[ha-Safran] Looking for Short Stories with Jewish content

2018-02-08 Thread Aviva Adler
Can anyone recommend short stories that have any form of Jewish content (theme, setting, characters), specifically ones that touch on the idea of children suffering or the hardships of children? Thank you! -- *Aviva Adler* *aad...@nshahs.org * Librarian North Shore Hebrew Academy High School

[ha-Safran] Looking for appealing Purim stories for young children...

2018-02-08 Thread Alan Lapayover
The Purim Superhero by Elizabeth Kushner Alan Rabbi Alan LaPayover Director, Mordecai Kaplan Library Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 1299 Church Road, Wyncote, PA 19095 215-576-0800 x234 http://www.rrc.edu/resources/goldyne-savad-library-center __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasaf

[ha-Safran] Blog Tour Wrap up

2018-02-08 Thread Heidi Rabinowitz
Today is the final day of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour of 2018! February 4-8, we have had interviews with winning authors and illustrators hosted on various blogs. Here is the full schedule at http://jewishlibraries.org/blo g/id/390, with links to all interviews. To read today's wrap-up

[ha-Safran] Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

2018-02-08 Thread Charles E. Jones
Have any of you set up as a partner site with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies? And if so, how do you handle the rather restrictive license terms such as Workstations "must be monitored by staff for the duration of the User's visit". With thanks in advance, -Chuck Jones-

[ha-Safran] The June AJL Conference

2018-02-08 Thread James Rosenbloom
*The 2018 Annual Conference in Boston* The conference will be held June 18-20 at Temple Israel in Boston. We have reserved sleeping rooms at the Holiday Inn in Brookline, a half mile from Temple Israel. Details about transportation and travel can be found below. You can register for the conferen