Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for a Hanukkah book

2021-08-16 Thread Rose Myers via Hasafran
Malke's Secret Recipe: A Chanukah Story written by David A. Adler, illustrated by Joan Halpern. I have a copy; if you want more details, let me know. Rose MyersWaltham, MA Stories are how we make sense of the world. On Monday, August 16, 2021, 11:55:48 AM EDT, Carol F Bell via Hasafran

Re: [ha-Safran] weird question

2021-08-12 Thread Rose Myers via Hasafran
Let Me Go by Helga Schneider (Walker & Co., 2004) is a memoir about a woman who attempts to come to terms with the fact that her mother belonged to the SS and, as a concentration camp guard, participated in the "medical research" torture of Jews. Rose Myers Stories are how

Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

2015-05-08 Thread Rose Myers
OOH! I know this! I do a lot of programs with many versions of the same basic story.Here are some of them: Note that the first set includes a bibliography of retellings of Could Anything Be Worse?, my favorite version of the story because the pictures show the family preparing for

Re: [ha-Safran] one school one book: librarians, please suggest title

2014-08-03 Thread Rose Myers
on after the book is finished. There is also an earlier version of the book with different illustrations. Rose Myers Fairfield, CT Stories are how we make sense of the world. From: Phoebe Potts phoebe...@gmail.com To: hasaf...@lists.osu.edu Sent: Wednesday

Re: [ha-Safran] Question about library automation software

2014-06-27 Thread Rose Myers
I'm a big fan of LibraryThing.com. Feel free to contact me for more information. Rose Myers Fairfield, CT Stories are how we make sense of the world. On Friday, June 27, 2014 12:20 AM, Shira London zipza...@gmail.com wrote: I have been contacted by a day school that does not really have

Re: [ha-Safran] Ethiopia folk tales

2014-02-26 Thread Rose Myers
Greenberg's King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. I hope this helps, Rose Myers Fairfield, CT Stories are how we make sense of the world. From: Rita Dahlke dah...@emanueldenver.org To: 'hasaf...@lists.osu.edu' hasaf...@lists.osu.edu Sent: Wednesday, February 26

Re: [ha-Safran] searching for engaging middle grade Mishnah stories

2014-02-23 Thread Rose Myers
Shimon ben Shetach, mentioned in Pirke Avot, was involved with witches of Ashkelon.  If you want more details, I'll look up chapters and verses. The witches story is from the Jerusalem Talmud and has been retold with changes in several collections of Jewish folklore and children's picture books

Re: [ha-Safran] Talmud for kids

2014-02-20 Thread Rose Myers
How about Learn Mishnah or Learn Talmud by Jacob Neusner? Rose Myers Fairfield, CT Stories are how we make sense of the world. From: Jonathan Fishburn fishburnbo...@yahoo.co.uk To: Stahl, Sheryl sst...@huc.edu; Rachel Haus rhaus_...@yahoo.com; Hasafran

[ha-Safran] Fw: [ha- Safran] Availability of transliterated Siddur

2013-12-10 Thread Rose Myers
prayers. Let me know if you want more specifics about formatting. Enjoying the snow, which is now beautiful since school has been canceled, Rose Myers Congregation Beth El Fairfield, CT Stories are how we make sense of the world. - Forwarded Message - From: Rose Myers swguid...@yahoo.com

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for books for HS students- both literary and kosher

2013-11-20 Thread Rose Myers
are strange. Johanna Spyri, Heidi * Young girl who grows up in the mountains helps bring a city girl back to health ... I've got a little list... The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you. W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado. Rose Myers Fairfield, CT Stories are how we make sense

[ha-Safran] Conversational Hebrew software

2013-09-12 Thread Rose Myers
I'm looking for recommendations for a computer-based program for teaching conversational modern Hebrew to middle school students in an after-school two-days-a-week religious school. Any advice or suggestions?   Many thanks, Rose Myers Congregation Beth El Fairfield, CT Stories are how we

[ha-Safran] old magazines, etc.

2013-06-28 Thread Rose Myers
want to handle as a volunteer librarian. Thank you for the opportunity to vent. If you are interested in perhaps taking some of the books and magazines, let me know. Rose Myers Fairfield, CT Stories are how we make sense of the world. __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those

Re: [ha-Safran] Childrens book on nature and Judaism

2012-10-20 Thread Rose Myers
.  You can click on the links for the stories;  but I don't know of any picture books with them, although I seem to remember reading them in books.   Rose Myers Temple Israel of Westport Westport, CT Stories are how we make sense of the world. From: Librarian librar