Re: [ha-Safran] Query

2021-10-22 Thread David Birnbaum via Hasafran
r via Hasafran Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 10:56 AM To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Query Hi everyone, Looking for sources on why God tests. A high school senior is interested in why God tests Jews in general, and possibly any individual, but she's hoping f

Re: [ha-Safran] Query

2021-10-22 Thread Michael Kahn via Hasafran
Dr. Sclar, Would she be satisfied with articles or only books? Yitzchok Kahn On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 11:47 PM Dr. David Sclar via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Looking for sources on why God tests. A high school senior is interested > in why God tests Jews in

[ha-Safran] Query

2021-10-20 Thread Dr. David Sclar via Hasafran
Hi everyone, Looking for sources on why God tests. A high school senior is interested in why God tests Jews in general, and possibly any individual, but she's hoping for something written more recently than the medieval Bible commentaries. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you,

[ha-Safran] query about the company DiGento

2020-05-01 Thread Amanda Seigel via Hasafran
Dear Safranim, Does anyone (particular academic librarians and/or those working with German and European collections) have experience working with the company DiGento? They deal with library collections, especially electronic resources. I received an inquiry from a researcher about doing business

[ha-Safran] Query for a patron

2020-03-20 Thread Etta Gold via Hasafran
Greetings, All ~ I have a question for you: One of my now-grown-up students (now 20 years old) has written a non-fiction personal development book called "The Power of Your Mind, Believe You Can" Can anyone recommend an agent for him to work with? I'll give contact information to whomever you

[ha-Safran] Query re "The Chronicles of The Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron, " by Myron Sugerman

2019-10-14 Thread Arieh Lebowitz via Hasafran
Does anyone have a copy they can spare / sell of The Chronicles of The Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron, by Myron Sugerman?  RSVP directly to me. Thank you!>> Arieh Lebowitz __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily

[ha-Safran] query: recordings of Dara Horn speaking about ALL OTHER NIGHTS?

2019-09-23 Thread Erika Dreifus via Hasafran
Greetings, all: Tomorrow my undergraduate course on "21st-Century Jewish Literature" will be discussing Dara Horn's Civil War fiction (part of a unit on Jewish experience across time and place). I've been looking for videos in which the author speaks about the book, but so far, I haven't

[ha-Safran] Query-Book Clubs

2018-09-17 Thread Bendiner Library
I am a part time librarian at a Reform synagogue library in San Antonio, Texas. Our library is fortunate to have supportive clergy, staff and board, as well as a dedicated library committee. Our library committee hosts a quarterly book club, but the past two years our turnout has been low,

[ha-Safran] Query Rosenwald - Montefiore

2016-01-28 Thread Jonathan Fishburn
Dear Safranim Would anyone know if Julius Rosenwald's (of Sears) father had connections to the Baltimore Jewish community in the 1870s or with Sir Moses Monetefiore?  Thanks very much best regards Jonathan Jonathan Fishburn Fishburn Books 43 Ridge Hill Golders Green London NW11 8PR United

[ha-Safran] Query: source for Holocaust prediction statement

2015-03-13 Thread Altschiller, Donald S
I'm trying to track down the source for a reported statement made by Benzion Netanyahu (ne Mileikowsky) in a 1937 journal article predicting the Holocaust. The student cited a Wikipedia article on B. Netanyahu but no sources were cited. Has anybody ever heard of this prediction and if so,

Re: [ha-Safran] Query: source for Holocaust prediction statement

2015-03-13 Thread N. K. Poole
Hello, Donald, You have, then, seen the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzion_Netanyahu and the statement below. * n 2010, at his 100th birthday celebration at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, his son Benjamin Netanyahu, then Prime Minister of Israel,

Re: [ha-Safran] Query: source for Holocaust prediction statement

2015-03-13 Thread N. K. Poole
There should have been another link - following my last paragraph. http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-founding-fathers-of-zionism On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 5:16 PM, N. K. Poole nkpo...@uncg.edu wrote: Hello, Donald, You have, then, seen the Wikipedia article

[ha-Safran] ​Query: Newsreels in Palestine Mandate​

2015-03-13 Thread Israel Cohen
forwarded by Israel Izzy Cohen Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2015 *​Query: Newsreels in Palestine Mandate​* by Lucy Chester https://networks.h-net.org/users/lucy-chester ​chester[at]colorado[dot]edu ches...@colorado.edu​ Dear colleagues, Could anyone suggest any material relating to newsreels in Palestine

Re: [ha-Safran] ​Query: Newsreels in Palestine Mandate​

2015-03-13 Thread Evelyn Ehrlich
Hi, checking out the footage made available on British Pathé's YouTube channel might be worthwhile. -- Evelyn Ehrlich Head, Humanities Social Sciences Reference Center Librarian for Hebrew and Judaic Studies Bobst Library New York University 70 Washington Sq. South New York, NY 10012

Re: [ha-Safran] ​Query: Newsreels in Palestine Mandate​

2015-03-13 Thread Hussein Moustafa, Laila
/data_management/ From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Israel Cohen Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 1:22 AM To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu; ches...@colorado.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] ​Query: Newsreels in Palestine Mandate​ forwarded by Israel Izzy Cohen Date: Fri

[ha-Safran] : Query about Judaic Databases

2014-09-29 Thread Heather Lenson
A local organization would like to purchase a few licenses to Judaic databases for the community to have access. I am requesting suggestions for databases. Heather Lenson Director of the JECC's Libraries 2030 S. Taylor Rd. Cleveland Hts., OH 44118 216-371-8288 hlen...@jecc.org __ Messages and

[ha-Safran] query re: FRAGMENTS

2014-07-03 Thread Amy Turim
I am very interested to know how librarians have handled the dilemma regarding the book FRAGMENTS, MEMORIES OF A WARTIME CHILDHOOD, by Binjamin Wilkomerski. I didn't know this book was in our collection but it was apparently a long-lost book that was just returned and so I am confronted with it.

Re: [ha-Safran] query

2014-06-30 Thread Levine, Joyce
Hi Julie, Check out the wonderful article by Sheryl Stahl and Joel Kushner in the current issue of *Judaica Librarianship* at http://ajlpublishing.org/jl/ entitled *Be-tzelem Elohim*—In the Image of God: Identifying Essential Jewish LGBTQ Books for Jewish Libraries

[ha-Safran] query

2014-06-20 Thread Julie Moss
Hi, please tell me if this is the right email for posting a question to AJL members. (It has been a while since I posted to Hasafran.) I'm looking for a list of recommended resources for enriching an LGBT collection in a Reform congregation. Thanks! Thanks. Julie A. Moss, Librarian Arthur J.

[ha-Safran] Query for Parent/Child summer reading

2013-05-17 Thread tgerson
Good Morning! Our library would like to have a Parent/Child book discussion this summer. The age range is 7-10, girls and boys. I have a few good titles, but I'd like some suggestions. Could you please send them to me? Thanks so much! Tammy Gerson Cohen Library Cong. Children of Israel