Another important book is Adjusting Sights by Haim Sabato (Toby Press). A
bestseller in Israel, this book describes the experience of a young soldier
in the Yom Kippur War. It has also been made into a movie.
Best,
Stuart Schnee
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A book entitled Nature Man in the Bible by Yehuda Feliks (Soncino Press,
1981) describes plants and animals in related to Biblical verses. While it
does not list all flowers in Tanach, there is an index where plants are
mentioned.
Hope this helps you.
Basya Karp, Librarian
Shulamith School
A late reply for the person whose friend was curious about Judaism. At
last year's convention a speaker from the Jewish Outreach Institute, headed
by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, presented on the topic of resources for
librarians; he was part of a panel addressing serving diversity in the
Jewish
Safranim- I have a teacher here who is looking for the original French
version of the Assembly of Jewish notables - answers to Napoleon. We have
two editions of the Enlgish translation and he would like to see the
original French. If anyone has a copy and would be willing to xerox and
fax
I found the following available from a Jewish perspective:
The new Israel atlas, Bible to present day;
by Zev Vilnay (1968)
and Martin Gilbert has put out a number of historical atlases of
Jewish/Israel history. Some include biblical times.
Dina Tanners
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Here is another suggestion that I just received from a modern Orthodox
cousin: Dina Tanners
Here is another suggestion that we found really exciting. We sponsored
Rabbi/Dr. Sidney (Shnayer) Leiman as a scholar in residence at our
shul a few years ago, andhe was fabulous. He is a real scholar and
I am pleased to inform you that author Rabbi Levi Meier will be available
on a limited basis to speak for synagogues and other organizations in
Southern California starting in late May as his new book Second Chances:
Transforming Bitterness to Hope and the Story of Ruth (Urim Publications)
is
Perhaps this would help:
Plants of the Bible / by Harold N. Moldenke and Alma L. Moldenke.
Author/Contributor: Moldenke, Harold N. (Harold Norman), 1909-
Publisher/Date: London : Kegan Paul, 2002.
Series (Searchable only by keyword): Kegan Paul library of religion and
mysticism
Description: xix,
If you look up Plants in the Encyclopedia Judaica, I
believe there is a complete list, with citations.
Andrea
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I've been lurking on this group for a while and have found the discussions
extremely informative.
My name is Avital Ordan and I'm a librarian at the Harman Science Library,
Hebrew University and at the Western Wall Heritage Foundation (which runs
the Western Wall
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