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King Solomon and the Disputed Infant - a tale by Ahimaaz
The full story of King Solomon's famous decision.
4 pages. Illustrated.
http://www.professorsolomon.com/talesofkingsolomon.html
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This is a beautiful film showing the land of Israel from above, filmed
with helicopters and from mountains, etc. It is part of a series of
films of various countries.
Lisa Silverman
Library Director
Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library
10400 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-481-3215
I haven't made any new articles for the Librarians Lobby since
December. On January 4 I visited two libraries in Brooklyn. My blog
has a report on this visit. Please read it from:
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to announce the release of its new
spring 2010 titles! All books are available through distributors and
at www.karben.com.
A TALE OF TWO SEDERS by Mindy Avra Portnoy
Families are like charoset, said mom. Some have more ingredients
than others, some stick
FORMER LONDONER WRITES WARTIME MEMOIR
Toronto octogenarian Kitty Wintrob has written a memoir of her
experiences as a Jewish child being evacuated from the East End of
London to the British countryside at the start of World War Two.
Titled I'm Not Going Back: Wartime Memoir of a Child Evacuee,
The Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour got off to a good start today!
Interviews were posted with the author and illustrator of New Year at
the Pier (gold for Younger Readers), as well as an interview with the
author of Tropical Secrets (gold for Teens).
* Read an interview with April Halprin
Dear safranim:
I would appreciate help with two research queries:
a. Can someone locate the pages for an article, published by Yisrael
Shepansky in Ohr HaMizrah, vol. 22 (April-July 1973), entitled Galut
Mitsrayim, Galut Bavel, v'HaGeula HaAtida?
b, Does anyone know if there is an address
Sholom:
Last week I visited a collection of books from Rabbi Abraham
Simon, He graduated Jewish Theological Seminary in 1932. His
ordination certificate was on the wall with signatures of all the
faculty members including Cyrus Adler, Mordecai Kaplan, Israel
Davidson, Boaz Cohen, and Louis
Rabbi Mel Silverman (HUC-JIR, 1971) just published his memoire Born
Jewish Becoming a Jew describing his beginnings in the Boyle Heights
neighborhood of East LA, his career as a rabbi and a prison chaplain
and his transformative mentors in the Reform Movement and in the academia.
Published by
Some folks here may be interested in the newly-translated into English book,
The Catholic Church and the Jews, Argentina, 1933-1945, by Graciela Ben-Dror.
From the publisher's website:
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Catholic-Church-and-the-Jews,674003.aspx
The impact of events in Nazi
I would like to purchase (or borrow) a book by Emile Schrijver that
was written to accompany a facsimile edition of an 18th
century Megillat Esther.
Does anyone know whether the book alone (without the megillalh) is
for available?
Andrea Rapp
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Andrea
Five books every American Jew should read.
Having not lived in the u.s.a. for 21 years, I'm not much of an
authority but at the moment I can think of one that I'm bugging every
english-speaking individual in Valencia, jewish or not, to read:
Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky
Besos de
Dear Aviva,
There are indeed databases available to those with a public library
card in St. Louis. For a link to them, check out the list I created
of public library resources in the US and Canada when I was working
with the Avi Chai Bookshelf Grant:
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That's great, Susie, ya'asher kochachem to all those who worked on this!
Ann Abrams, Librarian
Temple Israel, Boston
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UF Libraries are considering to relocate ACQ/CAT to an off-site
location. While it will be only about 16 blocks from the main
campus, parking and transportation issues seems that it will impinge
upon staff to maintain the closer contacts they have enjoyed for
many, many years.
If your
A congregant who is trying to hone her Hebrew reading skills inquired
if the library had any children's Hebrew audio books which she could
borrow and use for this purpose. Does anyone have any experience
with these, suggestions or know where these could be located?
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JTS Library Open House
Please join JTS Library staff and faculty from the Davidson School of
Education, on Tuesday, February 23rd from 4:30-7:00 pm on the 5th
floor of the Library, for an Open House and panel discussion focused
on the value of using
Shalom.
I have a partial answer to the question from a very religious
Catholic woman. Do you have an answer to it?
I recently read from someone that Catholics get their beliefs in
purgatory and praying for the dead from our Jewish heritage. Is that
correct, and, if so, what is the basis
Did anyone ever hear of The Living Torah Museum in Brooklyn -
http://www.thelivingtorahmuseum.com/
I do not know who sponsors the museum and if their claims are
legitimate. I have a teacher who would like me to buy their DVDs and
I am hesitant.
Thanks so much -
Leah Moskovits
Torah Academy of
Hello to all librarians --
I have a friend, a rabbinical student, who is interested in writing a
paper about the beginnings of a library system in Israel. She asks:
How did Israel go about creating a library system from nothing,
particularly when they had a lot of other things on their
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Academic Studies Press is pleased to announce that Eliezer Schweid's
The Idea of Modern Jewish Culture is now available in paperback.
We work with all library wholesalers and suppliers. For more
information about this title or for direct orders, please visit our
I vote for As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg.
Enid
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Shalom Safranim:
Can you recommend any Tu B'shvat books for a Judaic elementary
school? The ones I have need to be retired.
Thank you so much!
Cathy Ryne
School Librarian
Sinai Akiba Academy
Los Angeles, CA
cathy.r...@gmail.com
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Hi,
I am trying to find out library hours, usage, staffing for all Jewish
Libraries to assist me in making our budget and library hours for the
upcoming year. I would like to know the following:
Name:
Size:
Community size;
Usage (monthly yearly check-outs)
Registered Patrons:
Harvest of Light by Olfansky (Karben) is a beautiful picture book
explaining the harvest process in detail through a child's eyes as
she participates for the first time in her family's olive grove.
Debbie Colodny
Sefer, So Good
1141 Garfield Av.
Libertyville, IL 60048
847/680-8016
A question was asked about librarianship and Judaica training.
Yes, there is such a program at NYU. You can contact:
Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman
Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
New York University
51 Washington Square South
New York, N.Y. 10012
tel. 212 998 8980
res. 516 773
Shalom Safranim ve'Safraniyot,
I just watched most of this program on a DVD a Hindu friend recorded
for me. He said that he got a very favorable impression of Israel
from the show, as he was not at all knowledgeable about Israel. It is
very positive towards Israel, but it wasn't very
Hallo all
This new book should be of interest:
Kosman, Admiel
Men's World
Reading Masculinity in Jewish Stories in a Spiritual Context
2009. 174 S. - 155 x 230 mm. Festeinband
Men's World presents a selection of tales from the Jewish sources
concerned with masculinity and machismo, which it
Does anyone know of any English-language Orthodox Jewish journals
published between 1924 and 1934?
Thanks for any help you may be able to provide,
Arthur
--
Arthur Kiron
Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia,
Saw this on the National Jewish Book Awards list; none of the public
libraries in our area have it. Wondered whether any of you had seen
it. It looks as if it could be a bit quirky politically, so wanted to
get reactions. Thanks!
Barbara Mende
Librarian
Congregation Mishkan Tefila
300 Hammond
Hello,
One of our congregants has published his folio/artist's book and it
is truly amazing.
I am posting this announcement to Hasafran because I thought other
librarians might have some interest.
If you would like me to email a photo or if you would like more
information about it, please let
Dear Colleagues,
Please see employment opportunity in the Los Angeles area below
Dr. Yaffa Weisman, Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Adjunct Associate Professor
Modern Jewish Studies
HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
213-765-2170
Dear Yaffa,
Per our phone
European Division and the Hebrew Language Table
at the Library of Congress present
IN SEARCH OF YIDDISH
LECTURE AND FILM CLIPS BY
ALEXANDER GORODNITSKY
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 - 12:00 Noon West Dining Room-6TH Floor
James Madison Building, Library of Congress
The movie is dedicated to the
Dear safranim,
We bought library materials from Ingram for many years, but can do so
no longer because we're unable to purchase $3,000 a year of library
materials - their minimum for selling us books at a discount. Can
anyone recommend other vendors that you like, that don't have that
high
I was very happy to see that the database of award winning children's
literature includes the Sydney Taylor Award winners:
http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp
Diane Romm
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Hi Everyone!
I posted online links to 40 YouTube Videos about Tu B'Shvat -
Jewish Arbor Day.
http://www.jr.co.il/videos/tu-bshvat-videos.htmhttp://www.jr.co.il/videos/tu-bshvat-videos.htm
Have a Fruitful Tu B'Shvat,
Jacob
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Dear Librarians
New Distribution titles Available From Gefen Books, Lynbrook, NY.
Thesaurus of Idioms and Phrases English-Hebrew-English
Hebrew from Alef to Tav Vol 1 with Audio CD
Where the Wild things Are (Hebrew)
Follow Gefen on Facebook and Twitter
Targum/Zahav Press is pleased to announce the publication of Meant to
Be by Azriela Jaffe, the third novel of a new contemporary paperback
fiction series from Zahav Press.
This series is available directly from the publisher at (347)
394-3332 or (718) 577-1228.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dear Librarians
Book From Israel Now Available at Gefen Books, Lynbrook, NY.
With All Your Might (two volume set)
ISBN: 978-9652294197
Author: Nachman Kahana
Format: Hardcover 922 pages
US Release Date: Available Now!
Publisher: T.C.F. Publications
Price: $50.00. Special Library Price: $39.95
Feldheim Publishers is pleased to announce the publication of the new book:
PURIM AND PERSIA:
A HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
This book is available from Baker Taylor or from the publisher at
845-356-2282
Step into a new world, the world above, beyond, and before the
Dear Librarians
New titles now available from The Hebrew University Magnes Press
Place orders with Gefen Books, North American Distributor of the Magnes
Press
Iggud- Selected Essay in Jewish Studies vol 2.
ISBN: 978-9657418161
Format: Hardcover 520 pages
Reprinted: February 2009
US Release Date:
Wondered whether any of you
had seen
it.
AS a matter of fact, I have seen it. My review copy arrived in the
mail on Friday and I read the introduction the following day.
My review won't appear until the May-June issue of the AJL Newsletter
and I don't plan on reading any more of it until
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