[ha-Safran] Fall Conference-Assn. of Jewish Libraries, New York Metropolitan Area Chapter (Update)

The 2012 Fall Conference of The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) will be devoted to the topic of "Synagogue Archives From Various Viewpoints." Synagogue archives will be discussed from different perspectives - the creation of a synagogue archiv

[ha-Safran] Books about Miriam

Can any of you please recommend biographies about Miriam (elementary or early teen level books).Thank you. Margy MitnickVolunteer LibrarianAdat Shalom SynagogueCheswick, pamargymitn...@hotmail.com __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those o

[ha-Safran] Important notice regarding AJL News and AJL Reviews issues online

Please accept my apologies regarding some confusion about the location of the new issues. The new issues (and all previous ones) are also available on the members-only area of the AJL website - http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Publications/NewsReviews.aspx If you are an AJL member, you shou

[ha-Safran] Index on contemporary Talmud scholarship?

Hello Safranim, I feel like there must be an easy answer to this, but I couldn't think of one offhand. Is there an index of contemporary scholarship in the Talmud? The patron I was working with wanted to see what/if any research had been done on a particular section, and I imagine the easiest wa

[ha-Safran] Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts @ JTS

Dear Colleagues, We are thrilled to announce, with extreme gratitude to Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky, the accessibility of more than 150 manuscripts on The Library's digital collections site. Keep checking the site as we load new manuscripts every day! http://www.jtsa.edu/Th

[ha-Safran] YIVO Conference, December 11, 2012 in NYC

Dear Safranim, I just received the following information from Dr. Lyudmila Sholokhova, head of the YIVO library, on an upcoming conference. Please see details below. Sincerely, -- Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwar

[ha-Safran] News issues of AJL Reviews and AJL News are now availalbe online

For those of you that are AJL members, Please be advised that the links to the new issues were sent to the membership list this morning. Please let me know if you did not get that message by _tomorrow_ morning (Friday). Many thanks, Uri Uri Kolodney AJL News / AJL Reviews editor-in-chief The As