A few years ago I made some field trips to local synagogue libraries to
see what other folks do, trying to update my synagogue's. I was sad to
hear, in these upper middle class communities that books are often not
returned, at least not without much prodding via phone, etc. One place
said they
Thank you, Yaffa Weisman!
Enid Sperber
Temple Israel of Hollywood
7300 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323)876-8330 Ext. 217
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We have received a number of requests for information about the family
Shabbat discussion guides that the BJE of Greater New York produces and
distributes during the school year. Here's the information:
Around the Shabbat Table is a program of the Board of Jewish Education of
Greater New York
A Hebrew teacher is looking for a dictionary edited by Eliezer Ben
Yehuda. She wants one that he compiled not later Hebrew dictionaries.
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Our full color spring catalog of books appropriate for Jewish libraries is
now available. Please reply with your postal address to receive your copy.
Thank you.
Chaim Mazo
Mazo Publishers
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I have not seen the books mentioned in the original post, so I can't
comment on their eligibility for an award or their suitability for
inclusion in one collection or another on the basis of their particular
merits. However, I want to register my opinion that to provide Jewish
children with books
Safranim --
This morning's New York Times Book Review has a top-of-the-page review of
Sylvie Weil's My Guardian Angel.
The reviewer is Julie Salamon.
Fred Isaac
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Hebrew puns translated into other languages
I am gathering a collection of Hebrew expressions that appear in other
languages as idioms or nonsense. Some examples are provided below,
using @ = aleph, X = het, and 3 = aiyin. I hope the members of the
list can provide additional examples.
Type 1:
Our children love the story in The Diamond Tree called
Chusham and the Wind. Where can I find other stories
about Chusham, (the Iraqi chelmite)?
Andrea
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The 10th Gourmand World Cookbook Awards took place on February 11 in
Sweden, with over 320 attendees from 29 countries. Rogov's Guide to
Israeli Wines, by Daniel Rogov, was announced as one of the three best
wine guides in the world this year, from hundreds of entries.
Tom Stevenson, the
The Association for Research Enlightenment (A.R.E.) of New York City is
offering the 24 volume 1994-1995 Sefer HaZohar publishedby the Press of the
Yeshivat Kol Yehuda..., Old City,Jerusalem and Richmond Hill, NY. The
title page includesthe following information:
Sefer ha-Zohar 'al hamishah
Just to clarify, I agree with Linda Silver that James Howe'
Kaddish for Grandpa is absolutely unacceptable in any
Jewish Library for many reasons but particularly because of
the very syncretism Eli Wise seems to be referring to when
he speaks about assimilation.
When the editor sent me
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