[ha-Safran] Graphic novels

2016-12-13 Thread WJC Librarian
Hello! I was approached by a second grader in the Hebrew School about graphic novels for her age. She seems particularly advanced and has read the Barry Deutsch books and loved them. Are there any other graphic novels/books with Jewish content that I can purchase? I have the Rabbi Harvey books

Re: [ha-Safran] Books in a Mikveh

2016-12-13 Thread Micah Salb
Thanks so much to the folks who responded to my inquiry. Fortunately, we are able to keep the books in a separate room (albeit within the mikveh suite), but because the books are intended for casual use and not part of our regular library collection, we will monitor them and replace any

[ha-Safran] looking for page numbers in ibn Ezra's "Beginning of Wisdom"

2016-12-13 Thread Alan Lapayover
A request from a faculty member. Can anyone help with this? Thanks, Alan Rabbi Alan LaPayover Director, Mordecai Kaplan Library Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 1299 Church Road, Wyncote, PA 19095 215-576-0800 x234 --- I need to find out the page numbers

Re: [ha-Safran] Books in a Mikveh

2016-12-13 Thread Emily Bergman
Micah, First, I suggest you look at the NEDCC site. They have lots of useful information about preservation: https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preservation-leaflets/overview. Secondly, I don't think you can prevent the damage without a real barrier between the humidity/temperature of the

[ha-Safran] Kriat Beynaim - Intermediate Hebrew (Second Edition)

2016-12-13 Thread Celestina Levant
Hello, We would like to introduce a new textbook by Academon Press: Kriat Beynaim Intermediate Hebrew Second Edition By Goni Tishaler, Dalia

[ha-Safran] Move Over, Shmelf…There Are Other Books on the Shelf

2016-12-13 Thread Rachel Kamin
As many of you probably saw, this past fall I posted a critical review of the new picture book Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf by Greg Wolfe on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, GoodReads, and Facebook. This caused quite a brouhaha. My review was quoted in the Tablet magazine article, “Stay in Your Lane, Elf,”

[ha-Safran] Bibliography of Seforim?

2016-12-13 Thread Micah Salb
Folks: Our library seeks English-language or Hebrew/English bibliographies, preferably with annotations and/or descriptions, of Seforim. Does anyone know of any? Thanks. Micah Salb, Librarian Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue Washington, DC Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted