Hi Everyone!
A new section called Hebrew Tongue Twisters has been added to
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This fun new section will entertain everyone who is
learning Hebrew, as well as native Israelis.
You can view each list of tongue twisters online or print them out
side by side
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Subject: [ha-Safran]: Western Regional Conference
Dear Safranim,
We are currently planning a West Coast Regional Conference which will take
place on November 9 and 10, 2003. November 9
Dear Safranim
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As far as I understood Mahmoud Abbas wrote this book originally in Russian
as his Ph.D. dissertation in Moscow. The book was published in Arabic
(Amman, Jordan, 1984) but I couldn't locate an English translation (and I
doubt there is one).
Yossi Galron
NISO Announces New Registration Process
Bethesda, Md., USA (August 5, 2003) - The National Information Standards
Organization (NISO) is expanding its standards development program by
offering a new Registration Process. The Registration Process is designed
to make specifications and guidelines
Dear friends:
I have a two short projects (a few days work, total) in discographical
research. I require someone residing in Israel. They will need their own PC
and a working knowledge of MS Excel, Hebrew and English. Further, they will
also need email, and library or other research skills are
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From: David Hirsch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Kosher in Cyprus and Crete?
I haven't been to Cyprus in about 10 years but I can tell you that there
was no synagogue then and only about 30 Jews living on
Our book discussion group is going to read two modern novels, one Israeli
and one American.
Blue Mountain by Meir Shalev
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Wendy Diamond
Congregation Beth Israel
Chico, Calif.
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Dear Safranim,
My PC at work was hit today (as many others around the globe) with the Virus.
I could not read my e-mail today and material sent to Hasafran was probably
lost.
If you sent me and/or Hasafran a message and it was not distributed, please
send it again.
Thank you,
Yossi Galron
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Dear colleagues, Is there a website or e-mail whereby I can find out about
kosher restaurants in Europe and in the Mediterranean area (e.g. Cyprus and
Crete)? Thanks, Yael Penkower
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The Proceedings of the 38th Annual AJL Convention held in Toronto are now
online. To access them, you must be a member of National AJL. They can be
found
on the AJL web site: www.jewishlibraries.org
Papers will be added as they are received. Please check back often.
Elana Gensler
AJL Vice
As a small library, most of our books are purchased from Amazon. I use
the reviews there to help make my decisions (in addition to the AJL
newsletter of course!). Just out of curiosity, I looked up A Little
Piece of Ground on Amazon and found that it is not there. I then went
to their UK website
The Hadassah Archives is deaccessioning a subject file of pamphlets on
topics relating to Israel, the issue of Arab refugees, the Arab-Israeli
conflict, general Zionist issues, et al. c1940s to 1970s
If you would like any of the following, please let us know; the more you
want the more likely
Hi Safranim-
Do any of you have a copy of the following in your libraries:
Protecting the lands of Galilee-Proposal for Implementation (Weitz Document)
It was published by the Settlement Department of the Jewish Agency in 1978.
David Hirsch
Middle East Bibliographer
Research Library
UCLA
Box
This is the week in which all things to be included in the next newsletter
must be submitted to either the review editors or the general editor. We
would like to include information on Convention (photos too), as well as
minutes and/or notes from the section meetings. In order to have the
I think Amy Wissokur Graham's idea about writing reviews for Amazon when
the book A Little Piece of Ground becomes available is an excellent
one. If someone who is experienced in writing effective and articulate
reviews could do this, it would be a powerful tool to reach out to
others concerning
Friends and colleagues:
I have written a children's picture book and would like to shop it around.
I am looking for ideas.
It is not a Jewish book. It is a children's book about Woodstock (on Max
Yasgur's farm (he was a cousin of mine)
I know and have been in contact with the usual suspects and
BWD Publishing LLC is proud to announce the publication of Sandra
Schocket's amazing new memoir, a story filled with love, loss, and faith.
Losing a loved one is difficult. Losing two within a twenty-four hour
period is unthinkable. In December of 1994, Sandra Schocket had to deal
with the
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Beila Organic wrote:
Another approach to the problem of books like A little Piece of Ground
might be to write to local school librarians about the book. The letter
should explain the reasons for concern about evident bias, or inaccuracy,
and document the areas of
MEMO FROM ROGER KOHN
Found on libjobs You have to be a federal employee to apply...
All the best,
--roger
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Position Announcement: Assistant Library Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum (Washington, DC)
Basic position information follows. A
Dear Linda,
After reading the book,I also agree that it is destructive and hateful. Like
you, I am leary of calling for the banning of this book because I do not
accept censorship as an option. However, I feel that we can best alert those
people outside of the Judaic library world by writing
I notice an ad for this series for girls 8-12. These are fictional
diaries of fictional characters, set in Biblical days. Example: diary
of an attendant to Queen Esther, and a diary of a servant of Sarah.
They are published by a Christian publishing house (Baker Books). Has
anyone seen them? I
Judaica/Hebraica Rare Book and Manuscript Catalogue Available
HISTORICANA, Burlingame, California, is pleased to announce the
availability of its recent catalogue of Great Books Manuscripts
16th--20th Centuries. Catalogue 21 features rare books, manuscripts,
autograph letters and broadsides in
I haven't used it in several years, but the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day of
GReater Washington classed all books together in a modified Dewey scheme.
In all classes, we made extensions and adaptations as needed, particularly
in the 200's and 900's. We also modified the Sears, and LC subject
I am the half time librarian in a small Jewish Public Library (13,000 items
plus periodicals) in a JCC in Canada. We serve the general public and we
are not attached to Federation or schools (yet). It may one day also have
to be a high school library (Judaica only, probably not secular).
I
Hi Alba! Missed you at convention this year.
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What museum would be so dumb as to leave a bunch of
nice junk lying around
with a sign that says in large friendly letters:
Have at it. What
exhibitors and museum curators would not work
together
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Dear Hasafran,
Alana Newhouse has written a review of our latest published book. 'Last
Century of a Sephardic Community: The Jews of
The cover illustrates Paper's LawWhen an unfamiliar language is
photographed it is invariably backwards or upside down.
I have a theory. When we write roman letters, we sit them plunk down on their
butts on the line. Arabic seems to have all it's weight on the line as well.
However, when
Dear Safranim and Safraniot,
A patron at our library (a native of Warsaw) recommended that we consider
subscribing to a Krakow-based Jewish journal called, Studia Judaica. I
went to look for info. online, and came up with bits and pieces--but most of
it was in Polish. I also sent an email to
Please post this to the list if possible
Harvey Sukenic
Collection Development Coordinator
Hebrew College Library
160 Herrick Rd.
Newton Centre, MA 02459
phone: 617-559-8757
fax: 617-559-8751
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BONE MARROW DRIVE CRITICAL for MISS STEIFF
SHARON STEIFF,
Friends and colleagues:
The Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles is delighted to announce that
the JCLLA has received a grant for The Right Book @ The Right Time a short
term training program for teachers, social workers, librarians, parents in
using literaure with children and families facing
In general there is no kashrut in Greecel, but in Athens if in hotel one can
order from Mendel Hendel kosher food specially prepared. It costs 20$ a meal
and one day preparation must be given. You can always bring tuna fish,
soups,a nd other products with you and buy fruits and vegetables with
Safranim-
I am trying to find a library which has holdings of the newspaper ha-'Ir,
3-11-1989 and unfortunately the patron does not know if it is March 11 or
November 3 The article is by Dalia Karpel and in English it translates
to : HOping for the Nobel Prize. It related to Yehuda
Do we use Aleichim as the lat name, or Scholom?
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Rabbi Yoseph El-Gamil of the Karaite Community in Israel has recently published
a number of works by Karaite authors or on Karaite practices:
Sefer Tatzpit Yosef - on kiddush ha-hodesh (sighting the new moon) Ashdod, 2003
Seder Kriat Hakdamot le-Shabbatot ha-Shanah (prayers) Ashdod 2003
Dear Linda,
I believe some of our members occasionally review for School Library
Journal and its like. Why couldn't one of these, or you yourself, make a
point of reviewing such dubious works for general selection aid
publications or for regional or municipal papers?
Along these lines, I
Hello friends- if you are in need of Russian books including Judaica from an
excellent source ,please try MIF Production 6940 Myrtle Ave. Glendale ,NY
11385 tel # 718 3666548, fax 718 3666920 att. Michael Freydlin. Web www.
vasha-kniga.com. He has 12,000 titles and good values for libraries. thx
Another approach to the problem of books like A little Piece of Ground
might be to write to local school librarians about the book. The letter
should explain the reasons for concern about evident bias, or inaccuracy,
and document the areas of concern. It should be clear that the writer's
purpose
The discussion of kashrut in Crete reminded me of a story a Greek
Orthodox coworker told me. Her family came from a village in Crete, and
she had visited there a couple of times. She said that she has Jewish
cousins, but none who practiced Judaism because there was no organized
Jewish life. She
Volume 4 of the new series of YIVO-bleter, the Yiddish-language research
journal
has just been published by
the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and is available for purchase
from the
Jewish Book Center of the Workmen's Circle
45 East 33 Street
New York, New York 10016
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From: David Hirsch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Kosher in Cyprus and Crete?
I haven't been to Cyprus in about 10 years but I can tell you
that there was no synagogue then and only about 30 Jews
living on
I don't know of a translation into English, but I've seen it referred to
in works such as an excellent booklet by historian Robert Wistrich,
called Muslim Anti-Semitism: A Clear and Present Danger, published by
the American Jewish Committee (and available from your local AJC
office). Wistrich
Dear Safranim,
I apologize to the posters to Hasafran for messages that may seem that I am
the sender.
I noticed that it happens more frequently with long messages.
I asked our Listserver Gurus at our Office of Information Technology (the
old Computer center)
for help, but it seems that they
Congratulations, to JCLLA and Abigal Yasgur for being in the forefront of
Jewish Literacy!
Susan Dubin
SSC President
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