We received this email as well. He’s clearly on a mission. Claire Uziel Special Projects Manager Research Assistance, Social Media, Publications
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington 701 Fourth Street, NW #200 Washington, D.C. 20001 T: 202 789 0900 / F: 202 789 0485 www.jhsgw.org<http://www.jhsgw.org/> Join<http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=nz5hiyn6&p=oi&m=1011205012269&sit=58cduth4> our email list | Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/jhsgw> | Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/jhsgw> From: Hasafran [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Abrams Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 11:30 AM To: Robin Zeitz Cc: [Hasafran] Listserv; Amy Wissoker Graham Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Has anyone encountered this individual? Yes, we got this as well, below: Very warm greetings, My name is Sam Mandel. I recently came by your synagogue’s website and have looked through it and I must say that I am very intrigued by the historical significance of your synagogue. It seems that Massachusetts used to be a very burgeoning Jewish community and to a large part has still maintained a great deal of Jewish life as well as their beautifully built synagogues. I have a great appreciation for these places of worship. One of my biggest hobbies is visiting old synagogues and collecting old Jewish books or “seforim” in Hebrew or English as well as old artifacts and as such I have a collection at home of all these interesting books and items that sometimes would not have been appreciated otherwise. I also enjoy going through the synagogues' gnizas; the place where a synagogue typically puts their old books that are not in good shape anymore. I was wondering if there is a time we can meet at the synagogue and go through what you have in the synagogue and in exchange for some of these books give a very nice donation or perhaps replace the book with a newer version to the synagogue to make it worth your time in the event I take anything. I can be reached via this email and my cell phone at 347-370-8115<tel:%28347%29%20370-8115> . Please let me know of your considerations of this. I thank you in advance. Sam Mandel On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 6:20 AM, Robin Zeitz <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: He contacted our congregation as well, actually communicating with our Temple's President , regarding our library and our genizah. We have a small collection, entirely administered by volunteers. I expressed a note of caution , indicating that I had heard of book dealers who sometimes fished for valuable items that might not be recognized by the owners . Your communication makes me even more suspicious. As we are entirely administered by volunteers, and have no time anyway, a polite letter was sent to him indicating that we couldn't accommodate him at this time. Regarding books that no longer serve us, we created a small self-serve Book Shuk for sales to our congregation, but don't expand outside the Temple. Other items are donated to a local nonprofit, More Than Words , via a book collection container I arranged to be placed at our parking lot entrance. (It is also fairly heavily used by the public.) Robin Zeitz Beth El Temple Center Belmont, MA www.betheltemplecenter.org/education/library<http://www.betheltemplecenter.org/education/library> [email protected]<http://[email protected]> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 10:18 PM Amy Wissoker Graham <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Has anyone been contacted by a gentleman named Sam Mandel about old books? We received an email from him saying that he was interested in old books for his collection and to share with others, and asking to come see what we had. It seemed a little odd, but potentially useful. We are having a book sale in January (donations that are either duplicates or not worth adding, and books weeded from the collection) and I never know what to do with all of the leftovers. Handing them off to him would actually help me out a lot. It just seemed like an odd, random request, so I thought I'd check with you all. Feel free to contact me offline if you are uncomfortable answering to the list. Thanks for any insights. 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