Re: [ha-Safran] Keep older encyclopedia?

2013-09-26 Thread Dina Tanners
That 1939 encyclopedia is quite special. It describes many European Jewish communities before the Holocaust that n longer exist today. I definitely recommend that you keep it. When I coordinated the Temple Beth Shalom library in Spokane, WA, the custodian found a copy of that encyclopedia.

Re: [ha-Safran] Keep older encyclopedia?

2013-09-26 Thread Andrea Rapp
Yes, and it is such a pleasure to read, unlike its successor, the EJ, in my opinion.  Andrea From: Dina Tanners dina...@gmail.com To: Amalia Warshenbrot amalia...@att.net Cc: Hasafran hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013

Re: [ha-Safran] Keep older encyclopedia?

2013-09-26 Thread Jeannine Davidson
Hi All, I bought a personal copy at a book sale years ago for pennies. I have since then used it with book discussions that have themes of Pre-World War II or the Holocaust. (ie In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson) Some of the entries are frightening given the hindsight and what came to