[ha-Safran] Please read: It takes a mentor by Thomas L. Friedman (The New York Times) September 9th, 2014

2014-09-19 Thread Stephanie L Gross
With millions of students returning to school - both K-12 and college - this is a good time to review the intriguing results of some research that Gallup did over the past year, exploring the linkages between education and long-term success in the workplace. That is: What are the things that

[ha-Safran] Fw: New AJL News and Reviews issues now available online!

2014-09-19 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
If you did not have a chance to read the AJL News (and Reviews) please take time to do it. You will see that AJL President and Council have YOU in mind. Each one volunteers his/her time to serve AJL members best they can. I found the articles very interesting and the chapters activities

[ha-Safran] New Year message

2014-09-19 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
My new year message is in today's blog.Shabbat shalom and Shanah tovah,http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/2014/09/shannah-tovah-5775_19.html __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran] new Judaica title from Poland

2014-09-19 Thread Hirsch, David
A new book by an old friend of mine... Best, David Lucky Jews: Poland’s Jewish figurines (Na szczęście to Żyd: Polskie figurki Żydów) Erica Lehrer In Poland today, “Lucky Jews” outnumber Polish Jews. Figurines and images of Jews holding money have proliferated in Poland with the country’s