[ha-Safran] e-readers
As promised, here is a summary of the answers I receivedwhen I inquired about the purchasing of e-readers: Purchased Nooks because of the in-store help and training. BN wants to help schools and libraries. The Kindle license may not even allow use for this purpose although many use it anyway. 2. Kindles purchased without a discount. Synagogues and JCCs may be able to receive a grant. In at least one place, this worked out well. 4. The least expensive Kindles are best because the Kindle allows you to share an e-book over 6 readers at no additional cost. In spite of the fact that Kindles were purchased without a discount, the program has been cost effective. Thanks so much to all who responded. I appreciate your help! Michal Michal H. Malen North Shore Hebrew Academy Lower and Middle School Libraries Great Neck, NY __ 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.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] In the Beginning There Was the Holocaust (Magnes press)
Hello We would like to introduce a new book published by Magnes press: In the Beginning There Was the Holocaust A Spiritual Journey Back into the Abysses of Jewish History By Moshe Shner http://www.magnes-press.com/Authors/Moshe+Shner.aspx?name=Moshe+Shner The Holocaust is an unsolved problem for humanity. We are still trying to explain the causes and the origins of the hell of Nazi Europe and its impact on our understanding humanity and concept of Western civilization. For Jewish thinkers the problem is even more urgent as it brings forward difficult questions about Jewish identity. The book In the Beginning there was the Holocaust brings a panoramic picture of the responses of Jewish Philosophy to the Holocaust, Theodicy, the meaning of Jewish existence after the Holocaust, struggle with nihilism and despair, and questions concerning Holocaust education and the culture of remembrance. For more info please press here http://www.magnes-press.com/Book/In+the+Beginning+There+Was+the+Holocaust.aspx?name=In+the+Beginning+There+Was+the+Holocaustcode=45-201040 For sample pages please press here http://www.magnes-press.com/NetisUtils/srvrutil_getdoc.aspx/0L3GsE3LS/preview/preview.pdf? Price: $ 35.40 / 106.20 ₪ eBook: $ 29.50 regards, Celestina Levant Sales and Marketing abroad Magnes Press sa...@magnespress.co.il www.magnes-press.com Tel: 972-2-6584780 Fax: 972-2-5633370 __ 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.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] And before Honor – Humility (Magnes press)
Hello We would like to introduce a new book published by Magnes press: And before Honor – Humility The ideal of humility in the moral language of the Sages By Richard S. Lewis http://www.magnes-press.com/Authors/Richard+S.+Lewis.aspx?name=Richard+S.+Lewis And before Honor – Humility investigates the moral-spiritual ideal of humility in rabbinic literature, a topic which has until now not been the subject of critical inquiry. Four sugyot (topics of discussion) stand at the center of the inquiry: haughtiness of spirit and lowliness of spirit, the humility of the Holy One blessed is He, humility and irascibility, and the ineluctable tension between the honor of Torah and human dignity. Shmuel Lewis presents a theoretical framework and interpretive approach that fit the unique nature of rabbinic literature and uncover a philosophical layer of thought in texts that have been considered until now merely didactic. His readings tack between close textual investigation and broad conceptual analysis in search of the mutual relations between social conceptions and world pictures. By means of comparison with parallel mutual relations in ancient Greek thought the connections between social conceptions, world pictures and moral ideals comes into view in both moral languages – the biblical-rabbinic and the Greek. For more info please press here http://www.magnes-press.com/Book/And+before+Honor+%E2%80%93+Humility.aspx?name=And+before+Honor+%E2%80%93+Humilitycode=45-131122 For sample pages please press here http://www.magnes-press.com/NetisUtils/srvrutil_getdoc.aspx/0L3GsEJ1S/preview/preview.pdf? Price: $ 29.70 / 89.10 ₪ eBook: $ 24.75 regards, Celestina Levant Sales and Marketing abroad Magnes Press sa...@magnespress.co.il www.magnes-press.com Tel: 972-2-6584780 Fax: 972-2-5633370 __ 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.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Fwd: To Friends of Dan Rettberg and Linda Schuster
Yossi, Daniel Rettberg is very ill. If it would be okay, please post this on HaSafran: Dear AJL friends, please say a mishaberach for Daniel Yohanon Shalom ben Gitl (Daniel Rettberg). I got a message from his wife, Linda Schuster, today. Here is her note: Dan has been fighting leukemia for the past year and is now under hospice care at home. He is comfortable but nearing the end of his earthly journey. My apologies for the late email notice about his health, but life has been very hard these past months. Please feel free to let others know about him. Where there is life there is hope, so we ask for your prayers and good thoughts. Blessings to each of you. Linda Schuster I know that many of you have memories of our favorite rare book librarian from HUC and his love for all Judaica, but especially OLD Judaica. Please pass the word. Thanks. Susan -- Forwarded message -- From: djr...@aol.com Date: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 9:35 AM Subject: To Friends of Dan Rettberg and Linda Schuster To: djr...@aol.com ** Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Dear Friends: Dan has been fighting leukemia for the past year and is now under hospice care at home. He is comfortable but nearing the end of his earthly journey. My apologies for the late email notice about his health, but life has been very hard these past months. Please feel free to let others know about him. Where there is life there is hope, so we ask for your prayers and good thoughts. If you wish to receive more emails, please send me a reply. Blessings to each of you. Linda Schuster __ 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.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee
Dear Friends: Three positions on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee will be available beginning January 1, 2014. Applicants should be members of AJL, familiar with the scope of Judaic children’s literature, experienced in writing critical reviews, willing and able to read and review over 120 books during the course of a year, and able to meet deadlines. Committee members are expected to attend annual conventions and to participate in committee-sponsored events, including speaking at the Committee’s annual presentation. The term of membership on the Committee is four years. Each committee member typically receives more than $1,500 in books for review each year, which may be kept for personal use or added to the member’s library. Membership on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee is both fun and intellectually challenging, but it also requires a substantial commitment in terms of time and energy. Members must be able to submit reviews electronically and correspond with other committee members through regular e-mail. Familiarity with Google Docs is helpful but not required. To apply, send a letter indicating the reasons for your interest, a resume, and several examples of your recent reviews of Jewish children’s books to Aimee Lurie, Committee Chair, at ch...@sydneytaylorbookaward.org or aimeelu...@mac.com. Applications will be accepted through November 30, 2013. Aimee Lurie, Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Association of Jewish Libraries The Agnon School 26500 Shaker Blvd. Beachwood, OH 44122 (216)832-1314 aimeelu...@mac.com aimeelu...@mac.com __ 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.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Kestenbaum Company Auction of Fine Judaica
Attached please find the press release for Kestenbaum Company's forthcoming auction of Fine Judaica scheduled for Thursday, November 14th at 3:00 pm. The auction features nearly 500 lots including Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Works of Art. The link below will take you to a 3-D, flip-book version of our Auction Catalogue where you can view all the lots. http://kestenbaum.net/Catalogue_60/index.html I would appreciate any coverage you could provide for our auction. Please let me know if you would like any further information and/or individual images. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Kind regards, Jackie Insel Operations Manager Kestenbaum Company 242 West 30th Street New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212-366-1197 Fax: 212-366-1368 www.Kestenbaum.net jac...@kestenbaum.net__ 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.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Requested article received
Friends - Many thanks for the rapid reply. I received the article just now. Thanks to all who responded. Lee Paskinjd -- Lee S. Paskind, Rabbi First Hebrew Congregation 1821 E. Main St., Peekskill NY 10566 914.739.0500 ra...@firsthebrew.org ravlsp...@gmail.com __ 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.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] New Publication: Second edition of Moshe Greenberg's Understanding Exodus, edited by Jeffrey Tigay
Dear Safranim, Please note that Wipf and Stock publishers have just published a second edition of Moshe's Greenberg's 1969 book Understanding Exodus, edited by Jeffrey Tigay. The new edition bears the title Understanding Exodus: A Holistic Commentary on Exodus 1-11. For details see https://wipfandstock.com/store/Understanding_Exodus_Second_Edition_A_Holistic_Commentary_on_Exodus_111 and/or the preview at http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exodus-Second-Edition-Commentary/dp/1620327325/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8qid=1382848182sr=8-15keywords=understanding+exodus.#reader_1620327325 . Thanks, Arthur -- Arthur Kiron, Ph.D. Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections University of Pennsylvania Libraries Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center - Room 205 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 t. (215) 573-7431 f. (215) 898-0559 w. http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/judaica/ Hours: MTTh or Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 t. (215) 238-1290 ext. 202 f. (215) 238-1540 w. http://www.library.upenn.edu/cajs/ __ 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.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
