[ha-Safran]: The Disputation - video

2011-10-26 Thread Chaya Wiesman
Dear Safranim, Thank you to all those who responded to my query so quickly and so generously. We have an embarrassment of riches. We have been given a VHS copy of the video and the teacher who lost the original has now found it. Chaya Wiesman Librarian Ramaz Upper School ---

[ha-Safran]: History of Jewish Libraries in America

2011-10-26 Thread Nancy Poole
Greetings - I am presenting a class for one of my professors - and would like to know if you have any recommendations for a good journal article (in English) on the history of Jewish Libraries, publishers, or anything in regard to shortage of books/problems in the early days of Jewish

RE: [ha-Safran]: JPS

2011-10-26 Thread agendler
To say what Zachary said below is like to say that there is no need for NPR because there are many other commercial stations that do similar things. The role of JPS in Jewish life was not limited to being only a source of subventions for Jewish-interest texts and their authors; JPS was also the

[ha-Safran]: Publisher Seeks Advice

2011-10-26 Thread Terry Tegnazian
Dear Fellow ha-Safran members - Aquila Polonica Publishing specializes in publishing the Polish WWII experience in English. We are now finalizing preparation of our next book, The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery, by Captain Witold Pilecki, translated by Jarek Garlinski. This is the first

[ha-Safran]: Glowing review of a new book: Portraits in

2011-10-26 Thread Hava Ben-Zvi
To all my friend and colleagues: My new book: Portraits in Literature: The Jews of Poland. An Anthology has been reviewed by Jonathan Kirsch in the Jewish Journal in Los Angeles of September 16-22, 2011. The Gift Poland Once Offered, The long history of the Jews in Poland has been

[ha-Safran]: Photos of Second Hakafot

2011-10-26 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! Tonight (Thursday night after chag in Israel) I took photos of the second hakafot in the S'deh Chemed schoolyard in Ma'ale Adumim. I posted the 132 photos on my website at: http://www.jr.co.il/ma/pic/2011/ma650.htm Enjoy! Shabbat Shalom / Shavua Tov, Jacob --- Messages and

[ha-Safran]: Free VCR tapes, part 2

2011-10-26 Thread sal kluger
Follows is for postage- Avi Hoffmans Too Jewish Too! Preserving the Past to ensure the Future , Maxwell St. a Living Memory, A Walk on the Moon, Israel Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, From Ash into Metaphor, The Ressurgence of the Yiddish Language. Thx Sal sal kluger simcha sales inc. cell

[ha-Safran]: Prayers of thanksgiving for Gilad Shalit

2011-10-26 Thread Yael Levine
I'd be interested in hearing if any prayers of thanksgiving for the return of Gilad Shalit were recited in shuls you attended either on Simchat Torah or on Shabbat Bereishit. Thanks in advance, Yael Levine --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

[ha-Safran]: AJL accreditation available

2011-10-26 Thread Leah Moskovits
Attention School, Synagogue and Center Libraries: Has your library received accreditation from the AJL? The Association of Jewish Libraries Synagogue, School and Center Division (SSC) offers a certificate of accreditation, at basic as well as advanced levels, to libraries that qualify. This

[ha-Safran]: Exhibition of the work of my wife Jane Trigere

2011-10-26 Thread Schoen Books
Jane Trigère: Women of the Balcony Honoring the Women of Congregation Ohav Sholaum Artist's Talk and Opening Reception: Sunday, October 30th from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. at the Derfner Judaica Museum R.S.V.P. (718)581-1596 or eole...@hebrewhome.org an Jane Trigère, Women of the Balcony 4, 2007-2008,

[ha-Safran]: American Yiddish newspaper

2011-10-26 Thread Veronica Belling
Hi safranim and fellow Yiddishistn I left the dates out of my original query. Could one of you identify for me the newspaper that this column was clipped from by a Cape Town housewife in the years 1931-1932. Gutn apetit: di kikh in a moderner Idish Amerikanisher heym Also I have a wonderful