Dear ha-Safran readers, I was approached by someone who is looking for a Herta Weil, who may have been the one mentioned in this excerpt from Marcia Posner’s article in Judaica Librarianship 7 (1–2), ”Jewish Children’s Literature Around the World: A Survey” (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/10.14263/7/1993/605__;!!KGKeukY!yMzW5DrDJ_mzKsYeh826p_D5DQtXUHQH0FVa2uK4UzCRDnlKykGEHkCha9hLR_-vBTkAuES94p9Q39Cdg14kSP233pR4IKc$ ):
Austria has a Jewish population of 12,000, out of a total population of 7,552,000. An issue of Aufbau (January 6, 1989), contained an article (thoughtfully translated by a library volunteer, Mrs. Herta Weil) about a new Judaica Bookstore, "Buchhandlung Chaj," in Vienna's 2nd District, the Leopoldstadt, at Lessingstrasse 5, next to the Jewish Gymnasium. It was established by Friedericke Stern-Heller, a trained bookseller since 1949, who was frequently asked by friends and acquaintances to provide them with Jewish literature. The bookstore's collection includes picture-books and literature for young people. All the books are by Jewish authors with "direct connection to Jewry and the State of Israel" (Judische, 1989). Correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Stern resulted in a list of more than forty-two titles of children's books carried by their store, many originally written in German, the rest translated. All but two were published by Austrian publishers, including Zeit fur die Hora (Time for the Hora; Arena, 1989), by Ingeborg Bayer, who is not Jewish, which was awarded the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children's Literature Prize) 1989 and was also an IBBY Honor Book. Mr. Stern wrote that he still discovers small publishers who produce Jewish literature, and he provided me with other contacts in Switzerland and Germany. (pp. 11–12) If anyone knows anything about Herta Weil, please contact me off list. Thank you, Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections, IsraPulp Collection Affiliate, Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Maghrib Studies Arizona State University Library Editor, Judaica Librarianship (2012–Present) Association of Jewish Libraries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org__;!!KGKeukY!yMzW5DrDJ_mzKsYeh826p_D5DQtXUHQH0FVa2uK4UzCRDnlKykGEHkCha9hLR_-vBTkAuES94p9Q39Cdg14kSP23QJMxVjw$ I acknowledge that Arizona State University is built upon the traditional homelands of the Akimel O'odham and Pee-Posh peoples.
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