Re: [ha-Safran] my suggestion: Please consider your posts

2023-10-24 Thread Haim A Gottschalk via Hasafran
I agree. It's bad form and inappropriate. Haim On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 04:13:16 PM EDT, Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran wrote: Dear Safranim, My 2 cents: Although we are all experiencing frustration with the absence of support from professional library associations at this very

Re: [ha-Safran] for UK Safranim to consider

2023-10-24 Thread Martha Simpson via Hasafran
What a powerful statement. Good for the UK to speak up, but horrible for the people (and schools) that are affected by antisemitism. Martha Simpson, Advisor 2024 Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Association of Jewish Libraries msimp...@gmail.com

[ha-Safran] for UK Safranim to consider

2023-10-24 Thread Erika Dreifus via Hasafran
This came to my attention through a tweet from Fania Oz-Salzberger. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://britishfriendsofisrael.org/__;!!KGKeukY!z0DQUx0qPj54pGaXQVijZ8H3hJak8BG7r4uRjrt9HJSKMBhsacUL1DIPB4VBNRLMyON9kC83lM7IdwbeG5vGX0XHzPaK2A$ NB: "If you are a UK citizen or resident, please show

[ha-Safran] my suggestion: Please consider your posts

2023-10-24 Thread Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran
Dear Safranim, My 2 cents: Although we are all experiencing frustration with the absence of support from professional library associations at this very difficult time, I would urge you to reconsider posts to the listserv that identify leaders by name/workplace etc. It’s not appropriate for this

[ha-Safran] AJL Membership: Town halls, Israel updates, etc.

2023-10-24 Thread Michelle Margolis via Hasafran
Dear colleagues, As many of you have seen, I've sent a couple of updates to members about what AJL is doing in this present, very difficult moment, including links to register for town halls and specific support. I realize that it is the very beginning of our membership year, and so some of you

Re: [ha-Safran] Support for Israel

2023-10-24 Thread Scott Sheidlower via Hasafran
Let us not forget that Drabinski works at a University (CUNY) whose faculty union supports BDS as well. Scott From: Hasafran on behalf of AMK Judaica via Hasafran Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 12:57 AM To: Rose Shoshanah Seidman ; Hasafran@lists.osu.edu ;

Re: [ha-Safran] Hasafran Digest, Vol 614, Issue 1

2023-10-24 Thread Schnaidman, Esther via Hasafran
Thank you, Heidi, for the amazing podcast! It was great to hear you lead the conversation about such a timely and important topic and I loved hearing your guests give their very thoughtful and thought-provoking comments. Also, source notes were extensive and very helpful. Not only what to look for

[ha-Safran] add your signature to this open letter

2023-10-24 Thread Heidi Rabinowitz via Hasafran
Erika Dreifus alerted me to this "Open Letter: A Call for Empathy for Innocent Israelis" in the Chronicle of Higher Education. You can add your name too by writing to James McAuley . You do not have to be an academic to sign it. See the letter at

[ha-Safran] The Lech Lecha Page

2023-10-24 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Hi Everyone! The Lech Lecha Page has lessons, videos, children parsha pages,  coloring pages, and commentary pages in English and Hebrew. jr.co.il/t/lech-lecha.htm Please share. Thank You! Please continue to pray for and support Israel. jr.co.il/prayers/ May the wounded have a complete and

[ha-Safran] Jewish Placemaking Training and Teaching - a Survey by COST Dynamics of Placemaking

2023-10-24 Thread Dov Winer via Hasafran
Dear colleagues, Fonrobert (2009) identified what she called a new spatial turn in Jewish Studies producing a "veritable boom ... of projects that investigate questions of place and space". Diana Pinto and Joachim Schlör are among those who pioneered this trend already in the late nineties. Many