[ha-Safran] Looking for a library volunteer from 1993

Dear ha-Safran readers, I was approached by someone who is looking for a Herta Weil, who may have been the one mentioned in this excerpt from Marcia Posner’s article in Judaica Librarianship 7 (1–2), ”Jewish Children’s Literature Around the World: A Survey”

[ha-Safran] Collection development internship at ASU Library: summer 2024

Dear all, I am happy to announce a new internship opportunity for MLS students or fresh graduates at Arizona State University Library. The summer 2024 internship is remote and requires reading knowledge of book titles in Israeli Hebrew. It will start in May and last 4 months, 10 hours a week

[ha-Safran] FW: [SHARP-L] CFP: Children’s Literature in Times of War

Forwarding from another listserv. Rachel From: sharp-l-requ...@list.indiana.edu on behalf of Sophie Heywood Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 12:25 To: shar...@list.indiana.edu Subject: [SHARP-L] CFP: Children’s Literature in Times of War Dear Sharpists, Some of you may be interested in

Re: [ha-Safran] Young Adult winners versus Middle Grade winners

Hi Michelle, Some of that information is available in a spreadsheet form here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r-yysvz4pA5cVenn7fVfRpbEg4sYGz8d__;!!KGKeukY!xhkdNX0x62qI6lQoSgUO8i-PeBur8hOZcnhdJWNQObIUH7UESap9nPGwOBpQNNlWAUHSk3MMInT0KUmzLOwaBaUpuWNEsYQ$ (data

Re: [ha-Safran] I'm retiring!!!!!!

Congratulations on your retirement, Gail! Like so many AJLers, I greatly appreciate the energy you always put into, well, everything(!), and look forward to seeing you at our meetings. Wishing you all the best, Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections, IsraPulp

Re: [ha-Safran] So proud! Equality Award goes to Susan Kusel for Jewish advocacy

Congratulations for winning the ALA Equality Award, Susan! The national acknowledgment of your work is so exciting and so well deserved, kol ha-kavod!!! Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections, IsraPulp Collection Affiliate, Center for Jewish Studies, Center for

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Announces 2023 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner

Dear all, Thank you for the many congratulatory notes, both public and personal. I am quite overwhelmed by the unexpected honor bestowed upon me and your pouring support. Thank you!!! Humbly yours, Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections, IsraPulp Collection

[ha-Safran] Help needed: an image from Beverly Brodsky's children's book

Dear AJL friends, As I complete the metadata for cover images of Judaica Librarianship’s back issues, based on descriptions printed in these issues (but not on their covers), I encountered a problem and need some help. The cover image for Volume 1:2 (Spring

[ha-Safran] All back issues of Judaica Librarianship are online (1–22)

Dear AJL members, I am excited to share with you that the JL back issues upload project is completed! All back issued of Judaica Librarianship, starting with the first one, are available online at

[ha-Safran] Judaica Librarianship call for papers

Dear all, I am delighted to post the 2023 Judaica Librarianship CFP and additional announcements. Volume 23 call for papers (deadline: June 30, 2023) * Library handling of provenance issues (continued from Vol. 22) * Bookstores, vendors, or other material acquisition methods *

[ha-Safran] Compiler for Scatter of the Literature column

Dear AJL members, I am looking for a new compiler for Judaica Librarianship’s column, Scatter of the Literature. The compiler will need to monitor the publication of new articles, books, dissertations, etc. related to Jewish studies librarianship and collect them using the

Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish Genealogy Reference Books

Dear Michelle, The last article on Jewish genealogy in Judaica Librarianship, published almost ten years ago, includes an extensive list of reference books, websites, and references to other sources. Dwoskin, Beth. 2014. “Genealogy in the Jewish Library: An Update”. Judaica Librarianship 15:

Re: [ha-Safran] Charlotte's Web book in Hebrew?

Hi Wendie, E. B. White’s Charlotte's Web was translated twice into Hebrew. Once in 2007 by Zohar Shavit (a professor for Hebrew literature and cultural history), under the title Ḥaṿat ha-ḳesamim (Magical Farm; Zemorah-Bitan), and then in 2018 by Rana Werbin, under the title ha-Reshet shel

[ha-Safran] JL back issues uploading project

Dear all, Thank you for the many congratulating emails on the publication of Judaica Librarianship’s new issue! Kudos to all authors! Feel free to share the articles widely, using the metadata page (title link), not just the PDFs. Here is the “other exciting news” I promised to share: the

[ha-Safran] Volume 22 of Judaica Librarianship

Dear AJL members, Volume 22 of Judaica Librarianship is published, hours before the end of the year—phew! Congratulations to all authors! A big thank-you to Nadav Sharon, who assisted me in preparing this issue, and to copyeditor extraordinaire Nancy Sack. Stay tuned for the new call for

Re: [ha-Safran] Retirement

Dear Rachel, Congratulations on your much-deserving retirement! It was a pleasure working with you on the RAS reference and bibliography award committee, reading your articles in Judaica Librarianship, and hanging out with you during AJL conferences. Wishing you a wonderful retirement, Rachel

[ha-Safran] New issue of Judaica Librarianship, December 2022

Dear AJL members, The previous issue of Judaica Librarianship, AJL’s peer-reviewed journal was published during the

[ha-Safran] For SSCPL librarians: card-to-mobile game to teach about Mishneh Torah

Hello everyone, This book chapter may be of interest to SSCPL librarians, especially in high schools. I don’t know anything about this teaching tool, just found the citation. Gottlieb, O, & Clybor, S. (2022). “Collaborative Constructions: Designing High School History Curriculum with the Lost

Re: [ha-Safran] Call for Papers: Judaica Librarianship 23

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[ha-Safran] Judaica Librarianship back issues upload project

Dear all, Uploading a few back issues of Judaica Librarianship to the journal’s site (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org/index.php/jl/issue/archive__;!!KGKeukY!xhQeqNWZnA2phHJXmW-G-mogqO8yWEUPxcL2lMYAOw-SeWjwXAHUTWY9KIHNw2yI9yZBM6PpJj90c5YnOH4AeaGD4iJzGmbc9D3lEm43stE$ )

[ha-Safran] Call for Papers: Judaica Librarianship 23

Dear all, Volume 22 of Judaica Librarianship (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org__;!!KGKeukY!ziYphMaGeSfbFMm656tXV7JruABKi4EXvescjUKO2o2TAXRbi15glGdKvxYcP8AcBJFKV6VBIHc33Em4saaTLDEce0Xjp9w$

[ha-Safran] Judaica Librarianship: call for co-editor

Dear all, This June marks the 10th anniversary of my involvement in AJL’s peer-reviewed journal, Judaica Librarianship. This voluntary editorship position, my Service to AJL, has given me a lot of intellectual satisfaction and personal joy but is also wearing me out at this point. This is a

Re: [ha-Safran] The Association of Jewish Libraries Announces the 2022 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner

Adding my voice to the others by congratulating Lisa on her long service to AJL, honored by the Goldstein Merit Award. Kol ha-kavod, Lisa! Rachel From: Hasafran on behalf of Fred Isaac via Hasafran Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 19:23 To: Rachel Kamin Cc: Hasafran@lists.osu.edu Subject:

[ha-Safran] Congratulations to Rebecca Jefferson

Congratulations to our very own Rebecca Jefferson on her book, The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt: The History and Provenance of a Jewish Archive (London: I. B. Tauris & Company, 2022).

Re: [ha-Safran] Please Share: Library Poster for Genocide Awareness Month

Thank you, Thorin. I would like to share the registration link for an online conference hosted at ASU, Genocide Awareness Week (April 4–9): https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://shprs.asu.edu/GAW2022__;!!KGKeukY!lwFTV3uKoU7nSByD80VQibmoz0HOOfdU7No7wY6K9B72ViH8FOfeE4BhflfKUHhiQpRwahTXG66rtFE$ .

[ha-Safran] FW: Reminder: Please complete the Survey on Cataloging of Foreign Language Materials by Dec. 17

Dear colleagues, I was asked to forward this survey to AJL members – please consider taking it and contributing to the environmental scan of foreign language cataloging in research libraries. Thanks, Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections IsraPulp Collection

[ha-Safran] Vol. 7 of Judaica Librarianship (1993) is online

Dear AJL members, I am happy to announce that another back issue of Judaica Librarianship is now available on the JL journal platform at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org/__;!!KGKeukY!ntVxHgRGJERtTwwRA4uHHXCj4d58rN0v3CpKkmezskfjfZQXUxl6vwDtJwgzGj7dlGPgRpNwkVn8cV0$ (go to

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Launches Nice Jewish Books Podcast

Congratulations and kol ha-kavod, Sheryl! Rachel From: Hasafran on behalf of Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 05:49 To: Heidi Rabinowitz Cc: Hasafran Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Launches Nice Jewish Books Podcast Hi Sheryl, I really enjoyed the podcast

[ha-Safran] Metadata librarian position at Arizona State University Library

Dear all, Arizona State University Library has an opening for a metadata librarian for ASU’s digital repository and specialized resources, the application deadline is November 3, 2021. For more information, see

Re: [ha-Safran] LGBTQ resources

Hello Scott, Sheryl Stahl and Joel Kushner’s 2014 article in Judaica Librarianship may be helpful. Stahl, Sheryl, and Joel Kushner. 2014. “Be-Tzelem Elohim—In the Image of God: Identifying Essential Jewish LGBTQ Books for Jewish Libraries.” Judaica Librarianship 18 (1), 15-53.

[ha-Safran] Lead, Specialized Resources Description and Processing

Dear colleagues, Please see below for a continuing track Academic Professional cataloging position at ASU: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lib.asu.edu/employment/lead-specialized-resources-description-processing__;!!KGKeukY!gd3t6f8DdPOOJhW0aIjAMYStQjlA24JVjLHu8wLQmUbQMIm8QJVwYWI1sxP9GFo9_MQ$

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Announces the Judaica Reference & Bibliography Award Winners

Congratulations, Anna and the AJL Reference and Bibliography Awards Committee! Rachel From: Hasafran on behalf of Fred Isaac via Hasafran Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 1:08 PM To: Anna Levia , Hasafran Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Announces the Judaica Reference & Bibliography Award

[ha-Safran] Mutilated medieval manuscripts

Dear colleagues, I am posting for a friend – please respond to her directly (see email below). Thank you, Rachel For an article on the intentional mutilation of medieval manuscripts, I am interested to learn about manuscripts in which miniatures or word panels have been removed, blank

Re: [ha-Safran] Announcement of the inaugural Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica Curator of Digital Humanities at Penn

Dear Arthur, What a remarkable achievement for you, Penn Libraries, and our profession of Judaica librarianship! Welcome to your new position, Emily! Best, Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, MA, MLIS Associate Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections IsraPulp Collection Arizona State University

[ha-Safran] FW: 2020 Collections Forum Survey

Dear AJL colleagues, Please see below for a message from the Collections Forum Planning Team and fill out the survey by October 5. AJL is an active member of this coalition. Thank you, Rachel On August 17, a coalition of area studies information professionals from 16 national organizations

[ha-Safran] Archivists at local Jewish historical societies

Dear all, I am posting for a faculty member. Please respond to him directly (email below) and forward this note to colleagues at local Jewish historical societies, if you know any: For a book I am co-authoring on local Jewish historical societies I am seeking also to learn about the

[ha-Safran] Judaica Librarianship scheduled system maintenance on September 9

Dear colleagues, Due to scheduled system maintenance for all OJS journals, Judaica Librarianship will be down for 4–8 hours on Wednesday, Sept 9 at 9pm PST. Thank you, Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, MA, MLIS Associate Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections IsraPulp Collection Arizona State

[ha-Safran] AJL online conference

Dear AJL online 2020 Conference Committee, Thank you so much for (re)organizing and producing, in such a short time, the AJL online conference! I can only attest to the RAS sessions I attended (no double dipping in this format!), which were all outstanding. Thank you, Michelle and Amalia for

[ha-Safran] Judaica Librarianship 21

Dear AJL members, The new open access issue of Judaica Librarianship is out – I did my best to finish the work before or during the conference but let it be an after-party treat. Congratulations to all the authors(!) and thanks to the anonymous reviewers and JL’s editorial board for their

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

Hello Megan! Welcome to AJL and to the editing team of News and Reviews! Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, MA, MLIS Associate Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections IsraPulp Collection Arizona State University Library Phone: 480-965-2618 Editor, Judaica Librarianship (2012–Presnet) Association of

Re: [ha-Safran] [AJL-Council] Please welcome Ellen Drucker-Albert to AJL News and Reviews team!

Welcome to AJL, Ellen, and thanks for volunteering your time with AJL News and Reviews! Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, MA, MLIS Associate Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections IsraPulp Collection Arizona State University Library Phone: 480-965-2618 Editor, Judaica Librarianship (2012–Presnet)

Re: [ha-Safran] 2020 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Recipient

A distinctive award for a distinctive librarian! Congratulations, Zachary! Rachel From: Hasafran on behalf of "hasafran@lists.osu.edu" Reply-To: Elizabeth Vernon Date: Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 9:53 To: Annette Goldsmith Cc: hasafran Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] 2020 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award

Re: [ha-Safran] Groner-Wikler Award, 2020

Congratulations, Heidi! Much deserved!!! Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, MA, MLIS Associate Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections IsraPulp Collection Arizona State University Library Phone: 480-965-2618 Editor, Judaica Librarianship (2012–Presnet) Association of Jewish Libraries

Re: [ha-Safran] Question about JL

Hello Andrea, Thank you for your excellent question! As a JL author, you get regular notifications about your article downloads from Digital Commons (bepress). We do have Google Analytics installed on our site and I can send you more information about access to your article (actual

Re: [ha-Safran] Upcoming retirement

Dear Jim, One of the things I most value at AJL is the camaraderie and mentorship that takes place in conferences and Council or Board meetings. Unofficially, unassumingly, you taught me and others who served with you on AJL leadership roles (2008–2012) financial responsibility, paying

[ha-Safran] Judaica Librarianship Call for Papers (2020)

Dear colleagues, Volume 21 of Judaica Librarianship will be published in November or December of this year. I apologize for the long wait, but during my sabbatical I could not dedicate much time to the journal. In the meantime, Volume 20 became freely

Re: [ha-Safran] Great conference

Ditto! This conference was beautifully arranged and executed. Kol ha-kavod to Jackie, Lisa, and the LA team members on an exceptional conference! Thank you for your dedication and thoughtful planning – looking forward to next year! Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, MA, MLIS Associate Librarian Curator,

Re: [ha-Safran] Congratulations to Elliot H Gertel on receiving theFanny Goldstein Merit Award

Congratulations, Elliott! Well deserved! Thanks for supporting the AJL charter throughout your career. Rachel From: Hasafran on behalf of "hasafran@lists.osu.edu" Reply-To: arthur kiron Date: Thursday, 18 April 2019 at 14:35 To: Susan Dubin , Amalia Warshenbrot , Jin Rosenbloom , hasafran