Re: [ha-Safran]: LP records

2010-05-23 Thread Schelly Talalay Dardashti
Jewish records - anything with Jewish content - should be sent to Florida Atlantic University's Judaica Music Archives, which began life as the Judaica Music Rescue Project in 2002 with some 1,000 recordings. Nathan Tinanoff was and still is the director. http://faujsa.fau.edu/ Currently, it

[ha-Safran]: FS: Sholem Aleichem in the Theater and

2010-05-23 Thread Henry Hollander
The item below was included in the special list that we prepared for the International Association of Yiddish Clubs. Price $15.00 postpaid within the US. Email or call to reserve a copy. We ship and bill to libraries. For a copy of the list email and ask for either a paper or electronic

[ha-Safran]: Conference-Making the Holocaust Relevant in 2010

2010-05-23 Thread Rita Lifton
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of AJL (AJL-NYMA) will devote its Spring 2010 Conference to the topic, Making the Holocaust Relevant in 2010. The presenters will be Dr. Arthur Flug, Director, The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough

[ha-Safran]: Strange request

2010-05-23 Thread Johnson, Naomi
Our congregation has an upcoming Bat Mitzvah. When we opened the Torah she will be using, there was a rip starting at the bottom. Is there some bandAide fix that we can use until we get a Sofer to repair it correctly? We just need some sort of mechanism to prevent it from ripping further until

[ha-Safran]: ex-library books for cost of shipping

2010-05-23 Thread Lisa Silverman
We have the following ex-library books available for sale for the cost of shipping only. Please contact me off list. 1. Handlin, Oscar. Adventures in freedom -- three hundred years of Jewish life in America -- N.Y : McGraw-Hill, 1954. 2. The Black book of Polish Jewry /

[ha-Safran]: Open Source ILS

2010-05-23 Thread Greer H
Hi all, I work at a small combined Jewish High School/Jewish Community Library, and we're looking for a new ILS (we've been using Winnebago and it's getting really outdated and klunky). I've heard good things about Evergreen, the open ILS, and it's free, but I'm wondering if anyone else has tried

RE: [ha-Safran]: Suggestions for Grade 5 graduation gifts

2010-05-23 Thread library
I recommend the book, Mitzvah Magic, by Danny Siegel with Naomi Eisenberger. Each chapter has a true story of how individuals or groups have taken initiative to bring about positive changes to their communities or to special populations, such as at nursing homes, hospitals, etc. Related color

Re: [ha-Safran]: Suggestions for Grade 5 graduation gifts

2010-05-23 Thread ALBA TOSCANO
Susan Do any of you have ideas of a suitable book... as a Grade 5 Graduation gift? Oh! Bless me, but I suddenly feel a story coming on: When I was a kid, precisely at Shavuot time, my little sister gave me a little song book with 18 jewish holiday songs in it which she had hoisted from the

[ha-Safran]: VHS transfer to DVD

2010-05-23 Thread Sonia Kozlovsky
Hello Safranim, Has anyone used Dazzle, made by Pinnacle for transferring VHS tapes to DVD? We would appreciate any feedback about your successes/difficulties or advice. Thank you. Sonia Kozlovsky/Laurie Margolies Krieger Schechter Day School Baltimore, Maryland --- Messages and opinions

[ha-Safran]: Convention Countdown

2010-05-23 Thread Heidi Estrin
We are now in Week 2 of our Convention Countdown! Every week from now until convention we will feature an exciting interview on the AJL blog, People of the Books, athttp://jewishlibraries.org/blog. Last week we had an interview with convention co-chair Toby Harris. This week we feature our

[ha-Safran]: Israeli newspapers in print or microform

2010-05-23 Thread Rachel Ariel
A faculty member at Duke would like to see the first pages of Yedi'ot Aharonot and Ma'ariv that were published during the last war in Gaza – December 2008-January 2009, including the advertisements, photos etc. So far I could not find any library that would let us have it through

[ha-Safran]: $10 Amazon Gift Card Available

2010-05-23 Thread Heidi Estrin
The Association of Jewish Libraries' annual convention takes place July 4-7 in Seattle, WA, and we want your help spreading the word about the Convention Countdown on our blog, People of the Books! Enter the Mention Convention weekly drawing for a $10 Amazon gift card by linking back to this

[ha-Safran]: Call for Papers: Journal of Religious

2010-05-23 Thread Mark Stover
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RE: [ha-Safran]: Suggestions for Grade 5 graduation gifts

2010-05-23 Thread Andrea Rapp
I'd consider the strikingly illustrated history of Israel and Zionism for young people, called Homeland, which won some awards about 2 years ago. Andrea --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association