[ha-Safran]: Where to Buy Jewish Children's Books at a Discount

2008-10-05 Thread Michelle Sandler
Dear Librarians: Where do I buy Jewish children's books to get the most books for my money? I am thinking of current books from the last four years or so. Thank You for your previous responses. My choices could be: Amazon.Com Barnes and Noble.Com Barnes and Noble Books-A-Million.Com Borders

[ha-Safran]: Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference

2008-10-05 Thread Anna Olswanger
Don't forget! The tenth annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference will take place on November 23 at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. Conference organizers include AJL members Steve Siegel and Anna Olswanger. The conference will include presentations by Kathe Pinchuck, Chair of AJL's

[ha-Safran]: Music bibliographies

2008-10-05 Thread Marie
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had a list of recommended compact discs of Hebrew/Israeli/Jewish music suitable for elementary school children that you'd be willing to share. I am working on developing some priorities for a music collection for Temple Ohabei Shalom (currently we have almost

[ha-Safran]: Introducing myself

2008-10-05 Thread Kolodney, Uri
Hello, My name is Uri Kolodney. I was recently appointed as the Interim Hebraica Judaica Bibliographer at the University of Texas at Austin Libraries. From previous postings I understand that some of you knew Nathan Snyder. If you have any questions about Nathan, please email me off list.

[ha-Safran]: The Man Who Spoke to God

2008-10-05 Thread Heidi Estrin
Happy New Year, Safranim. Here is a press release I received from a local author, on the book he wrote about his father who was a well-known cantor. Enjoy! Heidi Estrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Congregation B'nai Israel, Boca Raton, FL THE MAN WHO SPOKE TO GOD: Book/CDs capture the artistry of

[ha-Safran]: Buying New Jewish Books at a Discount

2008-10-05 Thread Michelle Sandler
Where do I buy new Jewish books at a discount? I will be buying about 70 books or so. Sincerely Michelle Sandler Librarian Westwood College Anaheim, CA Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of

[ha-Safran]: Duplicate Hebrew books

2008-10-05 Thread Veronica Belling
Shalom Safranim After just sending off a large shipment of duplicate and other Yiddish donations to the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, I was wondering what if anything one can do with large numbers of duplicate Hebrew books mostly from the 1950s and 1960s? I don't think that they

[ha-Safran]: The Book of Life goes Canadian

2008-10-05 Thread Heidi Estrin
FYI, I've just posted the first of 2 October episodes of The Book of Life. This one introduces our new Canadian Correspondent, Anne Dublin, as she leads a discussion with the member of her Toronto writers' group. On October 15 we'll be posting our Blog Action Day episode, so be sure to check

[ha-Safran]: The Old Collection Of Hebrew Manuscripts IN

2008-10-05 Thread Hirsch, David
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[ha-Safran]: Cataloging Jewish - Yoga materials in Elazar

2008-10-05 Thread Halber, Michelle
I'm looking for ideas on cataloging our Yoga materials in our Elazar collection – we currently have two books… one on Yoga using Hebrew letters, and one on Yoga using Torah. I think we should put them in the same place, but the best I can up with at the moment is 164.9 (Non-Jewish

Bar Ilan Responsa

2008-10-05 Thread Yelena Luckert
Hi all, I wonder if anyone have been experiencing technical difficulties in running the Responsa database. We have an online version. Many thanks for your help. -- Yelena Luckert Librarian for History, Jewish, Slavic and Women's Studies University of Maryland Libraries College Park, MD

[ha-Safran]: News Report of interest to librarians from HaAretz

2008-10-05 Thread Lisa Silverman
Here is the beginning of a report from the Israeli newspaper, HaAretz about how Israel has banned books in Arabic from a major supplier —the entire article can be read here: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025545.html 'How can the People of the Book be against books?' By Reuters

[ha-Safran]: Updated Website for Sylvia Rouss, author of the

2008-10-05 Thread Sylvia Jeff Rouss
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[ha-Safran]: Educational resources for Sukkot

2008-10-05 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 2.60 (**) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT,PORN_RP_VIDEOS,URIBL_SBL X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www .

Re: [ha-Safran]: Where to Buy Jewish Children's Books at a Discount

2008-10-05 Thread Susan Dubin
Dear Michelle, You can get Jewish books at all the places you named. There are also several booksellers who advertise in the AJL Newsletter and post announcements on HaSafran. In addition, AJL has arranged with Kar-Ben and Pitspopany/Devora to offer discounts to members. Mackin also offers a

Re: [ha-Safran]: Introducing myself

2008-10-05 Thread Susan Dubin
Welcome, Uri! We are very happy to have you as a member of AJL and wish every success at UT-Austin. You made a good decision to ask for an AJL Mentor. I know Leah will be agreat help to you. We also welcome your posts to HaSafran. Our organization is very friendly and willing to help each