[ha-Safran] Kestenbaum Judaica Auction: Thursday January 31st, 2013
Auction Thursday, January 31st 2013 at 3pm Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Ceremonial Art Exhibition: Sun. 27th - Wed. 30th January View the Auction Catalogue Download Catalogue PDF Catalogue Keyword Search Summary of Auction For further information please contact Jackie Insel jac...@kestenbaum.net Images, clockwise from top left: Lot 287, Lot 359, Lot 39, Lot 258 Kestenbaum Company 242 West 30th Street, New York NY 10001 Tel: (212) 366.1197· Fax: (212) 366.1368 www.kestenbaum.net Forward email This email was sent to kestenb...@aol.com by ad...@kestenbaum.net | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Kestenbaum Company | 242 West 30th Street | New York | NY | 10001 __ 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] Bookless libraries
I read the article, as well as the couple comments below it and one really resonated. While it seems as if everyone has a updated computer, tablet, etc, not everyone does because not everyone can afford one. Our family of 5 currently shares a single computer because we cannot afford more. While we migtht save up for an extra computer, what about the family with far more limited resources? The comment made at the end of the article suggested that those without the means for technology might love to read at home, but would be out of luck should all reading material be converted to digital form. Tablets might be lent out, but small libraries in small communities like mine can't possibly afford even to offer ebooks, let alone to invest in tablets. I see a disturbing class divide here for basic access to knowledge. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Emily Goldberg exgoldb...@gmail.com To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:39 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries An interesting article: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/bookmarks/2013/01/libraries_go_mostly_bookless.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 Is this the future for Jewish libraries, particularly synagogue libraries? Emily Goldberg Mowshowitz Library Hillcrest Jewish Center Flushing, NY exgoldb...@gmail.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
Re: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards
Yasher koach! As a former member of the committee, I know how much hard work and dedication this announcement represents. Thank you for showing us the way to outstanding books. Debbie Colodny Sefer, So Good 1141 Garfield Av. Libertyville, IL 60048 847/680-8016 _www.sefersogood.com_ (http://www.sefersogood.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
Re: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards
All of us who have ever been on the Committee know how much fun it is, and appreciate the work the current committee puts in every year. As always, I'm looking forward to reading the winners. Yashar Koach, Fred Isaac STA 1998-2002 -Original Message- From: Etta Gold ego...@earthlink.net To: Aimee Lurie aimeelu...@mac.com; hasafran hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 8:58 pm Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards Yasher Koach, Aimee - and to your hard-working committee - many thanks!! - Original Message - From: Aimee Lurie aimeelu...@mac.com To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:41 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards Dear Friends -- It is my pleasure to share that Linda Glaser and Adam Gustavson, author and illustrator of Hannah’s Way, Louise Borden, author of His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg, and Deborah Heiligman, authorof Intentions, are the 2013 winners of the prestigious Sydney Taylor Book Award. The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series. The winners will receive their awards at the Association of Jewish Libraries Conference in Houston, Texas this June. The winners were formally announced yesterday at the Association of Jewish Libraries midwinter meeting in New York. Twenty outstanding books were selected from the nearly 100 titles evaluated by the SydneyTaylor Book Award Committee during 2012. The Committee recommends them for library, classroom, and home use. To view a the press release and for more information about the award, please visit http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Awards/SydneyTaylorBookAward.aspx. Best, Aimee Lurie, Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Association of Jewish Libraries The Agnon School 26500 Shaker Blvd. Beachwood, OH 44122 (216)832-1314 aimeelu...@mac.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 __ 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] ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA- 2nd Edition - 22 Vols. Set - up to $1400 Discount + FREE Shipping + A Gift: Valid until 4/4/2013
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[ha-Safran] FW: NO FULL STOP - NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR COURSE/LIBRARY
No Full Stop - Selected image NO FULL STOP By Shlomo Slutsky Documentary, 52 min. Already purchased by the Libraries of Harvard, Columbia, the University of Florida and The Hebrew University Dear Friends, The “Dirty War” in Argentina had many victims – and a disproportionate number of them were Jews. Journalist Shlomo Slutsky grew up in an activist environment in Argentina of the early 1970’s. But while his activism led him to choose to make a life in Israel, many of his friends stayed in Argentina and paid a price for their political activities. This personal film traces the choices made by a generation. On assignment in Argentina to cover the trial of General Menéndez, charged with mass murders during the 1970's dictatorship, the filmmaker soon finds that this professional reporting assignment for Israeli television soon takes him on a personal journey through Argentina, Spain and Israel, re-tracing the footsteps of his old friends from the Jewish youth movement. Friends who in 1976 chose to join the guerrilla forces while Shlomo chose to immigrate to Israel. Many of these friends were imprisoned, tortured and killed. Shlomo survived. An important film about a nearly forgotten chapter in Jewish history. You can read more about this film at http://www.ruthfilms.com/no-full-stop.html Or contact us at r...@ruthfilms.com Logo - Ruth Diskin Films - High Res ALWAYS BREAKING THROUGH... attachment: image002.jpgattachment: image004.jpg__ 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] New book by Magnes Press (Israel)
Hello! We would like to introduce a new Judaica book. Biblical and Talmudic medicine Dr. Julius Preuss http://magnespress.co.il/website_en/index.asp?action=author_pageaet_id =2746 Translated By Wurzburger Uri http://magnespress.co.il/website_en/index.asp?action=author_pageaet_id =2747 By For info about the book press here http://magnespress.co.il/website_en/index.asp?id=3844 For PDF sample pages from the book press here http://magnespress.co.il/pdf_files/upload/431045.pdf Please feel free to e-mail me for questions or purchases. regards, Celestina Levant Sales and Marketing abroad Magnes Press www.magnespress.co.il Tel: 972-2-6584780 Fax: 972-2-5633370 __ 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] New book by Magnes Press (Israel)
Hello! We would like to introduce a new Judaica book. Halakhah: Explicit and Implied Theoretical and Ideological Aspects Edited By Avinoam Rosenak http://www.magnespress.co.il/website_en/index.asp?action=author_pageae t_id=1461 and Dafna Schreiber http://www.magnespress.co.il/website_en/index.asp?action=author_pageae t_id=2694 For info about the book press here http://www.magnespress.co.il/website_en/index.asp?id=3802 For PDF sample pages from the book press here http://www.magnespress.co.il/pdf_files/upload/171040.pdf Please feel free to e-mail me for questions or purchases. regards, Celestina Levant Sales and Marketing abroad Magnes Press www.magnespress.co.il Tel: 972-2-6584780 Fax: 972-2-5633370 __ 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] Bookless libraries
Should we panic that our libaries lack scrolls? Can you imagine a good library without any scrolls? What about tablets (the small clay ones with squiggling staff scratched on them - probably what Avraham used to use)? Aaron This is not an official policy statement from my employer (which, BTW, does have both scrolls and tablets though we do lack native speakers of sumerian to help catalog them). On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Rachel Haus wrote: I read the article, as well as the couple comments below it and one really resonated. While it seems as if everyone has a updated computer, tablet, etc, not everyone does because not everyone can afford one. Our family of 5 currently shares a single computer because we cannot afford more. While we migtht save up for an extra computer, what about the family with far more limited resources? ? The comment made at the end of the article suggested that those without the means for technology might love to read at home, but would be out of luck should all reading material?be converted to digital form. Tablets might be lent out, but small libraries in small communities like mine can't possibly afford even to offer ebooks, let alone to invest in tablets. I see a disturbing class divide here?for basic access to knowledge. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Emily Goldberg exgoldb...@gmail.com To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:39 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries An interesting article: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/bookmarks/2013/01/libraries_go_mostly_bookless.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 Is this the future for Jewish libraries, particularly synagogue libraries? Emily Goldberg Mowshowitz Library Hillcrest Jewish Center Flushing, NY exgoldb...@gmail.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 Aaron Wolfe Kuperman Library of Congress, ABA USPL, Law Cataloging Section This is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress. __ 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] NO FULL STOP - NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR LIBRARY
Shalom Safranim, The “Dirty War” in Argentina had many victims – and a disproportionate number of them were Jews. Journalist Shlomo Slutsky grew up in an activist environment in Argentina of the early 1970’s. But while his activism led him to choose to make a life in Israel, many of his friends stayed in Argentina and paid a price for their political activities. This personal film traces the choices made by a generation. On assignment in Argentina to cover the trial of General Menéndez, charged with mass murders during the 1970's dictatorship, the filmmaker soon finds that this professional reporting assignment for Israeli television soon takes him on a personal journey through Argentina, Spain and Israel, re-tracing the footsteps of his old friends from the Jewish youth movement. Friends who in 1976 chose to join the guerrilla forces while Shlomo chose to immigrate to Israel. Many of these friends were imprisoned, tortured and killed. Shlomo survived. An important film about a nearly forgotten chapter in Jewish history. Already purchased by several leading universities libraries, you can read more about this film at http://www.ruthfilms.com/no-full-stop.html http://www.ruthfilms.com/no-full-stop.html Or contact us at r...@ruthfilms.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
[ha-Safran] new book: Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary
I'm posting this for a friend: Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary Solon Beinfeld and Harry Bochner, Editors-in-Chief. Indiana University Press, cloth 978-0-253-00983-8 $45.00 ebook 978-0-253-00988-3 $38.99 Including over 37,000 entries compiled by a team of expert Yiddish linguists, Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary surpasses all its predecessors in the number of words and rich selection of idioms, examples of usage, and coverage of stylistic levels and dialect forms. The user-friendly entries include words for standard and literary as well as contemporary colloquial and conversational usage and a wide range of terms from all sources of Yiddish, including those of Hebraic-Aramaic, Slavic, and Romance as well as Germanic origin. The lexical corpus comes directly from the highly acclaimed Dictionnaire Yiddish- Français by Yitskhok Niborski and Bernard Vaisbrot, published by the Bibliothèque Medem in Paris in 2002. Augmented by an extensive user's guide, this volume is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, translators, and readers of Yiddish. Solon Beinfeld taught modern European and modern Jewish history at Washington University in St. Louis and has translated extensively from Yiddish, most recently The Last Jew of Treblinka by Chil Rajchman. Harry Bochner, a linguist and Yiddishist, is author of Simplicity in Generative Morphology. To order go to the website -- www.iupress.indiana.edu -- or phone 1-800-842-6796. Here is a link to the online website: http://verterbukh.org/project.html If you have specific questions, contact Harry Bochner at hboch...@post.harvard.edu . Harvey Sukenic Hebrew College Library hsuke...@hebrewcollege.edu __ 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] new book: Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary
Does this dictionary include words from the living Yiddish used in several ultra-Orthodox communities (largely in Brooklyn, the Hudson River Valley and in Israel)? In these places where there are still plenty of children who speak Yiddish as a first language, new vocabulary is most likely to be introduced, and in all fairness most resources for Yiddish language reflect an increasing extinct secularized version of the language that died out in the middle of the 20th century. --Aaron On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Sukenic, Harvey wrote: I'm posting this for a friend: Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary Solon Beinfeld and Harry Bochner, Editors-in-Chief. Indiana University Press, cloth 978-0-253-00983-8 $45.00 ebook 978-0-253-00988-3 $38.99 Including over 37,000 entries compiled by a team of expert Yiddish linguists, Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary surpasses all its predecessors in the number of words and rich selection of idioms, examples of usage, and coverage of stylistic levels and dialect forms. The user-friendly entries include words for standard and literary as well as contemporary colloquial and conversational usage and a wide range of terms from all sources of Yiddish, including those of Hebraic-Aramaic, Slavic, and Romance as well as Germanic origin. The lexical corpus comes directly from the highly acclaimed Dictionnaire Yiddish- Fran?ais by Yitskhok Niborski and Bernard Vaisbrot, published by the Biblioth?que Medem in Paris in 2002. Augmented by an extensive user's guide, this volume is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, translators, and readers of Yiddish. Solon Beinfeld taught modern European and modern Jewish history at Washington University in St. Louis and has translated extensively from Yiddish, most recently The Last Jew of Treblinka by Chil Rajchman. Harry Bochner, a linguist and Yiddishist, is author of Simplicity in Generative Morphology. To order go to the website -- www.iupress.indiana.edu -- or phone 1-800-842-6796. Here is a link to the online website: http://verterbukh.org/project.html If you have specific questions, contact Harry Bochner at hboch...@post.harvard.edu . Harvey Sukenic Hebrew College Library hsuke...@hebrewcollege.edu Aaron Wolfe Kuperman Library of Congress, ABA USPL, Law Cataloging Section This is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress. __ 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] Yiddish translation outsourcing project at Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
The following is posted on behalf of Cheryl Beredo at the Kheel Center at Cornell: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives has partnered with the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick (UK) on a Yiddish translation crowdsourcing project. In fall 2012, we launched a site that presents digitized Yiddish-language materials from both collections for translation to English by the general public. The materials document the lives of working class Jewish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For more information, please visit the project’s home page, http://transcribe.lib.warwick.ac.uk/yt/index.php/Main_Page, and the Cornell University Library press release, http://news.library.cornell.edu/news/121127/YiddishCrowdsourcing. Posted by: Susan Woodland Senior Archivist UJA-Federation of New York Collection American Jewish Historical Society swoodl...@ajhs.orgmailto:swoodl...@ajhs.org 917 606-8259 15 W. 16th Street New York, NY 10011 Like Us on Facebook: facebook.com/AmericanJewishHistoricalSociety Follow our blog: www.thiscangobacktothearchives.wordpress.comhttp://www.thiscangobacktothearchives.wordpress.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
Re: [ha-Safran] Worldcat Lists
Thanks StevenWe may want to add these links somewhere on AJL's bibliography bank page...as added resources? Francine Menken Director / Henry Delia Meyers Library and Media Center Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit 6600 W. Maple Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48322 - Original Message - From: Steven M. Bergson safran-...@yahoo.com To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:41:34 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Worldcat Lists One of the features I've appreciated at both Amazon and Goodreads (probably elsewhere as well) is the ability for anyone (including librarians) to compile their own themed--searchable bibliographies and publish them online. http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=017986067167581999535:4-ekn3oenek http://www.goodreads.com/list At Amazon, clicking on the link of any book in the bibliography takes you to the page where you can purchase the book. At Goodreads, clicking on the book's link takes you to Goodread's page for the book, showing all of the members' book reviews for it. Yesterday, I found out that Worldcat also has a list creation section. When you click on the book's hyperlink there, it shows you which OCLC libraries have holdings of that book. Lists may be searched at https://www.worldcat.org/webservices/root/search/lists?listquery= and there are already lists for Jewish, Israel, and Holocaust books. There's even a Sydney Taylor Book Awards list at https://www.worldcat.org/profiles/ccicchetti/lists/3070440 listing 34 books published between 1969 and 2007. A complete SBTA list would be more helpful (especially since the 2012 winners were just announced yesterday), but there's no reason why one of us can't just build our own SBTA list there (as well as lists of other types of Judaica books). While AJL's bibliography bank is an excellent and better-organized resource, I think these 3 websites have the potential to supplement our bank by pointing us to additional works. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Toronto, Canada __ 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
Re: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries
Rachel has voiced an epiphany I had many years ago when my oldest was in high school - When we relied on print or broadcast media for our information it was a much more level playing field. Whether you were in a rich school district or a poorer one, everyone was using the same textbooks. Technology is now much more expensive and not everyone can afford it, which really leaves those who cannot afford computers, smartphones, etc. at a disadvantage which grows larger each year. This is where it is so important for libraries to step in and fill the gap, but the question is, Where is all the money for that going to come from? Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 -Original Message- From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Aaron Kuperman Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:24 AM To: Rachel Haus Cc: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries Should we panic that our libaries lack scrolls? Can you imagine a good library without any scrolls? What about tablets (the small clay ones with squiggling staff scratched on them - probably what Avraham used to use)? Aaron This is not an official policy statement from my employer (which, BTW, does have both scrolls and tablets though we do lack native speakers of sumerian to help catalog them). On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Rachel Haus wrote: I read the article, as well as the couple comments below it and one really resonated. While it seems as if everyone has a updated computer, tablet, etc, not everyone does because not everyone can afford one. Our family of 5 currently shares a single computer because we cannot afford more. While we migtht save up for an extra computer, what about the family with far more limited resources? The comment made at the end of the article suggested that those without the means for technology might love to read at home, but would be out of luck should all reading material be converted to digital form. Tablets might be lent out, but small libraries in small communities like mine can't possibly afford even to offer ebooks, let alone to invest in tablets. I see a disturbing class divide here for basic access to knowledge. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Emily Goldberg exgoldb...@gmail.com To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:39 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries An interesting article: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/bookmarks/2013/01/libraries_go_mostly_bookless.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 Is this the future for Jewish libraries, particularly synagogue libraries? Emily Goldberg Mowshowitz Library Hillcrest Jewish Center Flushing, NY exgoldb...@gmail.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 Aaron Wolfe Kuperman Library of Congress, ABA USPL, Law Cataloging Section This is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress. __ 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] Five free books to give away
Dear Colleagues, My friend Racelle Rosett has written a wonderful book of short stories called *Moving Waters*. It has received quite a number of excellent reviews and I highly recommend it. It would be a wonderful addition to a book club list. She has asked me to tell you she has five copies to give away. She would prefer to give it to smaller synagogue libraries without huge budgets for ordering books. It is available on Amazon where you can familiarize yourself with the content. The books will go to the first five respondents. Racelle will pay the postage. Best wishes, Enid sperber -- Enid Kent Sperber Library Consultant/Archivist Temple Israel of Hollywood Los Angeles, CA 90046 * * __ 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] Syndey Taylor Book Awards
Kol havod for an awesome job performed by the STBA Committee!!! - Heather Lenson Librarian at Ratner Media Technology Center Jewish Education Center of Cleveland 2030 South Taylor Road Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118 PH: (216) 371-8288 FX: (216) 371-2523 E-mail: hlen...@jecc.org -Original Message- From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Aimee Lurie Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:42 PM To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards Dear Friends -- It is my pleasure to share that Linda Glaser and Adam Gustavson, author and illustrator of Hannah's Way, Louise Borden, author of His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg, and Deborah Heiligman, authorof Intentions, are the 2013 winners of the prestigious Sydney Taylor Book Award. The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series. The winners will receive their awards at the Association of Jewish Libraries Conference in Houston, Texas this June. The winners were formally announced yesterday at the Association of Jewish Libraries midwinter meeting in New York. Twenty outstanding books were selected from the nearly 100 titles evaluated by the SydneyTaylor Book Award Committee during 2012. The Committee recommends them for library, classroom, and home use. To view a the press release and for more information about the award, please visit http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Awards/SydneyTaylorBookAward.aspx. Best, Aimee Lurie, Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Association of Jewish Libraries The Agnon School 26500 Shaker Blvd. Beachwood, OH 44122 (216)832-1314 aimeelu...@mac.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
Re: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries
The assumption here is that reading textbooks digitally gives an advantage.If you read the research collected in books like The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr, you will see that the advantage in the long run may not go to the group reading on their devices. Andrea Rapp Wise Temple, Cincinnati --- On Wed, 1/23/13, Eileen Polk ep...@tbeonline.org wrote: From: Eileen Polk ep...@tbeonline.org Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries To: Aaron Kuperman a...@loc.gov, Rachel Haus rhaus_...@yahoo.com Cc: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 2:57 PM Rachel has voiced an epiphany I had many years ago when my oldest was in high school - When we relied on print or broadcast media for our information it was a much more level playing field. Whether you were in a rich school district or a poorer one, everyone was using the same textbooks. Technology is now much more expensive and not everyone can afford it, which really leaves those who cannot afford computers, smartphones, etc. at a disadvantage which grows larger each year. This is where it is so important for libraries to step in and fill the gap, but the question is, Where is all the money for that going to come from? Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 -Original Message- From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Aaron Kuperman Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:24 AM To: Rachel Haus Cc: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries Should we panic that our libaries lack scrolls? Can you imagine a good library without any scrolls? What about tablets (the small clay ones with squiggling staff scratched on them - probably what Avraham used to use)? Aaron This is not an official policy statement from my employer (which, BTW, does have both scrolls and tablets though we do lack native speakers of sumerian to help catalog them). On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Rachel Haus wrote: I read the article, as well as the couple comments below it and one really resonated. While it seems as if everyone has a updated computer, tablet, etc, not everyone does because not everyone can afford one. Our family of 5 currently shares a single computer because we cannot afford more. While we migtht save up for an extra computer, what about the family with far more limited resources? The comment made at the end of the article suggested that those without the means for technology might love to read at home, but would be out of luck should all reading material be converted to digital form. Tablets might be lent out, but small libraries in small communities like mine can't possibly afford even to offer ebooks, let alone to invest in tablets. I see a disturbing class divide here for basic access to knowledge. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Emily Goldberg exgoldb...@gmail.com To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:39 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries An interesting article: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/bookmarks/2013/01/libraries_go_mostly_bookless.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 Is this the future for Jewish libraries, particularly synagogue libraries? Emily Goldberg Mowshowitz Library Hillcrest Jewish Center Flushing, NY exgoldb...@gmail.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 Aaron Wolfe Kuperman Library of Congress, ABA USPL, Law Cataloging Section This is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress. __ 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:
Re: [ha-Safran] Announcing re-issue of Thesaurus of Mediaeval Hebrew Poetry
The Jewish Theological Seminary Press is pleased to announce a re-issue in print and electronic format of four-volume masterpiece Thesaurus of Mediaeval Hebrew Poetry by Israel Davidson. This magnum opus - for which Israel Davidson has received the first ever Bialik's Prize (1936) and had a street in Israel named after him - lists 35,000 poems and prayers culled from printed and manuscript sources (many from Cairo Genizah), i.e. almost every Hebrew poem and its variations composed after canonization of the Hebrew Bible until 18th c.e. . . .with listings of sacred poetry reaching into the 20th century. Act now and save $100 (reg. $250) with your print order at www.eBookshuk.com (Special Offer Code: POETRY) or purchase personal electronic edition delivered on CD-R for only $40 (reg. 85) plus SH To place the order, got to www.eBookshuk.com and enter Special Offer Code: DigPoetry To purchase electronic edition for library ($185 instead of reg. $285), includes permanent online hosting and can be purchased by writing to supp...@publishersrow.com ... distinguished by fullness and accuracy to a remarkable degree. -- Prof. Jacob Mann Hebrew Union College ...a storehouse of information and erudition to all students and scholars working on the vast fields of Jewish liturgy, hymnology and poetry. -- David S. Sassoon London __ 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] Bookless libraries
Dear Aaron, Thank you for identifying a serious problem in our libraries in our society as a whole. Despite carrying a stock in the tens of thousands of titles I have no scrolls currently on offer in my inventory. In my personal collection I have only four scrolls (not counting piano rolls). Seriously, the transition from real books to digital books is not an equivalent transition to the transition from scroll to codex. As of yet most digital books are not even routinely better or cheaper than paper. Libraries are being asked to change from a financial model that was understandable to one that includes a variety of models and relies on a variety of non-interacting formats. Bookless libraries is a radical concept in librarianship. It is being advocated as a one sized fit all solution for the future of libraries. As a blanket model that certainty has to be false, at least in the short run (10-20 years). Library schools are being turned into Schools of Information Technology. As we go forward more and more of the graduates of these institutions will be unfamiliar with how to handle actual books. As a result they will have a bias away from actual books. However, it is now and will be (for the foreseeable future) a decision made logically, but will be one made only out of a bias for the new. Ultimately the question for me is this. Do we really want to jam our entire life onto a screen? Is that a wise choice and even if it is what are the costs of making that choice? All the best, Henry Hollander Should we panic that our libaries lack scrolls? Can you imagine a good library without any scrolls? What about tablets (the small clay ones with squiggling staff scratched on them - probably what Avraham used to use)? Aaron This is not an official policy statement from my employer (which, BTW, does have both scrolls and tablets though we do lack native speakers of sumerian to help catalog them). On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Rachel Haus wrote: I read the article, as well as the couple comments below it and one really resonated. While it seems as if everyone has a updated computer, tablet, etc, not everyone does because not everyone can afford one. Our family of 5 currently shares a single computer because we cannot afford more. While we migtht save up for an extra computer, what about the family with far more limited resources? The comment made at the end of the article suggested that those without the means for technology might love to read at home, but would be out of luck should all reading material be converted to digital form. Tablets might be lent out, but small libraries in small communities like mine can't possibly afford even to offer ebooks, let alone to invest in tablets. I see a disturbing class divide here for basic access to knowledge. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com From: Emily Goldberg exgoldb...@gmail.com To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:39 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Bookless libraries An interesting article: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/bookmarks/2013/01/libraries_go_mostly_bookless.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 Is this the future for Jewish libraries, particularly synagogue libraries? Emily Goldberg Mowshowitz Library Hillcrest Jewish Center Flushing, NY exgoldb...@gmail.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 Aaron Wolfe Kuperman Library of Congress, ABA USPL, Law Cataloging Section This is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress. __ 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,
[ha-Safran] Offering withdrawn books from Cornell Hillel library
Dear all, My mom and I are processing the last vestiges of the (erstwhile) Cornell Hillel library. We'd like to see books go to a good home, and are willing to ship within the US. Most books are first editions, in good condition. Some are multi-volume sets. Tachlis: Reimbursement for shipping costs is very much appreciated. I know this is probably a long shot, but if you are moved to actually *purchase* any of these books (we have a list of suggested prices), all donations will benefit Congregation Tikkun v'Or in Ithaca, NY. However, we are also happy to see the books get adopted to good homes for free. Please get in touch with me via email if you are interested in any of the following: *American Jewry* * * Kaplan, Mordecai *Judaism as a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life* 1934 Karp, Abraham, editor *The Jewish Experience in America* (5 vols) 1969 *Fiction* * * Asch, Sholom; Isaac Goldberg, translator *Uncle Moses* 1920 Grade, Chaim; Curt Leviant, translator*The Yeshiva* 1967 Halpern, Moyshe-Leyb; Katherine Hellerstein, translator *In New York: A Selection* 1982 (Bilingual Yiddish / English edition) Singer, Isaac Bashevis, illustrated by Ira Moskowitz *Reaches of Heaven* 1965 *History* * * Baron, Salo Wittmayer *The Jewish Community: Its History and Structure to the American Revolution* (3 vols) 1942 Berger, David, translator *The Jewish-Christian Debate in the High Middle Ages: A Critical Edition of the Nizzahon Vetus* 1979 Graetz, H *History of the Jews* (6 vols) 1891 Grunwald, Max *History of Jews in Vienna* 1936 Kober, Adolf *History of Jews in Cologne* 1940 Sanders, E.P., editor *Jewish and Christian Self-Definition* (3 vols) 1982 Zeitlin, Solomon *The Rise and Fall of the Judaean State: A Political, Social, and Religious History of the Second Commonwealth* (3 vols) 1978 *Holocaust* * * Bloch, Sam E., editor *Holocaust and Rebirth: Bergen-Belsen 1945-1965* 1968 (Trilingual Hebrew, Yiddish, English with many photographs) *Rabbinics* * * Bokser, Ben Zion, editor *The Essential Writings of Abraham Isaac Kook* 1988 *Sourcebooks* * * Kobler, Franz, edtior *A Treasury of Jewish Letters: Letters from the Famous and the Humble* (2 vols) 1952 *Zionism* Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer; T. Muraoka, translator *A Dream Come True* 1993 Ha'Am, Ahad; Hans Kohn, editor*Nationalism and the Jewish Ethic* 1962 __ 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] Sydney Taylor Book Awards
I add my greetings to the Sydney Taylor book award committee. The selection required a lot of time and considerations. The list helps every librarian in a Judaic library, that serves children and young adults, in expanding the collection with outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience (quotes from the press release). Mazal tov to the authors, illustrators and publishers. Amalia Warshenbrot -Original Message- From: Etta Gold Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:56 PM To: Aimee Lurie ; hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards Yasher Koach, Aimee - and to your hard-working committee - many thanks!! - Original Message - From: Aimee Lurie aimeelu...@mac.com To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:41 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Syndey Taylor Book Awards Dear Friends -- It is my pleasure to share that Linda Glaser and Adam Gustavson, author and illustrator of Hannah’s Way, Louise Borden, author of His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg, and Deborah Heiligman, authorof Intentions, are the 2013 winners of the prestigious Sydney Taylor Book Award. The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series. The winners will receive their awards at the Association of Jewish Libraries Conference in Houston, Texas this June. The winners were formally announced yesterday at the Association of Jewish Libraries midwinter meeting in New York. Twenty outstanding books were selected from the nearly 100 titles evaluated by the SydneyTaylor Book Award Committee during 2012. The Committee recommends them for library, classroom, and home use. To view a the press release and for more information about the award, please visit http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Awards/SydneyTaylorBookAward.aspx. Best, Aimee Lurie, Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Association of Jewish Libraries The Agnon School 26500 Shaker Blvd. Beachwood, OH 44122 (216)832-1314 aimeelu...@mac.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 __ 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] Bookless libraries
I bought some replica clay tablets just to say I have some in the collection. I also have a couple of paper scrolls. No sifre Torah or parchment scrolls because they cost too much. DS Should we panic that our libaries lack scrolls? Can you imagine a good library without any scrolls? What about tablets (the small clay ones with squiggling staff scratched on them - probably what Avraham used to use)? Aaron This is not an official policy statement from my employer (which, BTW, does have both scrolls and tablets though we do lack native speakers of sumerian to help catalog them). On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Rachel Haus wrote: I read the article, as well as the couple comments below it and one really resonated. While it seems as if everyone has a updated computer, tablet, etc, not everyone does because not everyone can afford one. Our family of 5 currently shares a single computer because we cannot afford more. While we migtht save up for an extra computer, what about the family with far more limited resources? The comment made at the end of the article suggested that those without the means for technology might love to read at home, but would be out of luck should all reading material be converted to digital form. Tablets might be lent out, but small libraries in small communities like mine can't possibly afford even to offer ebooks, let alone to invest in tablets. I see a disturbing class divide here for basic access to knowledge. Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI rhaus_...@yahoo.com Daniel Stuhlman Chicago, IL ddstuhlman at earthlink.net Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/ Latest entry January 13 Podcast: http://ddstuhlman.podomatic.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
