[ha-Safran] Seeking Public Librarians

Hi Friends, If you are a *Public Librarian* and are attending the conference in San Diego, please contact me off list! Thanks! Rebecca Levitan President, Schools, Synagogues, Centers, & Public Libraries Division Association of Jewish Libraries

[ha-Safran] The Kar-Ben Publishing AJL Conference Scholarship

I am delighted to announce that Esther Schnaidman is the 2024 Kar Ben Publishing AJL Conference Scholarship recipient. The Kar-Ben Scholarship, funded by Kar-Ben Publishing in honor of founders Judye Groner and Madeline Wikler, awards a scholarship for AJL conference attendance to an AJL member

Re: [ha-Safran] Keynote and other Conference talks

Fred, Unfortunately no, the San Diego conference will not be recorded. Recording in-person conferences is cost prohibitive. This is one of the reasons we've switched to an online conference every other year. Best, Rebecca Levitan President, Schools, Synagogues, Centers, & Public Libraries

[ha-Safran] Deadline Approaching!

The deadline to apply for the Kar-Ben Publishing AJL Conference Scholarship is *March 15th*. Please complete the application ASAP. You may self nominate, or nominate a colleague.

[ha-Safran] Kar-Ben Scholarship Award

Hi all, Just wanted to remind you that the application for the Kar-Ben Publishing AJL Conference Scholarship of $1500 for conference attendance is still open

Re: [ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

Joel, Here's a few links I found https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forward.com/culture/558395/james-mcbride-heaven-and-earth-grocery-store/__;!!KGKeukY!zvDT0ZysXFsQrHhlpaqs9c1faqc9inyuhHEsdZuALf1_34qgXdBaYF84eJTCOnobph-JNxnG85pEolYIqSaH1Q$

[ha-Safran] Helpful Membership Contacts

Hi all, If you're having issues with your membership I'd like to remind you that If you have any questions regarding membership please contact Sharon Benamou, AJL Vice President of Membership at bena...@library.ucla.edu. Additionally, if you are having issues with payment, you can reach the AJL

Re: [ha-Safran] What is Available to Purchase Honoring Jewish Book Month?

In fact, posters are on their shop site https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/shop?page=0__;!!KGKeukY!zgbvi3Un2_GKs4Sf_ECzIkuy8W4kc_znNRneQFrCfPCxI0ss0_WVsbstRGTizc1riIeb7gdIeA2JRBoL4PbxKQ$ On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 9:41 AM Rebecca Levitan wrote: > Hi Michelle, > > I

Re: [ha-Safran] Support for Israel

If you're holding out hope that ALA will put out a statement about what is going on, and one that's in favor of Israel to boot, you're going to be waiting a long, long time. Don't hold your breath. On Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 6:14 PM Rose Shoshanah Seidman via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu>

[ha-Safran] Books seeking a new home

Hi all, A Barbara Dease in Pennsylvania got in touch with me because she has lots of Like-new or brand new Jewish books that she would like to see go to a school or synagogue if possible. If you're interested or know someone who might be, please respond directly to Barbara at brbrd...@gmail.com.

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL question --please post

I usually say customers. But I also work in a public library... :-) On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 6:06 PM Livia Thompson via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > I am interested in whether libraries are still using the term “patron” or > have switched to “user,” “client”, or some other term. We

[ha-Safran] Seeking SSCPL Moderators

If you are interested in being a moderator for an SSCPL session during our upcoming conference please respond to me *off list*. Thank you for all your help! Rebecca Levitan President, Schools, Synagogues, Centers, & Public Libraries Division Association of Jewish Libraries

Re: [ha-Safran] ISO: Sydney Taylor Award stickers

Hi Esther, If you're looking to get small quantities you can find them on our website https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/ajl-shops/__;!!KGKeukY!2ZZYCgbahW1zQsxk6SvmPvcNuB37VQ_PCOmS8bHUCRDIH8MLcUpvtp_y-Sxh7dON3QpkSeIIW1qWUBAlHc3dUg$ at the bottom of the page under "Award

Re: [ha-Safran] List of Juv/YA titles that include depictions of antisemitism that are not Holocaust based

Hi Jodi, Two I can think of off the top of my head are *Red and Green and Blue and White *by Lee Wind, and the brand new *Some Kind of Hate* by Sarah Darer Littman. Picture book and YA respectively. Best, Rebecca On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 10:40 AM Jodi Solomon via Hasafran <

[ha-Safran] Judaism and End of Life?

Hi all, I have a patron looking for books/sources on Judaism and hospitalizations and end of life. Anyone have suggestions? Thank you! Rebecca Levitan __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish

Re: [ha-Safran] Obsolete media in synagogue libraries

When I was at a Center library 10 years ago I got rid of all the VHS's. People were just not using them, and most people even 10 years ago didn't have a VHS player. Currently I'm a public librarian and we do not have any VHS's, we have plenty of DVDs that circulate and actually plenty of audio

[ha-Safran] Mazel Tov!

Now that she's gone through most of her congratulatory emails in the past two weeks, and will actually see this one, I would like to wish a hearty mazel tov to my friend Susan Kusel on her Sydney Taylor book award winning book The Passover Guest. Susan is a past chair of the committee herself and

Re: [ha-Safran] weird question

Similar to the book Kathy suggested, there's My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege Rebecca Levitan | Librarian III she/her/hers Baltimore County Public Library | Pikesville Branch 1301 Reisterstown Road Baltimore, MD 21208

[ha-Safran] Name that title

Hi all, I had a patron looking for a book that is supposedly fiction with the word "faith" in the title. It's (again, supposedly) about a Jewish family in New Jersey, and the daughter starts to take an interest in the Shabbos Goy, so the dad sends her away. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

[ha-Safran] Show off your Library!

Hi AJL! Did you know that we have an instagram page? Find us on @jewishlibraries We'd like to feature the LIBRARIES OF AJL. Send me a picture of your library, a highlight of your collection, etc along with what library and who you are and you'll be featured on our instagram page! Let me know if

[ha-Safran] Moment Magazine Book Talk

The Man Behind the Masks: Stan Lee and Marvel Comics with Journalists Abraham Riesman and Dan Raviv *Tuesday, May 25 at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT* Stanley Lieber, better known as Stan Lee, revolutionized the comic industry and helped create superheroes like Spider-Men, X-Men, Black Panther and

[ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor Book Awards TOMORROW!!

Tomorrow! The Oscars of Kidlit! Sydney Taylor! Newbery! Caldecott! Find out live at ala.unikron.com

[ha-Safran] Can you ID this library?

Recently I saw this instagram post from Station 19 star Jay Hayden, and I KNOW there's a Hebrew English dictionary on the shelves along with some other Hebrew books. Can anyone identify this library??

[ha-Safran] REMINDER: Sydney Taylor Applications

Hi all, This is the last week to get in your applications for the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee. Applications will be closing Friday, November 20th. The application can be found here

[ha-Safran] Openings on the Sydney Taylor Committee

Happy Monday all! The Sydney Taylor Book Award committee has three open spaces coming up for the 2022 and 2023 award years. Committee members chosen will serve from January 2021 through the June 2023 AJL conference. Committee members will read 120+ picture books, Middle Grade and YA of Jewish

[ha-Safran] AJL Pintrest!

Hi all, We are looking for someone to take over the development and running of the AJL Pintrest page https://www.pinterest.com/AssociationofJewishLibraries/_saved/. If you're crafty and enjoy creating Pintrest boards, please let me know! Thank you all so much and Gmar Chatima Tova! Rebecca

[ha-Safran] 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Bookmarks!

The 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award bookmarks are now available! Complete with an image of the beautiful seal, and images of the winning titles; The Book Rescuer, White Bird: a Wonder Story and Someday We Will Fly. Bookmarks come in packs of 25, great for your classrooms and libraries. If you'd

Re: [ha-Safran] streaming films through the Kanopy website

Baltimore County Public Libraries offers Kanopy. Apparently (unsurprisingly) usage went WAY up when the branches closed for COVID. Rebecca Levitan | Librarian II Baltimore County Public Library | Pikesville Branch 1301 Reisterstown Road Baltimore, MD 21208 410.887.1234

Re: [ha-Safran] Unwanted donations

Perhaps Better World Books is a possibility for you. https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ [https://www.betterworldbooks.com/content/images/logo/better-world-books-logo.gif] Buy New & Used Books Online with Free Shipping | Better World

[ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor Seals

Are on sale through our website https://jewishlibraries.org/catalog.php?cat=5 It's $6 for a set of 10, but AJL members only pay $5 for the set of 10. Be sure to log into the website before you place your order. __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and

[ha-Safran] LAST CALL! Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee

Applications for positions on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee for the 2021 and 2022 awards ​are due on November 15th. ​ Information can be found here https://jewishlibraries.org/blog/id/426 Announcement: Openings on Sydney Taylor Book Award

[ha-Safran] SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD COMMITTEE DEADLINE EXTENDED

Applications being accepted through November 15th, 2019. _ The Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee has multiple positions available for the upcoming year. Applicants should be members of AJL, familiar with the scope of Judaic children’s

[ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Openings

Dear Colleagues, There are multiple positions available on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee for the upcoming year. Applicants should be members of AJL, familiar with the scope of Judaic children's literature, experienced in writing critical reviews, willing and able to read and

Re: [ha-Safran] UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY DEPT.

?Speaking as a public librarian I'm horrified what this woman said that. I know I've had my share of frustrations with patrons but it would never occur to me to say such a horrible thing to anyone. Your curt reply was totally warranted and she clearly has no value in good customer service.