[ha-Safran] New Israeli Educational Stamps including the Purim Mitzvahs

2019-03-04 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Hi Everyone! I posted online images of the new Israeli stamps that were issued in March 2019: The Purim Mitzvahs - Reading the Book of Esther - Festive Purim Banquet - Mishlo'ach Manot - Gifts for the Needy Mountains in Israel - Mount Meron - Mount Karkom Birds in Israel - Coraciiformes -

[ha-Safran] Librarianship portfolio

2019-03-04 Thread Irene Munster via Hasafran
Dear Safranim/ot, The University of Maryland Libraries are considering implementing a librarianship portfolio as part of our promotion and review procedures. We adopted the following one-sentence description of a librarianship portfolio to help explain our goals to our colleagues: “A cohesive

[ha-Safran] FW: [WJC Interfaith] Vatican News 04.03.2019 Bishop Pagano: Opening the Archives will reveal the greatness of Pius XII

2019-03-04 Thread Marlene Schiffman via Hasafran
Of interest to our membership? Marlene Schiffman Gottesman Library Technical Services Yeshiva University 500 West 185th Street New York, NY 10033 646 592-4276 (direct) 646 592-4100 (general office) -- Forwarded message - From: Isabella Nespoli mailto:inesp...@wjcmail.org>> Date:

[ha-Safran] Fwd: Donating Harry Potter DVDs in Hebrew

2019-03-04 Thread Nancy Sack via Hasafran
Aloha, all, This message came to AJL via its website. If you are interested in the DVDs, please contact Kevin directly. Thanks. Nancy s...@hawaii.edu Forwarded Message Subject:Association of Jewish Libraries Comment form Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 20:44:13 + From:

[ha-Safran] New Hotel Link for AJL's 54th Annual Conference

2019-03-04 Thread Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran
Shalom! I know that many of you had problems trying to book the hotel rooms for the upcoming conference. Due to technical difficulties, the Marriott had to reissue a new link: Book your group rate for Association of Jewish Libraries Annual Conference Room Block

[ha-Safran] Baruch Dayan HaEmet: Marcie Eskin's mother

2019-03-04 Thread Rachel Kamin via Hasafran
Dear AJL Friends, Marcie Eskin's mother, June Rieur Kleban, passed away on Friday. She was a retired librarian who had worked at Rutgers University, Delaware Technical and Community College, and at her synagogue library. You can read more at

[ha-Safran] Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling by Schwartz & Kalman

2019-03-04 Thread Israel Cohen via Hasafran
Raymond Solomon wrote a review of* Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Sourcebook*. You can see this review at https://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Judaic-elements-in-psychotherapy-581259 This book by Matthew B. Schwartz & Kalman J. Kaplan is published by Routledge. You can see

[ha-Safran] Updated: Online Fun including Crossword Puzzles

2019-03-04 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Hi Everyone! It has been years since I updated the online fun hotsites. Tonight, I cleared out all the closed sites and made changes and additions to the list. I created a new page for the list at: https://jr.co.il/hotsites/online-fun.htm The page includes websites with crossword puzzles. The