cast-offs and not having time to consider the collection and what we really want

[ha-Safran]: Corrected: New Israeli Publications Received at

2008-03-24 Thread elhanan
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[ha-Safran]: New Israeli Publications Received at the

2008-03-24 Thread elhanan
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Donations

2008-03-24 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
Donations are always a mixed blessing. First make sure that you have a written collection development policy. Second be ready to hand a copy of the policy to all potential donors. Third make sure that all donors understand that the librarian may keep the books, sell them or dispose of them