article i just sent
dated Nov 2023. Unfortunately, it IS
an INCREASING problem that should be addressed,
especially with the current war.
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Deborah Stern via Hasafran
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2024 4:04 PM
To: Rabbi Alan Lapayover
Cc
Did everyone notice that the link leads to an article dated in 2021? This is
not a current problem.
Debbie Stern
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On Jan 11, 2024, at 2:33 PM, Rabbi Alan Lapayover via Hasafran
wrote:
I would like to think we are above making blatantly overgeneralized and
inflammatory st
Bravo! I echo Etta in congratulating Heidi. Thanks so much for this! Debbie
Stern
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I add my congrats to Heidi as well. Very well-deserved honor. Heidi, you are a
consummate professional and true mensch!
Debbie Stern
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It’s Leonard Baskin. He did all the illustrations for a Haggadah produced by
the Reform movement, from which this illustration derives.
Debbie Stern
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> On Jan 18, 2020, at 1:59 PM, Esther Nussbaum via Hasafran
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> The artist who painted “Four Mothers” on this
Kol ha-kavod! Hope all is well with you and your family. Happy 2020!
Debbie
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Want to add my mazel tov to Dina and family as well!
Debbie Stern
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On May 5, 2019, at 4:23 PM, Kathleen Bloomfield via Hasafran
mailto:hasafran@lists.osu.edu>> wrote:
I want to let everyone know that Dina Herbert was safely delivered of a baby
boy last week. Dina and Ben's
Kol ha-Kavod Elliot! Very well deserved and all the best to you on your
retirement.
Debbie Stern
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> On Apr 17, 2019, at 8:30 AM, James Rosenbloom via Hasafran
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> The recipient of this year's award is Elliot H Gertel. He served as
> vice-president and president
Here here! Kol ha hakavod Heidi. So well deserved.
Debbie Stern
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> On Jan 23, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Susan Dubin
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> Congratulations to Heidi, a true role model in Judaic Librarianship.
> Excellent choice Awards Committee
> Susan Dubin
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I echo Sheryl. This publication is such a helpful and important one for
professionals and lay people. Great news!
Debbie Stern
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> On Dec 31, 2015, at 5:21 PM, Stahl, Sheryl wrote:
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> Congratulations! Thanks for all of your hard work!
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> Sheryl
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Mazal tov Wendie! Way to go! Debbie Stern
From: Wendie Sittenfield
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 10:55 AM
To: ha-Safran
Subject: [ha-Safran] Jewish Day School Librarian (AJL member) awarded 2015
School Librarian of the Year Award
Mazel Tov to our very own librarian-Wendie Sittenfie
Kol ha-kavod Pearl! You¹ve had a wonderful and successful career at the helm
of YU. May you go from strength-to-strength. Enjoy your retirement.
Debbie Stern
From: Pearl Berger
Date: Monday, February 23, 2015 at 2:57 PM
To: "hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu"
Subject: [ha-Safran] retire
Yay Joy! Well deserved. Debbie Stern
From: Aaron Taub
Date: Friday, February 6, 2015 at 4:57 PM
To: "hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu"
Cc: Yossi Galron , Joan Biella
Subject: [ha-Safran] 2015 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the AJL Awards Committee, I a
This is fantastic! Thanks to all of our wonderful publisher friends!
Debbie Stern
From: Henry Hollander
Organization: Henry Hollander Bookseller
Reply-To: Henry Hollander
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 1:25 PM
To:
Subject: [ha-Safran] Kar-Ben joins AJL sellers benefit for AJL
Kar-
Mazal tov! Am sure you will enjoy your new status take it from one who¹s
there already. Debbie Stern
From: Chaya Wiesman
Date: Monday, October 20, 2014 at 4:48 PM
To: "hasafran@lists.osu.edu"
Subject: [ha-Safran] wonderful news
My husband and I are proud to announce the birth of our firs
It¹s the Sheraton Silver Spring hotel.
Debbie Stern
From: Heidi G Lerner
Date: Friday, August 8, 2014 at 12:04 PM
To: Jackie Benefraim
Cc: hasafran
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] dates of 2015 AJL Conference
Thanks Jackie!
Do you know the name of the hotel?
From: "Jackie"
To: "Heidi G Lern
Wow! Is all I can say Rita. You should be so proud of the job you have done.
I hope you will enjoy retirement as much as I am. And that you also will
continue to grace us with your presence at the annual conference and
continue to teach us about Argentinian Jewry.
Fondly,
Debbie Stern
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Colleagues, does anyone know of a book for children dealing with mikveh?
Debbie Stern, Library Director
Mordecai M. Kaplan Library
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
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Can you guess what favorite AJL book appears on this illustrious list of
the NY Public Library's 100 Great Children Children's Books?
http://www.nypl.org/childrens100
How wonderful!
Debbie Stern, Library Director
Mordecai M. Kaplan Library
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
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Wash, DC area.
Debbie
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[mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of
Andrea Rapp
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:04 AM
To: Hasafran
Subject: [ha-Safran] 2015 convention location
I know that 2014 will be in Las
Thanks Suzi. I add my New Year greetings to yours for all of my AJL
colleagues.
Debbie
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[mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of
Susan Dubin
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 8:10 PM
To: hasafran@lists.service.ohi
Kol ha-kavod to everyone involved in this project! Debbie Stern
-Original Message-
From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu on behalf of Levine, Joyce
Sent: Wed 7/3/2013 8:24 PM
To: Hasafran
Subject: [ha-Safran] New edition of Weine now available!
I'm happy to announce that
Hello dear colleagues. One of our rabbinical students is looking for a
book recommendation. Here's what she seeks:
"I'm looking for a book to read along with my private bar mitzvah
student about a Jewish story, someone who is Jewish, that deals with the
environment.
He is interested in leader
Ditto!
Debbie Stern
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[mailto:hasafran-bounces+dstern=rrc@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On
Behalf Of Lisa Silverman
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 5:42 PM
To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
Subject: [ha-Safran] A big T
Colleagues,
A graduate student from Turkey would be happy to get books on Judaism donated
to his university there. Here is what he says:
"Since we do not have so many books on Judaism written by Jewish people, it is
difficult to grasp what Judaism is for contemporary Turkish Muslims and
intell
Kol ha-kavod to all of the librarians involved in this project!
Debbie Stern
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[mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of
Arthur Kiron
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 5:39 PM
To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
Sub
Wonderful honors David! Well deserved!
Debbie Stern
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[mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa
Silverman
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 4:41 PM
To: hasaf...@lists.osu.edu
Cc: arig...@library.ucla.edu
Subject: [h
I'm posting this inquiry that came via email to me. Please respond
directly to Sue Center at slcen...@wisc.edu.
Debbie Stern, Library Director
Mordecai M. Kaplan Library
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Our own Pat Fenton, librarian at the American Jewish University in Los
Angeles (who also happens to be a rabbi), has been named by the Forward
as one of the 36 most inspiring rabbis in the US:
http://forward.com/specials/americas-most-inspiring-rabbis-2013/
Kol ha-kavod Pat!
Debbie Stern, L
As Shoshanna said, the AJL Board and Council are considering several different
ways of having "conventions," including biennial, regional, and online. While
many people enjoy and benefit greatly from the traditional annual convention we
have been running, economic factors and the many different
Have any libraries out there purchased any MUSE ebook collections? I see
that they now have a Jewish Studies collection. I'd like to get more
detailed information from any libraries using MUSE ebooks. Thanks.
Debbie Stern, Library Director
Mordecai M. Kaplan Library
Reconstructionist Rabbinic
You can purchase AJL's Creating a Collection, an annotated bibliography for
synagogue and Jewish center libraries, from Amazon. It's a few years old, but
still very useful.
Debbie Stern
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.
Word document versions of the various Weine documents are available to AJL
members by emailing Joyce Levine, AJL Publications VP, at
publicati...@jewishlibraries.org. Hopefully they will be available again soon
on the AJL website for member access.
Debbie Stern
Reconstructionist Rabbinical C
Sharon's book received AJL's Reference Book award several years ago. It's a gem
and I'm glad to hear it's in its second edition.
And the Guide to Yiddish Short Stories that Larry Yudelson mentioned is also a
gem. It was co-published by AJL.
I find both extremely useful for our rabbinical stu
Unfortunately in smaller libraries, including many synagogue libraries, the
items we are offered are not of the caliber that Yaffa and Zachary mention and
I have found people will not comply when I ask them for a list of the books. A
few have actually photographed the books, which does help. And
I cite our collection development policy and gifts policy as a reason to
decline such books. But I always offer them a list I've developed of
local libraries and Judaica book dealers they can consult about
donating/selling such materials. Will be happy to send that list to
anyone who emails me.
on the AJL Wiki,
are examples of the latter.
Debbie
From: Beth Dwoskin [mailto:bdwos...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 8:32 PM
To: Lois Ruby; Deborah Stern
Cc: Hasafran
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Correction RE: Automation for small synagogue library
I write as a professional
Sorry, the survey is from 2010, not 2012.
Debbie
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[mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of
Deborah Stern
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 4:55 PM
To: Rachel Haus; Hasafran
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Automation for
This page on the AJL Wiki,
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Resources/AJLWiki/tabid/200/Default.
aspx?topic=Automation+for+Synagogue+and+Center+Libraries, about
automation systems for synagogue libraries, resulted from a 2012 survey
of AJL members. Although it's not annotated, there are links to
I am the person responsible for updating the list of links to AJL members'
catalogs available on the internet on the AJL website at
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Resources/MembersrsquoCatalogs.aspx. This
list is compiled solely from member's sending their information to me. There
are 66 l
Kol ha-kavod Rachel! I'll be happy to add your library to the list of
AJL member libraries whose catalogs are online, which is housed on the
AJL website.
Debbie Stern, AJL VP for Publications
Mordecai M. Kaplan Library
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
1299 Church Road
Wyncote, PA 19095
Yes, there is an index to the reviews in the AJL Newsletter. It's on the
AJL website on this page (scroll down to bottom):
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Publications/NewsReviews.aspx. But
it stops at the Dec, 2010 issue, so this book is not included.
You can search the other individual issu
I'd like to purchase the Israeli DVD of the tv series Srugim for our
library, but the format listed on Amazon only plays on region 2 DVD
players. Does anyone know if such DVDs can be played on computers in the
US without a problem or if this is available in the region 1 format?
Debbie Stern, Li
The Forward has published a very complimentary review of the book that
AJL recently published jointly with Ben Yehuda Press:
http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/151024/. This very useful book
reviews 130 Yiddish stories in translation and indicates where to locate
them. Reasonably priced at $1
The message below was received on the AJL website. If anyone can be of
assistance to Mr. Simons, please contact him directly at the email
address below.
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Dear Friends,
I just read the Forward article regarding your publishin
The Weine Classification scheme was developed by AJL members and is used
by many synagogue librarians. Print copies have been sold for many years
by AJL. More recently it has been available to AJL members only for no
charge on the AJL website. Unfortunately delays in implementing a
password-protect
The Association of Jewish Libraries and Ben Yehuda Press are pleased to
announce the joint publication of The Association of Jewish Libraries
Guide to Yiddish Short Stories by Bennett Muraskin. This is the first
such cooperative publishing effort between the two organizations, both
of whom are stro
Hi all. Our own AJL publication, Creating a Collection, 5th ed.,
compiled by Merrily Hart, would be a good bibliography to consult. You
can buy it through print-on-demand from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Collection-Resource-Booklist-Beginning/dp
/092926200X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid
Anne, welcome to AJL! This is an entirely appropriate question to post
to Hasafran. This is a big reason AJL exists - so that we can share all
kinds of professional issues with one another.
In fact, the question of discards came up recently on Hasafran. We
posted a summary of responses compile
Marsha, here at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College we have a
center, Kolot, for the study of women and gender issues in Judaism. Our
library has striven to comprehensively collect monographs in English on
this topic. They are given the designation of the Beckerman Kolot
Collection. So if you
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