[ha-Safran] Call for agenda items for 2016 RAS Cataloging Committee meeting

Dear colleagues, I would like to solicit agenda items for discussion for this year's upcoming 2016 AJL RAS Cataloging Committee to be held on Sunday June 19, 5-6 PM at the Marriott Hotel in Charlotte. All agenda items need to be submitted to my by June 10. Thank you, Heidi Lerner Chair,

Re: [ha-Safran] locating Israeli dissertations

Hi Ann, FYI - I sent you the wrong link. I use "libnet.ac.il" Sorry for the mistake. Best, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Metadata Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail:

Re: [ha-Safran] locating Israeli dissertations

Hi Ann, FYI - I sent you the wrong link. I use "libnet.ac.il" Sorry for the mistake. Best, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Metadata Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 ph: 650-725-9953 fax: 650-725-1120 e-mail:

Re: [ha-Safran] locating Israeli dissertations

Hi Anne, You would probably be better off searching the Israel Union Catalog. It should all Israeli dissertations: "lib.ac.il" Go to "other catalogs: For all dissertations: select: "ULITHE - Theses

[ha-Safran] locating Israeli dissertations

Hello All, Is WorldCat the best place to find Israeli dissertations? What about digitized dissertations? Thanks, Anne Anne K. Knafl, Ph.D. Bibliographer for Religion and Philosophy Selector for Hebrew and Yiddish Imprints The University of Chicago Library office: 773-702-8442

[ha-Safran] Jewish Short Story Course for High School Students

I have been charged with teaching a Jewish short story class for our high school students. The class will meet once/week for 1 hour and I can't expect the students to do any "homework" or reading outside of the class meeting. If anyone else has experience with this, I would greatly appreciate

[ha-Safran] need suggestions

Looking for some help. I recently acquired a box of old magazines; Life, Look Israel, Israel Magazine, The Weekly Standard, Newsweek... just to name a few. Most of them are dated 1960-1970s. Many of them highlight historic events in the U.S. and in Israel. They are all in excellent

[ha-Safran] Purity and Community in Antiquity

Hello, We would like to introduce a new book published by The Hebrew university Magnes press: Purity and Community in Antiquity Traditions of the Law from Second Temple Judaism to the Mishnah By Yair Furstenberg