Safranim -- Most of you know that I don't usually "shill" for books. But in my research I've come across the Arcadia Publishing series of local histories. They are being sold in each city, so it's easy to assume they are regional. In addition to the dozens of city and neighborfhood books, there are about 30 of them devoted to Jewish commuinities and Jewish city histories.
There isn't much text in them; they're basically photographic collections with extensive captions. But for those who want to add local information on other cities, they are worth the $20 a volume. The website -- arcadiapublishing.com -- allows searches by subject. I used "Jewish" and they gave me 46 hits, including some places that surprised me. Fred Isaac Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
