Re: [ha-Safran] question about NY/NJ chapters

2024-06-19 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
NYMA pretty much included the entire New York Metropolitan Area so I'm assuming that certainly meant NY and  NJ.  I'm not sure about PA and CT--I think I remember them joining NYMA meetings as well.Bruchie On Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:58:42 AM EDT, Schnaidman, Esther via Hasafran

Re: [ha-Safran] question about NY/NJ chapters

2024-06-19 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
Esther,There was an AJL/NYMA meeting on May 30 in Manhattan dealing with the Librarian's role in Holocaust education.NYMA has been dormant since about 2019/2020 but it seems to be starting up again.All the best,Bruchie On Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:00:06 PM EDT, Noreen Wachs via

Re: [ha-Safran] Fwd: Memoir or other engaging read to learn about Judaism

2023-12-05 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
The two that come to mind are This is My G-d  by Herman WoukandTurbulent Souls  by Stephen J. Dubner I loved them both Bruchie WeinsteinMagen David Yeshivah HS On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 09:21:44 AM EST, Merrily Hart via Hasafran wrote: #yiv1785982551

Re: [ha-Safran] Who taught the course on Romanization of Hebrew at YIVO?

2021-10-27 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
Yes--thank you Bella.  I took that 3 week course as well.  I was working as a cataloger at a Holocaust Research Library at the time. The course was invaluable--as is Bella. Bruchie WeinsteinLibrarianMagen David Yeshivah HSBrooklyn On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 11:37:14 PM EDT, Heidi G

Re: [ha-Safran] Call for submissions AJL News and Reviews!

2021-01-01 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
Oysgezoomt--one of the new words of 2020 that have been accepted into English vocabulary  according to Wall Street Journal.Love it!!!Hope this year is better than the last one. Bruchie On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 04:17:53 PM EST, Michelle Chesner via Hasafran wrote: Oysgezoomt!

[ha-Safran] AJL conference 2020

2020-07-05 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
I’d like to add my thanks for the wonderful  conference! Kudos to all involved- and all who participated - in AJL Conference 2020.   All of you who were instrumental in setting up this first time ever Zoom conference actually managed to turn a potential wash out into a positive event by making

Re: [ha-Safran] Fw: Crypto Jews

2019-03-11 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
The Spiritual Self-in-Relation: Empathy and the Construction of Spirituality among Modern Descendants of the Spanish Crypto-Jews Janet Liebman JacobsJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Mar., 2000), pp. 53-63 Conversa Heritage, Crypto-Jewish Practice and Women's

Re: [ha-Safran] Learning about sefardic migrations and how the different communities interact and self identify

2019-02-22 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
I suggest: My father's paradise: a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq by: Sabar, Ariel.Published: 2008. And I agree with the Lucetter Lagnado pick as well--excellent! Bruchie WiensteinLibrarianMDYHSBrooklyn On Friday, February 22, 2019, 11:28:03 AM EST, Marion Stein via

Re: [ha-Safran] Fwd: information on automation

2018-11-19 Thread B Weinstein via Hasafran
I agree.  I love OPALS for my high school library.  It's online and user friendly,  it's constant;y evolving, always open to our needs and concerns, is Hebrew language compatible, and has the added feature of the Avichai user group. Bruchie WeinsteinMagen David Yeshivah HSBrooklyn On