News from the JNUL Digitized Books Repository

2006-07-05 Thread elhanan
The Jewish National and University Library's Digitized Books Repository continues to grow and now contains 340 titles of rare and out-of-print books. Among the items added this week: Shabbetai Bass Sifte yeshenim (Amsterdam, 1680), the founding work of Jewish bibliography. and for our American

[ha-Safran]: LECTURE AT LC-MIDDLE EAST PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES

2006-07-05 Thread Gail R Shirazi
PRESENTATION ON MIDDLE EAST PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS FOUND IN U.S. LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES. Included is a section by the Director of Hadassah Archives: Photographs of Hadassah's Medical Care in Jerusalem, 1913-1960 Thursday, August 3, at 12 noon Whittall Pavilion, ground floor, Thomas Jefferson

[ha-Safran]: Donation question

2006-07-05 Thread scorrsin
A question from a colleague. The book in question is presumably pretty normal late-1980s Novosti/ Soviet material. Please contact Patricia directly at the email address below. thanks Steve Corrsin Stephen D. Corrsin Chief of Acquisitions The New York Public Library, The Research Libraries 5th

[ha-Safran]: Best-selling Jewish children's books

2006-07-05 Thread Nick Strauss-Klein
To whom it may concern: I'm trying to obtain a list of best-selling Jewish children's books, organized by age groups if available, and also organized by Orthodox/non-Orthodox if available. Is this information that the AJL has? Or, could you direct me to someone else who might know? Thanks

[ha-Safran]: Books

2006-07-05 Thread Robyn Shkolnick
Hi, I was referred to you by The Jewish Day School of New Orleans. I have some used textbooks from the students of The Emery Weiner School in Houston, Texas that they no longer wanted and did not sell at the book exchange. EWS is no longer using these textbooks and Varsity Books was not

[ha-Safran]: Press contact?

2006-07-05 Thread Joan Kornman
I am writing a story about Jewish libraries for our Jewish newspaper in Atlanta and I would like to talk to someone who is familiar with the state of Jewish libraries and their future prospects. Any suggestions? Phone numbers? Thanks, Bob Bahr [EMAIL PROTECTED] 404 255-7955 Messages and

[ha-Safran]: NEW Guide in the Jewish Ancestor Series (Genealogy)

2006-07-05 Thread ha-Safran
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[ha-Safran]: Judaism to Go-from Chadish Media

2006-07-05 Thread ChadishMD
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[ha-Safran]: A Historic Tale of a Unique Aliyah

2006-07-05 Thread Sharona Tel-Oren
Shalom from Israel! I would like to call your attention to a well-loved historic Hebrew children's classic which I have recently translated into English and published, as well as rereleasing it in the original Hebrew. It was one of the earliest books for the young that was originally written

[ha-Safran]: Thank You for Convention

2006-07-05 Thread Susan Dubin
I would like to thank everybody that was involved in organizing the convention in Cambridge, Mass. It was a very interesting conference, the sessions were informative, and presented in a most professional way. Meeting with other librarians and sharing the problems we encounter on a daily basis

[ha-Safran]: Surpass has low price software

2006-07-05 Thread ha-Safran
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[ha-Safran]: The Book of Life - July Show

2006-07-05 Thread Heidi Estrin
The July episode of Heidi's podcast, The Book of Life, is now available on the Internet. The theme of the episode is Jewish life in America! You'll hear: * http://www.lindaglaserauthor.com/Linda Glaser and Phil Myzel, author and subject(!) of the historical novel

[ha-Safran]: Hitler biography

2006-07-05 Thread Poshi Mikalson
Dear All, Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but is it appropriate for a synagogue library to have a biography about Hitler in the collection? L'Shalom, Poshi Mikalson Sacramento, CA Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not

[ha-Safran]: Hebrew Children's Classic

2006-07-05 Thread Linda Silver
Posted on behalf of Sharona Tel-Oren: I would like to call your attention to a well-loved historic Hebrew children's classic which I have recently translated into English and published, as well as rereleasing it in the original Hebrew. It was one of the earliest books for the young that was

[ha-Safran]: Sydney Taylor Club

2006-07-05 Thread ha-Safran
--- Message requiring your approval -- From: Andrea Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ha-Safran]: Sydney Taylor Club I'd like to start a Sydney Taylor Club with our religious school 6th graders to encourage reading of the Sydney Taylor award books (DUH).