On this lovely list, the Jewish Fed of Greater Philly in partnership with Jewish Outreach Partnership offered, for the outlandish price of only 6$$$, Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky. I sent in my 2 box tops and 6 one-dollar bills and it got to Spain 8 days later. I love this book. I have marked up this book. I have trashed the binding. I have marked it with pen, pencil and coloured markers and turned down the corners. While reading this book, I have had no less than 4 major revelations about life, the universe and an incredible amount of other stuff. And then, on page 294, I found this:
"The next day (after the bombing of AMIA in Buenos Aires), I (Lansky) wired the head of the Jewish community in Buenos Aires, offering to replace every volume that had been destroyed. Four months later, our bibliographer, Neil Zagorin, and ZACHARY BAKER, then head librarian of the YIVO, traveled south to make the necessary arrangements..." And I thought: Bless my ears and whiskers, blimey blimey. I know that Zachary guy from AJL. Not like we're bosom buddies or anything or that I would ever come close to recognizing him in a dark alley. But it's nice to feel connected like that to people for whose opinions you have read, respected and considered commentating on on the AJL list. I like to see what lectures are being given (which give me ideas for what I can do around this here popsicle stand) and what jobs are being offered (which I shall never be able to apply for) and what projects people are involved in. Besos de Valencia Alba Toscano Sinagoga conservador/masorti La Javura Valencia (Espana) http://www.uscj.org/world/valencia 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, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
