[ha-Safran]: New Maxwell House Hagaddah

2011-03-23 Thread Deena Schwimmer
An interesting, fun and timely read about a classic work: http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2011/03/22/D9M4CV9G0_us_fea_passover_maxwell_house_haggadah/index.html ___ Deena Schwimmer Yeshiva University Archives dschw...@yu.edu --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are

Re: Book Title Question

2010-04-27 Thread Deena Schwimmer
? ___ I think she's referring to From Time Immemorial by Joan Peters. Deena Schwimmer, Archivist Yeshiva University Archives dschw...@yu.edu --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Associ

[ha-Safran]: New Archives Database at Yeshiva University

2010-03-02 Thread Deena Schwimmer
Discovering Yeshiva University Archives' extensive holdings of primary source materials just became much easier with the release of a new online database of finding aids to its archival collections. The database includes full text searching across all finding aids, displays search hits in conte

[ha-Safran]: Picture of Moses Elias Levy

2009-11-16 Thread Deena Schwimmer
Boker Tov! One of my students is desperately searching for a picture of Moses Elias Levy, one of the first Jewish residents of Florida. I've tried all of our basic encylopedias, EJ, google images, pics4learning, and wikimedia commons with no luck. Any other search suggestions?

[ha-Safran]: Yeshiva University New EAD Finding Aids Website

2008-03-24 Thread Deena Schwimmer
Yeshiva University Libraries is pleased to announce the launch of a new website of electronic finding aids to our archival collections. EAD-encoded finding aids to fourteen of our collections are now available online in this initial release, and include major collections from Yeshiva's rich and

[ha-Safran]: Re: Which book on Munich to buy?

2006-02-15 Thread Deena Schwimmer
I recommend One Day in September by Simon Reeve, which is based on the 1999 documentary of the same title. For a comprehensive account of both the events in Munich and the assassination missions, it is an excellent resource. Deena Schwimmer Associate Archivist American Jewish Historical Society

[ha-Safran]: Historical novels for high school students

2005-12-29 Thread Deena Schwimmer
Two excellent works on the Second Temple Period: "As a Driven Leaf" by Milton Steinberg "And Rachel Was His Wife" by Marsi Tabak Deena Schwimmer Associate Archivist American Jewish Historical Society 15 W. 16th St. New York, NY 10011 (212) 294-6160 etx. 6105 Messages an

RE: [ha-Safran]: Disturbing Talmud quotation

2005-02-23 Thread Deena Schwimmer
ncient book 'playing to' sold out crowds at Madison Square Garden, Continental Airlines Arena, and (soon to be) The Javitz Center, among others. That so many people have chosen to grapple with the teachings of the Talmud is a testament its continued relevance to their daily liv

[ha-Safran]: New Book for Teens on Dealing with Death and Mourning

2005-02-02 Thread Deena Schwimmer
Saying Goodbye by Neal C. Goldberg, Ph.D. & Miriam Liebermann, C.S.W. Targum Press (2004) "Throughout the millennia, man has grappled with the ageless questions surrounding death, mourning and the appropriate means of finding solace in times of tragedy. Numerous volumes have been publ