[ha-Safran]: 2 research queries

2010-02-01 Thread Yael and Monty Penkower
(preferably e-mail) for the archives or historical division for Scotland Yard? Cordially, Monty N. Penkower --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL

[ha-Safran]: Query on Max J. Kohler book

2009-10-16 Thread Yael and Monty Penkower
Dear safranim: I am seeking the full reference for a book written by Max J. Kohler (most probably published between 1930-1933) on Jews and minority rights. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Monty N. Penkower --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those

Re: [ha-Safran]: Jewish Libraries in the Middles Ages

2009-07-04 Thread Yael and Monty Penkower
You should look at the several books and phds written about RADAK. e.g. by F. Talmage, Yitzhaq. Berger. Naomi. Grunhaus, (L.FInkelstein). (As suggested by Prof. Yitzhak Penkover). And for Nancy, check too in RAMBI for ' Medieval and Libraries ' Yael Penkower --- Messages and opinions

[ha-Safran]: My new e-mail address

2009-06-29 Thread Yael and Monty Penkower
Dear safranim, Please note my new e-mail address, and drop the old one: ympenko...@gmail.com Thank you, Yael Penkower --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL

[ha-Safran]: Reference question

2009-06-15 Thread Yael and Monty Penkower
title translates as A Nation and its History. The volume appeared as part 2 of a publication that was published in Jerusalem in 1984. Any detailed information would be appreciated. Yael Penkower --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

[ha-Safran]: Penkower e-mail address

2009-06-03 Thread Yael and Monty Penkower
Dear safranim, Please note my new e-mail address; ympenko...@gmail.com Cordially, Yael Penkower --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL

[ha-Safran]: Palestine immigration query

2009-01-05 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear Safranim, Does anyone have a reliable source giving the number of Jewish refugee illegals who reached Palestine between May and September 1939, and for 1939 as a whole? Thank you. Professor M.N. Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

[ha-Safran]: A MSS collection

2008-09-02 Thread yael and monty penkower
/contents.htm Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[ha-Safran]: Query on Felix Frankfurter

2008-08-12 Thread yael and monty penkower
to that fact? Thank you. Monty N. Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL

[ha-Safran]: Query on Arab Revolt

2008-06-23 Thread yael and monty penkower
. Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu

[ha-Safran]: NEW BOOK The Holocaust and the Book

2008-05-30 Thread yael and monty penkower
--- The Holocaust and the Book Destruction and Preservation Edited by Jonathan Rose Essays on the Nazi campaign against the written word Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany systematically destroyed an

[ha-Safran]: Query re Hebrew story

2008-02-13 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear safranim, Does anyone know the author and date of the Hebrew story yisurei Avshalom, dedicated to the memory of Shlomo ben-Yosef, and where this story was published? Thank you. Monty N. Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

Re: [ha-Safran]: Different kind of query

2007-12-13 Thread yael and monty penkower
To AJL safranim, As the husband of a (recently) retired librarian, I appreciated this a lot, and especially the last pun. Here's an idea: perhaps the AJL could publish a booklet giving the various replies received to this fascinating question. Best wishes, Monty Noam Penkower Messages

[ha-Safran]: Books

2007-12-01 Thread yael and monty penkower
online), but there is no description of where it comes from, date etc. Yael Penkower Jerusalem 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]: Getting the host name and ports for z3950

2007-10-21 Thread yael and monty penkower
It is not so. Just google Jewish national University Library and you can get it. At the same time you can also check out RAMBI Shavua'h Tov Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association

[ha-Safran]: Stamp for Uri Zvi Greenberg or Yehoshua Yeivin

2007-05-29 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear safranim, Does anyone know if Israel issued a stamp in honor of either Uri Zvi Greenberg or Yehoshua Yeivin? M. Penkower 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]: Outstanding Librarian Prize

2007-02-27 Thread yael and monty penkower
Penkower Yerushalayim Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio

[ha-Safran]: Book on the Megilot

2007-01-16 Thread Yael Penkower
A friend asked me to send this. Yael Penkower Studies in the Five Megilot By Dr. Gavriel Cohn The Lookstein Center and the Jewish Agency Eliner Library (In Hebrew) In these studies, readers will find the opportunity to play an active role in the compelling conversation that takes place

[ha-Safran]: Reference queries

2007-01-10 Thread yael and monty penkower
, 1878). 3. The page, volume, and author of the essay on Zionism in the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. (I think that this was published in London, that the author was Lucien Wolf, that the volume is 28, and that the page is 989 - but need confirmation.) Thank you. Yael Penkower

[ha-Safran]: Query on Kafka

2007-01-03 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear safranim, Can anyone locate the source for Kafka's letter to a friend, remarking that all the realistic arguments for hatred of the Jews are only fashionable cloaks? Thanks, Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

[ha-Safran]: Max Weber on Zionism

2006-12-19 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear safranim, Can anyone suggest writings by, as well as about, Max Weber re his views on Zionism? Thanks, Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL

[ha-Safran]: Query re NY Times and Israel

2006-12-19 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear safranim, Can you recommend a study or studies on the position of the New York Times's editorials and news coverage regarding the State of Israel (from 1948 onwards)? Thank you. Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

[ha-Safran]: Query re Alfred Dreyfus

2006-12-04 Thread yael and monty penkower
someone tell me exactly when this was written, and did Lucie (the wife) respond? Thank you. Monty Noam Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL

[ha-Safran]: Query re encyclopedia britanica

2006-12-04 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear safranim, Does anyone have access to the edition of the first Encyclopedia Britainica that was published in the 20th century? If so, can you supply me with the date of publication, as well as the entry on Jews or Judaism? Thank you. Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed

[ha-Safran]: Book query

2006-11-16 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear Safranim, Does anyone know where I can find a copy for purchase of Barbara McDonald Stewart's book United States Government Policy on Refugees from Nazism, 1933-1940? Ditto for R. Graves, Experiment in Anarchy. Thanks! Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those

[ha-Safran]: Research query

2006-10-16 Thread yael and monty penkower
Can anyone tell me the page numbers for an article by Felix Frankfurter on Palestine in the journal Foreign Affairs (April 1931), volume 9? Thank you. Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed

[ha-Safran]: Research query

2006-09-20 Thread yael and monty penkower
Does anyone know the first name of a Judge Devanney of Minnesota in the l930's? Toda! Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL

[ha-Safran]: ALA

2006-08-31 Thread Yael Penkower
to their newsletter why she did so, and got many replies, including this one. I hope AJL will respond too. Yael Penkower Beit Morasha of Jerusalem - Original Message - From: Steve Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 4 - Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:43

[ha-Safran]: Contemporary Jewish Record query

2006-06-24 Thread yael and monty penkower
Dear safranim, Does anyone know the pages to the Contemporary Jewish Record issue of December, 1944, for Horace Kallen's article Of Them Which Say They Are Jews? Thanks. MN Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed

[ha-Safran]: Donors

2006-06-08 Thread Yael Penkower
A friend asked me to post this. You can answer to me at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will give him the answers. Thanks Yael Penkower To whom it may concern, What is the standard procedure(s) for fundraising for the construction of a library for an organization which has

[ha-Safran]: Sad news

2006-02-15 Thread yael and monty penkower
time we did - Yael Penkower) Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran

[ha-Safran]: New Statesman

2005-12-22 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, Anyone know if the British weekly journal New Statesman can be described politically (neutral, leftist, etc.)? Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries

[ha-Safran]: Shelly quote

2005-12-12 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, Can anyone identify the source for this quote from Shelly: bloody faith, the foulest birth of time ? Thanks. M.N. Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL

[ha-Safran]: Bialik query

2005-05-22 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, Does anyone know if Bialik responded in any way, with poetry or otherwise, to the rise of Hitler and Nazism? Thanks. Monty Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL

[ha-Safran]: Query

2005-03-22 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, Can someone provide me with the name and e-mail of the editor of the magazine entitled Judaism? Toda, Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL

[ha-Safran]: Book query

2005-02-27 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, Does anyone know where I can get a copy (for purchase) of this volume, published by the British government: Palestine Royal Commission, Minutes of Evidence Heard at Public Sessions (London, 1937)? Thanks, M.N. Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those

[ha-Safran]: Hebrew author query

2005-02-03 Thread Penkower
Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send

[ha-Safran]: Bialik query

2004-12-27 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, Does anyone know of a translation into English of Bialik's poem u'reitem shuv kotser yedkhem (1931)? Thanks. Yael Penkower Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL

[ha-Safran]: Book announcement

2004-10-22 Thread Penkower
Announcing the third revised edition: The Text of the Bible: From Qumran till the Early Printed Editions edited by Jordan S. Penkower (subjects: Hebrew Bible Manuscripts; Massorah; Printed Bibles) 9+195 [+5] pp; large format

[ha-Safran]: Request to Israeli safranim

2004-05-05 Thread Penkower
Dear Israeli safranim, I need a favor. Could someone please fax me the page dealing with Hachnasat Orchim from the book Otzar Hara'ayonot Ve-Hapitgamim by Tzvi Sharfstein. My fax number is: (02)-621-6480. Yael Penkower Beit Morasha of Jerusalem Messages and opinions expressed

[ha-Safran]: Book query

2004-03-29 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, Can someone give me the author, place of publication, and year of the book The Story of the New York Times? Thanks. Monty N. Penkower == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries

[ha-Safran]: query- time magazine

2004-02-05 Thread Penkower
does anyone know where the archives of time magazine are located, and is there an e-mail address available? thanks, monty penkower == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions

[ha-Safran]: Query

2003-12-04 Thread Penkower
Dear Safranim, Can someone give me an e-mail address for: 1. The Simon Wiesenthal Center, and 2. The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (connected to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, D.C.)? Thanks, Monty Noam Penkower

[ha-Safran]: Temple Emanuel, NYC

2003-11-17 Thread Penkower
Dear Safranim, Can someone give me an e-mail address for Temple Emanuel in NYC? I haven't any luck searching Google, etc. Thanks, Monty Penkower == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries

[ha-Safran]: Bialik and Klausner

2003-11-02 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, On the Bialik trail, once more. Can someone locate a source for the fact that Joseph Klausner called Bialik the Jewish people's national poet after Bialik published his first volume of poems? Thanks, Monty Penkower

[Ha-Safran] Bialik short story

2003-10-29 Thread Penkower
Dear Safranim, Can anyone tell me the date of publication of Bialik's short story Making the Crooked Straight? I would also appreciate knowing where I can find this in the original Hebrew among the poet's works. Thanks, Monty N. Penkower

[Ha-Safran] Yalag poems

2003-10-22 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, Can someone tell me the year of publication of these two poems by the Russian-Jewish author Yehuda Leib Gordon (Yalag)? : 1. b'Shinei Arayot; 2. b'Metsulot Yam. Thanks, Monty N. Penkower == HaSafran

[Ha-Safran] Jews and the Russian Revolution

2003-10-16 Thread Penkower
Dear safranim, I recently saw notice of a new article about Bialik's view of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Having, unfortunately, misplaced the citation, I wonder if someone can (a) give it to me, or (b) provide specific information regarding the subject. Thank you. Monty Noam Penkower

[Ha-Safran] Cataloging

2003-10-01 Thread Yael Penkower
We have a single volume of the Theodor-Albeck edition of Bereschit Rabba. The first (bi-lingual) title page is of Albeck's introduction pt.1, Berlin 1931. The second, folowing Theodor's 2-pg German introduction is of Midrash Bereschit Rabba (Hebrew), Berlin 5663. After pg. 1204 is a third

[ha-Safran]: From Jerusalem

2003-09-16 Thread Yael Penkower
harder when it is someone you know. We hope this year will bring us all peace and quite. Yael Penkower Bet Morashah Jerusalem === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL

[ha-Safran]: Kosher in Cyprus and Crete?

2003-08-14 Thread Penkower
Dear colleagues, Is there a website or e-mail whereby I can find out about kosher restaurants in Europe and in the Mediterranean area (e.g. Cyprus and Crete)? Thanks, Yael Penkower === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL