Re: [ha-Safran]: Encyclopedia on Race and Racism

2008-09-08 Thread Lee Jaffe
First, can I do a bit of bibliographic verification here? I frequently see the publisher of this text given as Gale in the messages on this list. However, when I followed the link to Amazon, the publisher is given as Macmillan. The Macmillan edition on Amazon is three volumes and has a

Re: [ha-Safran]: Race Encyc. and NT

2008-09-08 Thread Mark Stover
My thanks to Andrea for reminding me of Rabbi Michael Cook from HUC and his NT scholarship. Rabbi Cook is indeed a respected NT scholar who has views somewhat divergent from the scholars I had previously mentioned. I plan to read Rabbi Cook's new book in the near future. Mark Messages and

RE: [ha-Safran]: Fwd: Gale Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

2008-09-08 Thread Kathy Bloch
I refer, of course, to Jay Flynn's response from Gale that didn't carry over to my e-mail. K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kathy Bloch Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:08 PM To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: RE:

RE: [ha-Safran]: Fwd: Gale Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

2008-09-08 Thread Weisman, Yaffa
I'll second that! Dr. Yaffa Weisman Library Director The Frances-Henry Library Hebrew Union College-JIR 3077 University Ave. Los Angeles, California 90007 www.huc.edu/libraries/la 213.7652170 --- Message requiring your approval -- Messages and opinions

Re: [ha-Safran]: Fwd: Gale Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

2008-09-08 Thread Lee Jaffe
This raises good issues for AJL and maybe for the public relations committee specifically. There are a lot of naive people who think that questions about Judaism or Israel are simply matters of opinion and that any objections we might raise are just different sides of the same coin. We need

Re: [ha-Safran]: Fwd: Gale Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

2008-09-08 Thread Andrea Rapp
The part below is illuminating, as if an encyclopedia should be written as to fully satisfy all readers, rather than be written to present the information accurately. This seems to be where we are in much of academia today. Andrea I am not sure that any encyclopedia article on the

Re: [ha-Safran]: What worries me

2008-09-08 Thread Aaron Kuperman
Partisan politics does not belong on a professional listserve. Some of us our red, and some of us are blue (and some are kachol and lavan, but that's besides the point). Aaron Wolfe Kuperman LC Social Sciences Cataloging Division, Law Team This is NOT an official communication from the Library

Re: [ha-Safran]: What worries me

2008-09-08 Thread Lee Jaffe
Maybe there is an object lesson here for us as librarians. I would encourage a healthy dose of skepticism to any friend of a friend messages. I try to make a point of fact- checking these sorts of items, especially when it is something I agree with. I believe in the old saw, when it looks too

RE: [ha-Safran]: What worries me

2008-09-08 Thread Weisman, Yaffa
but all of us are librarians... Dr. Yaffa Weisman Library Director Frances-Henry Library Los Angeles, CA www.huc.edu/libraries/la Phone: 213-765-2170 Fax: 213-749-1937 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the

RE: [ha-Safran]: What worries me

2008-09-08 Thread Aaron Kuperman
Many of us are civil servants, who aren't supposed to be involved in partisan politics on company time. Unless you have a patronage job gained through connections rather than merit, a civil servant is required to be willing to work whether the boss is red meat Republican or a bi-coastal Democrat,

Re: [ha-Safran]: What worries me

2008-09-08 Thread Andrea Rapp
It's not clear from this post whether Yaffa received this email personally from the writer and actually knows the writer (Anne Kilkenny) or whether it is something being passed around the internet without a known provenance, or something she received second or third hand. Andrea Messages

RE: [ha-Safran]: What worries me

2008-09-08 Thread Stuart Schnee
Why is this being posted on this list?? Stuart Schnee Public Relations, Marketing Sales US Tel: 973-796-2753 Israel Tel: +972-54-790-9120 Fax: +972-2-561-0943 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the

RE: [ha-Safran]: What worries me

2008-09-08 Thread Weisman, Yaffa
Dear Friends, Thank you for all the feedback, private and public, for and against, regarding my latest post. My posting goes to the issue of politicians banning books, questioning the judgement of professional librarians, and to librarians' responsibility to allow uncensored access to collections

[ha-Safran]: Re: Alaskan letter/Snopes

2008-09-08 Thread Andrea Rapp
Here is the snopes.com page about the letter, which according to snopes is legit. Andrea Rapp http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish

[ha-Safran]: off-topic also

2008-09-08 Thread Miller, Philip
I heartily concur with my colleague and friend Yaffa Weisman, and I hasten to add this to her message Phil -Original Message- From: [] Sent: Fri 9/5/2008 12:47 PM To: Philip E Miller Subject: While Mayor, Palin Tried to Ban Books From Public Library While Mayor, Palin

[ha-Safran]: Golda Meir

2008-09-08 Thread Paula Sandfelder
I've been asked for a list of biographies of Golda Meir. Any suggestions for the most readable and accurate? You can reply to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Paula Sandfelder Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed

FW: [ha-Safran]: What worries me

2008-09-08 Thread Adas Israel Librarian
From: Adas Israel Librarian Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:01 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ha-Safran]: What worries me Yaffa, This is by now not new, but thank you for sending it in, regardless of any non-political stance we supposedly have. Some things, whether or not they are

RE: [ha-Safran]: Fwd: Gale Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

2008-09-08 Thread Adas Israel Librarian
Refunding your money is hardly the point, is it?! What is it they don't get about racism and anti-semitism? Madeleine Madeleine Cohen Oakley Director of Library Services Adas Israel Congregation Washington, DC Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and

[ha-Safran]: Eisenhower and the Jews Found!

2008-09-08 Thread Marga Hirsch
Thanks to Dan Wyman of Dan Wyman Books, Park Avenue Synagogue will soon have a well-preserved copy of Eisenhower and the Jews, complete with dust jacket and signed by Rabbi Nadich. Thanks, Dan, and thanks to everyone who wrote congratulating me on the new position. Marga *

Re: [ha-Safran]: Who is behind Librarians for fairness

2008-09-08 Thread info
Librarians for Fairness is, indeed, sponsored by StandWithUs. However, we have a substantial amount of autonomy...we are the librarians (and archivists) and we know library-related issues best. All of the librarians involved in it volunteer their time and work. None of us receive any

[ha-Safran]: More on the Encyclopedia of Race Racism

2008-09-08 Thread Bernstein, Steven (Library)
Just an FYI, this encyclopedia was wrongfully named an Outstanding Reference Source by ALA in January of 2008. http://www.ilovelibraries.org/booklovers/awardwinningbooks/fulllist.cfm?ID=20 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Steven Jay Bernstein Assistant Catalog Librarian

[ha-Safran]: free for the price of postage

2008-09-08 Thread Beverly Geller
Anyone interested in Heichal Shlomo's Shanah ba-shanah for 5737 and 5738? Beverly Geller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

Re: [ha-Safran]: Fwd: Gale Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

2008-09-08 Thread tzolelet
Jeannine, First of all, I applaud you and Mr. Flurry for taking this directly to Gale. Mr. Flynn's response appears to me to be an attempt to dodge the issues. I didn't believe there were questions to be asked. I thought that the veracity and the opinionated tone of the article were in