[ha-Safran] Free author visits to Jewish Day Schools

2020-12-14 Thread Megan Shulman via Hasafran
Shalom and Happy Hanukkah! As a former teacher and school librarian, my heart goes out to all of the educators working extra hard during this pandemic to make exceptional education happen for our students. As a small way to say thank you, and to offer a hand, I am offering free Zoom call author v

[ha-Safran] new article on a forgotten classic (with thanks to Lisa Silverman)

2020-12-14 Thread Erika Dreifus via Hasafran
Greetings, everyone: Thanks to AJL's own Lisa Silverman, I was introduced to an astonishing work of short fiction earlier this year. Read more about Kathrine Kressmann Taylor's "Address Unknown" on *The American Scholar*'s website: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theamericanscholar.org/dusting

[ha-Safran] New Israeli Educational Stamps

2020-12-14 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Hi Everyone! I posted online images of the new Israeli stamps that were issued in December 2020. Under each stamp is a link to a Hebrew / English PDF file with information about the stamp. Meetings of Peace - Abraham and Abimelech King of Gerar - King David and King Hiram of Tyre - King Hezekiah

[ha-Safran] Leadership opportunity at Columbia -- Director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library

2020-12-14 Thread Michelle Chesner via Hasafran
Hi all, I've been asked to post the below. Happy to answer questions about Columbia if anyone is interested in applying! Michelle -- Columbia University Libraries

Re: [ha-Safran] [EXT] - new article on a forgotten classic (with thanks to Lisa Silverman)

2020-12-14 Thread Hallie L Cantor via Hasafran
I heard about it long ago (ironically, in a book about crafting short fiction) & managed to get ahold of it. Great read! It was made into a 1944 movie. (Available on Amazon.) Hallie Cantor From: Hasafran on behalf of Erika Dreifus via Hasafran Sent: Monday, De

[ha-Safran] Brandeis Library job posting - Digital Distinctive Collections

2020-12-14 Thread Rachel Greenblatt via Hasafran
Greetings all, Hot off the electronic press! An exciting new opening for Brandeis Library. This is NOT a specifically Judaica or Jewish Studies position. It is, however, in an institution with very strong Jewish Studies collections, which are an integral part of the collections as a whole. And wh

[ha-Safran] William Gross’s Catalog of Catalogs the 2020 AJL Bibliography award winner.

2020-12-14 Thread Hasafran via Hasafran
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 18:53:26 -0800 Subject: Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller is pleased to announce our 25% off end of the year sale from December 7th -January 3rd. To all our librarian friends and members of the AJL. Please click on the link below (at the bottom of this email) and it will take you t