[ha-Safran] My earlier message

2009-09-14 Thread Joseph Galron
I apologize for the earlier message (the one without Subject line by Toby Harris). I am trying to figure out what went wrong. More Hasafran messages will be posted tonight Happy New Year, Yossi

[ha-Safran]: Posters - clarification

2009-09-14 Thread lahad5
I posted the other day requesting sources for posters on Israel and Torah-related themes. I received wonderful responses but I should have specified that I need these posters for high school; most that I received would be perfect for elementary. So - if anyone has a source for posters

Re: [ha-Safran]: No more assigned classics

2009-09-14 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
At 08:29 PM 09/07/2009, you wrote: What do you all think of this? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/books/30reading.html?hphttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/books/30reading.html?hp This article was discussed on several other listservs. My viewpoint -- It is great that students are allowed

Re: [ha-Safran]: No more assigned classics

2009-09-14 Thread Andrea Rapp
But your project wasn't: Read anything at all you want, it was: choose from these offerings. The offerings probably didn't include Captain Underpants type of books. Anyway, I'll bet I'm not the only one wondering what college it was that rejected students because their high school didn't

Re: [ha-Safran]: No more assigned classics

2009-09-14 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad
In my opinio nitis a very bad idea. Literature, at its best, can elevate the spirit. I doubt the typical seventh and eight gradr will siply stumble upon such literature. Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran

Re: [ha-Safran]: Hebrew letter stencils

2009-09-14 Thread Lee Jaffe
Along the same lines, I've been looking for a service that does custom vinyl lettering with Hebrew text as a option. I'm redoing the lettering on the glass doors of our local Hillel and thought it would be cool to mix English and Hebrew. The best I can come up with are a couple that callow

[ha-Safran]: JTS Library Open House - Sukkot Oct. 6

2009-09-14 Thread Naomi Steinberger
Please join JTS library staff on Tuesday, October 6th from 4:30-6 pm on the 5th floor of The Library for an exploration of the High Holidays through our holdings of manuscripts, rare books, broadsides and archival material, as well as our digital collections. The Library's staff will be on

[ha-Safran]: Advice and guidance requested for reducing

2009-09-14 Thread Jonina Duker
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[ha-Safran]: Call for Papers AJL 2010

2009-09-14 Thread Toby Harris
Lashanah Tovah! It's almost a new year and time to think about our next AJL conference! CALL FOR PAPERS The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) will hold its 45th annual convention at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle July 4 to 7, 2010. Librarians, educators, archivists,

[ha-Safran]: AJL Newsletter Issues Now Online

2009-09-14 Thread Deborah Stern
Some issues of the AJL Newsletter are now available to members only as searchable pdf files on the AJL website. Issues from Nov/Dec 2007 through Nov/Dec 2008 are posted and the plan is to post an updated file every time a new print issue is available. The two most recent issues will continue