1. Widely regarded as mark of respect that you visited the grave of a
distinguished scholar. Became generalized to show you visited any grave.
This was the answer I gave in Berlin as to why headstone for Moses
Mendelssohn shows these stones.
2. "Tallit," although used TODAY to mean "prayer shawl,
Dear Safranim,
Will anyone be travelling from the eastern suburbs (Skokie) to the
convention? I am looking for a ride or a travelling partner.
Ilka Gordon
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A patron is looking for these two poems in English translation:
Shir ha-re'utand Hineh mutalot gufotenu
I've seen them referred to in English as "The song of friendship" and
"Here lie our bodies." If you have them and can scan or fax them, or
can let me know where to find them, I'd b
The family of Bernie Rabenstein has requested that contributions in
his memory be sent to:
Beth Tevillah Mikveh Society
PO Box 37304
Cincinnati, OH 45222
Thank you for your patience while their wishes were confirmed.
Laurel S. Wolfson, Administrative Librarian
Klau Library
Hebrew Union College
Experienced librarian is available to run an Information Literacy
Workshop for high school and junior high students in the NY
metropolitan area. The workshop teaches students how to properly
utilize libraries and other information sources to find reliable and
authoritative information. The cl
Alice Freifeld on Hungarian Jewry, 1945-49.
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Shalom Safranim,
I thought someof you might want toknow that it is possible, on
facebook, to join the cause, Remove Zionism from "Encyclopedia of
Race and Racism"!
B'chavod rav.
Shmuel Ben-Gad,
Gelman Library,
George Washington University.
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New Seforim Added This Week
Posted: 12 Jun 2009 11:45 AM PDT
We are happy to announce that we added 267 newly scanned seforim,
bringing the total amount of seforim available through our website to
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The convention is fast approaching and we thought we would share with you
some information we gave earlier about sights and how to reach the
convention hotel.
See you soon,
Shoshanah Seidman
Co-chair AJL 2009 in Chicago
TOURS AND CHICAGO HIGHLIGHTS
Did you know that skyscrapers were invented in
Hello all,
A few weeks ago I posted the following request:
A patron is looking for a book he describes it as follows:
"Unfortunately I can't remember either the title or the author's
name. The novel must have been written in the 50s. It was set in
Israel shortly after the War of Independen
Jewish Booksellers.
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Di Tsukunft (The Future), published since 1892, proudly announces
publication of its latest issue. Holding true to its name, it has
also entered the 21st century with a web presence including the last
3 issues published under the editorship of Boris Sandler and Gennady
Estraikh. If you're a fan
Dear Safranim:
The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the
University of Pennsylvania in partnership with the Penn Libraries
have just launched their 2008-09 web exhibition: "*Jews, Commerce,
and Culture*." The exhibit highlights the Fellows' year-long effort
to understand th
Hi there safranim and safraniyot
There has been quite a lot of interest expressed in the Ochberg
Orphan documentary by John Blair, that for a long time could not be
distributed because of problems with the rights. Now finally it seems
that has been sorted and there is an address from which to o
I received the following reference question via the Jewish Comics
blog I maintain. I don't have an answer for the poster, but - since
it is about a book, specifcally - I thought I'd repeat the query to the list.
"This may seem strange, but I'm hoping you (or someone who reads this
blog) can hel
I'm looking for a periodical subscription to give as a present for an
Orthodox Bar Mitzvah.
I know of periodicals aimed at girls, but not boys.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks,
Karen Kriegel
Acquisitions Librarian
San Francisco Public Library
95 Washburn Street
San Francisc
Shalom.
I need your help. I do not have an access to a local library at this time.
I hope that many of you can make copies from books and mail me or
direct me to a good sight on the subject of T'shuvah (Repentance). We
are especially looking for material for discussion with our Catholic frien
JPS has a full roster of authors who lecture around the country,
ideal for Jewish Book Month and other speaking engagements. Here are
some of our featured authors:
Ellen Frankel
Imagine the Hebrew Bible as a child's favorite storybook! The new JPS
Illustrated Children's Bible, by acclaimed
Israeli Book Statistic Hebrew Book Week 2009
The Hebrew Book Week 2009 will take place in Israel on June 10-20
June. Towards this event the National Library of Israel reports
annual data about books published in Israel during 2008.
The National Library of Israel is the deposit library of Is
New Book: "My Children, My Heroes: Memoirs of a Holocaust Mother",
By Sonia Minuskin, Translated and Annotated by Her Son, Harold Minuskin
This is a powerful story of survival. My mother not only saved her
own life, but also
the lives of her two very young children. She eluded the first
roundu
Dear safranim,
I am trying to locate the full time in Hebrew of an article and a
book. The author is Haim Peles, and the article is about how Agudas
Israel viewed settlement in Eretz Israel during the years 1912-1923.
This article appeared in a volume, edited by Shmuel Ettinger, whose
Hebrew ti
When I registered to the CEU, the first timers session was not on the
program. Now it seems that both sessions coincide
On another note, could someone please explain what the Digitization
committee does? I have a lot of experience in this area and would love to help.
Uri, first timer...
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The Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies University College London
is glad to invite you to the conference Gained in Translation
Translations and their Influence Upon the Continuity of Russian Jewish
Culture in the West between the World Wars that is to be held on
September, 21-22 in London.
T
Hi folks,
My second roommate arrangement has also fallen through. :-(
So I'm again looking for a female roommate for convention. I'm
arriving on the 4th and staying until Friday, the 10th, but I realize
most people are staying for the convention days/nights only, which is fine.
'Hope to hear f
Opps,
Sorry the subject on the last e-mail should have been : Librarian's
Lobby for June 2009
http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/crc106.pdf
Donnie
Daniel Stuhlman
Chicago, IL
ddstuhlman at earthlink.net
Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/
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