Re: [ha-Safran]: Blessed is the Match DVD now available

2009-05-11 Thread Cheryl Banks
Colleagues: We are showing this unbelievable movie on Monday night of the conference, July 6, at about 8:30 in the evening. Enid is right -- it is powerful and everyone MUST see it. Cheyrl Banks --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are

[ha-Safran]: Birthday of Fanny Goldstein, May 15

2009-05-11 Thread Ann Abrams
Thought this would interest the AJL community: Here's the beginning: Born on May 15, 1895 [some sources say 1888], Fanny Goldstein devoted her life to books and community. She was the first female Judaica librarian and the first woman to direct a branch library in Massachusetts, where she was

[ha-Safran]: Joseph H. Hirshhorn - New Biography

2009-05-11 Thread Sandra Donald Hirschhorn
Just published, Little Man in a Big Hurry: The Life of Joseph H.Hirshhorn, Uranium King and Art Collector is the remarkable story of Hirshhorn, who donated the largest private art collection ever accumulated to the people of the United States. His sculpture and art collection is now housed on

RE: [ha-Safran]: Question about the Middle East

2009-05-11 Thread Shlomit Blum
I recommend the CIA's The World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html You can select a Country or Location. Shlomit Shlomit Blum Bureau of Jewish Education Peninsula Learning Resource Center | Director 5150 El Camino Real, D-14| Los Altos, CA

[ha-Safran]: Question about the Middle East

2009-05-11 Thread Brenda Yi
Dear AJL librarians, Thank you Judy Solomon and Shlomit Blum for the help. My colleague is very happy, she was so desparate for the info. You are just as great as before. Brenda --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily