Re: [ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

Thank you very much. On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 3:35 PM Jeff Corbett wrote: > Shana Tova too! > > May I refer you to an excellent New Yorker magazine article on this topic? > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/23/how-should-childrens-books-deal-with-the-holocaust > > It just depends on what k

Re: [ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

Excellent list I read several of them to my middle school classes Ilene On 9/17/20 3:35 PM, Jeff Corbett via Hasafran wrote: Shana Tova too! May I refer you to an excellent New Yorker magazine article on this topic? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/23/how-should-childrens-books-de

Re: [ha-Safran] Central place for Jewish kids' e-books?

This seems like a perfect project for AJL. Nancy On 9/17/2020 7:33 AM, Ann Abrams via Hasafran wrote: Kar Ben!   Joanna Sussman told me all Kar Ben's books are available as ebooks. Via Public Libraries! (I should have known both of these! 🙂) On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:49 PM Andrea Rapp

Re: [ha-Safran] Day School collection development policies

Robin, There are sample in THE JEWISH LIBRARY HANDBOOK, edited by Joyce Levine. It is worth it buying a copy. It is available through Amazon. Amalia W. From: Robbin Katzin via Hasafran Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 6:58 PM To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] Day School collection developmen

Re: [ha-Safran] A research question -- looking for Hadassah archives

Hadassah’s archives are at the American Jewish Historical Society at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Sha

Re: [ha-Safran] Central place for Jewish kids' e-books?

Kar Ben! Joanna Sussman told me all Kar Ben's books are available as ebooks. Via Public Libraries! (I should have known both of these! 🙂) On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:49 PM Andrea Rapp wrote: > That's a really good point. Please share what you learn. > Thank you, > Andrea Rapp, Cincinnati >

[ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

Shana Tova too! May I refer you to an excellent New Yorker magazine article on this topic? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/23/how-should-childrens-books-deal-with-the-holocaust It just depends on what kind of Holocaust book for youth you are looking for. Here is the list that I am pr

Re: [ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

THE BERLIN BOXING CLUB---EXCELLENT BOOK ABOUT AN INDIVIDUALJEWISH BOY AMONG NONJEWS IN A EUREPEAN SCHOOL DURING WW2 Beth Braunstein On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 9:43 AM Wendie Sittenfield via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Thank you for your wonderful suggestions. > > Shanah tova. > > Wen

[ha-Safran] The Rabbinical Council Manual of Holiday and Sabbath Sermons

I have several editions of The Rabbinical Council Manual of Holiday and Sabbath Sermons: 1965 1968 1971 1973 1974 1976 1981 1982 1986 1986 1987 1991 Would anyone like them? If so, I’ll ship them to you. Shana tova, Anna Olswanger Anna Olswanger | Literary Agent | Olswanger Literary LLC 16-60

[ha-Safran] Central place for Jewish kids' e-books?

Hi, everyone, Our education program is running virtually, and I've been asked to compile a list of Jewish kids' books available as e-books. I've poked around epic - https://www.getepic.com , Kindle and Google Play, and yes, there are many titles, there, but is there something I don't know abou

Re: [ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

Thank you for your wonderful suggestions. Shanah tova. Wendie Sittenfield On Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 11:11 PM Marjorie Gann wrote: > Wendie, here are a few titles from the past that I thought were excellent. > I read each of them years ago, so I may have some details wrong, but these > were among t

Re: [ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

Alan and Naomi. It’s set after the Holocaust in NYC, but it’s a powerful message of how the survivors suffered. I always had my students write sequels that started at least six months later or two years later, etc. It was a read-a-loud to 5th graders. On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 1:58 AM Wendie Sitten

Re: [ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

Wendie, here are a few titles from the past that I thought were excellent. I read each of them years ago, so I may have some details wrong, but these were among the best of the Holocaust books I read and, in some cases, wrote about in the 1990s. *Shadow of the Wal*l, by Christa Laird: Misha lives

[ha-Safran] Shanah tovah from Vienna

Dear Safranim, I wish you and your loved ones a happy and sweet New Year. I hope to see you all again in 5781! שנה טובה ומתוקה. גמר וחתימה טובה Stay healthy! Monika [cid:fc1e177c-2e60-4356-9a5e-d259540a3b41] The bookstore of J. M. Belf in Vienna, 1913 © Albert Kahn Archives __ Messages

Re: [ha-Safran] searching for contact information for online subscriptions to HaAretz online

Wendie-- I've got a subscription. Here's info from the Haaretz website: https://promotions.haaretz.com/promotions-page/price (I think the contact link at the bottom of the page was not working for a short time) Here's info from my invoice: www.haaretz.com/contact-us Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd.

Re: [ha-Safran] Yom Kippur for Children

Some people might think this is too young for 5th and 6th graders, but I think it's worth trying: Yussel's Prayer, by Barbara Cohen. Here's a youtube video:  Yussel's Prayer TTM | | | | | | | | | | | Yussel's Prayer TTM | | | Shanah tovah, Janice LiebermanHebrew Day School o