Re: [ha-Safran]: Bereavement notice -- Vicki Korobkin's and Gail Shirazi's mother

2008-05-28 Thread Joseph Galron
Dear AJL members, I was asked to post the following message: Why don't members of AJL make a donation to the Lewy Body Dementia Association at the AJL convention in Cleveland or go to the web site: http://www.lewybodydemenita.org and make a donation. It robbed my mother of her dignity and

[ha-Safran]: Hebrew E-books

2008-05-28 Thread rsimon
Yossi, Will this be of interest for ha-Safran (even though it's not political???) http://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/spages/987244.html Rachel The link is to a HEBREW article in the Israeli paper - Haaretz [in Hebrew] -- Yossi Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of

RE: [ha-Safran]: Islamic bias in textbooks

2008-05-28 Thread heatherlenson
Make sure to check out the website Librarians for Fairness http://www.librariansforfairness.org. -- Heather Lenson E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (440) 542-0036 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the

RE: [ha-Safran]: Public transit to AJL Convention hotel from airport

2008-05-28 Thread Lynn Feinman
I'm on the same flight and would be glad to share a cab to the hotel. Lynn == Lynn Feinman, Librarian 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue New York NY 10128 212.415.5543 [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual

RE: [ha-Safran]: A special fiction book

2008-05-28 Thread Adas Israel Librarian
This one was highly recommended to me, although it's not Jewish: The Bastard of Istanbul, by Elif Shafak. I've seen only the chapter titles, which are beautiful. Madeleine Madeleine Cohen Oakley Librarian Adas Israel Congregation Washington, DC Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran

[ha-Safran]: Additional copies of Steinsaltz Talmud

2008-05-28 Thread Ellen Share
We have these additional copies of the Steinsaltz Talmud in very good condition. I am selling them for $13.00 each (which includes shipping): Steinsaltz Talmud: Volume II, part II Tractate Bava Metzia Volume III, part III Tractate Bav Metzia Volume IV, part IV

[ha-Safran]: Author Simon Jacobson

2008-05-28 Thread Sergiu S. Simmel
Dear Friends, On Sunday June 1st at 4PM Eastern, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will teach a live, interactive teleseminar on what over three millennia of Jewish tradition teaches us about why a personal mission statement is essential in the life of each one of us, what a personal mission statement should

[ha-Safran]: Convention Program

2008-05-28 Thread Linda Silver
The most current - and perhaps the final - convention program has been posted on the AJL website by our webmaster extraordinaire, Nancy Sack. Please check it out at www.jewishlibraries.org and remember, when you actually get to the convention, to consult your program book for any last minute

[ha-Safran]: The Hasafran mailing list

2008-05-28 Thread Judy Weidman
Yossi-- what exactly is the forum for Hasafran? I am sure there is a tight east coast community of librarians, but is it necessary to post death notices, personal items, political arguments and notices of everything going on culturally on the East coast? It is very time consuming to go through the