Safranot safranim,
I didn't see a thread for this yet, so I'm starting
one.
I checked the following sites and found them to be not
working :
http://www.bnai-israel.com/library.html
http://www.jewishdayschool.org/
That doesn't necessarily mean that those libraries
have been damaged, but I
Those of you who read my article on blogs in the
Nov.-Dec. 2004 issue of _AJL Newsletter_ might also
want to read the following 3 articles that appeared in
a July 2005 issue of _World Jewish Digest_ :
How Blogging Changed My Life by Esther D. Kustanowitz
On Saturday, former AJL member and Director of the
Jewish Public Library of Toronto, Rabbi Yitzhak Witty
passed away.
I'm pasting the text from the excellent _Toronto Star_
obituary below, but I'd also like to add some of my
own personal comments.
Rabbi Witty was indeed a fine colleague to work
Here in my home province of Ontario the provincial
library association (the Ontario Library Association)
has been holding its annual convention in the same
hotel/convention center every year --- and they
apparently have a multi-year contract so that the
hotel convention center is guaranteed the
--- Nancy Sack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
but there's no reason why many--if not
most--of the other
responsibilities could not be spread more widely.
I'm thinking here of
soliciting presenters (and then soliciting their
bios, abstracts, A/V
needs, waivers, etc.), soliciting
Back when I presented my paper Beyond Maus : How to
Expand Your Collection of Holocaust Comics and Graphic
Novels at the AJL conference in Toronto, I wasn't
aware of scans of entire comic stories being made
available for free online. Unfortunately, only 2 of
the sites listed below are publisher
This excellent 4-page illustrated essay by author
Janet Berliner (The Madagascar Manifesto), which is
the introduction for Charnel Houses of Europe, may
be read for free online (Acrobat format) at
http://www.white-wolf.com/Download/Assets/Excerpts/theSHOAH.pdf
What is Charnel Houses of Europe you
Could someone please tell me (off-list) how notice is
sent that an item held by Library of Congress has been
re-classified /or re-catalogued?
I don't just mean the changing of a subject heading
(though that interests me, too ; I once heard
reference to a subject headings update that one can
Overabundance of information is one of the main
challenges of the Information Age
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/lsc311/textbook/evaluation.pdf
Do we need Warning Labels for Lies in the Libraries?
http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/4th_estate/lies.htm
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librarians)
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If you find the comic, could you share the info with
the rest of us?
Thanks,
I don't think Judith will mind my reprinting her
anmswer ( see below) :
It is Art Spiegelman's MAUS, recently published in
Hungary. At the beginning of March 2005 the Hungarian
I'm trying to track down information about a Holocaust
comic book that was published in Hungary, apparently
distributed in the Metro (subway) system.
The only reference I have for the news story is :
The new issue of Library Links may now be read via WWW
by going to
http://ajlontario.tripod.com/issue19_may05.htm
In this issue :
- Route to Jewish Learning
- Bookcrossing
- an Unshelved comic strip
... and more
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Has anyone on the hasafran list joined one of the
librarian meetup groups that have been sprouting up.
I can't offer much information about them myself ; I
joined my local (Toronto) one, but there haven't been
any meetings here since I joined.
Here's what I can tell you about them :
The website
My suggestion would be Mostly Music
1-877-438-6874
Their listing for the video is online at
http://www.mostlymusic.com/album-landing.aspx?a=27433
It seems to list for $24.99.
Please note the NTSC format. It will need to be
converted to VHS, if they don't have a VHS edition to
sell.
B'shalom,
If anyone would like to read the complete article,
they can go to
http://ajlontario.tripod.com/column15.htm/
An update to both articles :
There's a new type of wiki site on the Internet :
Wikinews. It remains to be seen whether this will be a
useful reference tool or whether it will merely be
--- Anna Olswanger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am trying to find a source of Jewish radio stations or
producers of Jewish radio stations.
Do Jewish radio shows count?
JM in the AM
http://www.jmintheam.org/
Shalom America
http://shalom-am.com/index.html
Shalom FM
http://www.shalomfm.com/
Safranim and safraniyot,
I usually leave the job of giving Jewish book news to
Anna Olswanger (who does an excellent job of it), but
I felt compelled to announce the launching of the book
The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden, the first from
the young adult press for Jewish teens line of
newcomer
Interesting dilemma, Don. One I haven't heard of
before.
According to the Jewishstore website -
http://www.jewishstore.com/Software/EncyJudaica.htm -
EJ does run on XP, as well as Windows 95/98/ME/2000.
Perhaps they are misinformed.
They added an odd note, though :
The Encyclopaedia Judaica
I must admit that I laughed at that juxtaposition of
quotes, as well.
I certainly agree that context is extremely important.
However, statements --- and parts of statements ---
contain information that can be analyzed, even out of
context. The language and the imagery that is chosen
(especially
I didn't see the answer to this question at the
hasafran archive (I may have missed it), so I'll give
one.
I found out that someone mentioned Jewish Book Week
about a year ago on hasafran :
http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/msg01934.html
The website for this year's
I don't know if this is the one you were referring to,
but there's an interesting historical presentation
(like an animated slide show with maps) called
History in a Nutshell by Udi Ohana at
http://jewishinternetassociation.org/historynutshell/conflict.html
B'shalom,
Steve
Messages and
This isn't the first verse from the Talmud that I've
disliked reading, nor even the first one that I've
read that was sexist. What bothers me just as much is
the image of books being burned (though I realize that
it is not meant to be taken literally).
The verse is from the Jerusalem Talmud,
--- Linda Silver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The AJL Newsletter children's
book review editors
have developed guidelines and they are sent to
reviewers with every copy of
a review book that they receive. SSC has also
prepared a brochure called
Excellence in Jewish Children's
--- Eli Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am I to understand there is no basic definition in
AJL for what is
appropriately Jewish?
I checked the Mission Goals section of the AJL
website.
Under Mission :
The Association fosters access to information,
learning, teaching and research relating
--- Linda Silver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For
younger children, a
picture book entitled Jalapeno Bagels by Natasha
Wing is a better choice.
I remember that one and enjoyed it too!
re : AJL promotion of interfaith books
I must admit that I, like Eli, am generally
uncomfortable having
--- Ann Abrams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well said, Yaffa. I would add that we would also be
compromising the J
if we don't define Jewish life and identity in a
broad, inclusive way.
Perhaps, we need to once again define the ages-old
question What is a Jewish book?
Maybe we could even
I sometimes feel compelled to spend time searching for
sites on specific Jewish topics. Sometimes, I even
turn my findings into a column.
Today, I decided to look up Jewish sites on
intermarriage. I had never heard of most of these
sites before.
*
Articles on Interfaith Issues
--- Elaine Taylor-Klaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm even having
trouble finding good biographical information.
Do you have a photograph you can send or email for
us to use for this
project?
I would recommend contacting Dr. June Cummins of the
San Diego State University Dept. of
Digital Yiddish Library
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Back in April 2004, Fay
--- Heidi Estrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Six Sydney Taylor Honor Books were named for 2004:
five in the Older
Readers' Category and one in the Younger Readers'
Category. For Older
Readers, the Honor Books are:
...
Bobbie
Rosenfeld: The Olympian
Who Could Do Everything by Anne
Remember how high school and university students would
sign up for Model United Nations and play a
make-believe game of world politics to try to gain
an appreciation for global issues?
I suppose it only made sense that the cyber-community
would want to replicate that experience in some form
---
I cam across the online wish list of Temple De
Hirsch Sinai's library on its website at
http://www.tdhs-nw.org/learning/special_programs.php3?page=66
I think this is a wonderful idea!
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Safranot/im,
I don't usually post about the death of comic book
professionals, but am making an exception in this case
(besides, one of his books has been mentioned on
hasafran already).
Writer-illustrator Will Eisner (1917-2005), awarded
the Lifetime Achievement award from the national
Here's the information about the reading group I
started up.
The website address is :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jewlit/
The description for the group follows.
This reading group is for the discussion of all types
of Jewish written stories. In addition to prose,
illustrated texts (such as
--- Julie Moss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
please send me the address of S.Bergson's site on
graphic novels.
Here's the info, Julie ( anyone else who wants it) :
Jews in Comics website :
http://www.geocities.com/safran-can/JWISHC.HTM
Jewish comics discussion forum :
The point is almost moot.
Hasafran is no longer a private forum. The messages
are now archived at
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Those who now post to hasafran have little expectation
of privacy ; anyone with Internet access may read your
messages --- including those
Events?
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Another possible
Mazal Tov, Anne.
Hopefully, this the first of many.
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson, Librarian
Jewish Public Library of Toronto
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Dear Ellen,
I had trouble sending e-mail to both ellenc@
templeisaiah.com and [EMAIL PROTECTED] Therefore,
I'm sending this to you via hasafran.
Subject: re : Colonial Roots Read
Dear Ellen,
I realize that this message is coming rather late
(with the conference being less than 2 weeks
Hanna Geshelin wrote :
many Orthodox kids spend much, much more time in
school and doing omework because they have full
English and full Hebrew programs. They have
little time for recreational reading.
I just read an interesting article in Ha'aretz about
the reading habits of Israeli
Safranot and safranim,
I wanted to test my assumption that no library with a
Yiddish collection has a copy of the following book
(romanzized title) :
Eisner, Will. _An Opmakh Mit Got_ (Amsterdam :
Lambiek).
I am inquiring about the Yiddish translated version,
NOT the transliterated version.
Association of Jewish Libraries
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After doing a Google search, I happened across
Safaranot safranim,
The new issue of Library Links (AJL Ontario's
electronic newsletter) is available to anyone
interested in reading it. In this issue : changes at
the Jewish Public Library of Toronto ; the Canadian
Book Exchange Center ; Scatter of the Literarure ; and
more.
Worldmagazine?
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A big thank you to everyone who gave me the publishing
info for the Olameinu publication.
Steven M. Bergson,
--- Darren Garnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The BJE of New York used to publish a kids' magazine
called World Over,
which was distributed in the Hebrew Schools. I
remember it from my youth.
There was also a similar-style similarly-titled
magazine titled Olameinu / World Over. Does anyone
Being a Canadian, my knee-jerk response was going to
be to mention the fact that Canadian current events
usually get sidetracked by the American press, which
prefers to report on American news.
Alas, Cleveland, Baltimore and NY proved to be
exceptions to the rule.
Below, I have provided a list
Due to a combined set of circumstances (the regular
mail room guy is on vacation, the replacement guy
hasn't been delivering our mail in person instead
has left it in our box, the library was closed during
most of Passover, and the replacement guy misdirected
mail marked UTT Library Fund), I
June is on the right track and, as she points out, the
website should have the word Jew in it, as that is
the word that is, at the moment, directing people to
Jewwatch.
A key part of it is that we all would have to go to
the ONE chosen site for it to be really effective. No,
this isn't exactly a
--- Andrea Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some battles are not worth going to the barricades
for. Now signators to the petition have succeeded in
giving a windfall of publicity to the antisemitic
website.
Andrea
Ironically, many of the websites (including the
Remove Jew Watch petition
Dear Dan safranim,
--- Rettberg, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve--
I truly appreciate your concern, and understand your
point about this being
an opportunity for good. However, assuming that
these sites can in fact be
changed by anyone at anytime, how long are they
likely to
--- Rivka Strom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The one Hatewatch was bought by the SPLC and Morris
Dees, the name dropped
and integrated into Tolerance.Org.
As to the other I am unaware.
Yes, the one (legitimate, IMO) Hatewatch site (i.e.
http://www.hatewatch.org) was bought by the SPLC and
The People of the Comic Book : Superheroes and Jewish
Culture
The New York City Comic Book Museum brings to the JCC
a fascinating and lively new exhibit that will explore
the Jewish contributions to one of the truly original
American art forms-comic books. Jewish creators were
at the core of the
Safranot/im,
It came to my attention (thanks to an attentive
colleague at a local Holocaust Center) that my
library's 3 copies of _The Holocaust Chronicle_ are
missing pages 279-282. This was not an act of
vandalism, but a publication error. I don't know if
this happened with every copy or only
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