[ha-Safran] Locations of Collections of US Jewish Military Records?

[Leah Cohen via Hasafran]

Hello,

As a librarian of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, in Chicago, I
received an interesting inquiry from Park University's George S Robb Centre
for the Study of the Great War. A few historians there are working on a
project whereby the the medals awarded to  Jewish American soldiers and
others during WWI are under review. Where merited, they would recommend
upgrading  the award received such as the Croix de Guerre to thath of the
highest award, the Medal of Honor. There is a sense that soldiers of Jewish
American, African Americans and other groups did not necessarily receive
full recognition due to existing prejudice.

Would any readers be aware of:collections of Jewish military records on WWI?
 I am also interested in  collections on Jewish records from different
periods, too - so, please pass on information of that kind, too.

Any collections of this nature that have been digitized?

Who are the current researchers on Jewish-American military history?

Would you know of collections or of researchers, specifically, in the
Chicago area?

If it would be helpful, I'd be happy to sum up the responses in an email to
ha-Safran, based on the answers that I hope to receive..

Leah


Leah Cohen, MLIS, MA

Oral History & Reference Manager

Pritzker Military Museum & Library

104 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 400

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Pritzkermilitary.org
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[ha-Safran] Echoing Everyone's Thanks!

[Leah Cohen via Hasafran]

Shalom Safranim and Safraniyot,

I would just like to echo the others to express my sincere thanks to
Rachel, Marcie and all the other organizers of this inspiring and
informative conference! You took so much initiative to organize such a
successful conference in such a short period of time!
I am looking forward to  using Socio, to catch up on all the sessions that
I was not able to attend.
LIke the other, I also found the ambience of the conference to be very
congenial and collegial!

Leah
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[ha-Safran] Fwd: Don't Cry, You're a Jew

[Leah Cohen via Hasafran]

Author and editor, Rosally Saltsman, would like to convey the following
message about her upcoming publication.

Dear Friends,

 I have begun collecting stories for another book – *Don’t Cry, You’re a
Jew: Inspiring True Stories of Jewish Pride, Resilience and Courage.*

The books that don’t go to contributors and authors will be given to Lori
Palatnik of Momentum to distribute in her *kiruv* activities (I’m aiming
for 1000).

I have opened a fundraising campaign to publish the book:

https://gogetfunding.com/dont-cry-youre-a-jew/

The minimum donation is $1. For every donation of $8, you get a digital
copy of the book, for every donation of $20, you receive a hard copy of the
book including shipping, and for $100 you can place a dedication in the
book and you will also receive a hard copy.

I hope to have the book completed and printed by March, God-willing.

The stories I have thus far collected are indeed inspiring and I’m sure you
will enjoy the book. You’re of course welcome to submit a story of your own
(If you have not yet done so).

You are welcome to share this invitation to participate.



Thanks,

B’smachot!

Rosally
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Re: [ha-Safran] ideas of what to do with Hebrew books....? (kpeter3...@aol.com)

[Leah Cohen via Hasafran]

Rabbi Lapayover,

Have you tried your local AJL group, Gratz College, or Penn?

Leah
On Sun, Jul 4, 2021, 1:20 PM Alan Lapayover via Hasafran <
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> Perhaps you could contact your nearest Israeli consulate and ask for
> suggestions.
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> Alan
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> *Rabbi Alan LaPayover*
> *Director, Mordecai M. Kaplan Library*
> *Reconstructionist Rabbinical College*
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> Hi all,? ? ?My synagogue library is doing a major overhaul this summer and
> I'm getting rid of all of our Hebrew books for adults and most of the
> children's Hebrew books.? We have very few Israelis in our communities, and
> our Religious School students' level of Hebrew proficiency is not adequate
> for most of the books we have, plus we have plenty of teaching materials at
> their level.? ? ?Taking any and all suggestions on what to do with them,
> especially the adult books.? There's fiction, political science, history,
> cookbooks, etc. though probably none of it was published after, say
> 2000-2010 and most is older than that.? Some are possibly classics, like a
> volume of poems by Pushkin.? My Hebrew is good enough for the titles,
> authors and a gist of what the book is about, but not good enough to
> actually read them.? ? ?I'd prefer not to have to toss them unless
> absolutely necessary and I'm hoping I can find them a good home, but I will
> bite the bullet and toss them if I need to.? I
>   have 6 BIG boxes of them (probably 200-300 books total) and we just
> can't store them any longer.? I've already put in calls to the major
> universities with Judaic studies programs in my area and their Hillels, and
> the regional Jewish Historical Society but haven't heard back yet.? ?
> ?Thanks much!? Private replies welcome unless you think they'd be of
> interest to the group.?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Judy Petersen? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Library
> Director? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Congregation Har Shalom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Fort Collins,
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Re: [ha-Safran] Synagogue library in an orthodox shul?

[Leah Cohen via Hasafran]

Hi Daniel, Michelle,

I know that it is ancient history but in the 1960s and early 1970s, the
Jewish Public Library (of Montreal ) had a library branch at Congregation
Beth Ora, a Modern Orthodox congregation, in what would have been at the
time a new suburb called St. Laurent. The books were catalogued and there
was a card borrowing system. It was staffed part-time, I believe by
non-professionals, but managed by a professional librarian.

Kesser Maariv,  in Skokie, has a library, which is well-organized, with
indications as to which books one can borrow and others which must be
consulted in house. There is no librarian but in all fairness, there is no
admin person, either at shul The rabbi and family seem to be the ones
managing everything.

Leah



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> I belong to two Orthodox shuls.  Both have large collections of books.
> One has a room that is called "Library."  I would not call these
> collections "libraries" because they have no catalogs, no person in charge,
> no collection development policies,  etc.  They never asked for librarian
> expertise from me.
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>> Someone asked me if I knew of any orthodox synagogues with a library that
>> could use some support. I know that many synagogues have bate midrash in
>> various capacities, but I don't know of any with a librarian (I know some
>> yeshivot and day schools have, but this particular question was about
>> synagogues).
>>
>> Any thoughts?
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>> Thanks!
>> Michelle
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[ha-Safran] Sad News

[Leah Cohen via Hasafran]

Chava Petrushka Lapin, Co-Editor of the  *Comprehensive English-Yiddish
Dictionary * which won the  AJL reference book award, in 2017, has passed
away: A tribute in Yiddish and English is found here:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yivo.org/Chava-Lapin__;!!KGKeukY!zBtGZ4-LUngkDf-nyBaSELay5eQqViqD1W7smyapONzwERSMclub4m3XqFnAyMo-_ra8DiwKzRjJeGPK4fwp7rGFwsjCidvcqWA$
 

An article on the presentation of the  AJL reference book award  is found
here:




https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/204976/congratulations-to-the-editors-of-the-new-yiddish/?utm_source=Sailthru_medium=email_campaign=New*20Campaign_term=Yiddish*20Newsletter__;JSU!!KGKeukY!zBtGZ4-LUngkDf-nyBaSELay5eQqViqD1W7smyapONzwERSMclub4m3XqFnAyMo-_ra8DiwKzRjJeGPK4fwp7rGFwsjCToLLr_o$
 



In addition to her erudition, Chava was a beloved family member, teacher,
and friend to all who knew her.


Leah Cohen

Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Chicago, IL
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