[ha-Safran] weeding Holocaust Israel

Dear Colleagues: I have been gradually weeding our collection and even enjoying the process! But I can no longer ignore the two largest sections: 940s and 950s, namely History, especially Holocaust books, and Israel. I know general weeding guidelines but I feel somehow a duty to be less

[ha-Safran] The Shabbat Page

Hi Everyone! I updated The Shabbat Page at: http://www.jr.co.il/shabbat.htm The page includes Lessons, Parsha pages, Videos, English Hebrew Vocabulary Lists, Recipes, Games and Clipart about Shabbat. Enjoy! Shabbat Shalom, Jacob Richman jrich...@jr.co.il __ Messages and opinions expressed

[ha-Safran] לקראת שבת - רשימה קצרה מספרית הרמבם

בעה שלום *לקראת שבת רשימה קצרה מבלוג עם הספר https://amhasefer.wordpress.com/ של ספריית הרמבם. * *לא ראיתי נחש כקורת הבד !* לקריאת הרשימה לחץ נא כאן http://amhasefer.wordpress.com/. מומלץ לקבל אוטומטית הודעה על רשימה חדשה באמצעות רישום בתיבת לעקוב אחרי הבלוג באימייל הנמצאת בבלוגי

[ha-Safran] weeding a Hebrew day school collection

Hello, I have just rejoined Hasafran after many years of lapsed membership during which time I was working as an academic librarian in a Canadian community college turned undergraduate university. I have just retired and begun volunteering in the dewey-based library of our community Hebrew

Re: [ha-Safran] YA books

Hi Riva, This week I met a woman whose family settled in Bangor! In Portsmouth we've had a lot of action in the Hereville series, and with the series Once/Now/Then/After by Morris Gleitzman. I'll take another look when I'm in the office later, but those are the series that pop into my head.

[ha-Safran] Teaching the Holocaust BlogRadio Interview

Hi everyone! This morning Margaret Lincoln and Steve Feuer were interviewed by Edutalk Radio on BlogRadio in regards to Teaching the Holocaust, Gihon River Press' creation and Margaret's and Miriam's book The Stones Weep. It was a great show and worth a listen...

[ha-Safran] Rare Book/Manuscript/RDA Cataloging Workshop, New York, NY-Feb. 24th, 2015

The New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) will hold a cataloging workshop on Tuesday, February 24th, 2015, 1-4:30 pm, at The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway (@ 122nd Street), Mendelson Convocation Center (1st floor of the

[ha-Safran] cookbook author for a demo

Hi: Our library committe was considering doing a program revolving around a cooking demo from a kosher cookbook author. Has anyone done this with an author they recommend? We'd love to do something geared for children AND adults (ie- a kids cook) type of event, but an event for adults would be

[ha-Safran] Have you tried a Human Library program?

Here is an example: http://www.yongestreetmedia.ca/features/humanbooks1208.aspx? If you've tried it, and are willing to share how you did it, please contact me. Thank you, Pat Rabbi Patricia Fenton American Jewish University Manager of Public Services, Ostrow Library 15600 Mulholland Dr. Los

[ha-Safran] Books to give away February 2015 - Invitation to view

I've shared an item with you: Books to give away February 2015 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mnwsqoPq8-_3iOAyi0XRv_rGz_K3JGh3H7iax5dxd3k/edit?usp=sharinginvite=COa48I0C It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above. Dear safranim,