[ha-Safran] 2015 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Announced

For immediate release: January 15, 2015 Aileen Grossberg, Chair Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee Association of Jewish Libraries stmac...@aol.com Susan Krawitz Wins 2015 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Susan Krawitz of Stone Ridge, NY is the winner of the 2015 Sydn

Re: [ha-Safran] buying children's books

Thanks much, Rachel. Just to clarify, I have tons of adult titles, too. Debbie -Original Message- From: Rachel Kamin To: sefersogood ; rberleant ; hasafran Sent: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 6:36 pm Subject: RE: [ha-Safran] buying children's books Since I know Debbie won’t “toot her own h

[ha-Safran] AJL NYMA Winter 2015 Conference to be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 10AM- 1:30PM

The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) will hold its Winter 2015 Conference on Tuesday, January 27th, 10 am - 1:30 pm, at Chabad Lubavitch Library Exhibition Hall, 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11213 between Kingston and Brooklyn Avenues (1

Re: [ha-Safran] Israel Curriculum

Possibilities:Mitchell Bard has a text for students:  It's called: Israel Matters: Understand the Past, Look to the Future. It's c 2012.  Emphasis is on the modern State, covering events up to the release of Gilad Shalit.  It includes a list 25 discussion questions and learning activities and is

Re: [ha-Safran] Israel Curriculum

Hi, Everyone - Although this is not exactly a curriculum response, I would like to highly recommend a book (for ages 12+) that can be used for independent reading or over a period of time, a curriculum in itself. The book is Hope for the Holy Land by Mona Pastroff Goldstein. This book tells th

Re: [ha-Safran] Brooklyn Jewish Center Digital Archives

Thanks Naomi. This is excellent and very exciting. Will you present on this project at the AJL Conference in 2015? If you haven't planned on it, will you consider presenting in 2016 when we meet in Charleston SC? The College of Charleston library has done incredible work digitizing their Jew

[ha-Safran] FW: Invitation to a Social Gathering with ATLA, AJL, and CLA at ATLA Midwinter

AJL is co-sponsoring a reception with ATLA at the ALA Mid-Winter in Chicago this year. Please RSVP to Denise McFarlin if you plan to attend. Dr. Yaffa Weisman, President AJL Having trouble viewing this email? Click here

[ha-Safran] Brooklyn Jewish Center Digital Archives

We are thrilled to present the new site "Brooklyn Jewish Center Digital Archives", selected papers from the Brooklyn Jewish Center, the first all-encompassing Jewish "Community Center", established in 1920. The Center was vibrant contribut

[ha-Safran] January Jewish Book Carnival

The January Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Barbara Krasner at The Whole Megillah blog at https://thewholemegillah.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/january-2015-jewish-book-carnival/ . You'll find links to Jewish book news