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Index of Orech Haim
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Friends:
I have a request from a gentleman who needs a roommate at
convention. If you are interested, please contact me at this email
address, and I will forward you the information, so that you can contact him.
Many thanks!
Cheryl Banks
cheryl.ba...@gmail.com
AJL Convention 2009 Co-chair
Hevre:
We are delighted to announce that the registration information and
forms for the 2009 AJL convention are available on the AJL web site
www.jewishlibraries.org. If you go to the website, on the left you
will see a drop-down for the Convention. From there, you can
download the
The Western Regional Conference in Los Angeles was the subject of an
article in Publisher's Weekly. Although the organization wasn't named
directly, the conference garnered very favorable reviews.Here is the
link: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6634517.html?nid=2788
A wonderful
Dear AJL Members,
We have allocated $30,000 towards Convention subsidies this year.
Please submit a subsidy request ASAP if you need help with funding!
The applications are on the AJL web site at www.jewishlibraries.org
Susan Dubin, President
Association of Jewish Libraries
Messages and
Hello Safranim:
1)I am looking to import records from other catalogs
as much as possible. Can anyone suggest libraries,
catalogs, or tips to facilitate this process?
2)We want to use Weine- any thoughts pro/con
about this system or catalogs in general? We have
several thousand items,
mostly
Shalom from the warn(er) South,
Does any one have a solution to sliding bookends?
I have too many to replace them. I also have volunteers that will
glue on the bottom whatever can work. Felt did not work.
I hope to get some inexpensive ideas.
Amalia
Amalia Warshenbrot, Director
Levine-Sklut
East European Jewish Migrants in Berlin during the 1920/30s
Dear colleagues,
Please find attached the call for papers for the international and
interdisciplinary conference of the research project Charlottengrad
and Scheunenviertel.
East European Jewish Migrants in Berlin during the 1920/30s at
Fresno library lets Danville pilot's late fees fly
Staff and wire reports
Posted: 02/02/2009 03:24:42 PM PST
FRESNO, Calif. Hero pilot Chesley Sully Sullenberger of Danville
is now every librarian's hero, too.
When the US Airways pilot's plane ended up at the bottom of the
Hudson River on
Dear Safranim,
I am the volunteer, nonprofessional librarian for a temple
library. We recently received a donation of many Holocaust-themed
books mostly fiction - for young adults. As we cannot keep them
all, I am writing for guidance regarding which ones to keep.
Can you recommend young
The Library of JTS is proud to announce that, after considerable
birth-pangs, we have at long last published the first issue of
Quntres: An Online Journal for the History, Culture, and Art of the
Jewish Book. Our hope is that this journal will be published
annually, with occasional updates.
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new edition,
of Eved HaMelech, Novelle of the late Rav Ovadya Hedaya , famous for
his responsa Yaskil Avdi.
This work has been reset with notes and sources, prepared by Dayan
Ovadya Ahitov, the late author's
grandson.
This edition is being
With its emphasis on honor in business and on women, life and
commerce in the 17th century, Gluckel's memoirs should make for
spirited discussion in the synagogue seniors book group I will
facilitate tomorrow.
I've already prepared, but it would be great if anyone out there has
some
George A. Smathers
Libraries
422 Library West
Library Financial and Human
Resources
PO Box 117024
Human
Resources
Gainesville, FL 32611-7024
Bob
materials advertising our library including literacy quizzes...10
questions - on all subjects related to JewsTry this for some ideas:
6400 Questions about Judaism and the Jewish People.
Edmond Lipsitz.
JESL, Canadian Jewish Congress, 1986.
DS102.95.L57, 1986.
ISBN 0-96-91264-4-1
The book
Our community is having a city-wide Israel Independence Day
celebration and I would like to show a short (30-45 minute) movie in
the library during that time. We will be showing it more than once
which is why it needs to be short. Does anyone have a suggestion for
an informative DVD of
If anyone has any advice to offer on the following I would appreciate
hearing from you.
Dallas had a Jewish radio station many years ago, and when it closed
down in the early 80's all the music was donated to our library. It
was used for a time via listening stations but was then boxed and
*PLEASE NOTE BELOW THE CORRECTED E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR THOSE WISHING TO
MAKE RESERVATIONS TO ATTEND THE PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE JEWISH
FEMINIST RESEARCH GROUP AT JTS WHICH FOLLOWS THE AJL-NYMA REFERENCE WORKSHOP*
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish
Libraries
Mazo Publishers has launched their new website (
www.mazopublishers.com ) for books on many topics of Jewish interest.
The special coupon code for hasafran list members is ajl (lowercase)
Enter ajl and you will receive your discount on your purchases.
Thank you.
Sol Lee
www.mazopublishers.com
New Book The Rise of Jewish Life and Religion in British Columbia, 1858-1948
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Province of British
Columbia, the Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia (JHSBC)
is proud to announce the release of the historical non-fiction book
The Rise of Jewish
To whom it may concern:
I would like to re-post the attached job opening for Columbia
University
Libraries. Also, the position of Hebrew Cataloger has been
filled.
Thank you,
Anita Harrison
Librarian for Jewish Studies
Area Studies
Columbia University Libraries is seeking
Good Evening:
I work with a small temple library that has a collection of about
2,500 volumes. One area of the collection that gets a lot of use is
the fiction collection. Due to this, we would like to keep the
collection active with new titles, but we have a space issue to
contend with. I
Chris Nicola, Co-author of the Secret of Priest's Grotto; a
Holocaust Survival Story (Kar Ben Publishing) visited our Temple
last week and gave a remarkable presentation.
Chris spoke to our 5th and 6th grades, plus a group of adults - and
the entire group was enthralled. His presentation is
Safranim shalom,
(See Elazar Classification changes and additions at the bottom of the page)
Anthony H. Cordesman, the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at CSIS,
has prepared a detailed analysis of the military, strategic, and
grand strategic dimensions of the war and its immediate aftermath.
At our temple, we were sorry to learn that Babaganewz magazine has
apparently stopped publishing...
Andrea Rapp
Wise Temple, Cincinnati
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries
You are cordially invited to meet noted author and Wall Street
Journal Reporter, Lucette Lagnado at the 6th annual HELENE SPRING
LIBRARY EVENT, Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 1 pm at the East End Temple,
245 East 17th Street (between 3rd and 2nd Avenuues), New York, NY
10003. Lucette Lagnado will
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Jewish Publication Society (Philadelphia) has informed us about
its decision to terminate its license to Varda Books to make and sell
digital editions of works owned by the Jewish Publication Society.
What this means is that as of March 6, 2009 neither Varda Books, nor
Dear Fellow Safranim,
This will only be available for a short time. If you are anywhere
near New York, don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see
this amazing library Below is the intro from the press release
followed by a link to the entire (illustrated) press release PDF..
A patron is looking for help in identifying potential publishers.
Please respond to him directly.
And many thanks to all of you who adopted Mr. Mark Stern and are
assisting him with his synagogue's library.
Dr. Yaffa Weisman
Library Director
The Frances-Henry Library
HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
February 9, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Aaron Lansky, 413-256-4900, x103
Brewster Kahle, 415-561-6767
DEFYING ODDS, YIDDISH LITERATURE GOES ONLINE
Amherst, MA . The full texts of over 10,000 works of modern
Yiddish literature, comprising the National
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