Dear friends, I retired as Director of Library Service of the Waldor
Memorial Library last November. As of December I live in R'anana Israel. I
would like to hear from you.
My e-mail address: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
We love it here, and most of all we enjoy spending time with
This is an informal survey. Please reply to me directly.
How many of you who are librarians in Orthodox shul and
yeshiva libraries have on your library shelves any of the
following:
1. Harvey Fields' 3-volume Torah Commentary
2. Harvey Fields' B'chol L'vavecha: With all your hear
3. Reform
Shulhan shel Arba is a relatively popular work. It was printed six times in
the sixteenth century, in Constantinople and Mantua (1514), Venice (1546),
Cracow (1579), and in Lublin and Prague (1596). It is available today from
Mossad ha-Rav Kook in their Kitvei Rabbenu Bahya and likely elsewhere
Thank you to all the people who responded to my message about the tallis
and tallis bag! It was suggested to me that the tallis was possibly used
by someone of German-Jewish descent, as those tallisim tend to be smaller
than what we would view as averaged sized today. It was also suggested
Can anyone suggest some haggadas or seder kits that can be used for
children under six? Thanks for your help.
Paula Fine
Milwaukee, WI
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL
Dear Colleague,
We are please to announce the publication online of our latest Judaica Catalog:
http://http://www.danwymanbooks.com/bib1.htmBOOKS ON THE BOOKS OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK: Over 600 Volumes in Jewish Bibliography, Including More
Than 100 Pre-War Bookseller's Catalogs
Please
I would like to echo Glenn's comments. It seems to me that this line should
have a moderator that keeps discussion professional. It amazes me that
there should be such agony concerning a piece of rabbinical literature and
silence concerning the growth of interfaith titles. I realize that I have
Finally some good sense, thank you Eliezer M. Wise for your insightful words.
Deborah Thorne
Leo Baeck Institute
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL
We usually don't toot our own horn but Kar-Ben's My Very Own Haggadah --
A Seder Service for Young Children -- is celebrating its 30th anniversary
this year with over 2 million copies in print. We're tickled that it's
engaging and teaching a new generation of kids. Judye Groner and Madeline
Dr. Wise,
I've read and re-read your email, below. I absolutely respect the strength
and depth of your views, even if I disagree with some of them. Allow me to
address what I find objectionable in your email:
First, you call the discussion incredibly judgmental - as if people
thinking for
Eli-
Rancor? Wasn't that a monster kept in the basement of Jabba the Hut's
palace? Ate treyf, as I remember, and eyver min ha-chai to boot! With the
boot still on!
Incredibly judgmental ? Crushing blows? Podium for the destruction
of our literature ??? Plot by AJL leadership. Ganz
I am interested in gathering collection development policies for Orthodox
Jewish Day Schools as a basis for crearing such a policy for a K-12
school. We are specifically looking for statements regarding Middle and
High School collections. Please
forward your response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
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