Rabbi Lapayover, Have you tried your local AJL group, Gratz College, or Penn?
Leah On Sun, Jul 4, 2021, 1:20 PM Alan Lapayover via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Perhaps you could contact your nearest Israeli consulate and ask for > suggestions. > > Alan > > *Rabbi Alan LaPayover* > *Director, Mordecai M. Kaplan Library* > *Reconstructionist Rabbinical College* > > > ------------------------------ > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 18:03:47 +0000 (UTC) > From: kpeter3...@aol.com > To: "hasafran@lists.osu.edu" <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > Subject: [ha-Safran] ideas of what to do with Hebrew books....? > Message-ID: <803027190.1053000.1625249027...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all,? ? ?My synagogue library is doing a major overhaul this summer and > I'm getting rid of all of our Hebrew books for adults and most of the > children's Hebrew books.? We have very few Israelis in our communities, and > our Religious School students' level of Hebrew proficiency is not adequate > for most of the books we have, plus we have plenty of teaching materials at > their level.? ? ?Taking any and all suggestions on what to do with them, > especially the adult books.? There's fiction, political science, history, > cookbooks, etc. though probably none of it was published after, say > 2000-2010 and most is older than that.? Some are possibly classics, like a > volume of poems by Pushkin.? My Hebrew is good enough for the titles, > authors and a gist of what the book is about, but not good enough to > actually read them.? ? ?I'd prefer not to have to toss them unless > absolutely necessary and I'm hoping I can find them a good home, but I will > bite the bullet and toss them if I need to.? I > have 6 BIG boxes of them (probably 200-300 books total) and we just > can't store them any longer.? I've already put in calls to the major > universities with Judaic studies programs in my area and their Hillels, and > the regional Jewish Historical Society but haven't heard back yet.? ? > ?Thanks much!? Private replies welcome unless you think they'd be of > interest to the group.?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Judy Petersen? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Library > Director? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Congregation Har Shalom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Fort Collins, > CO > __ > 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: > hasaf...@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: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!mrdVW1IbMJHejaEOJSrxmJnE6GrrDCZMcs2dv0WoGCBuCqndUJMBc-0d_oWKrEwLtdo$ > > Earlier Listserver: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!mrdVW1IbMJHejaEOJSrxmJnE6GrrDCZMcs2dv0WoGCBuCqndUJMBc-0d_oWKEihOIeo$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!mrdVW1IbMJHejaEOJSrxmJnE6GrrDCZMcs2dv0WoGCBuCqndUJMBc-0d_oWKupeIloM$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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