Re: [ha-Safran] Request for suggestion of novel about Fascism's rise

2018-11-04 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Perhaps you will want to consider The Garden of the Finzi-Continis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_the_Finzi-Continis I have seen the flick but not read the book. On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:05 AM Andrea Rapp via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > I've been asked to suggest

Re: [ha-Safran] Request for suggestion of novel about Fascism's rise

2018-11-06 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
This is probably not the sort of book the patron has in mind, but The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse has a character, Roderick Spode, who is a spoof of Oswald Moseley, leader of the British Union of Fascists.Spode's fascist group is called the Black Shorts. On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 6:50 PM

[ha-Safran] (no subject)

2019-02-03 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://www.momentmag.com/book-review-the-life-of-a-library/ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. "[I]n Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.

[ha-Safran] 2020 conferene in Chicago

2019-06-16 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Believe it or not, I am being asked by my supervisor to let him know of any meetings I hope to attend in the next fiscal year (which begins on July 1st. ) I know this is really early, but if anyone can give me an estimate of expenses, please, that would be most helpful to me. Sorry I shall not

[ha-Safran] 13M Documents from Nazi Concentration Camps Online

2019-05-24 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/holocaust/13m-documents-from-nazi-concentration-camps-online/2019/05/22/ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. "[I]n Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they

[ha-Safran] Book cancelled.

2019-05-07 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/fighting-back-against-cancel-culture/ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. "[I]n Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da

[ha-Safran] Yaakov Stark

2020-01-29 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Shalom Safranim. One of our graduate students is researching Yaakov Stark (died 1915) a Zionist artist and typographer. We are looking for academic studies. She has found a few newspaper articles.) I am not having much luck so far. If you have any ideas, please e-mail me off list. B'chavod

[ha-Safran] Index to Hebrew Periodicals vs. JSTOR Hebrew module

2020-02-11 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Shalom safranim. Does anyone happen to know how the two compare re coverage? We get the JSTOR module nd I wonder if we should also consider subscribing to the index as well. B'chavod rav. Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washingaton University. "[I]n Italy for thirty years under the

[ha-Safran] Jews in Japan

2020-01-07 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Perhaps this will be of interest: http://www.jccjapan.or.jp -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. "[I]n Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.

[ha-Safran] Fwd: NLI Webinar: Burning of Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge, 1/18/21

2021-01-14 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
-- Forwarded message - From: Walter Reich Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 4:05 PM Subject: NLI Webinar: Burning of Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge, 1/18/21 To: Monday, Jan. 18, 1:00 PM Eastern Time US Monday, Jan. 18, 6:00 PM London Time Monday, Jan 18,

[ha-Safran] Fwd: The National Library of Israel in Conversation with the British Library

2021-01-24 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
-- Forwarded message - From: Walter Reich Date: Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 3:32 PM Subject: The National Library of Israel in Conversation with the British Library To: *The National Library of Israel in Conversation with the British Library* A conversation between *Roly Keating,*

[ha-Safran] Fwd: The Man Behind the Masks: Stan Lee and Marvel Comics with Journalists Abraham Riesman and Dan Raviv Confirmation

2021-05-05 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
In case this is of interest to any of you. -- Forwarded message - From: MomentLive! Date: Wed, May 5, 2021 at 5:11 PhasafSubject: The Man Behind the Masks: Stan Lee and Marvel Comics with Journalists Abraham Riesman and Dan Raviv Confirmation To: Hi Shmuel Ben-Gad, Thank you

[ha-Safran] Interview with Einat Wift, former Labour MK and co-author of The War of Return

2021-03-16 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ajc.org/news/dr-einat-wilf-updates-from-israel-and-the-path-to-israeli-palestinian-peace-ajc-advocacy__;!!KGKeukY!iwOzyNbbF6maNDfo14NGE3x6ufsoj1slpBfa_ZaojfXtS40oK_MNC8T573r4ANlHQtHW4MMfqrrr2f4$ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington

[ha-Safran] Philadelphia-librarians-under-fire-over-efforts-to-indoctrinate-children-with-anti-israel-material

2021-09-02 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran

[ha-Safran] On "loving" deadJ ews

2021-09-18 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.timesofisrael.com/people-love-dead-jews-says-dara-horn-but-the-living-ones-dont-fare-as-well/__;!!KGKeukY!npaFR8u3TiY3zTB9mLpGkApEI1FkLBVola2C70Z21JslC-YzebGdydyW9APyYWvD7gw$ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. "[I]n Italy

[ha-Safran] rare manuscript acquired by the National Library of Israel

2022-01-18 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/18/national-library-of-israel-presents-rare-jewish-manuscript/__;!!KGKeukY!jJvpX4BPCQ6puAhrFb2LrAVvTEJZuT8Yn0AiRbTpSWF-H6smHVS6CHWFKgVs5hYaZZ6N4VC-fZb_$ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. "[I]n Italy

[ha-Safran] (no subject)

2023-09-11 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/09/10/a-page-turner-an-insider-look-into-the-new-home-of-the-national-library-of-israel/__;!!KGKeukY!yCYsfFK10ONlz6OLoHmkDdszgI205myRbnDB9ilyfPR782_geLytv6JfwcqlLRBKPMAI9yE2FmDr9bjUbtIS$ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George

Re: [ha-Safran] New Member Benefit: AJL Book Exchange

2023-08-20 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Thank you. This sounds good. May this be used to offer as donations review copies of books one has received? On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 11:25 AM Michelle Margolis via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, Thanks to the hard work of Katalin Rac and webmaster > Sheryl Stahl,

Re: [ha-Safran] Suggestions for current books that can provide balance to academic libraries

2023-11-08 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
My review of the tome can be found at Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews, July/August, 2023, p. 32. On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 1:39 PM Andrea Rapp via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > The Tel Aviv Review of Books called this the book that saw October 7 > coming from a mile

[ha-Safran] Jewish Studies Zionist Network

2022-10-23 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jsznetwork.org/about.html__;!!KGKeukY!2xu9H6QpaHkPE4TbbmdoVBlGRVYdSV6LF26HwhYLMmBxycIWKYC8nK0tmxHRNsWvupmjasCxviMKbdaKlnhZ$

[ha-Safran] Further information on conferences in the UAE and Israel from my colleague.

2022-11-28 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
"You may want to update the Hasafran mailing list that the IATUL conference organizers corrected the omission in response to my inquiry; Israel is now a choice on the registration form. They should be commended for responding, in contrast to the ETD conference last year (also in the UAE) which

[ha-Safran] Discrimination at a library conference

2022-11-08 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
A colleague of mine wrote me: :"You might be interested to know that I just came across yet another conference in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which excludes participants from Israel, by omitting Israel from the "Country" field on the registration form: Conference:

Re: [ha-Safran] Discrimination at a library conference

2022-11-08 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
e conference organizers need to have the egregious omission of Israel > brought to their attention. > > Shaindy Kurzmann > George T. Potter Library, > Ramapo College of New Jersey > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 12:01 PM Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran < > hasafran@lists.osu.edu>

[ha-Safran] Fwd: "Let the World Read and Know": The Warsaw Ghetto's Oneg Shabbat Archives at Warsaw's Jewish Historical Institute, 11/6/22

2022-11-06 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
-- Forwarded message - From: Walter Reich Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 9:27 AM Subject: "Let the World Read and Know": The Warsaw Ghetto's Oneg Shabbat Archives at Warsaw's Jewish Historical Institute, 11/6/22 To: *"Let the World Read and Know": The Oneg Shabbat Archives*

[ha-Safran] On the Vatican's collection of Jewish manuscripts

2023-03-21 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://lawrenceschiffman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/vatican-library.pdf__;!!KGKeukY!ypHckOBBNf7zydIzqJtC794TnWBb7D2yQKR9U66-2K13DfRenIdERlpNhTR8PRn8MbfjWVDoIqh1GUIuJHmx$ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. "[I]n Italy for thirty

[ha-Safran] (no subject)

2023-04-19 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://shalem.ac.il/en/news/one-shalem-graduate-700-books-and-the-history-of-a-jewish-community/__;!!KGKeukY!0f4s3O8H8uUaka4Ci3HPP8eX9WdW1K4tWsRN8vain5dPoX44TnNUa_6VCDAcFXxiI741e4BOy184lQh7bEwj$ -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University.

[ha-Safran] Oporto’s Jews to preserve Portugal’s crumbling Inquisition records The city's community called for help in saving the unique documentation.

2023-07-23 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran

Re: [ha-Safran] Library Solidarity with Palestine + Board Member Profile + Candidate Open House

2024-01-11 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Thank you for sending this. Unfortunately, anti-Zionism is common in the library world of today... On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 4:22 PM Hindishe Lee via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Library Solidarity with Palestine + Board Member Profile + Candidate Open > House EX: Please see this

[ha-Safran] The oldest Jewish library still in use.

2024-01-09 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran

Re: [ha-Safran] - ISO: "must have" list for yeshiva library

2024-01-09 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
I would respectfully suggest that Sefer ha-emunot v'ha-dayot (The Book of Beliefs and Opinions") by Saadia Gaon be added to this list. It is one of the most important books of Jewish philosophy and has been translated from Arabic into Hebrew and English. On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 10:14 PM

Re: [ha-Safran] [EXT] - Re: - ISO: "must have" list for yeshiva library

2024-01-09 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Thank you. On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 11:58 AM Hindishe Lee wrote: > Yes, very much so! > I forgot that important Sefer! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 9, 2024, at 6:01 AM, Shmuel Ben-Gad wrote: > > You don't often get email from shmu...@gwu.edu. Learn why this is > important >

[ha-Safran] major-judaica-collection-amassed-by-yemenite-jewish-butcher-donated-to-the-national-library-of-israel

2024-03-18 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran

[ha-Safran] Digitized journal The Reconstructionist

2024-03-12 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Shalom safranim! One of our professors has been using an electronic database of all issues of The Reconstructionist back to 1937. (It began in 1935.) Now tithas dIsappeared. It is important for her current research and we are trying to find out who produced it and if it is possible to have