[ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor Book Award announcement on January 28th

Hello friends, We are very excited that the Sydney Taylor Book Awards will be announced this year as part of the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards. The announcement will be on Monday, January 28th, at 8am Pacific time. It will at the American Library Association Midwinter

[ha-Safran] Opening on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee

Hi everyone, Below, please find information about how to apply for one currently vacant position on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee. Please note that the term of service has been changed from 4 years to 2 years. Shabbat Shalom, -Susan Dear Colleagues, There is one position available

[ha-Safran] Request for a specific Holocaust book

Hello friends, I have a request for a specific Holocaust book based on the following description. Thanks for any help. -Susan "I have a question... I'm trying to find a book that I once read and no amount of Google searches are bringing it up. Wondering if you might be able to help. It was

Re: [ha-Safran] Suggestions for Cataloging a Nursery School Library

I am in love with OPALS. It is a wonderful system, does everything I need, the response time is terrific and they’ve added new things when I’ve asked. -Susan Susan Kusel Librarian Temple Rodef Shalom 2100 Westmoreland Street Falls Church, VA 22043 (703) 676-3851

[ha-Safran] The Sydney Taylor Shmooze

We are super excited to announce the launch of The Sydney Taylor Shmooze, a new mock award blog that will offer critical discussion of Jewish books for children and teens. The blog will examine titles that may become contenders for the next Sydney Taylor Book Award. This week on The Shmooze:

[ha-Safran] Seeking an intern

Searching for: an intern for a few hours a week or every other week for a synagogue library in the Washington DC area. All prospective librarians welcome; interest in working with Judaica books or becoming a Judaica librarian a plus. Duties include assisting with basic cataloging, reference,

[ha-Safran] Looking for an article in JSTOR

Hi friends, A patron is looking for the following article from JSTOR , and my library doesn't have access. If you do, would you be able to send me the article? "Tracing the Contours of a Half Century of Jewish Feminist Theology” by Mara H. Benjamin in theJournal of Feminist Studies in

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for an article in JSTOR

Thank you all, wonderful librarians. I greatly appreciate your help and speediness. Thank you for the many copies of the article I received and the ability to answer my patron's request. Deep appreciation, -Susan From: Susan Kusel Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for an article in JSTOR

From: Hasafran on behalf of Susan Kusel via Hasafran Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 12:55 PM To: Hasafran To Post Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for an article in JSTOR Thank you all, wonderful librarians. I greatly appreciate your help and speediness. Thank you for the many copies

Re: [ha-Safran] Books dealing with diversity of the Jewish experience

Hi Amy My synagogue did this exact type of program with My Jewish Year by Abigail Pogrebin and it was a perfect choice. There is enormous diversity of Jewish experience in the book. Also, we were able to have holiday events connected to the book throughout the book. Wishing you the best of

[ha-Safran] Association for Rural and Small Libraries Conference proposals

For those with small and rural libraries, this may be of interest: - The ARSL Conference Committee invites you to submit Preconference Workshop and Conference Session proposals for the 2021 ARSL Conference in Reno/Sparks, Nevada, October 20-23. With a focus on practical workshops and

[ha-Safran] ALA Election

Hi friends, I am running for the ALSC Board of Directors in the ALA election... and would love to know what other AJL members are running for ALA positions. If you are, please respond to this message and let us all know what you're running for. Best of luck, -Susan Susan Kusel AJL-ALA

[ha-Safran] Jewish Genealogy Workshop

This is from the Library of Virginia. I don't have any more information about it, but saw it on the Viriginia Library Association listserv and thought it would be of interest to this group. Shabbat shalom, -Susan GENEALOGY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP Portals to a Jewish Heritage: Researching Jewish

[ha-Safran] The Weight of Ink: Folger Library Book Club Selection

Wishing you a happy 2022! There is a virtual book club at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. Their February selection is The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish, the winner of the 2018 AJL Fiction award. I'm not affiliated with the Folger so I don't have any more information, but the

[ha-Safran] Grace Aguilar and the U.S. Jewish Sunday School movement

A professor friend of mine is doing research on the following topic and I was wondering if any of you wonderful, knowledgeable folks might have some answers for her. Many thanks! -- Here's her question: I'm working on a paper regarding Jewish Victorian writer Grace Aguilar's connection with

[ha-Safran] Bar mitzvah service in German and Serbian

Hi friends, I have a patron who is looking for a translation of the Reform bar mitzvah service in German, for relatives who will be streaming her son's service in Germany. She may also need Serbian too. Readings for service Bo (Exodus 11:1-3, 4-7, 8-10) Jeremiah 46:27-28 Exodus 12:21-23,

Re: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation

Circulation in my synagogue library is definitely way down. COVID is absolutely the reason. A lot of things that draw patrons have been virtual such as Shabbat services, religious school, adult education, social events like book clubs and mahjong... even funerals, etc. And there are fewer

Re: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation

; Hasafran ; Andrea Rapp Subject: RE: [ha-Safran] Covid and circulation Was children book circulation also down ? From: Susan Kusel via Hasafran<mailto:hasafran@lists.osu.edu> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 8:40 AM To: Hasafran<mailto:hasafran@lists.osu.edu>;

Re: [ha-Safran] Mazel Tov!

Thank you so much, my dear friends. It has indeed taken me a long time to go through all my emails and I just now saw these absolutely lovely notes. Thank you so much to everyone for your wonderful congratulations. There is truly nothing like having your work be recognized by your own

[ha-Safran] Synagogue librarian job description

Hi friends, I am in the process of updating my job description. If you have a job description for a synagogue libraian that I can look at for comparison purposes, could you please send it to me? Many thanks! -Susan Susan Kusel Librarian Temple Rodef Shalom 2100 Westmoreland Street

Re: [ha-Safran] responding to Colleyville

Thank you, Heidi, for making this excellent list. I just want to clarify that I don’t know Rabbi Cytron-Walker personally, but he is good friends and was rabbinic classmates with my dear friend Rabbi Glenn Ettman. Sending all of you love and support. -Susan Susan Kusel Librarian Temple Rodef

[ha-Safran] The Shawl- Play version

Hello friends, A friend of mine at the Brandeis Theater Department is looking for a copy of Cynthia Ozick's play "The Shawl." It is a rewrite of her earlier play called "Blue Light" and he can't find it. I haven't been able to either. He is not sure if either of them have been published. He

[ha-Safran] Germany after the Holocaust

Hi friends, I have a patron who made the following request. The books I am finding are either personal memoirs, published many years ago and don't go up to the present day, or are on one very specific aspect such as music. Do you know any books that would fulfill this request? Many thanks!

[ha-Safran] Internship opportunity- Synagogue library

Searching for: an intern for a synagogue library at a large reform temple in the Washington DC area. Prospective librarians welcome; interest in working with Judaica books or becoming a Judaica librarian a plus. Duties include assisting with circulation, basic cataloging, reference, purchasing,

[ha-Safran] Looking for the title of a Holocaust book

I have a patron looking for a Holocaust book. I asked if the performance was in a camp, and she said yes, which led me to believe it might be Terezin. Thanks for any help. -Susan I wonder if you could help me with the title of a book I read almost 30 years ago. The book is about a

[ha-Safran] Source for Yiddish proverb

Hi friends, A patron is trying to find the original source for the Yiddish proverb: Two mountains can't come together, but two people can. Since it is a proverb, there may not be a source, but she asked me to check. More information below. Many thanks for any help. -Susan · .אַ באַרג

[ha-Safran] Book challenge policy and form

Hi friends, I am looking for a simple policy to have when a library is presented with a book challenge. If you have a form to fill out, that would be helpful too. I want something specifically for a synagogue library. I just had my second challenge in ten years and want to be more prepared the

Re: [ha-Safran] Book challenge policy and form

Susan Kusel via Hasafran wrote: Hi friends, I am looking for a simple policy to have when a library is presented with a book challenge. If you have a form to fill out, that would be helpful too. I want something specifically for a synagogue library. I just had my second challenge policy to have

[ha-Safran] Book donations and antisemitism?

Hi friends, A patron recently asked me about donating Jewish books to my library. I didn't happen to need these particular books, so I suggested she donated them to the used book sale at her public library. Here was her response. -- We have been carting bags and boxes of other books to the