[ha-Safran]: DVD sleeves

2007-01-10 Thread Peggy Kurtz
We've had some discussion about how easily dvds get scratched. Have any of you tried covering dvds with sleeves or skins that are supposed to protect them? And has anyone tried a machine to take out the scratches and clean them? Thanks, Peggy Kurtz Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library Central

RE: [ha-Safran]: Medieval disputations

2007-01-10 Thread Vogel, Shimon
We have these titles: Chazan, Robert. Barcelona and beyond; the disputation of 1263 and its aftermath. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1992. Disputation and dialogue; readings in the Jewish-Christian encounter. Edited by Frank Ephraim Talmage. New York, Ktav, 1975 The disputation

[ha-Safran]: What catalog tool?

2007-01-10 Thread Gabor Por
Hi, I am volunteering to catalog/organize a small (2-3000 volume) library of the local Hillel (Jewish student union in the US). I would like to ask for your help/input for selecting a tool to organize/catalog it. Some criteria in order of importance: 1. I would like to use a tool where I would

[ha-Safran]: Hebrew books

2007-01-10 Thread Haviva Peters
We have a large box of brand new and gently used books from the old Lador Junior Hebrew Library Series published by the Jewish Education Committee Press. If anyone is interested in them please contact me offline. Haviva Donin Peters Librarian Ramaz Lower School 125 East 85th Street New York, NY

Re: [ha-Safran]: 1972 Encyclopaedia Judaica: to keep or to withdraw?

2007-01-10 Thread Liz Edelglass
Although we are a different kind of library (community library located at a JCC), I decided to keep the old edition of EJ on the shelf next to the new for 2 reasons: 1. Pictures -- the new edition seems lacking in illustrations 2. The Hundred Year Calendar -- although this is easily available

[ha-Safran]: CFP: Jewish Studies in Tartu

2007-01-10 Thread Goda Jureviciute
Invitation to the Conference Jewish Studies in Tartu : Lazar Gulkowitsch and his Seminarium Litterarum Judaearum Tartuensis (a Memory for the Future) May 13th to 15th, 2007 in Tartu, Estonia The University of Tartu, its Faculty of Theology, and the Institutum Judaicum of the

[ha-Safran]: Looking for I love you, Rosa (1972)

2007-01-10 Thread Sarah Bregman (Friedman)
Is it possible to purchase a copy of the Israeli film I love your, Rosa (1972, directed by Moshe Mizrahi), subtitled in English or dubbed in either VHS or DVD? Alternatively, is there a source for renting or borrowing (ILL) the VHS or DVD? This is for use in a class being taught in the spring

[ha-Safran]: Job Opening

2007-01-10 Thread irene
Job Title: Synagogue Religious School Librarian Mamaroneck, NY Job Description: Part-time (approx 20/hpw) school and synagogue Librarian for Conservative congregation and Afternoon Religious School. Duties include managing the 3000+ title collection, promoting library

[ha-Safran]: My new blog: Good News from Israel

2007-01-10 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! Last week I launched a new blog called: Good News from Israel The address is: http://jrichman.blogspot.com/ As the name implies, I hope to post 1-3 messages a week about good things happening in Israel. Please visit the site and pass this message to relatives and friends who may be

[ha-Safran]: NEW BOOK: A Mosaic of Israel's Traditions

2007-01-10 Thread Stuart Schnee
A Mosaic of Israel's Traditions: Can Diaspora Customs Survive the Move to a New Land? New Coffee Table Book Offers Look at Jewish Customs with Eye-catching Photographs Israel is a melting pot that other freedom loving nations can truly envy. With so many people from countless lands

[ha-Safran]: Reference question - middos story

2007-01-10 Thread Amy Kaplan
Safranim, I am trying to help a pre-school teacher find a story on the theme: do not embarrass a friend in front of others. I've tried the AJL Valuesfinder and other sources -- still haven't found a suitable story. Thanks for any help you can offer! Amy Kaplan Librarian Bell Library

Re: [ha-Safran]: VHS in libraries

2007-01-10 Thread Bernard Katz
Liz Edelglass asked about converting older educational videos that are not for sale on DVD because homes and even schools are switching from VHS players to DVD players, so we need to be able to provide them the films in a format that they can play. As was noted in a previous response,

[ha-Safran]: Reference queries

2007-01-10 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear safranim, Can someone give me this bibliographical information? 1. The pages of the poem Travelogue for Exiles, published in Karl Shapiro's Poems of a Jew (New York, 1958). 2. The pages of the essay The Modern Hep! Hep! Hep!, published in George Eliot's Impressions of Theophrastus (London,

[ha-Safran]: Question about overseas business

2007-01-10 Thread SRHurwitz
Hi all -- Just have a question hopefully one of you can help me with! I am currently working on starting my own freelance indexing business while planning our aliyah for the summer of 2008. My goal for the time I am still in the States is to build up a client base which I can continue working

[ha-Safran]: Jewish Community in Marietta, Ohio

2007-01-10 Thread Nechama Kutner
Does anyone have any information on the Jewish Community, particularly the Orthodox Jewish Community that existed in Marietta, Ohio in the mid 19th to early 20th Centuries? I’ve emailed all the appropriate Ohio institutions and responses are very slow in coming. I was hoping that a member of

[ha-Safran]: FEL Grants: CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2007

2007-01-10 Thread Rachel Simon
Foundation for Endangered Languages: CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Foundation for Endangered Languages is now accepting proposals for projects of work that will support, enable or assist the protection or promotion of one or more endangered languages. These endangered languages may be anywhere in the

[ha-Safran]: Sydney Taylor Book Award

2007-01-10 Thread Etta Gold
Kudos to Heidi Estrin and Rachel Kamin for publishing a wonderful article in ALA's Book Links (a Booklist publication: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms). The article is written so well -- it clearly describes the award and gives marvelous descriptions of the winners, and features a

[ha-Safran]: Digitized Holy Land Maps

2007-01-10 Thread elhanan
The Jewish National and University Library, David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project is pleased to announce the opening to the public of the digital collection: Holy Land Maps. This project, based on the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection at the JNUL, contains over 1,000 maps dating from

[ha-Safran]: Israeli film, First Lesson in Peace

2007-01-10 Thread Tzolelet
Have you personally viewed this film? It was recommended to me by a fairly politically centrist Israeli and I would like to know about content and orientation. It has won international awards and it is expensive for a personal purchase. Thanks. Anne Jaron Messages and opinions expressed on

Re: [ha-Safran]: Looking for I love you, Rosa (1972)

2007-01-10 Thread Bonnie Shapiro
Sarah Bregman Friedman requested information about the film, I Love You Rosa. Occasionally it is available through Amazon or try calling 212-294-6170 or email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

[ha-Safran]: Chidon HaTanach

2007-01-10 Thread Chaim Mazo
Announcing the publication of a valuable resource for students studying for the National Bible Contest, Chidon HaTanach. Quiz Me On The Torah is the most comprehensive book in the market today to test your knowledge of the Torah. Quiz Me On The Torah is structured to ask very detailed

[ha-Safran]: DVD sale

2007-01-10 Thread salkluger
hello friends- forsale- An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg[ collection of interviews and testomonies] isbn 0696784003 $24.00, the Jews of Boston,wgbh public television,leonard Nimoy narrates, $28.00, La Juive, opera by Halevy, starring Neil Shicoff from Vienna, $35.00, and Shem, a youngman's

[ha-Safran] Question about author

2007-01-10 Thread Heather Lenson
Has anyone ever heard of a Jewish studies author with the last name Laugher? - Heather Lenson Librarian at Ratner Media Center Jewish Education Center of Cleveland 216-371-0446 ext. 128 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual

[ha-Safran]: AVI CHAI COM. researching State and local

2007-01-10 Thread Marion Stein
library consortia and resources X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Tag at 5.00] X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on

[ha-Safran]: DVD sleeves

2007-01-10 Thread Peggy Kurtz
The article suggests a preventive spray for the dvds (to prevent scratches). Does anyone have experience either with this spray or with the sleeves or skins for dvds? Peggy Kurtz Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library Central Queens YM YWHA 67-09 108 Street Forest Hills, NY 11375 mailto:[EMAIL

[ha-Safran]: Classification question

2007-01-10 Thread Rachel Haus
Dear Hasafranim, I am new to cataloging children's books. We currently have books ranging in age from preschool to high school, but they have not been well placed in their respective categories (J and YA). I would like to place very simple books in EZ and picture books with story in J and of