[ha-Safran] especially for the writers in your communities

2020-09-04 Thread Erika Dreifus via Hasafran
Good morning, chaverim: The latest post on the My Machberet blog happens to feature a number of Jewish-writing opportunities (notably, a new essay contest inspired by Yossi Klein Halevi's LETTERS TO MY PALESTINIAN NEIGHBOR). Please visit https://wp.me/p4x0h8-cm7 to peruse them all. Shabbat

[ha-Safran] Fwd: CFP: Critical Ethnic Studies in Academic and Research Libraries. Deadline: October 2, 2020

2020-09-04 Thread Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran
Sharing this CFP on behalf of our librarian colleague Ray Pun. It would be great to see some AJL representation! Shabbat shalom, Sally -- Forwarded message - From: Ray Pun Date: Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 5:51 PM Subject: Fwd: CFP: Critical Ethnic Studies in Academic and Research

[ha-Safran] Archivists at local Jewish historical societies

2020-09-04 Thread Amalia S. Levi via Hasafran
Hi Racheli, This email raises an important point: engaging archivists from small(er), local Jewish historical societies. It's a great topic, and I'd like to remind AJL members that the December RAS roundtable (scheduled for December 2, 7:30 pm) is dedicated to the topic of "Archival Material in

[ha-Safran] Virtual Holocaust Literature Conference

2020-09-04 Thread Susan Dubin via Hasafran
Please join the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center, Governor’s Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust, and UNLV for a free Virtual Conference on Holocaust Literature for Children and Young Adults on November 18, 2020 from 4:30 – 7:30 pm Pacific time. Guest authors

[ha-Safran] Archivists at local Jewish historical societies

2020-09-04 Thread Rachel Leket-Mor via Hasafran
Dear all, I am posting for a faculty member. Please respond to him directly (email below) and forward this note to colleagues at local Jewish historical societies, if you know any: For a book I am co-authoring on local Jewish historical societies I am seeking also to learn about the

Re: [ha-Safran] Pandemic subject headings

2020-09-04 Thread Kuperman, Aaron via Hasafran
The LCSH authority structure includes Coronavirus, so if you have a catalog, a search will find it. A Coronavirus includes the common cold. We’ve all been having coronaviruses several times a year, all our lives. There have been many pandemics (an epidemic spread over a wide geographic