RE: [ha-Safran]: Looking for somewhat obscure Yiddish song

2009-06-29 Thread Donald Weinshank
= NO: HEBREW song! 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]: Convention Blog!

2009-06-29 Thread Heidi Estrin
The blog of the 2009 AJL Convention is now available at http://ajl09.posterous.com/. Whether you'll be attending the convention or not, the blog is a great place to see what's going on, learn from the event, and share thoughts. Many members of AJL's Council and Committees will be posting to

[ha-Safran]: Book of Life podcast at BEA

2009-06-29 Thread Heidi Estrin
As you may know, I attended Book Expo America in NY this spring, where I recorded lots of interviews for The Book of Life podcast. The first episode of material from BEA is now available. It covers interviews with Jewish publishers Gefen, JPS, Kar-Ben, and URJ. You can listen to it at

[ha-Safran]: Need advice

2009-06-29 Thread Julie Moss
I am converting my AV collection of about 400 items (juvenile and adult) to a new storage system and, of course, weeding at the same time. My question is: do you think it's worth keeping the almost-100 titles I have on cassette tape? They are audio books, read-alongs and music, many with

[ha-Safran]: (Relatively) New Book: The Way Jews Lived: Five

2009-06-29 Thread Gertel, Elliot
Hundred Years of Printed Words and Images / Constance Harris 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

[ha-Safran]: New Israeli Educational Stamps Posted Online

2009-06-29 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! I scanned and posted on my website the new Israeli stamps that were issued in June 2009. I included the stamp itself, the first day cover, and an English and a Hebrew flyer about the stamp. - Quality of the Environment Global Warming Solar Energy Geothermal Energy - The Dead Sea

Re: [ha-Safran]: Article needed

2009-06-29 Thread ALBA TOSCANO
Andrea Colleagues, I am in need of an article from Hadassah Magazine, June 1969, titled:The Ketubah in Jewish Art, Howdy do. In the web page of the Sinagoga conservador La Javura we put up the BJE Los Angeles 1978 filmstrip on Ketubot. Of course it's all translated into Spanish but

[ha-Safran]: Information about the passing of Dr. Charles Simon

2009-06-29 Thread Susan Dubin
Dr. Charles Simon, father of AJL Past President Ralph Simon, passed away on June 9th. Dr. Simon had a long and distinguished career in education and frequently attended AJL functions. Because he sought to inspire students to learn and cherished education so dearly, his family is hoping to

[ha-Safran]: Audio, and a question for you

2009-06-29 Thread Heidi Estrin
One of the speakers at the AJL Convention will be Mark Blevis, the well-known podcaster and kidlit fan. His talk is called How I Learned About Amazing Jewish Books Through Social Media. This session is not to be missed! I met up with Mark at the Podcasters Across Borders conference (of which

RE Sat night in Chicago

2009-06-29 Thread Nancy Poole
Does anyone get together to make havdalah on Sat night ? Or does anyone want to? Thanks Nancy --- 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]: A Few Seats Left for Jewish Chicago Tour

2009-06-29 Thread Marcie Eskin
It is still possible to reserve a spot for the wonderful AJL Convention optional bus tour of Jewish Chicago led by Dr. Irving Cutler. Dr. Cutler is professor emeritus of geography at Chicago State University and a founding member of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society. He has written

[ha-Safran]: Box lunches and dinners at the AJL 2009

2009-06-29 Thread Shoshanah Rose Seidman
Convention in Chicago 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]: Twitter

2009-06-29 Thread Andrea Rapp
Have any of you used twitter for you library, as they are doing in the UK? http://trkk.us/?goD 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

[ha-Safran]: Professional Development/Continuing Education

2009-06-29 Thread Monchar, Leslie
committee meeting 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]: 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]: Chicago to welcome you

2009-06-29 Thread sseidman
Dear Attendees: We are looking forward to welcoming you to Chicago nest week at an exciting convention, plus fireworks and celebrations. For your travel may we remind the reader in each one of you of some celebrated old titles set in Chicago: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (we do not have such

RE: [ha-Safran]: World Congress of Jewish Studies

2009-06-29 Thread Marion Stein
I second what Susan said. It would be wonderful to have access to some of these papaers too. I'm especially intrigued by Peggy's topic. Marion --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish

Re: [ha-Safran]: World Congress of Jewish Studies

2009-06-29 Thread dovw
If you are coming to the World Congress of Jewish Studies you are invited to include in your schedule the following session: 700 JUDAICA Europeana: Presenting the Jewish Contribution to European Civilization in the European Digital Library Chairperson: Rachel Heuberger Thursday (6/8/2009) 15:00

Re: [ha-Safran]: Chicago to welcome you

2009-06-29 Thread Abigail Yasgur
I wish all a wonderful conference. And I am sorry I cannot be there this year. I love Chicago. Stay cool. Abigail Yasgur --- 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]: AJL publicity

2009-06-29 Thread Jane Zande
Hello, The New England Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries met in West Hartford, CT on June 19. We had a successful meeting and had some publicity in our local Jewish Ledger. You can read the article by going to this site:

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

2009-06-29 Thread Nancy Poole
Does anyone out there do research on Medieval Judaism? I am looking for any info on Jewish Libraries in the Middles Ages (or anyone just interested in the topic)... Nancy --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the