[ha-Safran]: Yasher Koach!

g their city and giving us all a taste of what to look forward to next year. Perhaps the video will be available on YouTube &/or on the AJL website for those who missed it. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, MLIS (trying to unwind after a somewhat stressful week ; I don't think I&#x

Re: [ha-Safran]: Currency to carry to convention?

> Does anybody have advice about how > much cash, both American and > Canadian, we should bring to the convention? (It's > probably wise to > get some Canadian money before we go, so we have it already > when we > get there, and don't have make a special trip to a bank.) Usually, that's th

[ha-Safran]: Air Canada strike

Perhaps someone from the convention committee would like to say something about the Air Canada strike and how it might affect convention-goers. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Librar

Re: [ha-Safran]: AJL Reviews and AJL News are now available online

Looks great. I also took a look at the "Newsletters" link. Are the 2010 newsletters going to be scanned and uploaded there? --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =

[ha-Safran]: Hadassah cover scan needed

Looking for the cover of the June-July 2005 issue of Hadassah Magazine (uses the cover of Rabbi's Cat 2). If anyone can e-mail a color scan to me, please let me know. Thanks! B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson (working on a presentation on "Jewish women in comics" for the AJL

[ha-Safran]: Comments on "religious" comic books

y the relevant titles. I also started a Goodreads "Jewish comix" shelf, which may be found at http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1686576-steven-bergson?shelf=jews-and-comics It only has 77 titles at the moment. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson (who is currently trying to figure out

Re: [ha-Safran]: Question about religious comic books

print of Harry Abrams. Although Abrams sounds like a Judaica publisher, it is not (although there are quite a number of Judaica books - graphic & non-graphic - in its catalogue). B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Jewish comics blog http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com --- Messages and op

[ha-Safran]: Running the Books - Jewish librarian memoir

son-librarian-avi-steinberg-on-reading-behind-bars/ The blog where I found it mentioned is Book Covers Anonymous, which took notice of the "Incredible date stamp illustration". I must agree with that. If I ever give a presentation on Judaica book covers, this one will certain

[ha-Safran]: Printing off copies of the AJL Newletter

heoreticallly would be reaching more readers, above & beyond the AJL membership. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Toronto, Canada --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =

[ha-Safran]: JOB OPPORTUNITY: Harold Robbins Academy Library (Toronto)

Position : Library Technician Please send resume to : seil...@usds.ca Harold Robbins Academy (formerly USDS) is a Jewish day school for grades K-8 (Toronto) --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association o

[ha-Safran]: Books for review / giveaway contest - Goodreads

is working to create a foundation for peace. Readers will gain insight into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and find a timely message of understanding and hope not often heard from this part of the world. ** B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Toronto, Ont., CANADA --- Messages and opin

RE: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

nt or out-of-print, but it sounds like an excellent resource. Incidentally, I found the listing while doing a "Google Books" search. In addition to that title, they also have copies of the AJL Newsletter indexed with "snippet views" allowed. Steven M. Bergson

Re: [ha-Safran]: Jewcentricity by Adam Garfinkle?

> Wondered whether any of you > had seen > it. AS a matter of fact, I have seen it. My review copy arrived in the mail on Friday and I read the introduction the following day. My review won't appear until the May-June issue of the AJL Newsletter and I don't plan on reading any more of it unt

[ha-Safran]: libraries article in the CJN

ernational Jew by Henry Ford http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_International_Jew Honorable mention goes to a site which, it seems, Henry had meant to include, but which got edited out of the article Incunabula,Hebraica & Judaica at Library & Archives Canada http://www.collectionscanada.gc.c

[ha-Safran]: Article in the Jewish press by an AJL member

ion=com_content&task=view&id=17815&Itemid=86>http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17815&Itemid=86 Kol ha-kavod, Barry! B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Toronto, Canada --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of t

[ha-Safran]: Slideshare and AJL presentations

desharing (is that a verb?), combined with podcasting, could really help non-attendees get a sense of what they missed if they can't go to convention. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Toronto, Canada --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

Re: [ha-Safran] Waltz with Bashir

> I am looking for advice in cataloging the book version of > Waltz with Bashir. > > First, would you consider this fiction or non-fiction? I don't have the book yet, but based on preview pages it closely mirrors the film (which I did see). The film & book are a collection of war memoirs, th

[ha-Safran]: Vague book query

I received the following reference question via the Jewish Comics blog I maintain. I don't have an answer for the poster, but - since it is about a book, specifcally - I thought I'd repeat the query to the list. "This may seem strange, but I'm hoping you (or someone who reads this blog) can hel

[ha-Safran]: Jewish cartoonists at TCAF this weekend

>From : "miriam libicki" On Sunday afternoon from 4:30-5:00, in the "Learning Centre 2", I'll be doing a comic reading/slideshow & talk, which is, like the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, utterly free & open to the public! I've done variations of this reading for students at UW as well as the A

RE: [ha-Safran]: Subject heading (WAS Re: Children's holocaust

> I looked up Blake Eskin's book on Wilkomirski, and LC > uses 'Literary > forgeries and mystifications' along with > 'Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), > in literature'. Does that do it? For the book ABOUT Wilkomirski & his book, yes. But > Meanwhile, Wilkomirski's book, Fragments, has t

[ha-Safran]: Subject heading (WAS Re: Children's holocaust

book "Angel Girl" recalled) X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . co

Re: [ha-Safran]: Question about Yaldah

From: "Leah Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't know if anyone has replied yet, but yes, YALDAH is definitely for 8 year olds. It's geared for ages 8-15. Thanks, Leah Larson, Editor & Publisher YALDAH magazine P.O. Box 215 Sharon, MA 02067 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.yaldahmagazine.com Register for

[ha-Safran]: Jewish authors forum - Nov. 9th, NYC

Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel & Nextbook present : BYFI Fall Forum Culture Shock : Jewish Writing in America Date: Sunday November 9, 12-4pm Venue: 92Y Tribecca, 200 Hudson St, NYC www.92y.org TICKETS Event admission: $15-$30 Session 1:(12-1:15pm) Canon Fodder - What Distinguishes the

[ha-Safran]: Israeli comics lecture at Library of Congress - Nov. 6th

Courtesy of Washington DC comics scholar Mike Rhode, who posted this at http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2008/11/nov-6-israeli-comics-lecture-at-library.html * Drawing both from Judeo-European and American cultures, comics have been a mainstay of Israeli newspapers and readers' markets since the

[ha-Safran]: Virtual bookshelves

Some of you might recall how back in 2002, the webmaster for MyJewishBooks.com posted a message on hasafran asking us to share which book(s) we were reading at that time, so that he could put the answers up on his website. You can still see / read the answers at http://www.myjewishbooks.com/wh

[ha-Safran]: Vote for Yaldah Magazine

(forwarded from Leah Larson) If it wouldn't be too much trouble, do you mind sending out one telling people where they can vote for YALDAH to win the grand prize of $100,000? Voting just opened today and will be open until November 10th. To vote visit www.wellsfargo.com/somedaystories and vote

[ha-Safran]: Women authors & Holocaust-era fiction

I hadn't really paid close attention to it before, but several of the notable YA authors of historical fiction that takes place during the Holocaust are women. I found the description of a panel on the topic at the Second Story website. http://www.secondstorypress.ca/events/89-women-writing-the

Re: [ha-Safran]: Who is behind Librarians for fairness

My own collection of facts / data (with no contact person) is below. First of all, the official website is : http://www.librariansforfairness.org/ In the "Archived Articles" section, the oldest article is dated December 23, 2002. Searching GoogleNews gets 2 results : StandWithUs Launches 'The

[ha-Safran]: Good news for Leah Larson & Yaldah Magazine

Those of you who attended the 2006 AJL convention might remember Leah Larson, who spoke there about her magazine for Jewish girls (Yaldah). Today, I came across an article at http://www.wickedlocal.com/sharon/news/x590313208/A-chance-to-grow-Resident-receives-10-000-for-magazine-as-part-of-conte

Re: [ha-Safran]: Story by Ephraim Kishon

That would be in Look Back, Mrs. Lot! (Atheneum, 1961), p. 5-24 and thew story is called simply "The Difference" : "Harry looked up and started crying. As the four helicopters flew by, he was bawling like a child. 'You see, Klein,' I said to him, 'that's the difference.' " Messages and opinions

Re: [ha-Safran]: Quotation

--- Linda Silver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am looking for the source of the quotation: "Trust not the teller but the tale." It may be by D. H. Lawrence. I would like to see how it appears in context. Thanks. This seems to come from Studies in Classic American Literature, which is

[ha-Safran]: Israel in Comics - the blog

s welcoem and appreciated. Enjoy! B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Toronto, Canada Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran]: Cookbooks query

It looks like my time away from the reference desk has made my research skills a bit rusty. At least that's the excuse I'm using for forgetting to double-check with LCSH first for the proper subject heading, which is JEWISH COOKERY, not JEWISH COOKBOOKS. Therefore, the URL I should have used is :

Re: [ha-Safran]: Patron inquiry re published cookbooks

2) 1977 (7) 1976 (4) 1975 (8) 1973 (3) 1972 (4) 1971 (4) 1970 (2) 1963 (3) 1962 (3) 1952 (2) 1950 (2) 1900 (7) There's also (by default) a breakdown by language, which looks like this : Language English (109) Czech (3) German (1) Hope that helps! B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Toronto, C

RE: [ha-Safran]: Durban Diaries (free download)

--- Aviva Astrinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for bringing this report to our attention. > We will add it to our antisemtica collection. I am curious if you also have the 3-page comix work "When the Goddamn Jews Take Over America" by Robert Crumb in your antisemitica collection. Tho

Re: [ha-Safran]: Request for book

--- Etta Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There's a book that's either about Hannah Szenes (sometimes spelled Senesh) or that consists of her writings and poetry. I'm looking for the edition that has a forward by Abba Eban. I want to get it for my niece, who is also Hannah. Found i

[ha-Safran]: [LIST] subject headings suggestion

Just a humble suggestion. Perhaps it would help subscribers if posters were to use bracketed classifiers to identify the type of message being posted. After all, librarians are the best suited to classify information. ;) suggestions [ADMIN] - administrative details (e.g. the list will be on hiat

Re: [ha-Safran]: Wikipedia revisited

--- "Steven M. Bergson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 3 years later and Dr. Oboler (post-doctoral fellow in Political Science at Bar-Ilan University) has posted an article alleging that Wikipedia is biased against Israel and specifically against the pro-Israel media wat

[ha-Safran]: Wikipedia revisited

Some of you who have read my "Cyberspace" columns in the AJL Newsletter might recall the last column I wrote, back in 2005, "Wiki, Wiki, Rise and Shine" about the wikis in general and Wikipedia specifically. The article is online at http://ajlontario.tripod.com/column15.htm One of the observations

[ha-Safran]: The Palestinian Refugee Issue

The Palestinian Refugee Issue: Rhetoric v. Reality The URL for the article is http://globalpolitician.com/24528-palestinian-refugees-palestine-israel >From the introduction : "The Palestinian refugee issue has festered for sixty years and remains a major stumbling block in reaching an Israeli-P

Re: [ha-Safran]: Convention Program

--- Linda Silver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the latest version > (which could also change > before the convention but not substantially), see > the Convention 2008 page > on the AJL website, www.jewishlibraries.org. I will also add that if you skip to the last page, you'll find the "La

[ha-Safran]: "Librarians Are Very Jewish"

short article in Lilith Magazine v.31(2) Summer 2006, p. 6. "Ironically, the public library - that most secular of institutions - has replaced the Torah as a major source of Jewish knowledge. I - and others, I suspect - head to the public library clutching the titles of Jewish books reccommended i

Re: [Ha-Safran] Has anyone shown the DVD "Promises" to Middle

--- Janice Levine wrote: Is there a teacher's guide that is available? Please also let me know where I can purchase a copy. There's a 12-page Facilitator's Guide online (Acrobat format) at http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/guide.pdf Since it's at the PBS website, I'm assuming you ma

RE: [ha-Safran]: Position Announcement

--- Joy Rich wrote: > Is it the feeling of this list that it is not > particularly important > to have an idea of a > salary before applying for a position? Daniel Strassman works for Joel H. Paul & Associates, Inc. Executive Recruiting & Consulting. Judging from orther ads on the site (see h

RE: [ha-Safran]: Different kind of query

By the way, is there a translation of "Mein Kampf" into Hebrew? The closest I've found was via http://worldcat.org/oclc/32340306 : ** One of the most interesting queries I was given was by a woman writing a Holocaust memoir. She gave me an obscure name (I can't recall it, at the moment) a

Re: [ha-Safran]: Literature and Jewish Food

--- Galit Seliktar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am gathering readings that deal with Jewish food (which go well with dinner). Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen, won the 2003 Commonwealth Writers Award for Best First Book, Canada and Caribbean Region, and the 2003 Canadian Jewish Book Award

hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu

Graphic Novels X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Tag at 5.00] X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.133 X-Listp

Re: [ha-Safran]: PR Issues, Closing Libraries

Here's some food for thought. We recently discussed how educators seem to be taking librarians and libraries for granted, even though we are at the forefront of learning, using AND teaching the technology which they assume is able to replace us so easily. Esther Kustanowitz, who recently attended

Re: [ha-Safran]: Library Closings

--- Linda Silver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | There is virtually no | recognition of libraries in | the initiatives and publications of JESNA, PEJE, | CAJE, or any of the | organizations that support Jewish education. {snip} | The handwriting has been on the wall for | quite a while so | perhaps

Re: [ha-Safran]: Looking for 2 DVDs

> Postville (I assume based on the book) Postville can be bought through PBS Home Video - (800) 752-9727 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ===

[ha-Safran]: Sad news

Dear Colleagues: I am sorry to share with you the sad news that Dr. Edmond (Yehuda Lipsitz) has pased away. Date of Funeral: Monday, June 4, 2007 Time of Funeral: 4:00 PM Location of Funeral: Steeles Memorial Chapel, 350 Steeles Ave. W. (Toronto) Location of Burial: Pardes Shalom Cemetery, Commun

RE: [ha-Safran]: Graphic novels

--- "Daniel A. Scheide" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe Megillat Esther by JT Waldman? I was going to suggest that, but text-wise there's not a lot in there that one wouldn't find in a standard translation of Esther. It's graphical and there is a little drash here and there, but it's mostly a

Re: [ha-Safran]: Graphic novels

I would recommend the following 3 : Dropsie Avenue : The Neighborhood by Will Eisner (DC Comics, 2000) Adolf by Osamu Tezuka (Viz, 1995) [5 books] Klezmer by Joan Sfar (First Second, 2006) [only volume 1 has been published thus far] Steven M. Bergson http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com

Re: [ha-Safran]: How to search for back issue articles from

the NYTimes X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Tag at 5.00] X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.133 X-Listproc

Re: [ha-Safran]: Cartoon strips

It depends on what you're trying to convey with the cartoon. I once compiled a bibliography of library cartoons, which was taken over by Anthony Wilson. The current version may be found at http://www.ibiblio.org/librariesfaq/comstrp/comstrp.htm Denise Plourde's site is easier to search, though.

[ha-Safran]: Tintin book in Hebrew

I am trying to find information about a Hebrew translation of a Tintin book by the author-illustrator known as Herge. The Hebrew title would be transliterated as Erets ha-zahav ha-shahor. If anyone has a copy of the book or access to a library that has a copy, please let me know off-list by e-maili

[ha-Safran]: Jewish Film World (WAS Re: [ha-Safran]: West Bank Story)

Although it has no info about West Bank story, there is a "Recent Films" section at the Jewish Film World website which lists websites &/or e-mail addresses for new Jewish films - http://www.jewishfilmworld.com/newreleases.html The "Archives" section provides the table of contents for the 1st 3 is

[ha-Safran]: Yiddish Cartoons by Josef Foshko at LC

Safranim / safranot, The following message was posted to the comix scholars listserv, but considering its relevance for Judaica librarians and scholars, I thought it appropriate to share with hasafran. B'shalom, Steve ** From: "Sara Willett Duke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] S

Re: [ha-Safran]: West Bank Story

According to the officical website http://www.westbankstory.com/html/buy.html : you may e-mail a request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] DVDs cost $23 including shipping & handling within the US. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed

[ha-Safran]: Library Journal (Jan. 15, 2007) - Theme: Comics

and Religion X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Tag at 5.00] X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.12 X-Listproc

New York Comic Con - Jewish graphic novels panel

Of possible interest to librarians who will be in the Manhattan area on Feb. 25th. The Jewish Side of Comics New York Comic Con Sun., Feb. 25, 2007 4:00-5:00 PM Room 1E04 moderated by Steven M. Bergson of The Jewish Comics Blog http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com * Rabbi Simcha Weinstein

[ha-Safran]: Toronto AJL convention in the news (Ottawa Citizen)

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=1ed26432-fa91-4d3f-b41b-e080e1643731&k=6 11th paragraph : [The Beguiling comic shop manager Chris] Butcher describes how comics have become widely accepted as a suitable medium for telling serious stories. He recounts attending a mee

[ha-Safran]: Citation needed from Pakn Treger #25

For an article I'm writing, I need the full citation for an article in the Summer 1997 issue of Pakn Treger (#25). This issue has an article in which different authors offer their viewpoints on what a Jewish book is. According to Ester Reiter, in this issue, Aharon Appelfeld distinguished between "

[ha-Safran]: Lets Talk About It: Jewish Literature grants

series using just graphic novels (Jewish or otherwise). B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Toronto, Canada Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Associ

Re: [ha-Safran]: Israeli Sports Movies

I'm assuming you mean actual game-playing rather than fictional "sports movies". If you are interested in the latter, I enjoyed watching the following film that made its Canadian premiere at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival earlier this year : WINNING WITH MIKI ISRAEL 2005, 76 min Hebrew Director

[ha-Safran]: Judaica Librarianship v.12

Has this volume been sent out yet or was there a delay? __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =

Re: [ha-Safran]: Looking for origin of a quote

sa.edu/about/communications/pubs/bestof/mgf.shtml Hope that helps! B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Research Administrator UJA Federation of Greater Toronto http://www.jewishtoronto.net/ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not nece

[ha-Safran]: "shares" of AJL Convention Blog for "sale"

I don't understand fantasy stock markets much better than I do fantasy sports leagues. I suppose it's for those who enjoy the thrill of playing without actually ... ummm playing. Fantasy stock markets are nothing new, but about a week ago, I discovered a website which functions as a "stock ma

Re: [ha-Safran]: Samson Blinded

and Muslims, Americans and Egyptians, liberals and conservatives, hawks and doves, all alike." Hope that helps. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Research Administrator Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spa

Re: [ha-Safran]: AJL Convention 2006 in Cambridge - SEND IN YOUR

--- Ann Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are looking for a photographer and a blogger. If > either of these > nouns could describe you, please contact me. The South Florida chapter has bloggers. Perhaps one of them will volunteer. Would this be the first AJL conference to be blogged?

Re: [ha-Safran]: "The Wave"

8-8406 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The film may be downloaded from http://www.xenutv.com/cults/wave.htm (Realplayer format, 2 parts) B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Research Administrator UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (Research Dept.) Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those

Re: [ha-Safran]: Megillat Esther

ics & Graphic Novels" section if your library has a special section for that format. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Librarian Jewish Public Library of Toronto (1997-2006) Jewish Comics blog http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com/ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of t

Re: [ha-Safran]: Video on kashering

om URL, but it wasn't working at the time. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Librarian Jewish Public Library of Toronto Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL ===

Re: [ha-Safran]: Jewish Mystery Fiction Bibliography

the AJL convention in Oakland. I wasn't there, but it's mentioned in hasafran archived message #04936. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Librarian Jewish Public Library of Toronto Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and ar

Re: [ha-Safran]: Responsa: Graphic novels

y mind is more concentrated on "Holocaust comics & graphic novels" since I'm working on that presentation (only 1 week away). B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Librarian Jewish Public Library of Toronto Jews in Comics http://www.geocities.com/safran-can/JWISHC.HTM/ Jewish C

[ha-Safran]: Library of Congress catalog now displays using Unicode

Yasher koach to the folks at Library of Congress who have succeeded at updating the LC catalog so that it can now display non-Roman characters! Steven M. Bergson, Librarian Jewish Public Library of Toronto Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are

Re: [ha-Safran]: Online Jewish reading groups and book clubs

at http://groups.google.com and it's possible to do an advanced search (e.g. looking for any messages posted to that groups using specific keywords - Jew, Jews, Jewish, Israel, etc.). My review of _Keys to the Garden_ is still archived there. Hope this helps. Steven M. Bergson, Librarian

Re: [ha-Safran]: Interview on NPR

--- Linda Silver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The NPR website, www.npr.org , > gives local station listings and may make an audio > version of the > interview available as well. I can be a bit more precise, Linda. Follow this link : http://www.npr.org/rundowns/calendar/m

[ha-Safran]: Hasafran Messages Archive

Safranot/im, About a year ago, our hasafran moderator (Yossi Galron) asked about ways to improve the mailing list. I remember offering a suggestion that the messages be archived online and that a searchable archive (as I have seen available for other lists) would be even better. I am pleased to

[hasafran] Re: A Stone in My Hand

Association) "books recieved" list for Spring 2003 at http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/rosenthal/src_mjsa_books.htm, but that doesn't mean it will get reviewed. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson __ Do you

[ha-Safran]: Synagogue Photo

Safranot/im, The covers of comic books usually are illustrated by comic artists. However, sometimes photos are used. One of the comics in my collection (Sandman Mystery Theatre #40) uses 3 superimposed photo images for the cover : a tree, a military cross and the front of a synagogue. I am assum

Re: [ha-Safran]: RE: Synagogue Photo and Nudnick Librarians

Hi Alba! Missed you at convention this year. --- alba toscano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What museum would be so dumb as to leave a bunch of > nice junk lying around > with a sign that says in large friendly letters: > "Have at it." What > exhibitors and museum curators would not work > t

[ha-Safran]: Re: Synagogue Photo

--- Chana Adar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps someone at Chabad Media - on - Line could > read the Hebrew inscription? I enlarged the scan so that I could better read it. A transliteration of the inscription is : "ha-sha`ar la-YY (hashem) tsadikim yavo'u kan" I still don't know which sy

[ha-Safran]: Re: short stories about libraries

--- Heidi Estrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently bought a > book called In The > Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and > Librarians, edited by Michael > Cart. The website for that book is at http://www.overlookpress.com/fiction/instacks.shtml 2 others that you might want to look

Re: [ha-Safran]: Short stories

--- Eileen Polk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know of any short stories that have > to do with libraries? If stories in "sequential art" fromat (i.e. comics) format count, then i can reccommend 2, both by Will Eisner. "Mortal Combat" was originally published in the collection _Invisi

Re: [ha-Safran]: Offensive Book

At the site I looked at http://www.jubileebooks.co.uk , it says that it is note even published in the UK yet. The descriptive paragraph provided reads thus : 12 year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. Israeli tanks control the city in response t

[ha-Safran]: Online Book Advisory Tools

I've already told you about the Database of Award-winning Children's Literature (http://www.dawcl.com) which has a "Ethnicity/Nationality of Protagonist or Tale" for which "Jewish" is an option. Linda Silver has told us about the site she implemnted - Jewish Values Finder - http://www.ajljewishv

[ha-Safran]: Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles

Abigail Yasgur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > The Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles is > delighted to announce that it has received a grant of > $41,000.00 from the Library Services Technology > Act/California State Library. Maybe Abigail could do a session at the next convention on how t

RE: [ha-Safran]: Judaism and Cults

--- Stuart Schnee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I highly recommend you contact the organization > "Jews for Judaism" - > they are the experts in this. I am sure they are on > the web, I think > located in Baltimore, MD. They are, indeed. http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/ They currently have onl

[Ha-Safran]: Virus attack

Dear Lee, According to Yahoo! (which scans any e-mail attachments), the file sent with the message "Pittsburgh book - gone" has a virus on it. Please "clean" your computer, so that the virus doesn't keep getting sent from your account. Fellow hasafran-ers, I would suggest that you scan your vers

Re: [ha-Safran]: Future of Judaica Librarianship

--- Eli Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As we retire our collections will not have > enough professionals to administer them. Not only that, but several professional sectors need to contend with the "double generation gap" that resulted from a 17-year hiring freeze. > I didn't realize the ex