Re: [ha-Safran] AJL STATEMENT ON RECENT EVENTS AT YIVO

2020-01-23 Thread Zilvinas Beliauskas via Hasafran
Nothing else but to endorse. Zilvinas Beliauskas Head of Vilnius Jewish Public Library > On 2020-01-22, at 22:51, Dina Herbert via Hasafran > wrote: > > The Association of Jewish Libraries is dismayed by the decision of the YIVO > Institute for Jewish Research to fire its librarians. > > Th

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL STATEMENT ON RECENT EVENTS AT YIVO

2020-01-23 Thread Naomi Steinberger via Hasafran
Kudos to Dina for your AJL statement. Naomi [JTS Logo for Signature] Naomi M. Steinberger, Director of Library Services The Jewish Theological Seminary 212-678-8982 www.jtsa.edu To inspire the Jewish future by sparking discovery of our past From: Hasafran On Behalf Of Dina Herbert via Hasafr

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL STATEMENT ON RECENT EVENTS AT YIVO

2020-01-23 Thread Dina Herbert via Hasafran
Thanks to all who have written to share their support. I'd also like to give credit where credit is due. Thanks to Michelle Chesner, RAS President and Sean Boyle, Chair of the AJL Advocacy Committee, who put this statement together with help from Zachary Baker and Arthur Kiron. Their work was quick

[ha-Safran] New Israeli Educational Stamps

2020-01-23 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Hi Everyone! I posted online images of the new Israeli stamps that will be issued in February 2020. Under each stamp is a link to a Hebrew / English PDF file with information about the stamp. - Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer - Rose - Doar 24 - Keren Hayesod - UIA Centennial - Cmyk Color Printing - Ben

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL STATEMENT ON RECENT EVENTS AT YIVO

2020-01-23 Thread Haim A Gottschalk via Hasafran
Very powerful statement, Dina.  Thank you. ~Haim On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 9:19:11 PM EST, Dina Herbert via Hasafran wrote: The Association of Jewish Libraries is dismayed by the decision of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research to fire its librarians. The difficulty of fundin

Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish themed graphics for children's library

2020-01-23 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
The Jewish Clipart Database https://www.jewish-clipart.com/ Shabbat Shalom, Jacob > > Does someone have a source for Jewish-themed graphics for children's library > corners?  We have a cart and several shelves for the various books, and are > trying to make the area more attractive to the childr

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL STATEMENT ON RECENT EVENTS AT YIVO

2020-01-23 Thread Gerstein, Nahid via Hasafran
Dina, I am so glad you wrote this. It is so sad to see what is happening there. Some years back, we in Washington D.C. area, also lost Isaac Franck Jewish Public Library, housed at the Board of Jewish Education building, due to budget constraints. It was upsetting and it still is, and yet, it wasn

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL STATEMENT ON RECENT EVENTS AT YIVO

2020-01-23 Thread lara.lempert via Hasafran
What a powerful statement!Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Dina Herbert via Hasafran Date: 22/01/2020 21:19 (GMT-05:00) To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] AJL STATEMENT ON RECENT EVENTS AT YIVO The Association of Jewis

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL STATEMENT ON RECENT EVENTS AT YIVO

2020-01-23 Thread Fred Isaac via Hasafran
A fine statement, Dina. Thank you for saying what we all know, and putting it in the context of the unique place YIVO has in the scholarly world. The expertise we've lost is breathtaking. Fred Isaac On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 6:53 PM Cheryl Banks via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Brav