[ha-Safran] Russia and Israel in the Changing Middle East (free PDF download)

2013-07-23 Thread David Elazar
Russia and Israel in the Changing Middle East: Conference Proceedings (2013 110pgs) This collection of articles, a joint publication of Institute for National Security Studies and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is an outgrowth of a conference sponsored

[ha-Safran] Last Call! Special Discount on Koren Talmud Expires July 30th

2013-07-23 Thread Yehudit Singer, Koren Publishers Jerusalem
Hope you're all enjoying the summer! This is one last reminder that the AJL Member discount on subscriptions to the Koren Talmud Bavli ends next week - July 30th. The Koren Talmud is a bi-lingual edition of the Talmud Bavli that includes translation and commentary by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz,

[ha-Safran] New book Mi'yarkete Tsafon (From the Ends of the Earth)

2013-07-23 Thread bentsion
Shalom Safranim, I'm pleased to announce publication of the new book Mi'yarkete Tsafon (From the Ends of the Earth) - memoirs of my mother, Gitta Langleben-Klibansky. The book chronicles Gitta's expulsion from Kovno a few days before the Nazi invasion of Lithuania and her deportation to one of

[ha-Safran] Dead Sea Scrolls

2013-07-23 Thread Linda Falter
Dear Hasafranim,We have just completed copies of the following Dead Sea Scrolls onsheepskin parchment.Complete Scrolls1QIsa- The Great Isaiah Scroll1QpHab - The Habakkuk CommentaryFragments4Q175 -Testimonia4Q162 -Pesher Isaiahb(commentary)4Q109 -QoheletThe scrolls are stitched by hand with linen