[ha-Safran]: Rosetta Stone Hebrew

2009-04-22 Thread Andrea Rapp
Does anyone have any experience with the software Rosetta Stone's Hebrew program? Andrea Rapp Wise Temple, Cincinnati --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

Re: [ha-Safran]: Seeing a list of past book reviews

2009-04-22 Thread Andrea Rapp
There is a print index to AJLNewsletter reviews 1978-1990. One of my predecessors here at Wise Temple, Judy Carsch, compiled it and AJL published it. It's an alphabetical list by title. Of course, you need to have kept the back issues on hand. Would there be an interest in compiling

[ha-Safran]: Yiddish lecture on Nahum Stutchkoff, this

2009-04-22 Thread Amanda_Seigel
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[ha-Safran]: More Websites about the Holocaust in Spanish,

2009-04-22 Thread Efraim Zadoff
Portuguese and English X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.50 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT,PORN_RP_VIDEOS X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www .

[ha-Safran]: Aleph-bet book

2009-04-22 Thread Talya Pardo
I don't remember if I got to thank everyone out there who sent me responses to my search for the Aleph bet book – Thank you!!! The book was The Aleph-Bet Story Book, by Deborah Pessin, pub. in 1946 by JPSA I knew my fellow librarians would be able to come through, even on a request with so

[ha-Safran]: There's still time to register for the Chicago

2009-04-22 Thread Cheryl Banks
Convention! X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 2.70 (**) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT,SPF_NEUTRAL X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com)

[ha-Safran]: Israeli causes of interest to children

2009-04-22 Thread Susan Berson
Here's a great one: Neve Michael Children's Home Pardes Hana, Israel I have visited it myself and recommend it highly. www.nevemichael.com Susan Berson Denver, Colorado --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by

Re: [ha-Safran]: Israeli causes of interest to children

2009-04-22 Thread Shira London
To me, one of the best is Meir Panim. Their website shows a video that kids can see. Meir Panim runs soup kitchens that are similar to restaurants so people's dignity is preserved. Also, they provide hot school lunches to impoverished children who would otherwise go hungry. Here is the

Re: [ha-Safran]: Israeli causes of interest to children

2009-04-22 Thread Linda P Wulf
Two of particular interest are www.eliusa.org Founded in 1979, the Israel Association for Child Protection (ELI) is recognized by the Government of Israel and other human service agencies as the only organization in Israel that deals specifically and exclusively with all of the various aspects of

[ha-Safran]: Roommate for convention

2009-04-22 Thread Noreen Wachs
Dear Safranim, I am looking for a female, non-smoking roommate for the Convention in Chicago. Please respond to me off the list if you wish to share a room. Many thanks. Noreen Wachs Librarian Ramaz Middle School p 212 774-8000, X6232 114 East 85 Street f 212 774-8069 New

[ha-Safran]: Implementation of Hebrew Captions in the BM

2009-04-22 Thread Aaron Taub
Classification Schedule X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com)

[ha-Safran]: Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive wants your old

2009-04-22 Thread Dan Wyman
Jewish LPs 78s X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on

[ha-Safran]: new AJL Podcast episodes

2009-04-22 Thread Heidi Estrin
FYI, four more episodes have been added to the AJL Podcast, consisting of material recorded at the 2008 convention: Belinfante, Randall: Inside/Outside: New York's Syrian Jews http://jewishlibraries.org/podcast/?p=240 Davis, Michal: Flying Solo: The Jewish Librarian's Freshman Seminar

[ha-Safran]: Invitation to a free lecture

2009-04-22 Thread Liza Stabler
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York is pleased to invite you to a free lecture. Please feel free to post this notice on any relevant list. Wednesday, May 6, 2009 6:30 PM Creating the Museumof the History of Polish Jews:A Work in Progress Speaker: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett The

[ha-Safran]: New Releases from Bar-Ilan University Press

2009-04-22 Thread Press . Office
Dear Sir / Madam, We are happy to announce the recent publications of the following titles: Please use the Links. The Jewish Pope History of a Medieval Ashkenazic Legend / By J. Bamberger ISBN 978-965-226-365-0 160 pp. Hebrew. Hardcover. 2009 List Price: $ 26.- Periodicals:

[ha-Safran]: Online Courses

2009-04-22 Thread Sarah Watson
University at Buffalo Online Continuing and Professional Development Courses in Library Information Studies The University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education has introduced several one-credit hour professional development courses in a number of important areas, commencing this fall

[ha-Safran]: Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

2009-04-22 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad
Unfortunately, a favourable review of the Encyclopedia of Race and Racism has appeared in the March 2009 issue of College and Research Libraries. Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the

[ha-Safran]: Gale publishing on Israel

2009-04-22 Thread Susan Dubin
Dear Safranim, I am writing to follow up to my post to this listserv from January 14th of this year, regarding the available content in some of Gale's database products, most notably Global Issues in Context. As promised, Gale has been working aggressively over the last few months to

[ha-Safran]: Tel Aviv collection website and exhibit

2009-04-22 Thread Zachary Baker
I'm pleased to announce that the Stanford University Libraries' website for the Eliasaf Robinson Collection on Tel Aviv has just gone live: http://collections.stanford.edu/telaviv. It includes links to the online exhibit and to the collection's digitized content (books, photos, posters,