[ha-Safran]:763 Did renew. Did you?

2010-08-22 Thread AJL Membership
AJL Members, 763 Members did renew their membership for 2010/2011. Did you send your check? Laurie Haas VP for Membership P.O.Box 3816 Columbus, OH 43210-0816 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association o

[ha-Safran]: TARGET: Popular Middle School Books in Hebrew

2010-08-22 Thread Louise Leonard
Boker Tov! My new principal has requested I get together a list and ordering information for books in Hebrew for middle school. He wants to get popular English books, such as Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, etc. Does anyone have a suggestion for a good place to order these? Also, I'd appreciat

[ha-Safran]: Interedition: Bursaries offered for young

2010-08-22 Thread Dov Winer
researchers - workshop on digital scholarly editing and research (deadline August 24th) X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=GErw3X8Lcf3Z9lMGtD9UKGVOjv9oy6ZCQt0FNm8Yy60= c=1 sm=0 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=ugFvkfIBRL/WdPz6TiXDkA==:17 a=_6-MKCmL:8 a=pRFYkzJ

Re: [ha-Safran]: Concordance

2010-08-22 Thread Abigail Yasgur
looking for input on best concordance for a bais midrash: As I recall, Mandelkorn (?) is the classic. -- visit Abigail Yasgur Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story by Abigail Yasgur & Joseph Lipner Illustrations by Barbara Mendes is a Mom's Choice Award winner! www.maxsaidyes.com [] --- Messa

[ha-Safran]: Next Week's Link Roundup

2010-08-22 Thread Marie
I'm going to be away on vacation next week (August 23-27) so I was wondering if anyone would be willing to volunteer to find some interesting links for next Friday's link roundup. All you would need to do is keep your eye out for interesting articles on librarianship, books, Jewish books & publ

[ha-Safran]: Weine Classification Question

2010-08-22 Thread Heather Lenson
I am in the process of cataloging "Zishe the Strongman" (Robert Rubinstein, Kar-Ben, 2010) by subject. I would like to catalog under a circus performer. What would that catalog be? - Heather Lenson Librarian at Ratner Media and Technology Center Jewish Education Center of Cle

[ha-Safran]: New Yizkor book -Lancut

2010-08-22 Thread sal kluger
Hello friends- the Lancut book pub. in 1963 is now in english [570 pages] by H.Langsam.$45.00. Also we have these recent Yizkor book english translations;Zelva, Dereczin, Volkkovysk, Zamjosc,Szczebrzeszyn, Cieszanow,Tomaszow -Lubelski,Bellica and Skala. thx sal sal kluger simcha sales inc. ce

[ha-Safran]: How to boost library usage?

2010-08-22 Thread Lee Jaffe
I just saw a mention in the latest Reform Judaism about a temple that has a Havdalah observance followed by a movie every Saturday evening. If your temple or organization doesn't already so something at that time, maybe that would be a good initiative for the library. Getting people into the

RE: [ha-Safran]: How to boost library usage?

2010-08-22 Thread agendler
To my mind, the best way to dramatically raise the synagogue library usage is to bring your library's books to your congregants homes and places of work rather than expect them to schlep to you. Thank G-d today, in the 21st century, those synagogue libraries that are serious about increasing their

[ha-Safran]: Linda silver's best jewish books for children

2010-08-22 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
Linda deserves the praise. How is she doing it ? shanah tovah Amalia --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submi

[ha-Safran]: Welcome Home to the New Olim (and 382 photos)

2010-08-22 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! Congratulations and welcome home to the 239 new olim that made aliyah to Israel from North America. The NBN aliyah charter flight arrived in Israel on Thursday morning and included 103 children in 41 families and 58 singles. The youngest oleh in the group is 7 weeks old and the oldest

7th graders research Jews of 20-21 Centuries

2010-08-22 Thread Joan Freedman
Hi. Does anyone have suggestions for books for middle school age students researching famous Jews in the 20th/21st centuries? Thanks, Joan Joan Freedman, Librarian Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit 32200 Middlebelt Road Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248.851.3220 x5784 www.hillelday