[ha-Safran] FW: Junior Fellows Program - Vacancy Announcement - (Uncataloged Yiddish Books)

2019-11-05 Thread Taub, Jeremiah Aaron via Hasafran
Dear Colleagues, Please note that one of the 2020 Library of Congress Junior Fellow projects is working on uncataloged Yiddish books. Please forward this announcement to anyone interested in a Junior Fellowship who knows Yiddish. Please note that the application period CLOSES on Friday, Decembe

[ha-Safran] looking for an article in le monde

2019-11-05 Thread Patricia Givens via Hasafran
Dear Friends, I could use help finding an article. A history professor needs the full-text of an article published in Le Monde on 22 September 2019: https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2019/09/22/gisele-halimi-j-avais-en-moi-une-rage-une-force-sauvage-je-voulais-me-sauver_6012578_3224.html

Re: [ha-Safran] Kol Hakavod to AJL new editor for the AJL News and Reviews Nov./Dec. issue

2019-11-05 Thread Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran
I too wish to add my delight with the current issue of AJL's *News and Reviews.* You can spread the word to your colleagues who are not yet AJL members that if they manage Judaica collections, or just curate a small shelf of Jewish themed books in a public library, they need to have access to the

[ha-Safran] Trip to Israel

2019-11-05 Thread Daniel Stuhlman via Hasafran
Hello safranim in Israel, I am planning to visit Israel Dec 30 - Jan 12. I would be interested to visit with librarians and discuss common concerns. Since the upcoming AJL conference is in Chicago in June 2020 and I am one the committee, I would be happy to share any ideas and answer any question

[ha-Safran] Kol Hakavod to AJL new editor for the AJL News and Reviews Nov./Dec. issue

2019-11-05 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran
Kol Hakavod to AJL new editor Sally Stieglitz for the AJL News and Reviews Nov./Dec. issue. In addition to the Reviews Sally interviewed Lia Ronnen, editor and publisher of the Israeli cookbooks (I think that Shuk is her recent). You can read A tribute to Mordicai Gerstein by Etta Gold with

[ha-Safran] David Assaf

2019-11-05 Thread Ellen Rifkin via Hasafran
I live in Oregon and will be unable to attend David Assaf's lecture November 25, but I WOULD LOVE to learn whatever he will be presenting. (I assume the children's letters themselves are not available in any accessible form-- either in translation or in Yiddish.?)I am currently doing research