Re: [ha-Safran] looking for a book title

2022-01-24 Thread Robbin Katzin via Hasafran
I believe it is Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Littman. Justine Silver, a teenaged middle child, questions her faith when her best friend, Mary Catherine McAllister gives up chocolate for Lent, but when her grandmother suffers a stroke, Jussy has to face her relationship with

Re: [ha-Safran] RAS Cataloging Committee winter meeting: Agenda

2022-01-24 Thread Shinohara, Jasmin via Hasafran
Thanks, Neil. The agenda has also been posted to the Wiki for easy access

Re: [ha-Safran] looking for a book title

2022-01-24 Thread Sheryl Stahl via Hasafran
I think it is Confessions of a closet Catholic. Get Outlook for iOS From: Hasafran on behalf of Beth Braunstein via Hasafran

[ha-Safran] More about the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Awards!

2022-01-24 Thread Heidi Rabinowitz via Hasafran
I'm sure you all saw the announcement earlier today of this year's Sydney Taylor Book Awards at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/sydney_taylor_book_award/__;!!KGKeukY!j_kDxNGvpvMZKSuKcjenT8Km7EwRuWE1JDAt15fd5I5O-cv72PS2R6eY0KNepzpoKWvqYdP9mbWLoGI$ . FYI, you can listen to

Re: [ha-Safran] looking for a book title

2022-01-24 Thread Andrea Rapp via Hasafran
Could it be: Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sara Littman?  Actually had lots of humor, as I recall.Andrea Rapp, Wise Temple, Cincinnati On Monday, January 24, 2022, 11:59:04 AM EST, Beth Braunstein via Hasafran wrote: I'm trying to track down a book title.the book was written

Re: [ha-Safran] looking for a book title

2022-01-24 Thread Aileen Grossberg via Hasafran
Beth, I believe it's  Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Littman. And it did win the Sydney Taylor Award in 2005. Aileen GrossbergLampert LibraryCongregation Shomrei EmunahMontclair, NJ -Original Message- From: Beth Braunstein via Hasafran To: Hasafran Sent: Sun, Jan 23,

[ha-Safran] Announcement of the Digitization and Reprinting of the Sharit HaPlatah Book/International Holocaust Remembrance Day Thursday January 27th

2022-01-24 Thread Schoen Books via Hasafran
Historic Holocaust Survivor Lists Digitized And Reprinted For The First Time   Hundreds of pages with the names of Holocaust survivors relocated to Displaced Persons Camps in Austria and Germany have been reprinted and digitized. The volumes were published in 1945 by the US Government. This was

[ha-Safran] Educational Resources for International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27

2022-01-24 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Shalom. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27. On my website, there are 170+ links to learn about the Holocaust. Site languages include English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. jr.co.il/hotsites/holocaust.htm Since I created the page in1997, I have been

Re: [ha-Safran] Hasafran Digest, Vol 522, Issue 4

2022-01-24 Thread Cathy Balshone via Hasafran
You might be interested in stories linked under #1 and #4 On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 12:00 PM wrote: > Send Hasafran mailing list submissions to > hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran

[ha-Safran] RAS Cataloging Committee winter meeting: Agenda

2022-01-24 Thread Frau-Cortes, Neil via Hasafran
Dear all,Please save the date Feb 10, 11:30am-1pm EST (8:30 PST, 5:30pm CET, 6:30pm IST) for the RAS Cataloging Committee winter meeting, which will happen online. A link to the meeting will be distributed shortly. In the meantime, here you have the draft agenda. If you have any items to add or

[ha-Safran] 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Awards Announced

2022-01-24 Thread AJL PR via Hasafran
Winners of the annual ​Sydney Taylor Book Award​ were announced by the Association of Jewish Libraries today in a livestream from the Youth Media Awards press conference at the American Library Association. Named in memory of Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family​ series,

[ha-Safran] looking for a book title

2022-01-24 Thread Beth Braunstein via Hasafran
I'm trying to track down a book title. the book was written several years back for middle grades about a girl who had a holocaust survivor grandmother . The girl was toying with the idea of converting to Christianity ( she had rosary beads). The book Had a cross on the cover. I'm quite sure it won