[ha-Safran] Short story publication

Dear Safranim, I know someone who wrote a story and would like to submit it to Jewish periodicals for publication.  Can anyone suggest which ones he can contact? Thank you. Robbin KatzinChicago__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not

[ha-Safran] Hebrew readers

Our school library has removed many copies of Hebrew readers, mostly from the various Gesher series.  The books are in good to brand new condition.  If your library or school can use them (list of titles on request), or if you have a need for a specific title, please let me know.  Robbin

[ha-Safran] Library weeding

I am continuing to try to find homes for books that I weeded from the school library where I worked for many years (I retired last summer).  Would anyone like a collection of Bialik's poems?  The binding is not in great condition, but the paper is intact and there are a couple of portraits

Re: [ha-Safran] Painful weeding decisions

I had to do a heavy weeding in all sections of the K-8 school library where I worked until my recent retirement.  I also was loathe to weed the the Sholom Aleichem, Chaim Potok, etc. titles.  But in the end, I realized that 1. no one had checked them out of the library for years, and 2. we are

[ha-Safran] Judaica Librarianship and Conference Proceedings

If anyone would like hard copies of Judaica Librarianship (I have copies of most issues from vol. 1 - vols. 16/17), they are available for the price of postage. I also have copies of conference proceedings from 1998, 1999, and 2000, and possibly one or two others as well.  Any interest? Robbin

[ha-Safran] Sad news

I am sorry to inform you that Adaire Klein passed away in Jerusalem on Friday.  Adaire was the long time librarian at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. Robbin KatzinChicago, IL__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily

[ha-Safran] Sadie Weilerstein Books

Hello, Is anyone interested in some Sadie Weilerstein books, either for their personal collection, or a historical children's lit collection?  I have six books that were weeded from our school library collection: The Adventures of K'tontonThe Best of K'tontonK'tonton on an Island in the

[ha-Safran] Universal Jewish Encyclopedia

Dear Safranim, Would anyone like a set of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia (Ktav, 1969)?  Free - just pay postage, or pick up in Skokie, IL. Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not

[ha-Safran] Disposing of weeded books ; books "dumped" on our school

I am the librarian of a K-8 school, and we have many Judaic books, both Hebrew and English, that do not get used in our school, or that are duplicates.  After offering the volumes in good condition to my colleagues, community members via a Facebook group, and select volumes through the Buy,

Re: [ha-Safran] end of life

Life or Death: Facing End-of-Life Issues in the Modern World.  Rabbi Tanchum S. Burton.  Mosaica Press, 2018. On Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 09:38:35 AM CST, Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran wrote: #yiv7538395178 #yiv7538395178pfptBannerh5euxep {display:block

Re: [ha-Safran] Book citation

Maybe this one? Two suns in the sky32 reviewsAuthor:Miriam Bat-AmiSummary:In 1944, an Upstate New York teenager named Christine meets and falls in love with Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew living in a refugee camp, despite their parents' conviction that they do not belong togetherPrint Book, 

[ha-Safran] Book on Rav Ovadia Yosef

Hello, One of our teachers is working with a struggling bilingual (Hebrew/English) student, and would like to provide him with a biography on Rav Ovadia Yosef, either an audiobook or a book with both print and audio.  Can be in Hebrew or English. If such a thing exists, please let me know off

Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish Children's Holiday Fiction Books Cataloged as Nonfiction

I put most of the fiction holiday books under the appropriate Elazar holiday number.  It makes it much easier for the kids to find them, and for me and the teachers to retrieve them as needed. Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL  On Monday, March 21, 2022, 07:15:51

Re: [ha-Safran] looking for a book title

I believe it is Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Littman. Justine Silver, a teenaged middle child, questions her faith when her best friend, Mary Catherine McAllister gives up chocolate for Lent, but when her grandmother suffers a stroke, Jussy has to face her relationship with

[ha-Safran] Elazar classification number question

Hello, I am cataloging שיחות מוסר by R. Shmuelvitz.  There doesn't seem to be a number in Elazar that would work specifically for mussar works.  The index lists 733 for the Musar Movement, but that would be more appropriate for a historical treatment.  What number have you used for similar

[ha-Safran] Hebrew Encyclopedias

Hello, Our library would like to find good homes for the following Hebrew Encyclopedias.  You would just have to pay for shipping. האנציקלופדיה העברית1988 edition. 18 vols. Very good condition. האנציקלופדיה העברית.    1956 ed. A few miscellaneous volumes. - 3, 4, 5, 7, 10. תרבות1963 ed.  16 vols.

[ha-Safran] School library size

Hello Day School librarians, I am being asked to reduce the size of my collection, and wanted to know how large your K-8 or K-6 collections are (in volumes), and what your enrollment is.  I would guess that a day school library would be larger than a public school library with a similar

[ha-Safran] What to do with these books?

Dear friends, I am looking at a major weed of Judaic books, mostly older and rarely used in our K-8 library, over the next year or so.  Any suggestions on what to do with the following? Graetz.  History of the Jews. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1891-1898.  6 vols., good-fair

Re: [ha-Safran] Patron Charges for Out of Print Items

In our day school library, we charge a flat rate of $10.00 for paperbacks and $20.00 for hard cover books (unless the price is known and it is more than that). Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 12:17:01 AM CST, Bacon, Abigail via

[ha-Safran] School library checkout

Dear school librarians, I have been asked by our school administration to find out how other schools are circulating books to their primary students.  Please let me know if you aren't checking books out to your students, and if you are, how are you handling it?   Thanks in advance for your

Re: [ha-Safran] Elazar Libraries Who is the biggest online

I just looked on jewishlibraries.org and could not find the list of libraries with their automation systems that used to be there (unless I missed it). Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 09:35:07 PM CDT, Michelle Sandler via Hasafran

[ha-Safran] Day School collection development policies

Recently, I sent out a request on Hasafran for day school collection policies.  Any policies that are sent to me will be added to the AJL website at some point.  Since only one school shared their policy with me, I am making a second request.  Sharing your policy will ultimately benefit other

[ha-Safran] Day School collection development policies

I am updating the collection development policy for our K-8 day school.  The link to sample policies in jewishlibraries.org for SSCPL Libraries in the Knowledgebases section no longer works.  If you can easily send me a copy of your day school collection development policy off list, I would

[ha-Safran] Day School Libraries - reopening survey

Here is a summary of the nine responses to my Google Form survey that was sent out on Hasafran (eight from day schools, one from a synagogue school): Are students physically returning to your school this fall? All but one school have students returning to school in person or in hybrid mode.

[ha-Safran] Day School Libraries in the time of COVID-19

/RUkfwqYB5oDGG8bm8 Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) == Submissions for Ha-Safran

[ha-Safran] Conference

Thank you to Rachel, Marcie, and all those who made this conference happen in such a short time frame.  It was wonderful - I was sad when it was over.  The flexibility shown in adding the late afternoon virtual hospitality suites gave many of us an opportunity to talk to other librarians

Re: [ha-Safran] Unwanted donations

Better World Books does not take non-western script books  https://www.betterworldbooks.com/go/library-donation-guidelines. I recommend that someone who can identify the books decide which ones should be buried.  Even the dictionary is an issue, since it has all the (Hebrew) names of G-d, but

[ha-Safran] Children's Hebrew encyclopedias to give away

Our library has a number of older children's Hebrew encyclopedias that we would like to give away rather than throw away, if any North American libraries are interested: מכלל (2 full sets)תרבותאביב I just ask that shipping be reimbursed. Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day School

Re: [ha-Safran] (hasafran) Entering Jewish book awards info into OPALS

In my experience, OPALS has been very responsive to requests. On Saturday, February 15, 2020, 12:44:44 AM CST, Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran wrote: #yiv4178416614 #yiv4178416614 -- _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv4178416614 #yiv4178416614 p.yiv4178416614MsoNormal, #yiv4178416614

[ha-Safran] Periodicals available

The following periodicals are available for the price of shipping: Ten Da'at :Tevet 5747Sivan 5747Fall 1987Winter 1988Spring 1988Fall 1988Winter 1989Spring 1989Fall 1989Spring 1990Fall 1990Spring 1991Spring 1992Fall 1993Spring 1995Winter 2000Dec. 2001Dec. 2002Dec. 2003May 2005 אורחות: דפי הדרכה

[ha-Safran] Old Hebrew / Judaic textbook

I am clearing out cabinets full of old elementary Hebrew and Judaic textbooks. Are there any libraries that collect this type of historical educational material? I am loathe to throw them out or place in shaimos, but will if no one is interested in them. Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban

[ha-Safran] Books about Modern Orthodox children

I am the librarian in a Modern Orthodox elementary day school.  Most of the children's books from Orthodox publishers that I have seen are written about the more chareidi part of the community.  While I do purchase some of those, I would love to include books in our collection that are more

[ha-Safran] Haggadah Divrei Torah for students

Hello, One of our teachers is looking for an online source for divrei Torah on the Haggadah, at a level accessible to lower lever 6th grade students, from an Orthodox perspective. I have had very little success finding anything of this nature. If you know of any sites that fit this description,

[ha-Safran] Discarding weeded books

Dear Safranim, I am in the midst of a major weed of our day school library.  While I hate to throw books out, I don't find that doing that with outdated general studies books is that difficult.  However, it really bothers me to throw out (or put in shamot, as appropriate) older Judaic and

Re: [ha-Safran] Typewriter advice

Our library used to print onto catalog cards that come three to a sheet. For instance, see Demco Laser Printer Catalog Cards Lt Weight 3 Cards/Sheet 1002/Pkg Item #: WS14201580. Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL On Sunday, July 2, 2017 1:43 PM, Emily Goldberg

Re: [ha-Safran] Sabbath Spice story

Also Too Much of a Good Thing by Mira Wasserman.  Kar-Ben, 2004. On Monday, February 6, 2017 11:53 AM, Susan Kusel wrote: Hi Andrea,  I have this story in my library- as a stand-alone picture book, published in Hebrew. The Missing Spice, by Dvora Omer  

[ha-Safran] Translation needed

Hello Safranim, I am in the process of creating new signs for the stacks, and would like to know how other libraries write Fiction and Nonfiction on their signs in Hebrew. Thank you. Robbin KatzinSchool LibrarianHillel Torah North Suburban Day School LibrarySkokie, IL __ Messages and opinions

[ha-Safran] Birthday wishes for Adaire Klein

Dear AJL Friends, We are putting together a Birthday book for Adaire Klein (TOP Secret) in honor of her 85th Birthday. For those Hasafran members who worked with Adaire in AJL, we would love to share your greetings with her. To be included please send your greeting to rskk...@gmail.com by Nov.

[ha-Safran] Old educational filmstrips, slides, and cassette tapes

I cleared out a number of library cabinets over the summer, and pulled a lot of old educational AV materials - slides, cassette tapes, and a few filmstrips, listed below.  Does any library collect these older materials? They are free for the cost of shipping. Thank you. Robbin KatzinSchool

Re: [ha-Safran] question- thanks-Agnon story

The story is in rendered as a graphic novel inFrom Foe to Friends & OtherStories: A Graphic Novel byShay Charka (Toby Press, 2014). Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL On Thursday, May 5, 2016 9:14 PM, E Cohen wrote: I am looking

Re: [ha-Safran] Better Worlds Library Discards and Donations Program

I have not been working with Better World Books directly (they don't work with K-12 libraries), but since they have a collection bin not far from me, I give them my non-Sifrei Kodesh discards. Better than throwing the books out. Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL

[ha-Safran] Poetry books

poetry as our students will be writing poetry together. Do you have some recommendations? Can anyone suggest any titles that would work for third-fourth grade that are in print? Thank you. Robbin Katzin | | Robbin KatzinSchool LibrarianHillel Torah North Suburban Day School7120 N. Laramie Ave

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for follett sales rep

I believe that the sales reps have specific geographic areas that they serve - I suggest calling Follett at 888-511-5114, and they will connect you with the correct rep. Robbin KatzinHillel Torah North Suburban Day SchoolSkokie, IL On Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:29 AM, Beth Braunstein

[ha-Safran] Jewish Book Annual volumes available

I have the following volumes of the Jewish Book Annual available for the price of postage: 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46. Also the Cumulative title and author index for Volumes 1-25. Please contact me at robbin.kat...@hilleltorah.org if you are

[ha-Safran] Share ride Wednesday to Dulles?

To anyone who is leaving the conference Wednesday morning and flying out of Dulles - I am looking for someone to share a taxi to arrive at Dulles around 8:30 a.m.  Please let me know if you are interested. Robbin Katzin __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual

[ha-Safran] Technology policies

This is a question for the day school librarians out there: our PN-8 day school is working on updating our technology policy (for the school, not just the library).  If anyone has access to their school's policies, would it be possible to forward them to me? Thank you. Robbin Katzin Hillel

[ha-Safran] Old Hebrew readers

Our library is discarding many copies of מעשיות by Zvi Scharfstein. We have dozens of them at different levels, and they are undated but quite old (1940s?). Would anyone want them for the price of postage? Robbin Katzin Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School Skokie, IL __ Messages and opinions

[ha-Safran] American Jewish Year Book

We have the following volumes of the American Jewish Year Book available for the price of postage: 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1987 Robbin Katzin Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School Library Skokie, IL __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

Re: [ha-Safran] VHSs and cassettes

premises. Robbin Katzin Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School Skokie, IL From:Chaya Wiesman ch...@ramaz.org To: Etta Gold eg...@tbam.org; sf...@googlegroups.com; hasaf...@lists.osu.edu; isl...@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, May 7, 2013 4:46:45 PM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] VHSs and cassettes These two

[ha-Safran] Israeli children's books

Thank you - Hasafran readers have come through once again - here are some of the answers that I received to my query on where to purchase Israel children's books: Robbin Katzin Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School Skokie, IL

Re: [ha-Safran] Looking for biographical online resources- Talmudic era/Rishonim/Acharonim

The Orthodox Union has a selection of brief biographies on its website: http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/rabbis/default.htm Robbin Katzin Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School Skokie, IL From: Aviva Adler aad...@shevachhs.org To: hasaf...@osu.edu Sent: Tue

Re: [ha-Safran] elementary books about North American aliyah

The 2010 picture book, First Rain by Charlotte Herman (Whitman) tells about a young girl, whose family goes on aliyah, and her continuing relationship with her grandmother, who surprises her with a visit to Israel. Robbin Katzin Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School Skokie, IL