[ha-Safran] Avraham ben Garton

[Hasafran via Hasafran]

"Welcome any sources about Avraham ben Garton. Most scholars believe he was
born in Spain, and emigrated to Calabria, Italy prior to the expulsion of
the Jews from Spain in 1492. Many other Spanish Sephardim also emigrated to
Calabria following the expulsion. *Garton’s* first book was *Rashi’s
commentary* on the written Torah."



Please email davidbl...@msn.com if you have any more info than above. I am
familiar with Heller's work. However I welcome more. Thank you


David B. Levy
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[ha-Safran] sad news from YIVO

[Daniel Stuhlman via Hasafran]

Yivo lays off all librarians.  A sad day for Jewish scholarship.

https://forward.com/yiddish/438538/yivo-yiddish-library/?fbclid=IwAR1Ay7gMDGAFutJ7acD7-yXu8jW74YUFIJ0TASH669yDVNQH1h9BbaKBGvg
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[ha-Safran] Fwd: FW: HR UPDATE: Application Deadline Extended for Sinai Library Digitization Project Data and Metadata Coordinator , DLP, Req. 31683

[Emily Bergman via Hasafran]

Another extension.



*From:* Bermudez, Araceli 
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2020 11:32 AM
*To:* All Library Staff 
*Subject:* HR UPDATE: Application Deadline Extended for Sinai Library
Digitization Project Data and Metadata Coordinator , DLP, Req. 31683



Good Morning,

The application deadline for the Sinai Library Digitization Project Data
and Metadata Coordinator position  has been extended through *02/11/2020*.



Thank you. Araceli





*From:* Bermudez, Araceli
*Sent:* Friday, January 3, 2020 12:10 PM
*To:* All Library Staff 
*Subject:* HR UPDATE: Application Deadline Extended for Sinai Library
Digitization Project Data and Metadata Coordinator , DLP, Req. 31683



Good Afternoon and Happy New Year,

The application deadline for the Sinai Library Digitization Project Data
and Metadata Coordinator position  has been extended through *01/17/2020*.

Thank you. Araceli



*From:* Bermudez, Araceli 
*Sent:* Monday, December 2, 2019 2:59 PM
*To:* All Library Staff 
*Subject:* HR UPDATE: Recruitment Initiated for Sinai Library Digitization
Project Data and Metadata Coordinator , DLP, Req. 31683





Good Afternoon,



The UCLA Library is currently recruiting for the following position and is
actively seeking nominations and applications.



Working Title (Payroll Title)

Department

Requisition #

Application Deadline

Position Status

Sinai Library Digitization Project Data and Metadata Coordinator (MUSEUM
SCIENTIST, PRINCIPAL)

Digital Library Program

31683

01/02/2020

Contract

1.5 years



The complete postings, which include the position descriptions, complete
qualifications and application

procedures, are available on both the UCLA Career Opportunities Website at:
https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu

and on the UCLA Library Employment Webpage, Jobs @ UCLA Library,
http://www.library.ucla.edu/about/jobs-ucla-library



UCLA staff members are encouraged to forward this information to potential
applicants.



UCLA Library staff members are also asked to post this position posting to
professional LISTSERVs as appropriate (please copy Araceli Bermudez

on such postings so we may retain a copy of the postings for reporting
purposes).



UCLA welcomes and encourages diversity and seeks applications and
nominations from women and minorities.  UCLA seeks to recruit and retain

a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people
of California, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to offer

our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing
and learning.



If you would like to nominate someone for this position, please contact
Araceli Bermudez, bermu...@library.ucla.edu.





Thank you.  Araceli
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[ha-Safran] YIVO lays off all its librarians

[Kiron, Arthur via Hasafran]

Everyone - this very upsetting news was forwarded to me by Ken Schoen:

https://forward.com/yiddish/438538/yivo-yiddish-library/

"YIVO, world's biggest Yiddish research center, lays off all its librarians"
Aiden Pink

Read this article in Yiddish 
here.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the world's preeminent center for the 
study of the Yiddish language, culture and history, has laid off all of its 
librarians.

Four people were let go in the move, which was announced internally last week 
and confirmed by executive director Jonathan Brent in a statement to the 
Forward on Monday afternoon, after this piece was originally published. The 
four librarians were among 39 total 
employees of the 95-year-old 
organization, which reported $5.1 million in 
spending
 in its 2018 annual report.

YIVO had a $550,000 revenue shortfall in 2019, Brent said, so the board and 
professional leadership decided to remove the librarians in order to "seek 
efficiencies in the organization to enable us to live within our means and 
regroup for sustained growth in the future." He attributed the shortfall to a 
"drop in our levels of unrestricted giving." YIVO's 2018 annual report showed 
that less than 40% of its revenue came without donor restrictions.

YIVO's library, which contains 400,000 books, newspapers and other 
publications, is separate from its archive, which contains 23 million items. 
Brent said that the library's work will be conducted primarily by archivists 
"until such time as we can rebuild our library staff." He said that the 
organization had made "every effort" to ensure researchers and visitors 
wouldn't be affected by the change.

Zackary Baker, who worked as YIVO's head librarian from 1987-1999, said that 
YIVO's library was "absolutely crucial" to Yiddish scholarship. "It's a 
tremendous repository of rare books," he said. "Rare book collections need a 
curator to oversee them. That costs money."

Online tools like the digitization of YIVO's collection have made it easier for 
researchers to find materials unassisted, said Cecile Kuznitz, author of "YIVO 
and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture." But, she said, not having dedicated 
librarians will still leave a lot of gaps - both in terms of growing the 
library collection and helping people find what they're looking for. "If 
someone comes in and says, 'I'm interested in the history of the Yiddish press 
in Argentina - what's out there? Has anyone ever written books about this?' You 
need someone with some knowledge to answer a question like that," she said. 
"There's great staff at the center you can talk to, but they're not 
specialists. They're not going to have this level of knowledge that someone 
like Lyudmila Sholokhova had," referring to YIVO's library director.

Founded in 1925 and based in New York since 1940, YIVO has the largest 
collection of Yiddish-language books and newspapers in the world. Having a book 
in its library is considered a badge of honor for many Jewish scholars, Baker 
said. It's unclear who will be in charge of updating the collection with new 
books and research papers. "It struck me as cutting off your nose to spite your 
face, as far as the research and expertise that was lost, the knowledge that 
was lost, and the institutional memory that was lost," Baker said.

YIVO and the Forward, the oldest Yiddish-language American news organization 
still in operation, have a decades-long institutional relationship. Forward 
president Samuel Norich previously worked as YIVO's executive director, and 
Forward board member Jake Morowitz also sits on YIVO's board.
Brent's statement tried to strike a hopeful note about YIVO's future. "We are 
saddened to lay off four employees, but this temporary change allows YIVO to 
keep the library working while generating significant annual savings, until 
such time that we can raise more funds on a sustainable basis for the library," 
he said.

Aiden Pink is the deputy news editor of the Forward. Contact him at 
p...@forward.com or follow him on Twitter 
@aidenpink


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University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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[ha-Safran] YIVO library staff layoffs and letter to YIVO Board

[Amanda Seigel via Hasafran]

Dear Safranim,

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has just eliminated its entire library
staff, citing financial constraints.
This article in the Forward by Aiden Pink provides more information:
https://forward.com/news/national/438538/yivo-yiddish-library/
Concerned parties are asked to read and sign a letter to the YIVO Board
calling for "the immediate reinstatement of the library staff, and for more
financial transparency, and accountability, to the scholarly community that
carries on this work".
Here is a link to the letter:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1It_zJlvk2yoGCqRi7UBR8Rei_IEv6Q5X4qWAWL039Mo/edit?fbclid=IwAR2J59SWBAMnQFjrJi4k3lxJcLQNvzy-mnlCqig49pWmCGvSE6nuJuG_6nE
At the top there is a link to a brief form to fill out to add your
signature.

Sincerely,
-- 

*Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel*

Librarian

Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111

The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
212.930.0601 | x20601

nypl.org

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[ha-Safran] Books for Martin Luther King

[Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran]

Shalom,

How many of you saw this post on Kveller? Are these books good choices?

https://www.kveller.com/18-diverse-jewish-childrens-books-to-read-for-mlk-day-and-every-day/?utm_source=kveller_maropost_campaign=kveller_medium=email=1161-16285-47146


Happy MLK Day,

Jackie

-- 
Jackie Ben-Efraim

*"Although the books had changed, I the reader had not." **Micha Yosef
Berdichevsky 1865-1921*

Special Collections Librarian
Ostrow Library
American Jewish University
15600 Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077
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[ha-Safran] Announcement of the award winners for the AJL Fiction Award

[Rosalind Reisner via Hasafran]

The winners of this year's award are:

Goldie Goldbloom, *On Division. *Farrar, Straus and Giroux (winner)
Julie Orringer, *The Flight Portfolio. *Knopf  (honor book)

Thanks to all the committee members (Rachel Kamin, Merrily Hart, Laura
Schutzman, and Sheryl Stahl) for all their reading and thoughtful
consideration of many books. We are hoping that both Goldbloom and Orringer
will be at the convention in Evanston in June where you can hear them speak
about their books. All the committee members will be at the conference and
there will be a panel presentation about recent and forthcoming adult
Jewish fiction. We also plan to hold a book discussion for *On Division*
during breakfast on Wednesday morning of the conference.

My term will end at the conference; Laura Schutzman is the incoming
chairperson.

Rosalind Reisner
Chair, Reading Committee, AJL Fiction Award 2020


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A Readers Place 
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[ha-Safran] Looking for Two Book Chapters on Hillel

[Marcie Eskin via Hasafran]

Our Rabbi Emeritus is teaching a course in Jerusalem and has requested the
following chapters from two academic titles not in our collection. Would
someone be able to send me PDFs to forward on to him?

*Title:*


*Rewriting ancient Jewish history :
the history of the Jews in Roman times and the new historical method /*

*Author(s):*

Tropper, Amram D.,

author.

*Publication:*

London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group,

*Year:*

2016, ©2016

Part IV. Conclusion. On Hillel the Elder's rise to greatness (pp. 163-182)



*Title:*


*Sources and interpretation in ancient Judaism : studies for Tal Ilan at
sixty /*

*Author(s):*

Piotrkowski, Meron M.,

;
editor.
Dönitz, Saskia,; 1973-

;
editor.
Herman, Geoffrey,

;
editor.
Ilan, Tal,

;
honouree.

*Publication:*

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill,

*Year:*

2018

Was Hillel a Pharisee? / Cana Werman (pp. 66-106)

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Marcie Eskin, Librarian
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El
Highland Park, IL

*Marcie Eskin*, Co-Chair

2020 Association of Jewish Libraries Conference

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[ha-Safran] FREE JUDAICA AUCTION CATALOGUES

[Daniel Kestenbaum via Hasafran]

CAN YOU PLEASE POST THIS TO THE BENEFIT YOUR LIBRARIANS?
THANK YOU !

*FREE JUDAICA AUCTION CATALOGUES*

Kestenbaum & Company, auction specialists in Hebraica & Judaica, are moving
offices.

>From our series of 87 Judaica auctions, we have a number of back-copies of
our well researched, finely illustrated catalogues.

Libraries, or interested individuals, who would like any number of these
catalogues, may contact us for free copies (except for the cost of
shipping).

Walk-ins welcome by appointment. Offer good until January 27th.

Contact Zushye at 212-366-1197 / zus...@kestenbaum.net




Kestenbaum & Company
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242 West 30th Street
New York, NY 10001
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[ha-Safran] Educational Resources for International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27, 2020

[Jacob Richman via Hasafran]

Shalom.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27, 2020

I posted on my website 180 links to learn about the Holocaust.
Site languages include English, Hebrew, French, German, 
Italian, Russian and Spanish.
https://jr.co.il/hotsites/holocaust.htm

I also added to the page a new, short, IDF video on how 
Dugo's life was saved during the Holocaust.

Please share this message. Thank you.

We must not forget.  

Jacob

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