[ha-Safran] Kindle Sale--$1.99 for The Lost Shtetl

If you read on kindle, you will get a great bargain at Amazon for our AJL Fiction Award winner, The Lost Shtetl, by Max Gross. It is an excellent book! (I don't know how long this sale lasts, but I think only a few more days) Lisa Silverman Co-Editor, Children’s and Teen Literature, AJL

[ha-Safran] What to do with these books?

Dear friends, I am looking at a major weed of Judaic books, mostly older and rarely used in our K-8 library, over the next year or so.  Any suggestions on what to do with the following? Graetz.  History of the Jews. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1891-1898.  6 vols., good-fair condition.

[ha-Safran] April 12, AJL Presents 'Books about Books': Joshua Teplitsky, "Prince of the Press"

Dear list members, Please join us for the upcoming event in the series "AJL Presents: Books about Books" to hear Dr. Joshua Teplitsky discuss his book Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History's Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library

[ha-Safran] Teaching remotely with special collections (4/21)

Dear colleagues, I will be leading an AJL/AJS roundtable in a few weeks (on April 21) discussing teaching remotely with special collections. If anyone has been teaching remotely with special collections and would like to share their experiences (and is a member of either - or both - organization),