Dear Librarians New Title Coming Soon From Gefen Publishing House:
Sephardi Entrepreneurs in Jerusalem; The Valero Family 1800-1948 (English Translation) ISBN: 978-9652293961 By Professor Ruth Kark and Dr. Joseph B. Glass Hardcover, 440 pages US Release Date: December, 20 2007 Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Price: $29.95 http://www.israelbooks.com/bookDetails.asp?book=650 We are looking for librarians to review this book! To request a review copy reply to this message and place "librarian review copy request" in the subject line. See what else is new at Gefen's Website http://tinyurl.com/yv4tba Description: Here is the fascinating story of one of Jerusalem's founding families. The Valeros established the first private bank in Israel. They owned considerable real estate in Jerusalem and its environs, as well as properties throughout the country, many of which they donated for the public's needs. Members of the elite Jerusalem Sephardic community, which peaked in the beginning of the twentieth century, the Valeros were extremely active in public life. The book also serves as a cultural study of the life of a family from the higher echelons of Jerusalem in the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries. About the Authors Dr. Joseph B. Glass received his doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has authored five books and numerous articles. Dr. Glass co-authored with Professor Kark the first volume in this series: Sephardic Entrepreneurs in Eretz Israel: The Amzalak Family, 1816-1918. Professor Ruth Kark, Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has written and edited twenty books and over 200 articles on the history and historical geography of Palestine and Israel. She is co-editor of the book Jewish Women in the Yishuv and Zionism: A Gender Outlook (2002). 29.95 Send purchase orders for this and other Gefen Publishing House titles: By email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By fax: 516-295-2739 To place special orders for books of other Israeli publishers send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Special Orders and Marketing Gefen Publishing House Hatzvi 6, Jerusalem, 94386, Israel tel: 972 2 538 0247 ext. 2 fax: 972 2 538 8423 www.israelbooks.com 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