[ha-Safran] Central Synagogue's Monograph Scholar Search
**Please excuse cross-postings** The following is posted on behalf of the Archives at Central Synagogue in New York City. Please respond directly to the e-mail address listed below if interested. The Archives Department of Central Synagogue is in the early planning stages of its fifth scholarly monograph in a series that highlights the synagogue and its archives in the wider community. The focus of this monograph will be Central Synagogue congregants who have had an impact on the larger noncongregational world, prior to 1950. (The synagogue was founded in 1846.) We're thinking of people who were members of Central Synagogue and perhaps honed and developed their leadership skills at Central, and then went on to serve the greater community or, conversely, became members of Central later in their careers. As in our past monographs, the hope is that material in our archives will be featured in the research of this publication. Additionally, the author is expected to present his or her work at the synagogue during an evening devoted to the subject. We, of course, are offering an author's stipend for this work. Our earlier monographs are entitled CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE IN ITS CHANGING NEIGHBORHOOD by Andrew S. Dolkart; CONGREGATING AND CONSECRATING AT CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: The Building of a Religious Fellowship and Public Ceremonies by Elizabeth Blackmar and Arthur A. Goren; THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE JEWISH PRAYER BOOK and the Liturgical Development of Congregation Ahawath Chesed New York City by Gary Phillip Zola; and SOUNDING JEWISH TRADITION: The Music of Central Synagogue by Judah M. Cohen. All of our authors are renowned scholars in their fields. We would love to know if you are interested in taking on this project or might know a scholar who would be. Please contact Central Synagogue Archives at archi...@censyn.orgmailto:archi...@censyn.org or 212-838-5122 extension 2041. Best, Amy Goldberger, Chair Anne Mininberg, Archivist __ 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
[ha-Safran] Books to give away
Dear safranim, I've updated our Books to give away blog. Please check it out: http://sefarimlatetlesifriyot.blogspot.com/ Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel 477 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02215 617-566-3960 x116 aabr...@tisrael.orgmailto:e...@tisrael.org www.tisrael.orghttp://www.tisrael.org/ Check out our new online catalog! http://destiny.tisrael.org/http://library.tisrael.org http://library.tisa/ __ 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
[ha-Safran] EJ 2nd edition
Collective wisdom (I really do love how that describes this group), I just received an e-mail offering the 2nd edition of Encyclopedia Judaica for $995. Clearly a bargain over the list price. My question is to those of you who purchased this, especially synagogue libraries. Do you feel that it's been a worthwhile purchase? Would you recommend buying it? Thanks in advance, Amy Graham Amy Wissoker Graham Ray Doblitz Memorial Library Congregation Ohev Shalom Wallingford, PA awgra...@comcast.net __ 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
[ha-Safran] excellent video collection for sale
We are selling our video cassette collection, a very fine collection of Jewish films - including international films, Israeli films, Eastern European, rare films, documentaries, and some more commercial films too. Prices vary from next to nothing on up. Best price would be for the entire collection but we are also willing to sell individual items. Many of these films have never made it onto dvd. If there's enough interest, we would create a list. If you live or work nearby and want to stop in or call or email, please just get in touch! Peggy Kurtz Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library Central Queens YMYWHA 67-09 108 Street Forest Hills, NY 11375 pku...@cqy.org (718) 268-5011, ext. 151 Find out about our Author Series at cqy.org/Authors! __ 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
Re: [ha-Safran] EJ 2nd edition
Hi Amy, My EJ review below appeared in the September 2007 issue of CHOICE: Encyclopaedia Judaica, ed. by Fred Skolnik with Michael Berenbaum. 2nd ed. Keter Publishing House Ltd., Jerusalem/Thomson Gale, 2007. 22v bibl index afp ISBN 0-02-865928-7, $1995.00; ISBN 9780028659282, $1995.00. Outstanding Title! Reviewed in 2007sep CHOICE. This award-winning second edition (EJ2), an update to the 1972 EJ (CH, Oct'72), has already attained a secure place in the reference pantheon. From 1973 through 1994, ten yearbooks and two collected supplements were issued (see CH, Sep'95, 33-0018); a CD-ROM version became available in 1997 with 100,000 hyperlinks and other features (CH, Jan'98, 35-2442). EJ2 has expanded from 16 to 22 volumes, and contains 22,000 entries; 9,000 have been retained from EJ1, 10,000 have been revised and/or updated, and about 2,600 are totally new. The editors have retained the important articles on Jewish scholarship and added many entries on contemporary Jewish life and culture. While the first edition, published in Jerusalem, was criticized by a few scholars for an Israel-centric scholarly bias, the second edition was overseen by a joint editorial board composed of both Israeli and Diaspora scholars, who tried to provide more balanced coverage. Furthermore, the new edition redresses a problem ignored by many scholars three decades ago: the omission of women and gender issues. Appointed associate editor to ensure that EJ2 would cover this major topic, Judith Baskin commissioned more than 500 new, revised, or supplemental entries. Even though the new edition provides many new entries and updated information, some library users and scholars may note the absence of a few EJ1 features: a 100-year Jewish calendar, pottery illustrations, and some interesting essays published in several yearbook supplements. EJ2 also has greatly reduced the number of photographs and illustrations. The editors decided to include only six pages of color illustrations in each volume to provide more space for entries; readers may miss the black-and-white illustrations that visually enhanced many EJ1 essays. Nevertheless, the new edition offers a very helpful new feature: an abbreviations section and glossary in every EJ2 volume. A random sampling of entries also indicates that the writing is livelier and occasionally more informative than some earlier edition articles. The online edition provides mostly easy access to full-text or PDF versions from basic or advanced search pages. One glitch: the limit field is geared toward libraries that subscribe to other Gale Virtual Reference Library e-books. Nonsubscribers may be confused about limiting a search when EJ is the only choice available. Nevertheless, the ease of keyword searching is a vast improvement over the clunkiness of using a print index to find citations spread across 22 volumes. EJ2 complements but does not supplant EJ1, and libraries owning the first edition should shelve the two sets together so they are easily accessible. Selectors wanting to enhance their collection of other Jewish encyclopedias should consult the outstanding volume by Shimeon Brisman, A History and Guide to Judaic Encyclopedias and Lexicons (CH, Apr'88). Summing Up: Essential. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. -- D. Altschiller, Boston University Donald Altschiller Mugar Memorial Library Boston University Boston, MA 02215 Quoting Amy Wissoker Graham awgra...@comcast.net: Collective wisdom (I really do love how that describes this group), I just received an e-mail offering the 2nd edition of Encyclopedia Judaica for $995. Clearly a bargain over the list price. My question is to those of you who purchased this, especially synagogue libraries. Do you feel that it's been a worthwhile purchase? Would you recommend buying it? Thanks in advance, Amy Graham Amy Wissoker Graham Ray Doblitz Memorial Library Congregation Ohev Shalom Wallingford, PA awgra...@comcast.net __ 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
[ha-Safran] Portuguese and Marrano Pamphlets - Judaica List July 2012
Find out more about Arthur Carlos de Barros Basto who has become known as the ‘Portuguese Dreyfus.’ He was a decorated Portuguese military officer, a hero of Portugal's 1910 republican revolution and World War I, and leader of the open return to Judaism of the Crypto-Jews of Portugal. Please find attached my latest Judaica list featuring rare Portuguese pamphlets, mostly written or published by Barros Basto. You can also access the list via the following link to my website http://www.fishburnbooks.com/catalogs/BarrosBastoJuly14th2012.pdf Best regards Jonathan Jonathan Fishburn Fishburn Books 43 Ridge Hill Golders Green London NW11 8PR United Kingdom www.fishburnbooks.com Tel +44 (0) 208 455 9139 Fax +44 (0) 208 922 5008__ 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
