Re: [ha-Safran] Correction ! I meant Barbara Krasner

2014-03-12 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
Dear friends, Barbara Krasner is the recipient of the Groner-Wikler Scholarship for AJL Conference. I think that in the spirit of Purim I became dyslexic and made a typo in her name. I also did not list all of her amazing accomplishments because I could not turn a Hasafran email into a gantz

[ha-Safran] Oooops - one more book to offer ----

2014-03-12 Thread Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger
One more book to offer Six Israeli novellas / by Ruth Almog, Aharon Appelfeld, David Grossman, Yehudit Hendel, Yaakov Shabtai, Benjamin Tammus / edited and with an introduction by Gershon Shaked ; translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu, Philip Simpson, and Marganit Weinberger-Rotman (Boston : D

[ha-Safran] More duplicates available ....

2014-03-12 Thread Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger
Colleagues, Here are some more books we are offering to other libraries: Arabesques : a novel / by Anton Shammas ; translated from the Hebrew by Vivian Eden (New York : Harper & Row, 1988) [the same as above] (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001) An anthology of Jewish-Russian literat

[ha-Safran] Purim Plays and Purim Shpiels: History and commercial post

2014-03-12 Thread Henry Hollander
In honor of the upcoming holiday of Purim we have prepared a short research into the subject of the Purim Shpiel and the related and sometimes overlapping Purim Play. In addition I have prepared a list of American Purim Plays from the 1910s through the 1950s that I acquired some time ago but hav

[ha-Safran] Free author event

2014-03-12 Thread Liza Stabler
DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS; ALL INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO EAST END TEMPLE.   HELENE SPRING LIBRARY EVENT, featuring author Meg Wolitzer Sunday, March 30, 2014 1 pm East End Temple, 245 E, 17th Street, New York, NY 10003  Tel:  212 477-6444 No Admission Charge/Public invited Meg Wol

[ha-Safran] Gloria Abella Ballen - The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet

2014-03-12 Thread Gaon Books
Gaon Books has just published The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet, described by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi as a “glorious book”. Author Gloria Abella Ballen has just had an exhibition of art works on the 22 letters of the aleph bet, based on images from the book at the Waxlander Gallery on Cany

[ha-Safran] Gaon Books Author Wins European Prize for Folklore

2014-03-12 Thread Gaon Books
Gaon Books author and Israeli ethnomusicologist, Susana Weich-Shahak, has just won the European Prize for Folklore for her work on the Moroccan Sephardic Romancero, published 2013. This is an anthology of Judeo-Spanish ballads from the Spanish romancero tradition that have been preserved in the

Re: [ha-Safran] Fwd: Reference question for Safranim

2014-03-12 Thread igud . safranei . yahadut igud . safranei . yahadut
The poems in tee beginning of the issue are by Else Lasker Schuller Haim 2014-03-12 18:13 GMT+02:00 igud.safranei.yahadut igud.safranei.yahadut < igud.safranei.yaha...@gmail.com>: > Shalom > I found the issue. It is der Indzl > second year, June-July 1926, No. 3-4 (15-16) > > > Haim Levy > The

Re: [ha-Safran] Fwd: Reference question for Safranim

2014-03-12 Thread igud . safranei . yahadut igud . safranei . yahadut
Shalom I found the issue. It is der Indzl second year, June-July 1926, No. 3-4 (15-16) Haim Levy The National Library Hebrew Catalog 2014-03-12 7:39 GMT+02:00 Hasafran : > From: Maher, Paul > Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 5:22 PM > Subject: Reference question for Safranim > > > I have an issue

[ha-Safran] Book Launch at UConn

2014-03-12 Thread Norman Finkelstein
You are invited to celebrate the publication of SCHOOLS OF HOPE How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education By Norman H. Finkelstein Published by Calkins Creek Books Monday, March 31, 2014, 4 PM The University of Connecticut Bookstore One Royce Circle, Storrs Center, Stor

[ha-Safran] LC call numbers range list??

2014-03-12 Thread Kolodney, Uri
Everybody knows that Spring break is a great time for 'doing statistics'! I'm finally trying to figure out exactly how many items my collection holds - in all formats and all languages. I'm searching by LC number range (BM... BS... DS... PJ...etc.), but am wondering if someone already did someth

[ha-Safran] In the News: AJL works with ATLA and CLA on Preservation Survey

2014-03-12 Thread Heidi Estrin
Thanks to AJL members Ilka Gordon and Elizabeth Stabler for participating in this collaborative project that AJL is doing with ATLA and CLA. This press release comes from the ATLA website and was also blogged on AJL’s site. – Heidi Estrin, President, AJL In Good Faith Project Prepares Preservati