[ha-Safran]: Basic Reference Books

We are about to start reorganizing our temple library that has been sadly neglected over the past several years. Does anyone have any suggestions for a core collection of basic reference works? Is there a definitive list anywhere? I already have suggestions from the URJ called "Building Your

[ha-Safran]: Author references/recommendations

We are a K-8 school in Baltimore, Maryland and would like some feedback from anyone who has had experience with Sonia Levitin as an author-in-residence. We would like to know how she related to the kids, was she easy to work with, whether she was interesting, exciting, etc. Please respond off

[ha-Safran]: New documentary MY ISRAEL- REVISITING THE TRILOGY

I thought the members of this listserv would be interested to know about MY ISRAEL-REVISTING THE TRILOGY now available through Women Make Movies. In MY ISRAEL-REVISTING THE TRILOGY, Tel-Aviv born Yulie Cohen embarks on a difficult and emotional journey to free the surviving terrorist who attack

[ha-Safran]: NoveList coverage of Jewish fiction

I took the liberty of relaying to my colleagues at NoveList (for whom I do some freelance writing) some of the concerns that have been expressed on this list about their coverage of Jewish fiction. Their Data Manager told me that she has checked out the AJL website and will be pointing catalogers

[ha-Safran]: To Share room at the AJL Conference

Hello! I am interested in finding people who wish to share rooms for the AJL conference. I am a first-time attendee. Thank you! Nancy ( Poole) Gerlach --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association o

[ha-Safran]: Transforming America's Israel Lobby - a book review

Safranim shalom, For those interested in a review of the following book: Transforming America's Israel Lobby: The Limits of its Power and the Potential for Change By Dan Fleshler (Potomac Books; 272 pp.; $24.95) www.jewishpolicycenter.org/935/transforming-americas-israel-lobby All the best,

[ha-Safran]: Three New Bibliographies

Hi everyone, We have just added three new bibliographies to the Bibliography Bank thanks to Kathe Pinchuck: Guidelines for Using Holocaust Literature with Middle and High School Students Counting the Omer Shavuot Susan Berman Bibliography Chairman --- Messages and opinions expr

[ha-Safran]: Closing all high school libraries - SOS

To counter that argument that libraries are no longer needed Susan Dubin AJL President - Original Message - From: Richard K. Moore To: calib...@lists.sjsu.edu Cc: herri...@winthrop.edu Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Closing all high school libraries - SOS

[ha-Safran]: Elazar Website - new URL

Safranim shalom, Due to the fact that Geocities is closing down, I have transferred my site to Google. New URL: Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/ Classification site: http://sites.google.com/site/mtevansco/elazar-classification Please inform anyone having links to my s

[ha-Safran}: "Children's Jewish Book Month"????

I got an inquiry from a non-Jewish kidlit blogger, asking me if I'd ever heard of Children's Jewish Book Month - which I hadn't. She'd received the press release below from Artscroll. It looks like they are initiating a Children's Jewish Book Month as a way to pump up sales in May. Does anyone

[ha-Safran]: Barcodes in Athena

Hi, Do any of you who use the Athena cataloging system know how to print a list of available barcodes? Thanks!! Joan Tedlow Temple Solel, Cardiff, CA --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Associ

[ha-Safran]: Jewish cartoonists at TCAF this weekend

>From : "miriam libicki" On Sunday afternoon from 4:30-5:00, in the "Learning Centre 2", I'll be doing a comic reading/slideshow & talk, which is, like the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, utterly free & open to the public! I've done variations of this reading for students at UW as well as the A

[ha-Safran]: Help with an article

Hi everybody, One of our Professors is interested in an article written by Wallace E Lambert.. . He remembers that it was published around 1970-71 and dealt with Lithuanians. I looked everywhere but couldn't find it. Can someone please help by sending me the reference? Thank you very much! Sm

[ha-Safran]: Ghetto: Jews,African-Americans, and the Urban

Imaginary at UC Santa Cruz X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com

[ha-Safran]: Blessed is the Match DVD now available

Dear Colleagues, i am pleased to announce the release for educational institutions of the excellent film about Hannan Senesh called Blessed is the Match. Below are the instructions on how to order as well as 2 PDFs, one with a poster and one with all of the information. I highly recommend thi

[ha-Safran]: Nomi Levy (San Diego Hebrew School)

Please forgive, campers, but I can't think of another way to get to Nomi Levy at the San Diego Hebrew Day School I send you emails and stuff and they all get bounced back at me with the note: "Inappropriate Language used!!!". It is true that I have been known to make sailors blush while cruising c

[ha-Safran]: Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal

Hi all, I'm new to this list and just entering my third term in the LIS program at Wayne State University. For the past 20 years I've been the general and managing editor of Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal, which is now published by Indiana University Press Bridges has a brand new special iss

[ha-Safran]: Audio and Video of AJL-NYMA Workshops Available Online

The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter is pleased to announce that the following are now available on our website: 2009 School Library Workshop Guidelines for Using Holocaust Literature With Middle School and High School Students Beryl Bresgi - Librarian, Solomon Schechter Day School of Berg

[ha-Safran]: Modern Zionism textbook

Dear Colleagues, I have been asked to post the following title by the author, a colleague in my school. I have included some reviews, too. Lillian Steinberg Librarian, HAFTR High SchoolCedarhurst, NY 11516 "For the Sake of Zion: Pride & Strength through Knowledge" Tuvia Book This educa

[ha-Safran]: Lecture on Nazi Propoganda at Library of

Congress-May 18 atNoon X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on

[ha-Safran]: Lecture on Ethiopian Jewry at the Library of

Congress May 11at noon X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on

[ha-Safran]: Question about the Middle East

Dear AJL librarians, I am posting this reference question for my colleague. We need to find the components of populations in the 6 GCC countries in the Middle East (UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait). Would you know of any resources that give the percentage or the number

[Hasafran]: American Girl series, Rebecca

Jackie Greene, the author of 'Out of Many Waters" and "One Foot ashore' and 'Nathan's Hanukkah Bargain' is going to be in New York at the Children's Book Expo and the Jewish Book Council's author luncheon. This will be part of the launch of her American Girls series, "Rebecca" 6 volumes about a Rus

[ha-Safran]: Duplicate copies of Conservative Judaism

I have duplicate copies of numerous issues of Conservative Judaism, available for the cost of postage: Vol 60 – no. 3 (Spring 08) and no. 4 (Summer 08) Vol 59 – no. 1 (Fall 06), no. 3 (Spring 07), no. 4 (Summer 07)\ Vol 58 – no. 1 (Fall 05), nos. 2-3 (Winter/Spring 06), no. 4 (Summer 06) Vol

[ha-Safran]: AJL newsletter reviews

I only just noticed this line of discussion about AJL's newsletter reviews with Linda's message below. I'd like to add my 2 cents. I agree that it is in AJL's best interests to share our reviews as widely and freely as possible. Only by having the outside world become aware of our points of v

Re: [ha-Safran]: AJL-NYMA Spring Conference

Congratulations to NYMA for once again hosting such an outstanding opportunity for professional growth. Thank you for setting the standards in our profession. Sincerely, Susan Dubin AJL President --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not ne

[ha-Safran]: NoveList coverage of Jewish fiction

I took the liberty of relaying to my colleagues at NoveList (for whom I do some freelance writing) some of the concerns that have been expressed on this list about their coverage of Jewish fiction. Their Data Manager told me that she has checked out the AJL website and will be pointing catalogers

[ha-Safran]: Educational websites about Lag Ba'Omer

Hi Everyone! The Jewish festival "Lag Ba'Omer" is Tuesday, May 12, 2009. If you are flying over Israel on Monday night (11th) and you look down out of your plane, you will see thousands of bonfires dotting the landscape as far as the eye can see. There are various customs and explanations for thes