[ha-Safran]: New Judaica publication --

2010-10-18 Thread RIFAT BALI
Dear librarian friends Please note the following new publication of Judaica interest Philippe Gardette Une Culture Entre Renaissance Italienne et Orient: Prolégomènes à la Culture Juive Byzantine (Les Cahiers du Bosphore LVI), The Isis Press, 2010, 198p, ISBN: 9789754284157 US$ 25.00 If

[ha-Safran]: Book about tefillah for 3rd grader

2010-10-18 Thread rena fruchter
Any suggestions for a 3rd grade level reading book about tefillah which might inspire a young day school student? I'm already familiar with the Artscroll option. Thank you, Rena Fruchter Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the

[ha-Safran]: Webinar to teach library staff how to promote

2010-10-18 Thread Monchar, Leslie
the value of libraries everyday X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=exbvkCqEOBXDkHq+8n3wanotOBQtbe7qbIajSD+JluU= c=1 sm=0 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=ugFvkfIBRL/WdPz6TiXDkA==:17 a=EfPNk6I1:8 a=N-q1redi:8 a=q1_Ey3em:8 a=Vt2AcnKq:8

[ha-Safran]: Interview on Jewish Middle Grade Books

2010-10-18 Thread Heidi Estrin
From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors is a blog about literature for kids around ages 8-12, kids who are beyond picture books but not ready for YA lit. It is run by about 30 different authors, who take turns writing articles for it. One of those authors is Laurel Snyder, whose new

Re: [ha-Safran]: Artist Harry Daniels

2010-10-18 Thread Fredisaac
Andrea -- My first thought regarding all of the artworks is to check with HUC. Maybe the Archives has some of the artists' pieces, and can give you some addditional leads on the artists themselves. I don't know what the art scene is like in Cincinnati these days. But it's worth going to the

RE: [ha-Safran]: Large print and audio cookbooks and prayerbooks

2010-10-18 Thread Margolis, Deborah
Hi Barbara, and others who may be interested in large print and audiobooks, You may wish to contact JBI (formerly Jewish Braille Institute; includes large print and audio) http://www.jbilibrary.org/interior.php?sub=2 You also may want to search worldcat (or amazon) to identify commercially

[ha-Safran]: Announcement To SSC librarians in libraries

2010-10-18 Thread Amalia - AJL
Shalom, I am resending this message. Some of you receievd it in a strange frormat. To: SSC librarians in libraries that received accreditation in 2006/7. The Accreditation Committee has voted to extend the accreditation period from three to five years. In order to ensure that your

[ha-Safran]: Shoah literature for children

2010-10-18 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad
Shalom Safranim. A student at my university is doing research on Shoah fiction aimed at children and written in the United States (particularly written by children of survivors) and in Israel.(written by anyone, though translated into English). I have shown her the bibliography bank but am

[ha-Safrab]: S.F. Jewish Film Festival's CURATOR'S CHOICE -

2010-10-18 Thread Ruth Diskin
now available for your Library X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=iGF3DqghDyT/uy4mV2LvOKNXCATMSjL+tOl9cucoGVk= c=1 sm=0 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=ugFvkfIBRL/WdPz6TiXDkA==:17 a=qm43zyp3:8 a=Vt2AcnKq:8 a=pSZzf3RB:8 a=SGx9TAW0JxKozKVuJY8A:9

[ha-Safran]: New Book: The Yiddish Family Cookbook

2010-10-18 Thread Jerusalem Books
The Yiddish Family Cookbook / Dos Familien Kokh-Bookh Authored by H. Braun Translated by Beverly B. Weingrod Step back into the world of our mothers and grandmothers! Weingrod's translation of H. Braun's Dos Familien Kokh Bookh evokes the smells, the nostalgia, the wisdom, and of course

[ha-Safran]: DVD sale

2010-10-18 Thread sal kluger
hello friends forsale- A Tickle in the Heart [the Epstein Brothers,Kings of Klezmers] 84 minutes 20.00. thx sal sal kluger simcha sales inc. cell 908-461-3619 office 732-566-7538 fax 732-566-6997 --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are

[ha-Safran]: Mendon Library Book Sale: looking for all your

2010-10-18 Thread ALBA TOSCANO
weeded books X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=exbvkCqEOBXDkHq+8n3wanotOBQtbe7qbIajSD+JluU= c=1 sm=0 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=ugFvkfIBRL/WdPz6TiXDkA==:17 a=QsKh13xQ:8 a=Y6HyjnjW:8 a=ReCAhExP:8 a=lSLD8YI1:8 a=Vt2AcnKq:8

[ha-Safran]: tekhines

2010-10-18 Thread Stanley Nachamie
A friend of mine is looking for a book about and/or including, tekhines, prayers created by women, many of which are in Yiddish. I think there was recent literature about this (I don't recall specific titles), but the salesperson at my local Judaica store wasn't much help. Does anybody have

[ha-Safran]: New Book by NAPH Member

2010-10-18 Thread Moshe Pelli
New Book by NAPH Member Haskalah and Beyond: The Reception of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the Emergence of Haskalah Judaism 267 pp., bibliography, index By Moshe Pelli http://www.univpress.com/Catalog/MultiBook.shtml?command=Searchdb=%5eDB/AU

[ha-Safran]: 2010 Jewish Book Month Notable Book Lists

2010-10-18 Thread Linda Silver
The Greater Cleveland chapter's annual book and film lists for Jewish Book Month are now posted on the AJL-GCC blog and on Facebook. One list is for adults and the other is for children and teens. All of the titles are from 2010. Soon, these lists will also be posted on the AJL website,

[ha-Safran]: Anna Levine Blog Tour

2010-10-18 Thread Heidi Estrin
Author Anna Levine's teen novel Freefall was a Sydney Taylor Honor Book (silver medal), and of course she's written numerous excellent Jewish children's books over the years. Enjoy her current blog tour – a series of interviews and reviews about Freefall appearing on various blogs starting

[ha-Safran]: Mitchell James Kaplan Book Tour

2010-10-18 Thread Laura goodwin
Mitchell James Kaplan, author of the acclaimed Jewish-themed historical novel By Fire, By Water (see http://bit.ly/bq61Dt), will be speaking in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Miami, Houston, Seattle, and other cities in November. He is available and eager to speak at synagogues, bookstores, and

[ha-Safran]: Simon Dubnow Conference on the 150th

2010-10-18 Thread Aviva Astrinsky
Anniversary of his Birth X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=iGF3DqghDyT/uy4mV2LvOKNXCATMSjL+tOl9cucoGVk= c=1 sm=0 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=ugFvkfIBRL/WdPz6TiXDkA==:17 a=ehDmLeLw:8 a=z3k4Hv_r:8 a=M0k7jT_Y:8 a=Vt2AcnKq:8 a=pSZzf3RB:8

[ha-Safran]: Torah translations for children

2010-10-18 Thread Arlene Ratzabi
Hello everyone: I received an unusual request from a teacher for a Torah in in easy Hebrew for children in the lower grades (1st, 2nd grade) to understand. We have many volumes of Bible stories for children (in English) as well as the Jewish Children's Bible, etc. but I could not come up with

[ha-Safran]: New Book on Haskalah

2010-10-18 Thread Moshe Pelli
New Book Haskalah and Beyond: The Reception of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the Emergence of Haskalah Judaism 267 pp., bibliography, index By Moshe Pelli http://www.univpress.com/Catalog/MultiBook.shtml?command=Searchdb=%5eDB/AU .dbeqAuFNamedatarq=MosheeqAuLNamedatarq=Pellimax=10startat=1

[ha-Safran]: New Book on Haskalah

2010-10-18 Thread Moshe Pelli
Sorry - This is the right link (see bellow) Yossi New Book Haskalah and Beyond: The Reception of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the Emergence of Haskalah Judaism 267 pp., bibliography, index By Moshe Pelli

[ha-Safran]: New Book on Haskalah

2010-10-18 Thread Moshe Pelli
Sorry - This is the right link (see bellow) (LAST TRY) Yossi New Book Haskalah and Beyond: The Reception of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the Emergence of Haskalah Judaism 267 pp., bibliography, index By Moshe Pelli

[ha-Safran]: Re: Shoah Literature for Children

2010-10-18 Thread Linda Silver
In answer to Shmuel Ben-Gad's query: All of Uri Orlev's books, including those about the Shoah, are written in Hebrew and translated into English. So are Gila Almagor's Under the Domim Tree and Tamar Bergman's Along the Tracks. There are other translated books originally written by