[ha-Safran] Homemade Elazar Poster

Hi, Here’s a link to the “Elazar poster” in my Dropbox: This poster was made by the former Library person at Beth David. She made it out of wrapping paper. I have been the Librarian for 10 1/2 years. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lrad4i7amnuro8bum79a3/Elazar-poster

[ha-Safran] Stamp ID

Hello Everyone! I’m doing some provenance research (JCR, OAD and other orphaned books) today and ran across a stamp which is in several books we hold. It reads, “desinf. Lk. SEPT 45”. I could be totally wrong, but I think the only piece I’m missing is the Lk. I believe the first word is disinfe

[ha-Safran] Many thanks!

Hello Friends, Thank you for all the responses to my request for information about Yemenite Jews. Hasafran is the BEST and I am so grateful. I have lots of exploring to do now and I'm excited and energized! Wishing everyone a year filled with health, happiness, and good books! Warmly, Barbara

[ha-Safran] Nice Jewish Book Episode

And now for something completely different! This month at Nice Jewish Books lesbian, poet, activist, and Yiddishist Irena Klepfisz speaks about her lastest book, Her Birth and Later Years : New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021 with Yermiyahu Ahron Taub. Yermiyahu is a poet and Yiddishist in his o

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for a resource for Yemen

Barbara, I found two books in my Temple collection that might be helpful: - *The Vanished Worlds of Jewry* by Raphael Patai (Macmillan, 1980) has a chapter on Yemen. More about the sweep of history than daily life, but there might be the odd nugget there. - *Exotic Jewish Communities*