[ha-Safran]: An Online Database on Jewish History and Genealogy

Dear Safranim, Here is a short description of www.jewishdata.com www.jewishdata.com, an online database focused on Jewish history and Genealogy. The user-friendly database brings hundreds of thousands of records to the researcher's fingertips. Including in the database are many complete

[ha-Safran]: Fwd: Gale encyclopedia update

Dec. 28, 2009 Mr. Ini kindly gave me permission to forward his informative message. Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. -- Forwarded message -- From: Gilead Ini gil...@camera.org To: Bernard Reich breich@gwu.edu, Shmuel Ben-Gad

[ha-Safran]: review of The Israel Test by George Gilder

Dec. 28, 2009 JPC Mailing List December 27, 2009 HOME ABOUT EVENTS MEDIA BLOG inFOCUS CONTRIBUTE CONTACT The Israel Test by George Gilder Richard Vigilante Books, 2009. 296 pp. $27.95 Reviewed by Jonathan Schanzer Jerusalem Post December 27, 2009

[ha-Safran]: INFO 2010 conference

Dec. 28, 2009 Dear Safranim: I am herewith attaching information regarding the Teldan Conference–INFO 2010 , which will take place in Tel Aviv from May 2-5 2010 . The international session will deal with: Under the same roof: libraries, archives and museums. The Israeli librarians will

[ha-Safran]: Title and author of Hanukkah short story

Dec. 28, 2009 I received the following question: I have been searching for a Hanukkah short story for several years. I heard it on NPR 15 years ago, got it out of the library and read it aloud to my family. But I have lost track of the name. It concerns a young cheder boy who gambles

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-- Forwarded message -- From: Liz Edelglass libr...@jewishnewhaven.org To: Date: Subject: [Hasafran] Fw: New Visions of Israel DVD by Itzhak Perlman Dec. 29, 2009 Is anyone in Hasafran familiar with this film? I am skeptical of PBS's repuation for fairness in presenting Israel,

[ha-Safran]: Help with Lukow, Poland, references, c. 1942

Dec. 29, 2009 I am helping the family of a Holocaust survivor make a small book of their father's oral testimony from fifteen years ago. The survivor is over 90 years old now, and the family doesn't feel that he can go through the stress of being interviewed again, so I have transcribed the

[Hasafran] Fw: New Visions of Israel DVD by Itzhak Perlman

Dec. 29, 2009 Is anyone in Hasafran familiar with this film? I am skeptical of PBS's repuation for fairness in presenting Israel, so I wonder if this film is appropriate for my library. I'd love to hear from anyone who has seen it. Elizabeth Edelglass Library Director Department of Jewish

[ha-Safran]: ALA Jewish Information Committee Activities

ALA Jewish Information Committee Activities for January in Boston and Advance Notice for June Events in DC If you're going to ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston taking place from January 15-19, 2010, or you live in the Boston area, or will be visiting, please join the Jewish Information Committee

[ha-Safran]: I'm trying to locate the story YAD VASHEM./Megged

Jan. 3, 2010 Hi Safranim, I am trying to find [an English translation of] an Israeli story called Yad Vashem. I believe the title in English is: The Name and the author's name is Aharon Megged. It takes place in the 1960's, and it's about a Holocaust survivor whose family refuses to talk

[ha-Safran]: Women in Judaism - Compiled Bibliography

Dec. 30, 2009 Thanks to all for your help. As promised, here are the compiled answers. Sara Books Halichos Bas Yisrael: A Woman's Guide to Jewish Observance / Yitzchak Yaacov Fuchs Tending the Garden: The Unique Gifts of the Jewish Woman / Chana Weisberg The Moon's Lost Light: A Torah

Re: [ha-Safran]: I'm trying to locate the story YAD VASHEM./Megged

At 10:47 PM 01/13/2010, you wrote: Jan. 3, 2010 Hi Safranim, I am trying to find [an English translation of] an Israeli story called Yad Vashem. I believe the title in English is: The Name and the author's name is Aharon Megged. It takes place in the 1960's, and it's about a Holocaust survivor