[ha-Safran] New Israeli books, announced by Rubin Mass; cat. #460: Shvat 5775 / February 2015

2015-02-11 Thread Oren Mass
Dear Safranim and book friends, We are happy to send you our new catalogue of: Recent Books From Israel Cat. No. 460 , February 2015 (Shvat- 5775). The catalogue contains 487 new titles which are divided into two files: 1. Titles in Hebrew, including religious books (Sifrei kodesh):

[ha-Safran] Looking for a book/story (Aviva Rosenberg)

2015-02-11 Thread Karen Hering
Hi Aviva, Filling Your Bucket books tells how filling other people's buckets fill your own and may suit your purposes: Have you filled a bucket today? – A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids. – Carol McCloud. Nelson Pub. 2006. Ages 6-9. this heartwarming book encourages positive behavior as

[ha-Safran] ALA-LC Romanization Tables Approved

2015-02-11 Thread Johnson, Bruce
The ALA-LC Romanization tables are developed jointly by the Library of Congress (LC) and the American Library Association (ALA). Romanization schemes enable the cataloging of foreign language materials. Romanized cataloging in turn supports circulation, acquisitions, serials check-in,

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for a book/story-Middle East

2015-02-11 Thread Andrea Rapp
Linda Silver reviewed the book A Little Piece of Ground in the Sep/Oct, 2003 AJL Newsletter.  You should read her review; she calls this novel a powerful propaganda piece that presents Israelis as monsters, while Palestinian Arabs evoke sympathy and empathy.   So I have to question why children

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for a book/story

2015-02-11 Thread Aviva Rosenberg
Thank you everyone for the wonderful suggestions! *Aviva Rosenberg* [image: The Moriah School] The Moriah School 53 S. Woodland Street Englewood, NJ 07631 On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Kathe Pinchuck mrsfrumshr...@msn.com wrote: Dear Aviva, I suggest these books as part of

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for a book/story

2015-02-11 Thread Haviva Peters
Another to consider – Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein With just a smile from the little girl Amelia as she skips down the street, Mrs. Higgins smiles too, and bakes cookies to send to her grandson Lionel, in Mexico. From there the happy feelings spread across the world in chain

[ha-Safran] Looking for a book/story

2015-02-11 Thread Stacy Brown
From another Jewish colleague: “I am looking for a book that is appropriate for a Middle School-aged student that would present an Israeli counter-perspective to the book, A Little Piece of Ground. I know some kids who are feeling ashamed of being Jewish after being assigned this book in their

[ha-Safran] Fwd: Looking for a book/story

2015-02-11 Thread Yahoo
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Basya Karp jewishlibrar...@yahoo.com Date: February 10, 2015 at 6:53:08 PM EST To: Aviva Rosenberg aviva.rosenb...@moriahschool.org Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for a book/story Reply-To: Basya Karp jewishlibrar...@yahoo.com Around

Re: [ha-Safran] Holocaust Education

2015-02-11 Thread Temple Beth Emeth Library
I really was impressed with the concept of a family book club, and reading Holocaust memoirs and discussing together. But what do others think about Ursula's Prism for a 10 year old? In our library, we try to be careful about considering ages for the Holocaust material. _ From:

[ha-Safran] request to sign your posts, please!

2015-02-11 Thread Lisa Silverman
Hi Safranim, Lately there have been some posts without any identification of who is writing them. It is hard to respond when this occurs, so I am hoping to send this reminder to people to include who you are and where you are from when posting to a listserv. Thank you, Lisa