[ha-Safran] Thinking of our Israeli colleagues, friends, and family

2023-10-09 Thread Michelle Margolis via Hasafran
Dear colleagues, I ended Simhat Torah in innocence - somehow the news didn't make it to the community where I was for the holiday - and then turned on my phone to the terrible news. So many of us have family, friends, and of course colleagues in Israel right now (I know I'm still waiting on news f

[ha-Safran] Thinking of our Israeli colleagues, friends, and family

2023-10-11 Thread Yaniv Levi via Hasafran
In the name of NLI and the Israeli library world - thank you all for your warm words. They are much appreciated, and we do not take them for granted. There is no doubt that these are challenging times for all of us here in Israel. Many members of our staff and their families have been mobilized

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2023-10-09 Thread Erika Dreifus via Hasafran
I'm so grateful to Michelle for posting this. I think it's perfectly eloquent, and I want to echo her message. As someone else in the Diaspora, I am also eager to help however I can. Praying for everyone, and for peace, Erika = *Erika Dreifus* Writer. Teacher. Resource Maven. Literary Advoc

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2023-10-09 Thread Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran
Thank you Michelle, for starting this thread. We need each more than ever in these difficult times. Sally On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 10:06 AM Erika Dreifus via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > I'm so grateful to Michelle for posting this. I think it's perfectly > eloquent, and I want to e

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2023-10-09 Thread Rose Shoshanah Seidman via Hasafran
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2023-10-09 Thread Biljana Albahari via Hasafran
It is so sad and so unfair what is happening to our dear Israelis. I have a lot of friends in that area, some are still waiting for their children and grandchildren. It is hard to hope that the situation will get better. I support every initiative. Michelle, if you or anyone on the AJL board is i

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2023-10-09 Thread Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran
I too spent the holiday weekend anxiously awaiting news from my family in Israel, and b"h they are safe. What each of us can do as members of AJL, the leading authority on Judaic librarianship, is to ensure the continued access to historically accurate materials to help inform the community at lar

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2023-10-10 Thread eilat navon via Hasafran
Thank you all for your concern and empathy, it will take time before we can get back to some sort of routine, we all have friends, children, and spouses either in the military or dead. missing or injured. In terms of academic studies/libraries, students currently have no ability to concentrate on t

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2023-10-10 Thread Susan Pankowsky via Hasafran
57:10 -0400 From: Michelle Margolis To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] Thinking of our Israeli colleagues, friends, and family Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear colleagues, I ended Simhat Torah in innocence - somehow the news didn't mak

Re: [ha-Safran] Thinking of our Israeli colleagues, friends, and family

2023-10-10 Thread Erika Dreifus via Hasafran
Eilat, I am not a trained librarian and I have no suggestions to offer--but as your college and other librarian colleagues develop any plans/projects as you mention in your message, please let us know how/if we can support you from afar. May we know better times, indeed. Erika = *Erika Dreifu

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2023-10-11 Thread Rose Shoshanah Seidman via Hasafran
going in of the ground troops - and are sending wishes for strength and courage. Be-hatslahah Shoshanah From: Hasafran on behalf of Yaniv Levi via Hasafran Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 4:47 AM To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Thinking of our