[ha-Safran] Codex Conquest: The Game of (Jewish) Book History (NYC event)

2017-03-07 Thread Michelle Chesner 
Did you ever wish you could collect rare books? In Codex Conquest: The Game
of Book History , YOU are the curator
for a national collection, acquiring books from the 15th century onward
while completing with other countries for the greatest collection, and
contending with events that impact your library (fires, donations) along
the way.

On April 24th and 25th, Amy Hildreth Chen, Special Collections Instruction
Librarian at the University of Iowa and creator of Codex Conquest, will be
coming to Columbia University to discuss the game creation process and
demonstrate the game at multiple sessions. On Monday, April 24th, there
will be three sessions of game play and a workshop on alternative methods
of teaching hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning. On April 25, we
will discuss customization of the game, including a demonstration of a
version tailored to Jewish book history. See here:
https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/2017/03/07/codex-conquest/ for dates,
times, and locations.

Note: If you're interested in the Jewish Book version of the game, you must
register for the April 25 event.

For questions, please be in touch!

Michelle Chesner

Columbia University
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[ha-Safran] Song of the Whitewasher, by Lev HAKAK

2017-03-07 Thread Hasafran 
Song of the whitewasher by Lev HAKAK


This collection includes chapters based on the Hebrew Bible, Rabbinic
literature, Jewish proverbs, Modern Hebrew literature and Jewish prayer.


The front of the book is scanned many times on Amazon and Ebay.


On the cover:

This eloquent collection of short stories and Jewish proverbs, folktales
and essays reminds readers that a single life is fleeting and small, and
yet each individual is connected to something larger and more constant than
themselves. With simplicity and clarity, these stories — many of them
centuries old — manage to bridge the distance between past and present,
between individual virtues and the strength of a community. Like any good
book, Hakak’s does not provide answers. Instead, it asks the right
questions — the same questions our ancestors asked themselves, and the ones
our children’s children will ask themselves, too. (Alizah Salario)



Color version of Song of the Whitewasher by Lev Hakak is available through
Hadassa Word Press only (please contact Elena Djima at e.djima@hadass
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[ha-Safran] Invitation to a free author event

2017-03-07 Thread Elizabeth F. Stabler 
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*Author Sarah Wildman Discusses Her Memoir Paper Love: Searching for the
Girl My Grandfather Left Behind*



14th Annual Helene Spring Library Event

Sunday, March 26th, 2017

1 pm

East End Temple, 245 E. 17th Street, NY, NY 10003

No Admission Charge/ Public Invited



Noted author Sarah Wildman will discuss her memoir, *Paper Love: Searching
for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind*.  Paperback copies of the book
will be available for sale and signing at the reception following the
presentation.


You are cordially invited to this event.  Please feel free to share this
information with friends and any relevant listserve.
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[ha-Safran] FW: Recruiting: Head of Asian & African Collections, British Library

2017-03-07 Thread Freedman, Vanessa 
I’m posting this on behalf of a colleague at the British Library.


Vanessa Freedman
Subject Liaison Librarian: Hebrew & Jewish Studies and Information Studies
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Dear Colleagues

The British Library is recruiting for the post of Head of Asian & African 
Collections.  For further details follow this link 
https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/6479349/head-of-asian-and-african-collections/

Please circulate this to any of your contacts who might be interested in 
applying.

Best wishes

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[ha-Safran] Isra Isle - a new novel on an alternative Jewish state in America, by Israeli author Nava Semel

2017-03-07 Thread Nava Semel 
Dear Librarians,

A new English translation of my acclaimed novel ISRA-ISLE was recently
published in America by "Mandel Vilar Press" and is getting wonderful
feedback. It's a political novel exploring current issues of racism,
minorities, refugees and the high cost of a territorial dispute. It places
Jews, Native-Americans, African-Americans, and all persecuted people in a
mutual search for a safe haven.

 

What if Israel did not exist? What if instead there was a Jewish state on an
American island,

founded centuries ago? ISRA-ISLE is the state that could have been.

The novel is inspired by a true historical event. In 1825 Mordechai Manuel
Noah, an American journalist, diplomat, playwright and visionary, founded a
Jewish sanctuary on a Native-American island at the foot of Niagara Falls,
and named it "Ararat". The novel depicts an alternative reality in which the
Jewish people answered Noah's call, Isra-Isle is the smallest federal state
in America, Israel does not exist, and there was no Holocaust. Imagine that.


 

For me, the question of "what if" is a personal one. I could have easily
been an American. My grandfather emigrated to New York in 1921, abandoning
his wife and son - my father. When I was five years old he reunited with the
family and reluctantly moved to Tel Aviv. He strongly believed that America
is the only promised land for the Jewish people, and that "the experiment in
the Middle East", as he called Israel, would end in disaster. As a stubborn
little Zionist girl I would constantly confront him. In writing ISRA-ISLE I
continued our heated argument. It was like arguing with a ghost. Imagine
that.

 

If you're interested in reading the novel, please let me know. I hope you
can spread the words among your friends and Hebrew Literature lovers.

 

All best,

Nava

 

Nava Semel visits Isra Isle, 2007 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Dro_Jz1mI

 

Isra Isle on Mandel Vilar Press website

http://mvpress.org/index.php/gallery/23-jewish-american-fiction/164-isra-isl
e

 

Isra Isle on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Isra-Isle-Novel-Nava-Semel/dp/1942134193/ref=sr_1_1?s
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[ha-Safran] New books form Israel, cat. 470 - March 2017; Adar 5777

2017-03-07 Thread Oren Mass 

Dear librarians and book friends,



We are happy to send you our new catalogue of:

NEW BOOKS FROM ISRAEL

Cat. No. 470 – March 2017 (Adar – 5777(



The catalogue contains 416 new titles which are divided into two main files:

1. Titles in Hebrew, including religious books (Sifrei kodesh):

 
http://www.rubinmass.co.il/archive/catalogs/33.pdf



We add a file of Hebrew titles in transliterated text :

 
http://www.rubinmass.co.il/archive/catalogs/29.pdf



2. Non-Hebrew titles:

 
http://www.rubinmass.co.il/archive/catalogs/42.pdf



Note: If you prefer to have the catalogue in WORD files, please do not
hesitate to ask us.

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We hope you enjoy this new selection of Rubin Mass Ltd. - Your literary stop
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Sincerely, AND HAVE A HAPPY Purim and Pesah,

Oren Mass,

Manager of Rubin Mass Ltd., Jerusalem

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[ha-Safran] New books form Israel, cat. 470 - March 2017; Adar 5777

2017-03-07 Thread Rubin Mass Ltd . , publishers and booksellers הוצאת ראובן מס 










Dear librarians and book friends,
 
We are happy to send you our new catalogue of:
NEW BOOKS FROM ISRAEL
Cat. No. 470 – March 2017 (Adar – 5777)
 
The catalogue contains 416 new titles which are divided into two main files:
1. Titles in Hebrew, including religious books (Sifrei kodesh): 
http://www.rubinmass.co.il/archive/catalogs/33.pdf
 
We add a file of Hebrew titles in transliterated text : 
http://www.rubinmass.co.il/archive/catalogs/29.pdf
 
2. Non-Hebrew titles: 
http://www.rubinmass.co.il/archive/catalogs/42.pdf
 
Note: If you prefer to have the catalogue in WORD files, please do not hesitate to ask us.
 You are invited to place your orders by e-mail: rm...@barak.net.il
We hope you enjoy this new selection of Rubin Mass Ltd. - Your literary stop in Israel.
Please visit our revised web site: www.rubinmass.net
 
Sincerely, AND HAVE A HAPPY Purim and Pesah,
Oren Mass,
Manager of Rubin Mass Ltd., Jerusalem
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