[ha-Safran] Request

2016-06-28 Thread Debbie Drachman
Shalom all: Does anyone know of an Israeli stamp collector? Thank you. [jcc-summer-swim-club-signature] Debbie Drachman Librarian Sanders Memorial Library [Katz-JCC-Lockup-no-address-SEA-for-web] 1301 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill NJ 08003 856-424- ext. 1259 The information contained

Re: [ha-Safran] Thank You, Shoshanah, Irene, and Team!

2016-06-28 Thread Jonathan Fishburn
As a first time attendee - I wish to say Yasher Koach to Shoshanah and everyone involved. I can see a huge amount of planning went into it. I found it extremely worthwhile and will try to encourage others who also come from afar to attend if they can I was able to put many faces to emails I

[ha-Safran] library services for religious school

2016-06-28 Thread Heidi Rabinowitz
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

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

2016-06-28 Thread Emily Bergman
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 wrote: > > We don't do a whole lot, though

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

2016-06-28 Thread 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

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

2016-06-28 Thread 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