[ha-Safran] video teaching peace

2023-10-19 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
I am hoping someone can help - a friend has a niece currently doing a MEd at a Canadian university. Her prof showed a video of a Palestinian teacher talking to the elementary aged kids in her class about peace. The teacher was willing to show but unable to find a video showing an Israeli teacher

[ha-Safran] Looking for a book of ethical questions for high school students

2023-06-18 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
Are you familiar with Stories for the sake of argument by Robbie Gringras and Abi Dauber Sterne?

Re: [ha-Safran] Hasafran Digest, Vol 567, Issue 5

2022-12-02 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
Dear Elaine, I buy lots of Hebrew children's books for our day school library (K-6) and board books for our ELC. I have ordered them or bought them when I am Israel because we live in western Canada and not near any good outlet for Hebrew kids books. I am happy to chat with you further about

[ha-Safran] Thoughts on "A Time to celebrate"

2022-05-12 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
Thank you to everyone who provided comments concerning this book. The comments were varied and informative, offering the gamut of perspectives, but mostly validated my uncomfortable feelings. We have decided to remove both old and new editions from our collection, discard the old one and keep the

[ha-Safran] thoughts on "Let the celebration begin"

2022-05-03 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
Our school library has just received a donation of a book called "A time for toys" by Margaret Wild - It has been more recently been published under the title "Let the Celebration begin". Though the front covers are different, the rest of the book is the same. In view of lots of discussion about

Re: [ha-Safran] The Shawl- Play version

2022-01-23 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
Susan, here are some avenues that he might investigate according to a friend I contacted. > > ”maybe more clues here (the play may exist in archives for Sydney Lumet) > >

[ha-Safran] Hebraica cataloguing

2021-10-31 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
Is there an online Hebrew romanization or Hebraic cataloguing course currently available now? Hearing about the value of the 3week course taught by Bella Haas Weinberg, I would be interested if such a thing were available online now. Karen Hering Sent from my iPhone __ Messages and opinions

Re: [ha-Safran] Hasafran Digest, Vol 441, Issue 5

2020-07-05 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
As a first time attendee who has wanted to attend the AJL conference for years and never had the budget to do so, the virtual format has been a wonderful silver lining to these times. I have been energized and inspired by all the wonderful presentations and discussions! thank you, thank you,

[ha-Safran] Job posting - Jewish Studies Librarian

2019-10-05 Thread Karen Hering via Hasafran
https://partnershipjobs.ca/jobs/19978 Jewish Studies Librarian Toronto , ON Description *POSITION*: Jewish Studies Librarian, Librarian I/II *DEPARTMENT*: Rare Books and Special Collections *DATE REQUIRED*: January 2, 2020 Are you looking for challenging, meaningful work in a supportive and