[ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

2023-07-11 Thread Michelle Sandler via Hasafran
Dear Judaica Librarians: My library at Beth David in Westminster, California is being cut in half. They need the classroom for the Youth Lounge. The Youth Lounge is being turned into a preschool classroom to make more money for the synagogue as the Preschool has a waiting list. The 1,100 children

Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

2023-07-11 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran
Michelle, This is so upsetting. It happens to many librarians, but, it doesn’t solve the problem. I’ll be surprised if anyone has a simple solution. Amalia W Sent from my iPad > On Jul 11, 2023, at 3:00 PM, Michelle Sandler via Hasafran > wrote: > >  > Dear Judaica Librarians: > > My libra

Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

2023-07-11 Thread Daniel Stuhlman via Hasafran
Forgive me for my humor --- I think you should ask that your salary be doubled for all the pain and *tsorot* of decision making. I purged many of the books from the Temple Sholom collection and replaced them with electronic books. We now have more than free 405 e-books. This only

Re: [ha-Safran] Beth David Library (Reform) in Westminster California is Being cut in half.

2023-07-11 Thread Carol Janoff via Hasafran
This is happening to my temple library too. We have sold our current building and are renting it back for 3 years, but the outer building where the library filled two rooms with over 7,000 volumes has been unavailable to us from the time of the sale. The books are all packed in boxes and store

[ha-Safran] Newest Nice Jewish Book podcast episode

2023-07-11 Thread Sheryl Stahl via Hasafran
If I told you that this episode was going to be about a house which ran around on chicken legs, you might assume that this should belong to an odd looking children’s book. But NO! This is a full-fledged intruiguing adult adventure. When the Yaga siblings inherit their grandmother’s house, they