to contaminate other books?
What/who else should I be asking?
Thanks,
Rose Myers
Temple Israel of Westport
Westport, CT
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data when adding books is beyond convenient.
Reading everyone else's book reviews is informative
and sharing your information with the rest of the world is what web
2.0 is all about.
Yeah, LibraryThing!
Rose Myers (who uses Surpass as the Temple Israel Librarian of Westport, CT)
Fairfield
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Can anyone tell me the going hourly rate for a very part-time
synagogue librarian,
whose primary responsibilities would be popularizing the library and
involving it in adult and children's programming.
Many thanks,
Rose Myers
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Stories are how we make sen
of "gullah jewish"
I would have found it immediately.
Rose Myers
Fairfield, CT
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free blacks, because she is
not "white." If anyone can tell me the name of the book, I'd appreciate it.
Rose Myers
Fairfield, CT
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d provides a record for each book.
Has anyone used it? Any reason why I shouldn't use it for my small
day school library?
Thanks,
Rose Myers
Edith and Louis Scheinberg Library
Fairfield, CT
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Have you tried DavkaWriter (see www.davkawriter.com)?
You can do nekudot in Word? Whenever I try to just do Hebrew letters,
they end up switched around.
Davka has a lot of features of Word plus Hebrew. I've used it to mail
merge diplomas with Hebrew names as well as English.
Rose Myers
The Wall, based on John Hersey's novel, was on television in 1982. It
seems to be an HBO Home Video. See
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084884/ for more details.
Rose Myers
Edith and Louis Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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books, you may get lucky. (Alas, that's kinda what I do.)
Rose Myers
Edith and Louis Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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Culture, Israel and The Directorate of
the Department of Religious Education, Ministry of Education and
Culture, Israel. Also, the Department of Torah Education and Culture
in the Dispora, World Zionist Organization liked it.
Rose Myers
Librarian
Edith and Louis Scheinberg Library
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ppreciated by older children and adults.
Rose
Rose Myers
Librarian
Edith and Louis Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
1571 Stratfield Road
Fairfield, CT 06825
(203) 374-6147
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nyone besides me? Has it already been done?
Any suggestions? I've stumbled across information about folklore
motifs and types. Are they still used? Is there a thesaurus or list
of entries already out there? Obviously, this is not something I have
ever formally studied.
Thanks in advance,
can.
Hope this helps,
Rose Myers
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A stamp collector came across Israeli stamps for Children's books
1984 (3 stamp set) and 1995 (3 stamp set), which are apparently based
on these stories. Does anyone have any further information about
them? I think he'd like to read the stories in English.
Thanks,
Rose Myers
#x27;m not an expert; but I
have been involved with "new" libraries.
Rose Myers
Librarian
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Hillel Academy
1571 Stratfield Road
Fairfield, CT 06825
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Do most Judaic libraries carry cookbooks? Are they
popular?
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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fee. Many public libraries have Friends of
the Library associations; would this work for you?
Maybe you can (in confidence) waive the charge for
tapes if someone is unable to afford it.
You have a fine library; I hope it all works out.
Rose Myers
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield, CT
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publications the rest of the time.
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Congregation Beth El Religious School - assistant to
the principal and librarian
Community Library of the JC
Or,
beginning on page 14. They were originally found in a
notebook of Rabbi Naftali, one of Rabbi Nachman's
close disciples (see Ibid. p. 13). These stories are
only in Hebrew, with some Yiddish phrases thrown in.
If you are interested in the English text of this
story as it appears in t
Can anyone recommend some good websites for an
afternoon Religious School project where students in
grades 3 to 6 research famous Israelis (from say 1500
to now).
Thanks,
Rose Myers
Congregation Beth El
Fairfield, CT
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Wow, I can help: Sitting next to me is
The Aleph-Bet Story Book by Deborah Pessin with
drawings by Howard Simon, The Jewish Publication
Society of America (Philadelphia), c1946. I have the
ninth impression printed 1980.
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
x27;s Circle fit in all this? Or
secular Israeli Jews?
In other words, coming up with a basic definition
would be difficult. Another question to ask is do we
need a basic definition?
Rose Myers
Fairfield, CT
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I don't mean to be nit-picky, but, as a newcomer to
the world of Jewish libraries, ...
to state that a book
"is unacceptable in any Jewish Library"
raises this question for me:
is there a Jewish library of some sort that contains
books showing how others see us? Should
Ben Shahn did illustrate The Alphabet of Creation, a
story from the Zohar about how G-d chose the letter
Bet to begin creation (B'reshis). Perhaps that's what
your patron remembered.
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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It has been said that there are only two stories:
A man goes on a journey and a stranger comes to town.
I've seen this attributed to Tolstoy, Dostoyevksy,
Chekov, Raymond Chandler, John Gardner, Louis L'Amour,
and "someone." Does anyone know it's source?
St
Answered Prayer: And Other Yemenite Folktales
by Sharlya Gold, S Golde, Mishael Caspi, Marjory
Wunsch
is a new paperback; I bought a copy at the AJL
convention in June and have enjoyed what I've read.
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
Messages and opi
anthologies of children's stories or folktales like
Elijah's Violin.
I suppose the Golem represents an attempt to do good
gone bad.
And there are demons in many folktales, including some
with King Solomon, some of which make it to children's
books.
Rose Myers
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en keep at home for historical interest.
The first idea would be lots of fun for me; the second
would probably be better for the world.
Any ideas, suggestions, comments?
Thanks,
Rose Myers
Fairfield, CT
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springs
The difference that heavenly pity brings.
For this, musician, in your girdle fixed
Bear other perfumes. On your pale head wear
A band entwining, set with fatal stones.
Unreal, give back to us what once you gave:
The imagination that we spurned and crave.
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Hope t
our series by Nathaniel Hawthorne
which includes the following entry. The quote is near
the bottom.
Glad to be of help,
Rose Myers
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
November 12th.--This morning began with such fog, that
at the window of
my chamber, lighted only from a small court-yard,
enclosed by high
There is a Purim picture book about a blind boy who
bakes wonderful cookies that his mother is able to
sell. She doesn't think he can help her because of
his blindness and discovers that he can. I can find
the title for you if it helps any.
Rose Myers
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
Mes
ieve everything they read.
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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Like Rita Allen, I forward messages to others; it
never occurred to me that it was a problem. Since
signing up for this listserv was so easy, I assumed it
is open to anyone who tries to do so and therefore
everyone can read all its messages. Is anyone ever
turned away from ha-Safran?
Rose Myers
like Dewey because, like your
committee member, I want students to be able to use
the public library easily.)
Rose Myers
JCC Community Library
Bridgeport, CT
and
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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horizontal lines at the top and bottom to give a
scroll-like appearance. Text is within this border.
We printed it on a color laser printer.
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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vowel combinations and knows to say "ruach" instead of
"rucha".
I've assured her that this listserv knows everything
or at least where to find it.
Thanks,
Rose Myers
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about this (in the pages
available on Amazon's website). There is an beautiful
illustrated book, A Cloak for the Moon by Eric A.
Kimmel, Katya Krenina (Illustrator) based on a Rabbi
Nachman story. The Day the Rabbi Disappeared: Jewish
Holiday Tales of Magic by Howard Schwartz has a Rosh
As someone who has trouble throwing things away, I
have duplicates or books in imperfect condition, but
they may be of texts that no one wants.
If there is a central website of books available for
donation, should it include a list of core/suggested
books? Or obsolete books?
Rose Myers
st. Based on his own
research into the era and the original editions of
Oliver Twist, Eisner tells Fagin's story, and looks at
prejudice, poverty and anti-Semitism prevelant in
classic literature.
Hope this helps and happy holiday,
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hil
Reading Ruth : Contemporary Women Reclaim a Sacred
Story by Judith Kates sounds interesting. It is a
collection of writings by Cynthia Ozick, Merle Field,
Marge Piercy, Francine Klagsbrun, Nessa Rapoport and
others.
Rose Myers
According to the Library of Congress website,
catalog.loc.gov
Hangman by Maurice Ogden was published by
Garden Grove, Calif., c1959
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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Dear friends,
Do you have any recommendations for books, with a
Jewish perspective, about bullying in school?
Thanks,
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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show how unacceptable he is. The movie could be used
to provoke some interesting discussions about subtle,
polite forms of anti-semitism.
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ive your hair a good washing and see if
that will do any good."
Accordingly, Anne washed her hair, scrubbing it
vigorously with soap and water, but for all the
difference it made she might as well have been
scouring its original red. The peddler had certainly
spoken the truth when he dec
Arlene,
How about holding special events in the library?
I'd also be interested in knowing what works.
Rose Myers
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Perhaps a questionaire would help; but I understand
that creating an effective one is not simple.
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useful and not redundant,
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
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Fairfield, CT
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lly.
Esther asks everyone to pray before she sees the king
and saves the Jews of Persia. So maybe prayer helps
actions.
Saul asks why David isn't at a Rosh Hodesh dinner
before throwing a spear at the wall. But this was
before formal Rosh Hodesh services existed, I assume.
If this helps and y
we rant against evil big
businesses. But my local Borders is open at night and
on Sundays so that I can have a job and be Shomer
Shabbas and still get there; the local, independent
bookstore, was only open during the day and not on
p others. Elijah stories,
where a poor stranger helps someone needy and then
disappears, involve trickery if only because the "poor
stranger" is in fact none other than Elijah the
Prophet!
I would be interested in knowing what your teacher
uses and does.
Enjoy!
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg
not sure that the stories are folktales, however.
Good luck in your search.
Rose Myers
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many ways to spell author's names,
such as Shalom Aleichem aka ... Sholom Rabinowitz
aka...
How is a catalog browser to know if his or her search
failed because there are no books in the library on
this subject or because he or she spelled the subject
or name differently?
Thanks,
Rose
$10,000 buys a "bookcase", etc. and have
a plaque of plaques near the library entrance?
Good luck,
Rose Myers
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Temple Emanu-el is listed via the UAHC website as
Congregation Emanu-el; its site says
Temple Emanu-El, 1 East 65th St., New York, NY 10021
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I hope this is what you're looking for,
Rose Myers
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I know nothing about this,
but if a Bet Din consists of three rabbis
and if there is a matter of privilege between a person
and a rabbi,
then wouldn't it follow that there would be one
between/among a person and three rabbis
and therefore between a person and a Bet Din?
Rose
nclude the name of the
person.
So now I'm also curious to know the answer.
Rose Myers
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o libraries and weeding who
is dealing with libraries containing random
collections of old books, I'm sincerely trying to
figure out what is suitable to keep.
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y children. I still give out
candy because I want to be a good neighbor.
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National Center for Jewish Film. I'm trying to find
out from them how much it is to rent it.
Does anyone have a copy we could borrow?
Does anyone know anything about the film?
Thanks,
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
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Fairfield, CT
I don't have any tried and true activities.
I happen to like the book Yettele's Feathers
by Joan Rothenberg, which is about gossip and its
harm. The rabbi asks Yettele to take the feathers out
of her pillow and then collect them; she can't. He
explains that words, like feathers, can not be taken
ally lost and all that is left is the telling
about them (Jewish history, Prayer), pictures of
shtetl life (European history), recursion
(Mathematics), etc.
In other words, I think the perfect library is more
than stuff on shelves. It's that stuff being used as
a starting point for learning.
I have a parent at my school who is looking for the
connection between Abraham and the tower of Babel;
she has seen a reference to his being 48 years old at
the time of the building of the Tower of Babel but
cannot find the source. Anyone know what it is or
where to find it?
Thanks,
Rose Myers
to do that. In some cases,
I was told that if I could not work Saturdays, then I
was not right for the job. In one case, I was hired
by a department head and then fired by someone else
before I started.)
Good luck in your search,
Rose
r a consultant and using volunteers
to run the library for a year? What else should I be
asking?
Thanks in advance,
Rose Myers
Community Library at the JCCS
Bridgeport, CT
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Fairfield, CT
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ve learned a lot and
continue to enjoy it.
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Yiddish,
although the JCC does have books in these languages; I
should, but forgot.
Hope this helps a little. If I can help more, let me
know. Even better, if you learn anything useful, let
me know.
Chag Sameach,
Rose Myers
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
and
The
The price of DVD players has gone down enough that I
own one; I paid under $100 for it last year. (The
Christmas season is the time to buy.) And you can
play CD's on a computer, if nothing else is available.
We bought "last year's model" car last November in
order to get the tape player as stand
vides publicity for
both sides. As we've discussed here before about
objectionable books, there's no such thing as bad
publicity.
The people who work for OCLC get paid. I assume their
salaries come from the sale of Dewey-related books.
Should it also come from licensi
nd is
"complete in one volume with translation of the
Torah".
Mesorah Publications is at
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Have a good and sweet year,
Rose Myers
Hillel Academ
Following up on Dan Rettberg's comments,
here's a question I'm not sure I want to ask:
Can I go ahead and use Dewey without getting
permission first?
How about Elazar and Weine?
And Library of Congres
Dina,
I like to go to library book sales and have found this
site
http://www.booksalefinder.com
very helpful.
Lots of libraries give books away on the last day,
although they request a donation.
Of course this takes a lot of time.
Good luck with your search.
May you have a good, sweet, an
I think it's called the Polychrome Haggadah and I
think it may be out of print at the moment. It's
nifty!
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think this is a Chasidic story. There are
variations on it.
Let me know what you find. I collect variations.
Rose Myers
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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I just wanted to thank everyone who posts to HaSafran
for all the information and support that I've received
this past year.
May you all have a good and sweet year,
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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All I've found is that Chagall went to heder until he
was thirteen and that his family was Hasidic.
Based only on this, it is possible that he learned the
Bible in its original language of Hebrew.
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e for commentary on Psalm 47,
> recited before blowing the shofar.
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> Any suggestions of websites or books I should have
> in the library?
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> Thanks,
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Azriel Rosenfeld explained:
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this, please let me
know. (The summer get-together with teachers never
happened.)
Have fun,
Rose Myers
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and other states seem to do something similar
or, of course, there's interlibrary loan from your
local library.
Good luck,
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dollars are required to get a name?
Who gets a bookplate? Do you put new bookplates in
books that are already in the library/center?
And, finally, do you design your own bookplates and
use Avery labels or do you order prepasted ones?
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Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
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A teacher has asked me for commentary on Psalm 47,
recited before blowing the shofar.
Any suggestions of websites or books I should have in
the library?
Thanks,
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Library
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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I wrote directly to Janet Gross, but I've thought more
about this. My original message to her is included
below. However, I just wanted to say that the Bible
is full of stories. So are the Talmud and of course
all the collections of Midrash. Maybe her professor
sees the Bible as a sacred book a
cational consultant, specializes in the creative
> > use of literature for children.
Are these things done? Do they work? It sounds
interesting. If so, it would be nice to have a
webpage listing satellite events and tapes.
Rose Myers
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
and
The Communi
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answer my Jewish and educational questions.)
Thanks for your help.
Rose Myers
Edith Scheinberg Educational Resource Center
Hillel Academy
Fairfield, CT
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