[ha-Safran] Fwd:

2018-01-16 Thread James Rosenbloom
Yossi -- Plese post the message. Ralph Abrams was the brother of Ann Abrams from Temple Israel in Boston. She was the chair of the Boston convention over a decade ago. Thanks Jim -- Forwarded message -- From: Ann Abrams Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:47 AM Subject: To: James

[ha-Safran] Metadata librarian/Hebraica specialty

2018-01-23 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. Brandeis is reposting the following job description, which is slightly different from one previously posted. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Jim [image: New Window] New Window [image: Help] Help [image: Click to copy the complete address (URL) of this page

[ha-Safran] Metadata librarian/Hebrew specialty

2018-01-23 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. This is being reposted with a slightly different job description. Please contact me if you have any questions. Jim [image: Click to copy the complete address (URL) of this page to the clipboard.] http Job Description Job Title: Metadata Librarian, Hebrew Specialty Jo

[ha-Safran] Opening at Brandeis -- Metadata librarian/Hebrew specialty -- update

2018-01-25 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. Unfortunately, there were errors in the text that was previously sent. They have now been corrected, and the job description is now copied below. I am sorry for any confusion. I remain happy to answer any questions about the position Jim Rosenbloom [image: Click to copy the complete addre

[ha-Safran] The June AJL Conference

2018-02-08 Thread James Rosenbloom
*The 2018 Annual Conference in Boston* The conference will be held June 18-20 at Temple Israel in Boston. We have reserved sleeping rooms at the Holiday Inn in Brookline, a half mile from Temple Israel. Details about transportation and travel can be found below. You can register for the conferen

Re: [ha-Safran] Next year's conference

2018-03-27 Thread James Rosenbloom
It will be in Los Angeles Jim Rosenbloom On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 1:37 PM, Andrea Rapp wrote: > Can someone tell me where what city will host in 2019? > Andrea > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Ass

[ha-Safran] Reminder about hotel registration in Boston

2018-05-17 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hi. The rooms that we have reserved and their rates are guaranteed through May 25. If you haven't yet registered, I recommend that you do this in the near future. There may probably be rooms available after that, but there is no obligation on the hotel's part to hold them. If you have any question

[ha-Safran] Monday morning activities before the start of the Boston Conference

2018-06-13 Thread James Rosenbloom
The full conference book, with the schedule and map of the Temple, is available online on our AJL website. For your convenience, I list below the locations for Monday morning activities prior to the opening luncheon. Registration opens at 9AM. It is on the bottom floor of the Temple. 9-10:30 Juda

[ha-Safran] Increased funding for AJL Convention Subsidies

2012-03-03 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. I am happy to announce that, due to a very generous anonymous gift to AJL, we have been able to greatly increase the amount of money available for convention subsidies. In these economic difficult times, many members are unable to afford all of the costs relating to attendance at the annual

[ha-Safran] AJL ELECTION RESULTS

2012-05-29 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. Below are the results of the AJL Elections: *Vice President/President-Elect: Yaffa Weisman * * * *Vice President for Membership : Sheryl Stahl * * * *Vice President for Publications: Joyce Levine * * * *Corresponding Secretary : Elana Gensler * * * *Recording Secretary : Jo

[ha-Safran] Zosa Szajkowski

2013-03-18 Thread James Rosenbloom
The new issue of Jewish Social Studies (volume 8, no. 2 -- Winter 2012) contains the article "Rescue or theft? Zosa Szajkowski and the salvaging of French Jewish history after World War II," by Lisa Moses Leff. It will prove fascinating reading for anyone interested in the "transfer" and theft of J

[ha-Safran] Association of Jewish Libraries 2015 Annual Conference

2013-04-24 Thread James Rosenbloom
The Association of Jewish Libraries is pleased to announce that the 2015 annual conference will take place at the Sheraton Silver Spring in Silver Spring, Maryland. The conference dates are June 21 to 24, 2015. The hotel is only a short distance from the Metro stop, and is accessible on foot or via

Re: [ha-Safran] collectible children's books

2013-06-06 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. At Brandeis we are developing a research collection in Jewish children's literature. We welcome a donation of any volume that we don't currently own. Jim Rosenbloom On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Amy Turim wrote: > Colleagues – A bit of a dilemma: occasionally a book donation to my > s

[ha-Safran] Jewish Book Collection in China

2013-10-28 Thread James Rosenbloom
H-ASIA October 24, 2013 Shanghai family seeks Jewish owner for 2,000 books ** From: "Bev Friend" For over 70 years, a Chinese family has been holding and protecting over 2,000 books left by a Jewish refugee during World War II. Now the Hongkou area, which housed these refugees, is bei

Re: [ha-Safran] online subscription for Haaretz ENGLISH

2014-01-20 Thread James Rosenbloom
David -- hi. You can contact Ari Milo. ari.m...@haaretz.co.il Jim On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Hirsch, David wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions for a quick way to subscribe to Haaretz > English online for an institution. I have written to them through their > contact form. Is there

[ha-Safran] Historical Stereographs

2014-01-28 Thread James Rosenbloom
Does anyone know of academic libraries or museums with collections of historical stereographs of Israel/Palestine? Jim Rosenboom -- James P. Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University Past President, Association of Jewish Libraries James P Rosenbloom Library and Technology Services Mails

[ha-Safran] Periodicals (mostly Hebrew) available for free

2014-07-14 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. Brandeis is giving away the periodical issues listed in the attached list to academic librariesw at no cost.. I will send your library any issues that interest you, if not yet claimed by another library. Jim -- James P. Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University Vice-President for

[ha-Safran] Fwd: Film of the Kenissiah Gedola (Vienna, 1923)

2015-03-03 Thread James Rosenbloom
יהו [דר. ליאו] יונג רב ג'ואיש סנטר ניו יורק 3:55 הג"ר דר. מאיר הילדסהיימר מברלין 3:16 הרב שפיצר נציג אגו"י מהונגריה 3:58 הג"ר יחזקאל סרנא אח"כ ראש ישיבת חברון 4:13 רבי משה בלוי מירושלים 4:28 הג"ר דר. טוביה לוונשטיין אב"ד ציריך 4:34 And here are the origina

[ha-Safran] books for China

2015-03-20 Thread James Rosenbloom
If anyone has information for Jonathan Goldstein, please contact him directly. Jim -- James P. Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University Vice-President for Development (and former president), Association of Jewish Libraries --

[ha-Safran] Association of Jewish Libraries 2017 Annual Conference

2016-02-17 Thread James Rosenbloom
I am very pleased to announce that the AJL 2017 Annual Conference will be in New York City. The dates are Monday to Wednesday, June 19 to 21. We have a wonderful local committee, and I know that they will produce an outstanding conference. We are making two major changes for this conference. You m

[ha-Safran] The AJL 2017 Conference in New York City

2016-03-11 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. I recently contacted you with the good news of our 2017 conference location. I asked anyone who would be likely to need a hotel room to contact me. If you are likely to attend and likely to stay in a hotel, and have not yet contacted me, I would very much appreciate hearing from you. This in

[ha-Safran] 2017 AJL conference

2016-06-30 Thread James Rosenbloom
Many of you who were at our recent Charleston conference have already heard about our next conference. I am sending out this announcement to both hasafran and to our membership list to make sure that everyone interested knows. Our 2017 conference will be in New York City, Monday to Wednesday, June

[ha-Safran] Reserve Your Hotel Rooms Soon!

2017-05-08 Thread James Rosenbloom
The Hotel Edison will reserve rooms at the special AJL discount rate until May 30 and will guarantee room availability. After that, they will not offer the discount rate, and will not guarantee that rooms will be available. I recommend that you make your reservations before this date. Jim Rosenblo

Re: [ha-Safran] 2018 conference

2017-05-30 Thread James Rosenbloom
The 2018 conference will be in Boston, June 18-20. Let me use this opportunity to invite members to volunteer their city for the 2019 conference. After several years on the East Coast, it would be nice to move westward. If you are interested in working on the 2019 conference and a group of local A

Re: [ha-Safran] Conference Evaluation form

2017-07-03 Thread James Rosenbloom
An evaluation form will be sent out on Wednesday. Jim Rosenbloom On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Shirazi, Gail wrote: > Was an evaluation form sent for the NY conference? With the discussion > on Hasafran about how and what we can do to keep libraries and our > organization alive, the form wi

[ha-Safran] NYC Conference Evaluation Form

2017-07-05 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. If you attended the NYC 2017 conference, please fill out the attached survey. Please do not send it back to Hasafran, but rather send it to rosenbl...@brandeis.edu We learn from these evaluations about how to improve our conferences in the future. We appreciate your feedback, and thank you

[ha-Safran] Cataloging opening at Brandeis University: Metadata Librarian -- Hebrew Speciality

2017-08-08 Thread James Rosenbloom
http://joblist.ala.org/job/metadata-librarian-hebrew-specialty/36367553/ -- James P Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University National Conference Chair (and former president), Association of Jewish Libraries Library Mailstop 045 Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA 02454 9110

[ha-Safran] Robinson list 349R

2017-08-16 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. If anyone has this list available, I would very much appreciate receiving a copy. The dealer himself doesn't have it. Thank you. Jim -- James P Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University National Conference Chair (and former president), Association of Jewish Libraries Library Mail

[ha-Safran] The 2019 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award

2019-04-17 Thread James Rosenbloom via Hasafran
The recipient of this year's award is Elliot H Gertel. He served as vice-president and president of the RAS Division, and for many years has been our liaison to ALA. He has promoted our presence at ALA conferences and has worked to make known the importance of Judaica librarians in the library worl

[ha-Safran] Upcoming retirement

2019-12-19 Thread James Rosenbloom via Hasafran
Dear friends and colleagues -- I will be retiring after 43 years at Brandeis. Monday will be my last day at work. I've enjoyed my years of involvement with AJL and my interactions with many of you. I do not plan to attend future conferences, but will remain a member. I will always be happy to assi