[ha-Safran] Shavuot is coming!

Hi colleagues, Now that Passover is over, it is time to count down to Shavuot. That makes it the perfect time to consider adding my new book, I Am Standing at Mount Sinai to your library's children's collection. This book, told through the eyes of an insightful young girl, is a vibrantly

[ha-Safran] Wikidata used to describe Stanford University Libraries Israeli Yiddish poster collection

Dear safranim, I want to alert you to a new blog post that has appeared on the Digital Yiddish Theater Project website

[ha-Safran] article about Sydney Taylor Book Awards in The Forward

Hi Safranim, I just learned (a bit late) that my article in The Forward about the Sydney Taylor Book Awards was published in March. Here it is:

[ha-Safran] AJL featured on Bookshop.org

Hi everyone, I am very happy to share the good news with you that AJL's "Love Your Neighbor" series of booklists is being featured this week (April 12-19) on Bookshop.org's Children's Books page at

[ha-Safran] Mutilated medieval manuscripts

Dear colleagues, I am posting for a friend – please respond to her directly (see email below). Thank you, Rachel For an article on the intentional mutilation of medieval manuscripts, I am interested to learn about manuscripts in which miniatures or word panels have been removed, blank

[ha-Safran] Educational Resources and Cool Videos for Israel Independence Day

Hi Everyone! Israel Independence Day is celebrated this year on Thursday, April 15, 2021. All the resources and links below are located online at: jr.co.il/hotsites/israel-resources.htm The Jewish Trivia Quiz - topic: Israel jewish-trivia.com What is the national emblem of Israel ? "Pehsek

[ha-Safran] Hebrew book club?

Dear Safranim, Does anyone know of an online book club that meets remotely, and discusses Hebrew books in Hebrew? Thank you for any leads. Naomi Morse Please respond to me directly. naomimo...@verizon.net __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and