[ha-Safran] FW: Please distribute: Congratulations to the NMRT grant winners!

[Scott Sheidlower]

fyi.

Scott

The 2016 NMRT Professional Development Grant Award Committee is pleased to 
announce the recipients of the Mango Languages/NMRT Professional Development 
Grant Award and NMRT-sponsored Professional Development Grant Award. These 
$1,000 awards were graciously sponsored by Mango Languages and the New Members 
Round Table. This award provides funding to assist with airfare, lodging, and 
conference registration fees for attendance at the American Library Association 
Annual Conference and fosters in-person participation in ALA and NMRT 
professional activities.

Erin Prentiss
Erin Prentiss is the recipient of the 2016 NMRT-sponsored Professional 
Development Grant. Erin works as a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the 
Reese Library at Augusta University (Georgia). Erin received a B.A. in 
Sociology / Anthropology from Agnes Scott College in 2003, a Secondary English 
Education Certification from the University of West Georgia in 2008, and an 
MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012. Erin has 
received numerous honors since joining the profession including being a 
Spectrum Scholar (2010-2012) and a Joint Conference of Librarian of Color 
Scholar (2012). She currently serves on the Georgia Library Association’s 
Public Relations Committee and is an Assistant Book Review Editor for the 
Georgia Library Quarterly. Her professional interests include diversity in 
publishing and collections and local history.

Denise Tabscott
Denise Tabscott is the recipient of the 2016 MANGO Languages / NMRT 
Professional Development Grant. Denise is a Middle School Librarian for the 
Metro Nashville Public Schools. She earned her MLS in 2014 from Middle 
Tennessee State University. Denise was selected as the recipient of the 2016 
National Library Legislative Day Award / Stipend for YALSA and the 2015 MNPS / 
Limitless Libraries Librarian of the Year (student choice). She currently is a 
member of the YALSA Summer Reading and Learning Taskforce committee and the 
Tennessee Library Association’s state conference committee. She has 
demonstrated an outstanding commitment to professional development already 
through state and local conference attendance, leading school system wide 
breakout sessions, and presenting at local and state conferences, Denise has 
attended numerous classes and webinars through the American Library Association 
and its divisions working to hone her skills as a librarian and teacher. Her 
professional interests include advocacy, unconferences, Ed Camps, and book 
award selection. She is currently working on her doctorate in Literacy Studies.

Congratulations to both Erin and Denise!

More information about the NMRT Professional Development Grant, including a 
list of past recipients, is available on the NMRT Awards, Grants, and 
Scholarships webpage 
http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/264/apply


Nicole Tekulve
Director, Patron Experience
UTC Library
Room 119 A
(423)425-5130

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[ha-Safran] new Ottoman/Turkish Judaica title

[RIFAT BALI]

Dear Safranim

Please note our forthcoming title which will be available mid/end April:

Cengiz Sisman, *Transcending Diaspora: Studies on Sabbateanism and Dönmes*,
Libra Kitap, İstanbul, 2016, 260 p., ISBN: 9786059022699

Price : $ 50.- plus postage. Payment by credit card and/or paypal. For
paypal payment we will reflect paypal fees on the invoice. If interested
please send us your orders.

Back cover text:

This volume contains nine separate yet interconnected articles on the
Ottoman-Jewish messianic Sabbatean movement and the Dönmes in early modern
and modern times. The articles are linked by three common issues: 1- How
did the Dönmes survive their enigmatic identity among the Jews, Christians
and Muslims throughout the centuries; 2- How did the outside world perceive
and treat them? And 3-How did the dialectical relationship between Dönme
and the Others transform Dönme identity over time?

At the heart of the Dönme self-preservation over centuries stands a crucial
and yet idiosyncratic belief with regards to the Diaspora and the
Holy/Promised Land. They radically re-conceptualized the notion of the Holy
Land, and transcended the painful idea of being away from the “home.”
According to this belief, any land –say Salonica, Istanbul or Izmir- on
which the Dönme steps transforms its character and turns into the Holy
Land. With this new reinterpretation, the new Holy Land could be—and
was—considered a new ontological abode. It is not clear whether this idea
was conceived during the time of Sabbatai Sevi, but it is certain that it
has been utilized by later Dönme generations in order to engender genuine
survival mechanisms and mental comfort in the lands in which they lived.


The author is an Assistant Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern History
at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

kind regards

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Rifat Bali
Librabooks
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel :  90 - 212 - 232 99 04 / 05
Fax:  90 - 212 - 231 11 29
www.librakitap.com.tr
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[ha-Safran] April Jewish Book Carnival

[Heidi Estrin]

The April Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from 
across the blogosphere, is being hosted by me, Heidi Estrin, at The Book of 
Life. You can see the Carnival here 
http://www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-jewish-book-carnival-april-2016.html.
 You'll find links to Jewish book news, book reviews and author interviews. 
Thanks to all the participating bloggers!

May's Carnival will be hosted by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod on her blog, 
Adventures in MamaLand. To participate, submit your link by May 11, 2016 to 
jay3...@gmail.com.  One link per participant is 
preferred.



Enjoy!

Heidi Estrin
Librarian, Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, FL
he...@cbiboca.org





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