[ha-Safran] Locations of Collections of US Jewish Military Records?

2019-03-16 Thread Leah Cohen via Hasafran
Hello, As a librarian of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, in Chicago, I received an interesting inquiry from Park University's George S Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War. A few historians there are working on a project whereby the the medals awarded to Jewish American soldiers

[ha-Safran] Echoing Everyone's Thanks!

2020-07-03 Thread Leah Cohen via Hasafran
Shalom Safranim and Safraniyot, I would just like to echo the others to express my sincere thanks to Rachel, Marcie and all the other organizers of this inspiring and informative conference! You took so much initiative to organize such a successful conference in such a short period of time! I am

[ha-Safran] Fwd: Don't Cry, You're a Jew

2020-11-02 Thread Leah Cohen via Hasafran
Author and editor, Rosally Saltsman, would like to convey the following message about her upcoming publication. Dear Friends, I have begun collecting stories for another book – *Don’t Cry, You’re a Jew: Inspiring True Stories of Jewish Pride, Resilience and Courage.* The books that don’t go to

Re: [ha-Safran] ideas of what to do with Hebrew books....? (kpeter3...@aol.com)

2021-07-09 Thread Leah Cohen via Hasafran
Rabbi Lapayover, Have you tried your local AJL group, Gratz College, or Penn? Leah On Sun, Jul 4, 2021, 1:20 PM Alan Lapayover via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Perhaps you could contact your nearest Israeli consulate and ask for > suggestions. > > Alan > > *Rabbi Alan LaPayover*

Re: [ha-Safran] Synagogue library in an orthodox shul?

2021-12-30 Thread Leah Cohen via Hasafran
Hi Daniel, Michelle, I know that it is ancient history but in the 1960s and early 1970s, the Jewish Public Library (of Montreal ) had a library branch at Congregation Beth Ora, a Modern Orthodox congregation, in what would have been at the time a new suburb called St. Laurent. The books were

[ha-Safran] Sad News

2023-06-25 Thread Leah Cohen via Hasafran
Chava Petrushka Lapin, Co-Editor of the *Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary * which won the AJL reference book award, in 2017, has passed away: A tribute in Yiddish and English is found here: