Re: [ha-Safran] I'm retiring!

[Abigail Yasgur via Hasafran]

I knew her when! Ann from working on our MSLIS degrees together in the
1900s (1984-1986) to running into each other at conferences...good work,
sacred work, you kept your head down and did the work. Congratulations on
the retirement thing!
Abigail Yasgur


On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 7:18 AM Ann Abrams via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear safranim, I wanted to share the news with you that after 39 years,
> I've decided to retire as the Librarian of Temple Israel, Boston, on June
> 21, 2024. (I know - some of you are thinking -- wait, didn't she retire
> already? That's
> Dear safranim,
>
> I wanted to share the news with you that after 39 years, I've decided to
> retire as the Librarian of Temple Israel, Boston,  on June 21, 2024.
>
> (I know - some of you are thinking -- wait, didn't she retire already?
> That's ok if you're thinking that -  you're not alone!  😊)
>
> As you can imagine, this is a mixed decision for me, as I have loved my
> job, and everything that came with it.   I have been very fortunate to
> have had this fun, enriching,  purposeful career, and you were an important
> part of why it was so fun, enriching and purposeful!  And, often, you made
> me look very good when I needed help with a research request and you came
> to the rescue!
>
> And, it is time to move on.
>
> And in response to the question I often get, "So, what are you going to
> do, now?"
>
> I've also been fortunate in that I've been teaching English to adult
> immigrants and other English learners for six years, and will teach
> full-time, starting in the fall.  I have loved this work - especially the
> students -  and it's been a gift to learn a new skill at this time of
> life.  So, although I'll greatly miss my work as a librarian, I feel
> lucky to have a fairly soft landing as retirements go.
>
> I want to say thank you to all of you for your many years of
> collegiality, and wonderful times at conferences!   I have learned so much
> from you, and, as a solo librarian like many of us are, I never felt alone
> with AJL in the wings.
>
> And, for anyone in the Boston area, if you're interested in coming to a
> Friday night service on June 21 where I'll have the opportunity to thank
> the congregation for this wonderful career, please let me know and I'll
> send you the details.  (It will also be zoomed).
>
> Wishing you all a Shabbat filled with Shalom,
>
> Ann
>
> Ann Abrams, Librarian
> Temple Israel of Boston
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Re: [ha-Safran] Support for Israel

[Abigail Yasgur via Hasafran]

Too bad they didn't get ahead of this by condemning the terrorists brutal,
heinous attack. That is the least ALA could have done. Too little, too late.

On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 3:48 PM Rebecca Levitan via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> If you're holding out hope that ALA will put out a statement about what is
> going on, and one that's in favor of Israel to boot, you're going to be
> waiting a long, long time. Don't hold your breath. On Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 6:
> 14
> If you're holding out hope that ALA will put out a statement about what is
> going on, and one that's in favor of Israel to boot, you're going to be
> waiting a long, long time.
>
> Don't hold your breath.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 6:14 PM Rose Shoshanah Seidman via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Beth this is helpful BUT this statement is from AJL NOT from ALA
>> It would be good to hear from ALA an association of 50,000 vs AJL an
>> association of 500 mostly Jewish and many Israelis. Thanks again Beth
>> Shoshanah Get Outlook for iOS
>> Thanks Beth this is helpful BUT this statement is from AJL NOT from ALA
>>
>> It would be good to hear from ALA an association of 50,000 vs AJL an 
>> association
>> of 500 mostly Jewish and many Israelis.
>>
>> Thanks again Beth
>>
>> Shoshanah
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>> *From:* Beth Dwoskin 
>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 15, 2023 11:45 AM
>> *To:* Rose Shoshanah Seidman 
>> *Subject:* Re: [ha-Safran] Support for Israel
>>
>> AJL Statement on Israel
>> 
>>
>> AJL Statement on Israel
>>
>> The Association of Jewish Libraries stands in solidarity with Israel and
>> its people. We are profoundly shocked a...
>>
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>> On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 11:56:01 AM EDT, Rose Shoshanah Seidman
>> via Hasafran  wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks to the NFL and the MBL (Major League Baseball) and Netflix and Ben
>> Sasse the president of the University of Florida for voicing their disgust
>> at Hamas terrorist acts of last Saturday. Did I miss a statement by the
>> president of our professional
>> Thanks to the NFL and the MBL (Major League Baseball) and Netflix and
>> Ben Sasse the president of the University of Florida for voicing their
>> disgust at Hamas terrorist acts of last Saturday.
>> Did I miss a statement by the president of our professional association,
>> ALA, or weren't there any? I guess there weren't any otherwise our dear AJL
>> president would have shared it with us.
>> I guess there are more guts and courage in our entertainment leagues than
>> our educational associations not even talking about our elite universities,
>> Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Northwestern, UCLA.
>>
>> Shoshanah Seidman
>>
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[ha-Safran] American Jewess

[Abigail Yasgur via Hasafran]

Hi,
I am looking for a local-to-Los Angeles historian who could do a
scintillating presentation on The American Jewess. I am in touch with the
Jewish Women's Archives and some other, but I thought if there is someone
on this list who could be helpful...
I may pull together a presentation about the publication and its
personalities myself, but thought I would check here...

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Re: [ha-Safran] Sad news

[Abigail Yasgur via Hasafran]

I have been mourning the death of our dear Adaire Klein. I have been
revisiting my first meeting with her: In 1991 I was newly married, heading
from Boston, MA to LA, CA via Teaneck, NJ where my husband's parents lived.
I had need of a mikvah in Teaneck and went to one close by. I sat in the
waiting room near a woman staffing the desk who said, "Oh I am just here
with my daughter, she's the mikvah lady-I'm just visiting and watching the
desk here. She'll be back in a minute." I was so struck by this woman's
voice. We got to talking and she told me she was visiting from Los Angeles.
Adaire asked me what I did and I told her that "I'm a librarian and had
just left my research librarian position at Harvard. We're moving to Los
Angeles." She laughed and said "I'm a librarian. When you get to LA let's
talk about what you're gonna do." Adaire was my introduction to the field
of Judaic librarianship in Los Angeles. She also welcomed and encouraged me
to be involved with the Association of Jewish Libraries.
In LA, we became friends, enjoying shabbat meals together ( I remember her
tiny dog named Cinnamon--blind, deaf and three legged), and lunches during
the week. We flew to Sacramento together to help a synagogue librarian
(Posh) whose library had suffered some damage . We shared ideas and a bond
over the idea that if all our kids learn about Jewish life is the Holocaust
then they "will head for the hills" (her words).
Manny, her husband who preceded her in death, was in my life as well. He
was a talented worker and could fix most anything. He created built-in
bookshelves in our home, pretty much according to Adaire's and my specs
because we could guarantee that the shelves will never sag under the weight
of books.
In 2013 it was my honor as president of our synagogue, B'nai David-Judea to
speak of the Klein role at our shul. Adaire and Manny's work in the shul
was vital. Adaire and Manny welcomed all and made newcomers feel important.
Every year on Simchat Torah, the children of the shul are called to gather
for a blessing under a gigantic tallis. Manny and Adaire contributed that
tallis. Adaire's reach went far beyond the walls of our shul. Her work in
the Los Angeles community with people who were choosing to become Jews, to
teach them week after week the ins and outs of being a Jew--was holy work.
And we all know of her work with the Library of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center--this too was sacred work.
I will cherish the times I spent with Adaire,
I will cherish the memory of our first meeting. It was fortuitous. I was
lucky to have known her.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 4:46 AM Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> I'm very sorry to hear of Adiare's passing. As others have mentioned, she
> was a kind, very knowledgeable, and caring person. Adaire was one of the
> first people I met when I went to my first AJL conference in Miami Beach in
> 1991, and
> I'm very sorry to hear of Adiare's passing.  As others have mentioned, she
> was a kind, very knowledgeable, and caring person.  Adaire was one of the
> first people I met when I went to my first AJL conference in Miami Beach in
> 1991, and was a great colleague, always very helpful, when I moved to
> Southern California and joined AJLSC later that year.  In 1995, when we
> held the first joint AJL-ALA program in Chicago, she was one of several
> excellent presenters in a session that dealt with a range of different
> collections in which Adaire detailed the purpose, goals, programs, and
> materials in the Wiesenthal Center.  She will be greatly missed by her
> family and, of course, the many friends and colleagues she made in AJL over
> the decades.  May her memory be for a blessing.
>
>
> *Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
> *Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
> *The University of Michigan *
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> *eger...@umich.edu* 
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> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:02 PM Robbin Katzin via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I am sorry to inform you that Adaire Klein passed away in Jerusalem on
>> Friday. Adaire was the long time librarian at the Simon Wiesenthal Center
>> in Los Angeles. Robbin Katzin Chicago, IL ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
>> ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
>> I am sorry to inform you that Adaire Klein passed away in Jerusalem on
>> Friday.  Adaire was the long time librarian at the Simon Wiesenthal
>> Center in Los Angeles.
>>
>> Robbin Katzin
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Re: [ha-Safran] Sale of Card Catalog Drawer Units

[Abigail Yasgur via Hasafran]

Objet d’art
Form and function.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 17:40 Aviva Rosenberg via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> They're supposed to be great for storing yarn! On Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 6: 02
> PM Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran  wrote:
> I’ve seen card catalog drawers used as a dining room sideboard. You can
> catalog your silverware
> They're supposed to be great for storing yarn!
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 6:02 PM Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I’ve seen card catalog drawers used as a dining room sideboard. You can
>> catalog your silverware by type. Shannah tovah, Jackie Jackie Ben-Efraim
>> Sent from my iPhone On Sep 22, 2022, at 1: 14 PM, Michelle Margolis via
>> Hasafran 
>> I’ve seen card catalog drawers used as a dining room sideboard. You can
>> catalog your silverware by type.
>>
>> Shannah tovah,
>>
>> Jackie
>>
>> Jackie Ben-Efraim
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 22, 2022, at 1:14 PM, Michelle Margolis via Hasafran <
>> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Oh wait! That was for a *framed photograph* of a card catalog - I imagine
>> the actual one would sell for more then. Try ebay? Michelle On Thu, Sep 22,
>> 2022 at 4: 08 PM Michelle Margolis  wrote: Take a
>> look at Etsy -
>> Oh wait! That was for a *framed photograph* of a card catalog - I imagine
>> the actual one would sell for more then.  Try ebay?
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 4:08 PM Michelle Margolis 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Take a look at Etsy - there are lots of them for sale there (the first
>>> result was $43.95, which seemed somewhat arbitrary).
>>>
>>> I've seen so many uses for them - including as a wine cabinet :)
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 3:58 PM Andrea Rapp via Hasafran <
>>> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>>>
 Wow, you still have them? We gave ours away to be used as planters. I
 don’t remember what was used to fill in the bottom opening slot. Too many
 years ago. Andrea On Sep 22, 2022, at 2: 53 PM, Linda Roth via Hasafran
 
 Wow, you still have them? We gave ours away to be used as planters. I
 don’t  remember what was used to fill in the bottom opening slot. Too many
 years ago.
 Andrea

 On Sep 22, 2022, at 2:53 PM, Linda Roth via Hasafran <
 hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

 
 Shalom Safranim, With enthusiasm (and also with a touch of
 trepidation), I have decided to phase out our physical card catalog. The
 information is all computerized, with regular on-site and off-site backups,
 etc. The lovely wooden card catalog

 Shalom Safranim,

  With enthusiasm (and also with a touch of trepidation), I have
 decided to phase out our physical card catalog.  The information is all
 computerized, with regular on-site and off-site backups, etc.  The lovely
 wooden card catalog drawer units are now taking up space that might better
 be used for more book shelves.  We are incorporating a couple of new
 collections of books and the shelving units would be put to good use.
   We have three units of 5 x 5 drawers, two of them have
 pull-out shelves between the second and third row of drawers. The drawer
 units sit on wooden tables to lift them up off the floor.  I can send
 pictures, if that would be helpful.

   I want to offer them for sale.  But I don’t know what would
 be a good price for them? Someone suggested that a furniture salvage
 company might take them. But as I said, I would prefer to be able to sell
 them, if I can, rather than donate them.

   I am not suggesting that any of the Safranim would want to
 buy them. But, am I correct in my hope that someone or someplace would
 be interested in buying them? What have other folks done with their
 drawer units?  What price do you think I might expect to get for them?

   I thank you in advance for your help.

  *Shanah tovah u’metuka!*
 Linda Roth
 Director of Library Services
 Meyers Library
 Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
 8339 Old York Road
 
 Elkins Park, PA 19027
 
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[ha-Safran] Indexing apps?

[Abigail Yasgur via Hasafran]

Does anyone know about indexing apps
Names? Recommendations for academic books,
AY
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Re: [ha-Safran] Searching images in newspaper at LOC

[Abigail Yasgur via Hasafran]

This is great news. Shanah tova, gmar Tov.

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 8:48 AM Haim A Gottschalk via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Safranim/niyot, et al.,
>
> The Library of Congress recently launched a new search feature where one
> can search for photos from historical American newspapers using Newspaper
> Navigator.
>
> Newspaper Navigator 
>
> Newspaper Navigator
>
> 
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> Gemar hatimah tovah,
> Haim
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Re: [ha-Safran] Fanny Goldstein Merit Award

[Abigail Yasgur via Hasafran]

Zach,
Thank you for sharing the long version of your career path. Your
professionalism and collegiality are unparalleled. Thank you for your long
dedicated service to libraries, librarians, and the field of librarianship.
Chag kasher v’Sameach
Abigail Yasgur
Los Angeles, CA

On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 3:39 PM Zachary M Baker via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I had hoped to join you at this year’s AJL Conference in Evanston, which
> for understandable reasons has been canceled along with so many other
> activities and functions. With Passover imminently upon us, here we all
> are, sheltering in place, hoping that this frightful pandemic will soon
> pass.
>
> When Elliot Gertel called to inform me that I am the recipient of the
> Fanny Goldstein Merit Award, I was deeply touched — and I am very grateful
> to AJL and to the committee members for the recognition. In a subsequent
> e-mail exchange, Elliot asked me to send him a few paragraphs that might
> summarize my career highlights, for inclusion in the conference program
> book. In the end, I sent him a couple of versions: one long and one short.
>
> Presumptuously and with apologies, I am sharing the long version of my
> career summary. Please feel free to jump to the next e-mail in your in-box!
>
> My first paid library job was during the year following my college
> graduation (1972), when I worked as a clerk in the reference department of
> the Hennepin County Library, which then served suburban Minneapolis (now
> HCL covers both the city and its suburbs). HCL in those days was one of the
> most innovative public library systems in the U.S. Its visionary adirector,
> Robert Rohlf, hired Maurice (Mitch) Freedman as head of Technical Services;
> Mitch, in turn, brought in Sanford (Sandy) Berman as the library’s Head
> Cataloger, after Sandy and his family were ejected from Idi Amin’s Uganda
> in 1972. One of the librarians with whom I worked in County Reference was
> Rosalind (Roz) Reisner, who is now an active member of AJL.
>
> I put in a second stint at HCL, working my way through library school at
> the University of Minnesota (1974-75). As I neared the end of my studies I
> wondered what I might do next. A few months before graduation I received a
> brochure from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, announcing course
> offerings for its academic unit, the Max Weinreich Center for Advanced
> Jewish Studies. One listing particularly caught my eye: Internship in
> Judaica Librarianship, co-taught by Dina Abramowicz and Bella Hass
> Weinberg. I showed the brochure to Sandy Berman, who encouraged me to
> enroll in the internship program — and to inquire about job prospects at
> YIVO for an entry-level librarian. In January 1976 I began the internship
> and the following June was hired as assistant librarian, to catalog Yiddish
> books in the YIVO Library’s Vilna collection.
>
> It was during my first stint at YIVO (1976-1981) that the genealogical
> craze, spurred by the TV series “Roots,” really took off. In that
> pre-internet era, with access to Soviet and East European archives still
> largely cut off, specialized institutions such as YIVO were important for
> family history research. Dina Abramowicz asked me to attend a meeting of
> the nascent Jewish Genealogical Society in late 1977 and when I reported
> back to her the following morning, she duly delegated the responsibility
> for genealogical reference service to me. I began to write for *Toledot:
> the Journal of Jewish Genealogy*, whose editors, Arthur Kurzweil and
> Steven W. Siegel, encouraged me to update David Bass's bibliography of
> Eastern European Jewish memorial books (*yizker-bikher*), which had been
> published in *Yad Vashem Studies*. I followed suit, and that bibliography
> went through several iterations —including its being included in the two
> editions of the anthology *From a Ruined Garden*, edited by Jack
> Kugelmass and Jonathan Boyarin (1983 and 1998).
>
> It was while I was working at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal
> (1981-1987) that our Association’s flagship journal, *Judaica
> Librarianship*, was launched. Bella Hass Weinberg (founding co-editor,
> with Marcia Posner) solicited my participation as the journal’s “Responsa”
> columnist. Thus began my longstanding connection with the journal, as
> Contributing Editor, Style Editor, and (eventually) Editor-in-Chief.
>
> Not long after I returned to YIVO in 1987 as Head Librarian, Bella and I
> began to edit the *Yiddish Catalog and Authority File of the YIVO Library*,
> which was published by G. K. Hall, in 5 volumes, in 1990. We anticipated
> that the eventual retrospective conversion of the Library’s catalog would
> not entirely supersede this facsimile of the Library’s Yiddish card
> catalog. Of my other publications during that period I take special pride
> in “The Case of the Soviet Sholem Aleichem: A Bibliographic Detective
> Story,” which was published in *The Book Peddler* (