[ha-Safran] Building Jewish Libraries into the Future: The Dorot Jewish Division at 125 - Wed., Dec. 14 at 6:30 PM ET

2022-11-08 Thread Amanda Seigel via Hasafran
Dear Safranim, We are thrilled to invite you to a free public event celebrating the Dorot Jewish Division's 125th anniversary, and featuring some wonderful AJL colleagues. Building Jewish Libraries into the Future: The Dorot Jewish Division at 125Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 6:30 - 7:30 PMEnd

Re: [ha-Safran] Discrimination at a library conference

2022-11-08 Thread Kerchner, Daniel via Hasafran
I wrote them as well. When I wrote to last year's ETD conference, I never received a reply. For reference, the ETD 2021 conference links were: Conference:

Re: [ha-Safran] For SSCPL librarians: card-to-mobile game to teach about Mishneh Torah

2022-11-08 Thread Larry Yudelson via Hasafran
I interviewed the game creator a few years back: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/gaming-maimonides/__;!!KGKeukY!3Zg-vnl0VtDbOSi6TuC0P4sZjwk2Ht1YQeUndFbP4dC0bYfeC13Q4Nj4HosMogZMzypEgLrZTQQAql8ahZZNnhpuQ8XR5KPv7nU$ “Games are rule-based systems,” Dr. Gottlieb

Re: [ha-Safran] ex: Discrimination at a library conference

2022-11-08 Thread Margo Gutstein via Hasafran
I notice that even though Israel is omitted, Palestine made the list... Margo Gutstein Archivist Simon Wiesenthal Center mgutst...@wiesenthal.com [cid:0cf1aeac-a733-439b-9c3f-1cf8b1fcfc28] From: Hasafran on behalf of Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran Sent:

Re: [ha-Safran] Discrimination at a library conference

2022-11-08 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
My colleague actually wrote to the conference organizers and is awaiting a reply. On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 4:03 PM Kurzmann, Susan wrote: > Interestingly enough, though, kosher meals can be ordered. > > Perhaps the registration form is simply a holdover from previous years, > and the conference

Re: [ha-Safran] Discrimination at a library conference

2022-11-08 Thread Kurzmann, Susan via Hasafran
Interestingly enough, though, kosher meals can be ordered. Perhaps the registration form is simply a holdover from previous years, and the conference organizers need to have the egregious omission of Israel brought to their attention. Shaindy Kurzmann George T. Potter Library, Ramapo College of

[ha-Safran] Recommendations for Hebrew Vendors

2022-11-08 Thread Zena Tenenbaum via Hasafran
Hello, I work for a medium sized public library system in Ontario, Canada. We are looking for a supplier of Hebrew language materials. Mainly popular fiction for adults and children but also DVD's and CD's. We would appreciate any recommendations either online or bricks and mortar, in the US

Re: [ha-Safran] Discrimination at a library conference

2022-11-08 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran
I hope that the Israeli librarians organization will not keep their mouth shut. Amalia Amalia Warshenbrot AJL Past President From: Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:57 AM To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Discrimination at a library conference A

[ha-Safran] Discrimination at a library conference

2022-11-08 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
A colleague of mine wrote me: :"You might be interested to know that I just came across yet another conference in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which excludes participants from Israel, by omitting Israel from the "Country" field on the registration form: Conference:

Re: [ha-Safran] List of Juv/YA titles that include depictions of antisemitism that are not Holocaust based

2022-11-08 Thread Marjorie Gann via Hasafran
How about Fran Arrick's* Chernowitz*, about a ninth-grade boy named Bobby Chernow who has never experienced antisemitism until a bully enters the class? I read it many years ago and found it to be a powerful depiction of how antisemitism can take over a class (a metaphor, I would say, for a