[ha-Safran] New Yizkor Books Translations Available

2013-11-21 Thread Donald & Sandra Hirschhorn
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print project is proud to announce that we now have 22 books in English available for purchase,including hard-cover versions of Yizkor books from these towns: Brzeziny, Poland Buchach, Ukraine Ciechanow, Poland Czestochowa, Poland Dzialoszyce, Poland Jaslo, Poland Jurbarkas,

[ha-Safran] article needed

2013-11-21 Thread Ilka Gordon
A patron is looking for an article by R.E. Friedman in Near Eastern Studies v. 22 (1981) p. 31. Title of the article: Sacred History and Theology : the Redaction of Torah. The article is also in Creation of Sacred Literature pp.25-34. Can anyone please send me this article? Ilka Gordon igo

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for books for HS students- both literary and "kosher"

2013-11-21 Thread aidonna
What about The Phantom Toolbooth. It's funny and sophisticated enough for high schoolers . Aileen Grossberg Lampert library Congregation Shomrei Emunah Montclair nj On Nov 20, 2013, at 7:54 PM, Rose Myers wrote: > Are you looking for Jewish books? > What about the traditional classics? > He

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for books for HS students- both literary and "kosher"

2013-11-21 Thread Becky Schastey
I subscribe to some emails from Torah.org and just received one that has this in one of them was this message, "This is a plug for the fantasy novel my son published a year ago, The Ring of Fate. It is an exciting, "can't put down" read, and has received very positive feedback since its publica

[ha-Safran] Yehuda Bauer in Spanish

2013-11-21 Thread Efraim Zadoff
Safranim yekarim, I am happy to announce that I have edited and published a new book. Yehuda Bauer, Reflexiones sobre el Holocausto. ISBN 978-965-90691-4-9 It is the translation into Spanish of his book: Rethinking the Holocaust (English) and Hirhurim al haShoa (Hebrew). I will wait for your o

[ha-Safran] Jews and comics

2013-11-21 Thread Hasafran
Date:Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:01:17 +0200 From:Katherine Aron-Beller Subject: Workshop: Comics and Jewish Studies at Columbia in January "TENT: Comics" will explore the role that Jews have played in the development of comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels, from their invention to the

Re: [ha-Safran] New Holocaust Education Book

2013-11-21 Thread Johnson, Naomi
Thank you for the information about this book - it looks fantastic. It could possibly be used with this film: http://www.asseenthroughtheseeyes.com/ Has anyone seen this film and if so, - any thoughts? Naomi From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.ser

[ha-Safran] Mutlimedia presentation on Yiddish operetta - NYC, Nov. 24, 2013

2013-11-21 Thread Amanda Seigel
Dear Safranim, I am forwarding this announcement on behalf on the National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene. I had a chance to see this presentation by retired librarian Michael Ochs earlier this year, and it was excellent. Please see details below. Sincerely, -- Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librar

[ha-Safran] THE FLAT is a must for your Film Collection/Course

2013-11-21 Thread Ruth Diskin
THE FLAT by Arnon Goldfinger is "One of the best movies of the year. It plays like a great mystery - and it is. This is what a documentary should be - smart, moving, profound and unpredictable - in other words, what we look for in a great film. The Flat is all of that and more." Michael Moore, Film

[ha-Safran] Newsletter Jerusalem Books Ltd. Thanksgivukka 2013

2013-11-21 Thread Jerusalem Books
Newsletter Jerusalem Books ltd Autumn 2013 Dear Friends, The Shaul Lieberman institute, aka, the Society for Interpretation of the Talmud, under Shamma Freidman has published new volumes of the Talmud Ha-Iggud. Having done so in the past I will say, telegraphically, that this is a modern Talmud

[ha-Safran] The Newcomers by Lily Poritz Miller - Forthcoming Events

2013-11-21 Thread Lily Miller
*FORTHCOMING EVENTS* *Thursday, November 28, 6 - 8 PM* Launch at Ben McNally Books 366 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5H 4B2 Tel: 416-361-0032 http://www.benmcnallybooks.com/ *Thursday, December 12, 6:30 PM* *For early birds, also Sunday, December 8, 8:00 AM* Rogers TV (Cable 10) Half-hour i

[ha-Safran] Call for Papers - 24th annual conference - Society for CryptoJudaic Studies

2013-11-21 Thread Schelly Talalay Dardashti
CALL FOR PAPERS 24th Annual Conference - Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies July 20-22, 2014, in Dallas, Texas The keynote speaker will be Miriam Bodian, professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and author most recently of Dying in the Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the