[ha-Safran]: Large Print The Pomegranate Pendant

2010-02-09 Thread Chaim Mazo
Available in LARGE PRINT The Pomegranate Pendant, by Dvora Waysman ISBN 978-9657344217 $19.95 When Mazal and Ezra ben-Yichya embarked in 1882 on their long journey from Sana'a to the Holy Land, their young hearts were filled with dreams of the glory they were sure awaited them in Jerusalem. But

Re: [ha-Safran]: Maggie Anton (Rashi's Daughters)

2010-02-09 Thread Liz Edelglass
I missed the query about Maggie Anton, but I can say that we brought her to New Haven in the fall as part of our Jewish Book Festival. I thought she was fantastic. She spoke entirely without notes -- taught Talmud and history and also discussed her novels and the writing process. She was a

RE: [ha-Safran]: Maggie Anton (Rashi's Daughters)

2010-02-09 Thread Chaya Wiesman
Another series of books with insight into Jewish life- and Jewish/Christian relations in Medieval Europe (mostly France but also England and Scotland) is a series of books by Sharan Newman - The Catherine LeVendeur series. Currently there are 9 books in the series. The author is a series

[ha-Safran]: Quote Source needed

2010-02-09 Thread Aviva Adler
I am looking for the source of a quote that (I think) is attribited to R' Avraham Ibn Ezra. The quote is Ha'avar Ayin V'hatid Adayin, V'hoveh Over K'Heref Ayin. Daaga Minayin Or in English: The past is no longer, the future-not yet. The present is like the blink of an eye, so why worry? If

[ha-Safran]: Large print books with Jewish content

2010-02-09 Thread Julie Moss
This is a list of our large-print collection for people wondering what's available. Some may be out of print now, but for sale through vendors via Amazon Marketplace or other sources. I just thought I'd share with all of you. LARGE PRINT BIBLIOGRAPHY – Fairmount Temple Library / Beachwood,

[ha-Safran]: Reprints of Modern Classics from JPS

2010-02-09 Thread Anita Bihovsky
JPS is excited to announce that we are re-releasing two important works from our treasure trove of classic Judaica: Modern Poems on the Bible, edited by David Curzon and Judaism as a Civilization by Mordecai Kaplan. For more information on these books, please access the books on the JPS

[ha-Safran]: Position available for volunteer librarian

2010-02-09 Thread Faya Cohen
Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan, a small boy's yeshiva on the Upper West Side of Manhattan is looking for a volunteer librarian(perhaps retired) who is familiar with the Opals Library System to continue to computerize the library holdings and provide librarian services to students and teachers.