Re: [ha-Safran] Seeking Holocaust book for grades 6-7 as a class read

[LOIS RUBY via Hasafran]

Hello, all, and g'mar chatimah tovim,
I've poured over the lists of Holocaust books suitable for grades 6 and 7 that 
have been sent around recently and am disappointed to see that my book is not 
on the list. SHANGHAI SHADOWS offers a unique perspective as it's a novel about 
a family uprooted from their Austrian home and propelled across the world to 
China. The main character, Ilse, is a spunky girl who ages from 9 to 15 through 
the war. She makes the most of life in a grim Shanghai ghetto by going 
underground as a spy. So, it's a family story, a spy story, even a 
heart-tugging romance, and it's available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook. 
Please add it to your lists!
Thanks,
LOIS RUBY
www.loisruby.com
Author of ...
The Red Menace (Lerner, February 2020)
The Secret Grave
The Doll Graveyard (Oklahoma Sequoyah winner!)
Steal Away Home , Shanghai Shadows,
The Stowaway Kid ... and more


> On 09/21/2020 12:49 PM Petite Safranit via Hasafran 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> I used to read when Hitler stole pink rabbit or The upstairs room to my 
> middle schoolers. Good intros
> Ilene
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/21/20 10:46 AM, Sonia Kozlovsky via Hasafran wrote:
> 
> > > Hi, Shanah Tovah to everyone!
> > 
> > This list is extensive. I would just caution that if it's the 
> > grades first exposure to the Shoah, care should be taken about which book 
> > to read. As mentioned there are so many choices, some better than others as 
> > read-alouds.
> > 
> > Daniel's Story, by Carol Matas,( Daniel, whose family suffers as 
> > the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a 
> > concentration camp and his eventual liberation)  is quite stirring.  There 
> > is an exhibit in the United States Holocuast Memorial Museum in Washington 
> > from this book.
> > 
> > I would like to add books by Kathy Kacer to this list. She is a 
> > Canadian author who has written a number of quality historic fiction and 
> > nonfiction books about different experiences during the Shoah, such as:
> >   Gabi's Dresser ( Gabi's world is turned upside down when the 
> > Nazis invade her country of Czechoslovakia. Inspired by the experiences of 
> > the author's mother),
> >   The Underground Reporters (The true story of the response of a 
> > group of Jewish children and young adults in a small town in Czechoslovakia 
> > during World War II -- their refusal to be silenced and deprived of a 
> > chance for self-expression)
> > Saving Edith ( he true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl 
> > who was forced into hiding during World War II.)
> > 
> > Be well,
> > Sonia
> > 
> > 
> > Sonia Kozlovsky
> > Librarian
> > Krieger Schechter Day School
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> > skozlov...@ksds.edu mailto:skozlov...@ksds.edu
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 3:54 PM Jeff Corbett via Hasafran < 
> > hasafran@lists.osu.edu mailto:hasafran@lists.osu.edu > wrote:
> > 
> > > > > Shana Tova too!
> > > 
> > > May I refer you to an excellent New Yorker magazine article 
> > > on this topic? 
> > > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/23/how-should-childrens-books-deal-with-the-holocaust
> > >  
> > > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/23/how-should-childrens-books-deal-with-the-holocaust
> > > 
> > > It just depends on what kind of Holocaust book for youth you 
> > > are looking for. H ere is the list that I am presently working my way 
> > > through:
> > > 
> > > 1947 - The Diary of Anne Frank. First published in the Dutch 
> > > language in 1947. Nonfiction. Appeared in English in 1952. Subject is 
> > > hiding. Book does not cover author's time in concentration camp and death.
> > > 1970 - The Cigarette Sellers of Three Crosses Square - Ziemian
> > > 1970 - Journey to America (and further two others in series) 
> > > - Levitin [Similar to Kerr's books]. Subject deals with escape.
> > > 1971 - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (and further two others 
> > > in series) - Kerr [Similar to Levitin's books]. Subject deals with escape.
> > > 1971 - Friedrich - Richter. Originally published in German in 
>

Re: [ha-Safran] [AJL-Council] Please welcome Megan Shulman!

[LOIS RUBY via Hasafran]

Welcome, welcome, welcome, Megan!

> On 06/18/2020 8:46 AM Association of Jewish Libraries via Hasafran 
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> Hello Megan,
> 
> Welcome to AJL's News and Reviews team! I look forward to working with 
> you and learning about rural Tennassee!
> 
> Shabbat Shalom,
> 
> Jackie
> 
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> > > Dear Safranim,
> > 
> > Please join me in welcoming Megan Shulman to our AJL News and 
> > Reviews team! Megan is one of our new co-editors for children's/teen's 
> > reviews. 
> > 
> > Here is Megan's "hello" to you all: 
> > 
> > My name is Megan Shulman, and I am, after many years of being 
> > involved with our synagogue’s leadership team and community, newly 
> > Jew-by-Choice. I am a transplant to the Deep South by way of New York, and 
> > enjoy learning about the diverse historical Jewish experience in our rural 
> > city in West Tennessee. I have fifteen years of experience as a school 
> > librarian, but have also worked as both a public and academic librarian. I 
> > have a passion for diverse, quality Jewish children’s and young adult 
> > literature. I am recently disabled, and make my home in the tiny town of 
> > Medina, Tennessee with my five year old son Calvin and my husband Andrew. I 
> > am very excited to soon be serving the AJL! 
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> > Wishing you all Shabbat Shalom, 
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Re: [ha-Safran] name of a book

[LOIS RUBY via Hasafran]

I remember Uncle Misha's Partisans very well from my days at a KS synagogue. 
One major memory attached to that book is that a special kid, a 5th grader, had 
severe asthma and was admitte4d to National Jewish Hospital in Denver for an 
extended stay away from his family. I sent him that book, and we had lots of 
correspondence to discuss it. (Before email, of course). That "kid" is now 54, 
and he still remembers that book with great fondness and remembers how it 
sealed a bond between us. So, I hope this is the book your colleague is looking 
for!
Lois Ruby
Congregation Albert
Albuquerque, NM

> On January 16, 2020 at 9:11 PM "Stahl, Sheryl via Hasafran" 
>  wrote:
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> Was it Uncle Misha’s Partisans by Uri Suhl? It was one of my favorites 
> 
> Shery Stahl
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > > On Jan 10, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Mirele Kessous via Hasafran 
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> > > 
> > > 
> > Hello-
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> > A colleague of mine is searching for the title of a children’s 
> > chapter book that she read in the early 1980’s about a little boy during 
> > the Holocaust who joined the Partisans.  That’s all she remembers.  It 
> > could have been published much earlier than the 80’s—she’s not sure.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
> > 
> >  
> > 
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> > I just read: The Toll by Neil Schusterman
> > 
> > Now I’m reading: Frankly, In Love by David Yoon
> > 
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Re: [ha-Safran] YA fiction

[LOIS RUBY via Hasafran]

Three books I highly recommend as quality YA fiction:
HUSH, by Eishes Chayil, AKA Judy Brown (read it before you recommend it to 
younger teens)
MAPPING THE BONES, by Jane Yolen
SHANGHAI SHADOWS, by me, Lois Ruby
B'shalom

> On May 3, 2019 at 11:41 AM pfine--- via Hasafran  mailto:hasafran@lists.osu.edu > wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am looking for titles of YA fiction books (especially those published
> within the last few years) for a religious school class project.  From
> the searching I've done, I've come up with titles, but many are
> Holocaust-related.  I'm hoping there are other good books out there on
> additional themes for a Jewish YA patron.
> 
> Thanks in  advance for any information you can provide.
> 
> Paula Fine
> Librarian, Congregation Emanu -El B'ne Jeshurun
> Milwaukee, WI
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Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

[Lois Ruby]

Could the book Dina's talking about be mine? TWO TRUTHS IN MY POCKET came out 
about 35 years ago, edited by the incomparable Deborah Brodie, who is no longer 
with us.


> On April 17, 2018 at 7:50 AM Dina Tanners  wrote:
> 
> Erika,
> Thanks so much for bringing this very important speech/article by 
> Kathrine Locke to our attention.  I almost skipped over it until I read 
> Amalia's email in which she said that ithis article was important for all of 
> us to read.  There is a strong need for many diverse books for Jewish teens 
> to read.  It was also shocking to read about  books by non-Jews about Jews 
> that border on anti-Semitism and show an ignorance of Judaism in their 
> content.
> 
> About 30 years ago there was a thin volume of stories for Jewish young 
> adults dealing with issues that diverse teens face.  Unfortunately, I cannot 
> remember its name.  But since then, I have not seen anything similar.  There 
> were also books about Jews with diverse backgrounds, but few authors have 
> continued in that vein.  I'm heartened by the book with a collection of 
> diverse short stories that Kathrine will help publish.  
> 
> My somewhat secular grandchildren have gotten a number of PJ Library 
> books that focus on holidays and have too many on Hanukkah, for example.  PJ 
> Library in Hebrew has a lot of books on values that I hope will be translated 
> into English.. 
> 
> A while ago, I started a Hasafran discussion on the lack of good 
> biographies on Israelis, especially very little on women and non-Ashkenazis.  
> The discussion continued for a while.  I did contact a publisher of a number 
> of Jewish books to see if they were interested in an idea that an Israeli 
> friend and I brainstormed.  I hope to hear back.  
> 
> It also was disheartening to see in print something I had figured out:  
> that the topic "Holocaust" most interests publishers.
> 
> It would be wonderful if a group of us could work together to come up 
> with ideasof look at Israeli children's books and see if there is value 
> in publishing them in English and seeing if a publisher might be interested.  
> 
> 
> 
> Dina Tanners
> Seattle
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 4:42 AM, Erika Dreifus  mailto:edrei...@gmail.com > wrote:
> 
> > > Shalom, chaverim:
> > 
> > Just wanted to bring this text, a version of a recent speech by 
> > Sydney Taylor honoree Katherine Locke, to the list's attention:
> > 
> > 
> > https://medium.com/@Bibliogato/thinking-jewish-childrens-literature-in-a-time-of-antisemitism-c77e4b00392c
> >  
> > https://medium.com/@Bibliogato/thinking-jewish-childrens-literature-in-a-time-of-antisemitism-c77e4b00392c
> > 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor Book Awards to be announced at 2019 ALA press conference

[Lois Ruby]

That is fabulous news


> On February 1, 2018 at 4:23 PM Susan Kusel  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
>   I am delighted to report that next year in January, 2019 the Sydney 
> Taylor Book Awards will be announced at the Youth Media Awards (YMA) press 
> conference during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. This 
> is the press conference where the Newbery and Caldecott Medals are announced, 
> along with the other ALA children’s and young adult awards.
> 
>  
> 
>   The YMAs are an absolutely enormous event in the children’s book field- 
> this is the equivalent of being on the Oscar broadcast. We are thrilled about 
> the potential increase in publicity for the Sydney Taylor Awards.
> 
>  
> 
> Here is a link to a press release from ALA:
> 
> 
> http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/01/ala-support-multicultural-literature-youth-enhanced-2019-youth-media-awards
> 
>  
> 
> School Library Journal just wrote an article about the announcement, 
> which you can find here.
> 
> 
> http://www.slj.com/2018/02/industry-news/affiliates-excited-share-stage-alas-oscars/
> 
>  
> 
> Please email me if you have any questions.
> 
>  
> 
> -Susan
> 
> Sydney Taylor Book Award Chair
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

[Lois Ruby]

Excellent advice. I shall follow up my email with a pen-and-paper letter. 
Lois Ruby 

- Original Message -

> From: "Rachel Sietz" <rsi...@gmail.com>
> To: "Lois Ruby" <loisr...@comcast.net>
> Cc: "Arthur Kiron" <ki...@pobox.upenn.edu>,
> hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu, "Amy Turim" <amytu...@rcn.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 10:50:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

> I would encourage everyone disturbed and angered by this news to follow the
> advice that was shared with me, courtesy of a friend of a friend, who's in
> the publishing industry. Her advice was:

> > WHAT TO DO: Write them letters, hard-copy ones that need a stamp and an
> > envelope. At any major publishing house, the people at the bottom are
> > mostly
> > clever, thoughtful, progressive gals who don’t like this sort of thing any
> > more than you do. They want to be able to go to their bosses’ bosses’
> > bosses
> > with a massive stack of post and say, “Hey, this is the only reader
> > correspondence we’re getting now,” because that wastes time, and the
> > easiest
> > way to piss off a publishing house is to waste their employees’ time.
> > Wasting time = less time for making books. Remember also that everybody who
> > gets into publishing does it because fundamentally they love to READ, they
> > READ anything that is put in front of them, even the guys at the top who
> > spend more time on the phone and at cocktail parties than working with text
> > believe in words as a magical conduit of ideas, and if you write them a
> > long
> > heartfelt letter, they may scoff at it but they will read it, and if they
> > have 1000 heartfelt letters a day, then sooner or later all those words
> > will
> > sink in.
> 

> > This is not a plastics manufacturer, this is not a bank. This is a book
> > company. Write to the people who are in the business of reading.
> 

> > CONTACT INFO:
> 
> > Corporate Headquarters
> 
> > SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC.
> 
> > 1230 Avenue of the Americas
> 
> > New York, NY 10020
> 
> > PHONE: 212-698-7000
> 

> > And individual contacts here, best to address it to someone in particular:
> > http://about.simonandschuster.biz/leadership/
> 

> > Normally, the best tactic is to write directly to a specific editor or the
> > imprint, but Threshold is conservative, so they may not care. Still,
> > perhaps
> > try:
> 

> > Threshold Editions
> 
> > General Phone: 212-698-7006
> 
> > General Fax: 212-698-2858
> 

> > Jennifer Robinson
> 
> > Vice President, Director of Publicity
> 
> > gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com
> 

> > And make the point that the views of this author are not conservative
> > views,
> > they are fundamentally hateful and aggressive views which seek to undermine
> > the rights of other citizens. He did, after all, help lead the hate mob
> > against Leslie Jones that got her hacked - they should ask themselves
> > whether that’s something with which they want their otherwise respectable
> > work to be associated, especially since the published book may end up
> > becoming associated with additional hate crimes should readers take it too
> > literally. Surely they don’t want their book to start making news for being
> > repeatedly found in the homes of every homegrown militant for the next 10
> > years.
> 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

[Lois Ruby]

I did JUST SAY NO! and I hope everyone else will, as well. 

Lois Ruby 
Congregation Albert/Albuquerque, NM 
L OIS RUBY 
www.loisruby.com 
Author of ... 
Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free 
The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits, and 
Doll Graveyard (now on the Oklahoma Sequoyah list!) 
Watch for my new ebooks, too! 

- Original Message -

> From: "Arthur Kiron" <ki...@pobox.upenn.edu>
> To: "Amy Turim" <amytu...@rcn.com>, "Heidi Rabinowitz"
> <heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org>
> Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 9:31:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

> Dear Amy and Heidi – thank you both and to Heidi in particular. How ironic
> and disturbing that a publishing house founded by a Jew should be publishing
> a book by someone who espouses such odious views. I agree that this is not
> an issue of free speech but of choosing whether to help distribute and
> legitimize such views and to profit off of them.

> Just say no!

> Arthur

> From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+kiron=pobox.upenn@lists.osu.edu]
> On Behalf Of Amy Turim
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 12:31 PM
> To: 'Heidi Rabinowitz'
> Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

> Thank you, Heidi, for bringing this to our attention (No, I hadn’t heard
> about it) and for rallying us to use our voice – collectively and
> individually.

> This is one of the best ways to express our values as Jews, as librarians,
> and as Americans.

> Thanks to your leadership, my email is en route .

> Bravo, Heidi!

> Amy Turim

> Temple Emanuel, Kensington, MD

> From: Heidi Rabinowitz [ mailto:heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org ]
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 1:27 PM
> To: Hasafran < hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >
> Subject: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision

> Dear Safranim,

> Perhaps you've heard in the news that Simon and Schuster has offered Milo
> Yiannopoulos a book deal through their conservative imprint, Threshold. He
> is an anti-Semitic, misogynist, bigoted, neo-Nazi "troll" whose goal in life
> is to harass people. He was the one who abused black Ghostbusters actress
> Leslie Jones so badly that Twitter actually banned him.

> While he has a right to free speech, that does not include book deals. In my
> opinion, this book deal legitimizes his message of hate and gives him a
> wider platform for it. I feel that S should be aware that some of its
> customers are disgusted by their poor decision, so I emailed them. If you
> agree, I encourage you to email, write, or call to tell them so.

> Threshold Editions

> General phone 212-698-7006

> General fax 212-698-2858

> Jennifer Robinson, VP, Director of Publicity

> gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com

> Or

> Corporate Communications

> General phone 212-698-7033

> General fax 212-698-7035

> Adam Rothberg, VP, Director of Corporate Communications

> corporate.communicati...@simonandschuster.com

> Or

> Carolyn Kroll Reidy, CEO and President, Simon and Schuster

> 212-698-7000

> carolyn.re...@simonandschuster.com

> Here's what I sent to Jennifer Robinson, Dir of Publicity at S,
> gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com

> Dear Ms. Robinson,

> As a librarian for 20 years and an advocate of free speech, I must
> nevertheless protest your rewarding Milo Yiannopoulos's hateful, bigoted,
> abusive behavior with a book deal. The public needs to hear less from this
> horrible man, not more. I am ashamed of S for helping him to spread his
> messages of hate. I certainly will not be purchasing this book, and I'm sure
> many of my colleagues feel the same way. I urge you to cancel this book
> deal. In America's current atmosphere of divisiveness and emboldened hate
> speech, it is time to cultivate an atmosphere of tolerance and kindness
> rather than fan the flames by amplifying the voices of the so-called alt
> right.

> I hope you will seriously consider the consequences to our society of giving
> hate speech a legitimate platform.
> Thank you for your attention,

> Heidi Rabinowitz
> Librarian, Boca Raton, Florida

> 

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Re: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school

[Lois Ruby]

Thanks for asking, Emily. Here's a list I used with 4th grade partners who had 
20 minutes to find the treasures, with a couple of "gimme" questions to keep 
them interested and to make it fun (while it's also constructive): 

TREASURE HUNT 

1. Title of a cookbook for Passover 

2. Call number of a book about bar/bat mitzvah 

3. In TEEN section, title of a graphic novel 

4. Any book with 5 words in the title 

5. How many volumes of the Zohar do we have? (Hint: blue covers, REFERENCE) 

6. Title of any little kids’ picture book with more than 3 copies 

7. What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? 

8. Title of a book by a local author (Extra points if it's by a local rabbi!) 

9. How many DVD’s are on the shelf? Name one of them 

10. Title of a book about a Jewish holiday that occurs in the fall season 

11. Title of any book in the HUMOR section 

12. What’s a movie you've seen more than 3 times? 

Do we have a copy in our collection? Yes? No? If No, Why not? 

13. What color is the book jacket of the novel The Chosen? (Hint: FICTION) 

14. Find one book in the JUVENILE section that is also in your school library. 
Title?: 

15. Title of a book about the Yiddish language 

16. Did Moses have a last name? Yes? No? If No, give him one! 

THANKS FOR PLAYING - Come back often! 

- Original Message -

> From: "Emily Bergman" <emilyanneberg...@gmail.com>
> To: "Lois Ruby" <loisr...@comcast.net>
> Cc: "Heidi Rabinowitz" <heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org>,
> sf...@googlegroups.com, hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 10:55:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school

> Please share your treasure hunt with the list. I'm sure I'm not the only one
> who would be inspired by what you're doing.

> Emily Bergman
> Temple Sinai
> Glendale, CA

> Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 28, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Lois Ruby < loisr...@comcast.net > wrote:

> > We don't do a whole lot, though someone reads stories to the little guys.
> > But
> > once a month I meet with the 4th-7th grades separately. My goal in those
> > short sessions is to introduce the kids to general Jewish literature, so we
> > read aloud and discuss stories and/or poems by noted authors such as I.L.
> > Peretz and I.B. Singer, with some info on their lives, the Yiddish
> > language,
> > their themes and how they relate to Jewish values, etc. I also introduce
> > the
> > kids to stock characters, such as the fools of Chelm and the righteous man
> > in the guise of a beggar, and I like to do something on humor. (Whatever
> > engages those rascals!) Occasionally I'll talk about a contemporary middle
> > grade or Y.A. book to bring up discussion topics. Oh, and one other thing I
> > do at the beginning of each school year for the 4th and 5th graders is a
> > "treasure hunt" through the library. I give them a list of things to find,
> > and they work in pairs to fill out their list. It's a pretty lively
> > activity! Though I'm a professional librarian (retired now to write full
> > time), like the rest of our "staff," I'm a volunteer so I don't get to meet
> > with the kids as often as I'd like to. Still, we do what we can, eh? Good
> > luck!
> 

> > Lois Ruby
> 
> > Congregation Albert - Albuquerque, NM
> 

> > www.loisruby.com
> 
> > Author of ...
> 
> > Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free
> 
> > The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits, and
> 
> > The Doll Graveyard (now in Scholastic Book Fairs!)
> 
> > Watch for my new ebooks, too!
> 

> > - Original Message -
> 

> > > From: "Heidi Rabinowitz" < heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org >
> > 
> 
> > > To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu , sf...@googlegroups.com
> > 
> 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:53:06 PM
> > 
> 
> > > Subject: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school
> > 
> 

> > > For those of you working with religious school (not day school), what do
> > > you
> > > do beyond storytime and discussion when classes come in to visit the
> > > library? Especially looking for thoughts on engaging upper elementary and
> > > middle school kids.
> > 
> 

> > > Thanks!
> > 
> 

> > > Heidi Rabinowitz
> > 
> 

> > > he...@cbiboca.org
> > 
> 

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> > 
> 
> > > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries
> > > (AJL)
> > 
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Re: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school

[Lois Ruby]

We don't do a whole lot, though someone reads stories to the little guys. But 
once a month I meet with the 4th-7th grades separately. My goal in those short 
sessions is to introduce the kids to general Jewish literature, so we read 
aloud and discuss stories and/or poems by noted authors such as I.L. Peretz and 
I.B. Singer, with some info on their lives, the Yiddish language, their themes 
and how they relate to Jewish values, etc. I also introduce the kids to stock 
characters, such as the fools of Chelm and the righteous man in the guise of a 
beggar, and I like to do something on humor. (Whatever engages those rascals!) 
Occasionally I'll talk about a contemporary middle grade or Y.A. book to bring 
up discussion topics. Oh, and one other thing I do at the beginning of each 
school year for the 4th and 5th graders is a "treasure hunt" through the 
library. I give them a list of things to find, and they work in pairs to fill 
out their list. It's a pretty lively activity! Though I'm a professional 
librarian (retired now to write full time), like the rest of our "staff," I'm a 
volunteer so I don't get to meet with the kids as often as I'd like to. Still, 
we do what we can, eh? Good luck! 

Lois Ruby 
Congregation Albert - Albuquerque, NM 

www.loisruby.com 
Author of ... 
Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free 
The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits, and 
The Doll Graveyard (now in Scholastic Book Fairs!) 
Watch for my new ebooks, too! 

- Original Message -

> From: "Heidi Rabinowitz" <heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org>
> To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu, sf...@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:53:06 PM
> Subject: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school

> For those of you working with religious school (not day school), what do you
> do beyond storytime and discussion when classes come in to visit the
> library? Especially looking for thoughts on engaging upper elementary and
> middle school kids.

> Thanks!

> Heidi Rabinowitz

> he...@cbiboca.org

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Re: [ha-Safran] Has anyone used or heard about Library World inexpensive library automation package based on Apple inhouse product?

[Lois Ruby]

We use it, but it's $495 EACH YEAR, and I'm looking for a much less expensive 
program that I can transfer all our files to. 

Lois Ruby 
Congregation Albert 
Albuquerque, NM 

- Original Message -

> From: "NinaLane" <ninal...@verizon.net>
> To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 8:27:15 PM
> Subject: [ha-Safran] Has anyone used or heard about Library World inexpensive
> library automation package based on Apple inhouse product?

> Good evening all:

> Has anyone used or heard about Library World inexpensive library automation
> package based on Apple inhouse product? We heard about this from an IT guy
> on our temple's IT committee. $495 sounds to good to be true. Of course,
> it's ONLY cloud-based.

> Thank you for any thoughts!

> Sincerely,

> Nina Lane
> retired librarian
> Temple Shaarei Shalom
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Re: [ha-Safran] THE JEWS OF CHINA [???]

[Lois Ruby]

Is this the book you're looking for? 

The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion, 
by Xu Xin. 

I had the pleasure of traveling to Kaifeng with Mr. Xu a few years back to meet 
indigenous Chinese people who claim to be descendants of the Jews of China 
whose history goes back to about the 12th century. He holds the equivalent of 
the Chair of Judaica at Nanjing University, and he periodically plans symposia 
on Jewish cultural matters for Chinese professors across the country. A most 
interesting gentleman! 

Cheers, 
Lois Ruby 
Congregation Albert 
Albuquerque, NM 

- Original Message -

 From: ALBA TOSCANO lajav...@lajavura.org
 To: Hasafran hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
 Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 3:17:31 PM
 Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] THE JEWS OF CHINA [???]

 Hey, campers, how's summer treating you all?
  The book for which I am looking would have a title along the lines of THE
  JEWS OF CHINA.
 

 How's about an excellant free course given by COURSERA?
 https://www.coursera.org/learn/jews-in-china
 It's terrific.-

 As for my annual beg-a-thon:
 If you happen to see a free-bee calendar for 5776, do think about sending it
 along.
 Besos from the hottest summer east of the Pecos (and one middling ocean).
 Alba

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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Lois Ruby]

The story Stone Soup is found in many cultures, including ours. I just did a 
quick peek at Amazon and found many versions. The book Sheryl is talking about 
is Could Anything Be Worse? I know of two Jewish versions of it, the other 
called It Could Always Be Worse, I think. I'm sure this has a generic version 
as well. Go for it, Eileen! 

Cheers, 
Lois 

L OIS RUBY 
www.loisruby.com 
Author of ... 
Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free 
The Secret of Laurel Oaks 
Rebel Spirits and The Doll Graveyard (now in Scholastic Book Fairs!) 
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER #LoisRubyWriter 

- Original Message -

 From: Sheryl Stahl sst...@huc.edu
 To: Eileen Polk ep...@tbeonline.org, hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
 Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 3:39:22 PM
 Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

 I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names.

 There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house
 was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his
 cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way
 too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse,
 etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger!

 I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic
 wise man.

 Sheryl

 Sheryl Stahl
 Senior Associate Librarian
 Frances-Henry Library
 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion
 3077 University Avenue
 Los Angeles, CA 90007

 213-765-2127
 sst...@huc.edu
 www.huc.edu/research/libraries

 From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On
 Behalf Of Eileen Polk
 Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM
 To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
 Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

 Hello Friends,

 I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local
 college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s
 story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my
 sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you.
 Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 Thank you,

 Eileen Polk, Librarian

 Prentis Memorial Library

 Temple Beth El

 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301

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Re: [ha-Safran] Non-Jewish speakers

[Lois Ruby]

I'm stunned by the notion that Rachel's committee would object to having this 
non-Jewish (and worthy) author speak. Yes, we need to support our local Jewish 
authors. In fact, my library committee is sponsoring its second Author Panel 
wherein local Jewish authors who write on mostly secular topics discuss their 
work. However, a library represents first and foremost the literature, not the 
author. Let's look at it from a different perspective. I am a Jewish author, 
and I am currently invited to speak at two Catholic schools. They apparently 
don't feel they need to support only Catholic writers. So, I say invite Grace 
Tiffany and promote it robustly! L OIS RUBY www.loisruby.com Author of ... 
Steal Away Home The Secret of Laurel Oaks Strike! Mother Jones and the Colorado 
Coal Field War Rebel Spirits (now in Scholastic Bookfairs!) FOLLOW ME ON 
TWITTER @ LoisRubyWriter - Original Message -
 From: Rachel Haus rhaus_...@yahoo.com
 To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
 Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 9:41:20 AM
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Non-Jewish speakers
 Dear Hasafranim,
 We have a respected professor and historical novelist in town -- Grace
 Tiffany -- who just wrote a book called Paint set during the
 Shakespearean era, the protagonist being a part Jewish, part Italian
 female poet. According to the author herself, the Jewish content is
 minimal. However, she also wrote an earlier book, based on The
 Merchant of Venice called The Turquoise Ring, which is primarily
 Jewish.
 I'm considering inviting her to speak, but one member of my library
 committee suggested that, as a Jewish institution, it would be best to
 support Jewish authors exclusively. Such a thing never occurred to me;
 to me, as long as the scholarship and perspective is sound, then the
 author should have something of great value to impart.
 I'm curious as to what others have done and considered regarding
 non-Jewish speakers.
 Rachel Haus
 Library Director
 Congregation of Moses Library
 Kalamazoo MI
 rhaus_...@yahoo.com
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[ha-Safran] Holocuast books for grades 4-8

[Lois Ruby]

Gee, I was hoping someone would recommend my book so I wouldn't have to toot my 
own horn, but here goes. I suggest Shanghai Shadows, a novel about the 20,000 
Jewish refugees who escaped to China and spent the duration of the war in 
Shanghai, under Japanese occupation. It's a little-known story and a welcome (I 
hope) departure from the European angle. The Jews in Shanghai weren't targeted 
for extermination, but they were forced into a ghetto, where they formed a rich 
and varied culture under extremely difficult circumstances. 


Thanks for considering the book ... 


Lois 


LOIS RUBY 
Author of 
Steal Away Home 
The Secret of Laurel Oaks 
Strike! Mother Jones and the Colorado Coal Field War 
www.loisruby.com 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Correction RE: Automation for small synagogue library

[Lois Ruby]

This thread has been so helpful to me as I begin the daunting task of 
automating a 5,000 volume library at my synagogue -- after being retired for 
about 15 years! Thanks, all. LOIS RUBY Author of The Secret of Laurel Oaks and 
Strike! Mother Jones and the Colorado Coal Field War (Filter Press, 2012) 
www.loisruby.com - Original Message -
 From: Deborah Stern dst...@rrc.edu
 To: Rachel Haus rhaus_...@yahoo.com, Hasafran
 hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
 Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:49:25 PM
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Correction RE: Automation for small synagogue
 library
 Sorry, the survey is from 2010, not 2012.
 Debbie
 From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
 [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of
 Deborah Stern
 Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 4:55 PM
 To: Rachel Haus; Hasafran
 Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Automation for small synagogue library
 This page on the AJL Wiki,
 http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Resources/AJLWiki/tabid/200/Default.aspx?topic=Automation+for+Synagogue+and+Center+Libraries
 , about automation systems for synagogue libraries, resulted from a
 2012 survey of AJL members. Although it’s not annotated, there are
 links to the web sites of most of the systems mentioned.
 Debbie Stern, AJL VP for Publications
 Mordecai M. Kaplan Library
 Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
 From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
 [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of
 Rachel Haus
 Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 11:40 AM
 To: Hasafran
 Subject: [ha-Safran] Automation for small synagogue library
 Dear Hasafranim,
 I am writing on behalf of a small synagogue in Lansing Michigan with a
 collection of about 2000 books (they classify with Elazar) . They are
 thinking of automating, but need advice. While I know this question
 has been posted many times before, (and I checked out the AJL Wiki on
 the subject), I wonder if there is more recent and detailed info I can
 provide. The Wiki is from 2001 and is simply a listing of library
 automation companies without commentary.
 We use ResourceMate and so I can comment on my experience, but I
 wondering if anyone else can suggest programs suitable for a small
 library and share his/her experiences.
 Thanks,
 Rachel Haus
 Library Director
 Congregation of Moses Library
 Kalamazoo MI
 rhaus_...@yahoo.com
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