That 1939 encyclopedia is quite special. It describes many European Jewish communities before the Holocaust that n longer exist today. I definitely recommend that you keep it.
When I coordinated the Temple Beth Shalom library in Spokane, WA, the custodian found a copy of that encyclopedia. I looked through it and realized what a treasure it was. Dina Tanners Seattle, WA Sent from my iPhone Please excuse auto-correct errors On Sep 25, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Amalia Warshenbrot <amalia...@att.net> wrote: > Rachel > Since It is in good shape and you have space keep it. Entries, that do not > need updating, are very good, > Hag sameakh, > Amalia > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 25, 2013, at 5:21 PM, Rachel Haus <rhaus_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Dear Hasafranim, >> >> I am recataloging our reference area and can't decide whether or not to keep >> a 10 vol set of The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia from 1939. It's in pretty >> good shape and doesn't take up too much space, but is never touched and we >> have a complete set of the 1977 Encyclopaedia Judaica. Yet some librarians >> keep older reference works for invaluable photos and perspective. Any >> thoughts? >> >> Rachel Haus >> Library Director >> Congregation of Moses Library >> Kalamazoo MI >> rhaus_...@yahoo.com >> __ >> Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual >> author >> and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) >> ================================== >> Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: >> Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >> To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: >> https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu >> Ha-Safran Archives: >> Current: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> Earlier Listserver: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org >> -- >> Hasafran mailing list >> Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >> https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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