Re: [ha-Safran]: Inquiry about The G-d Project

2011-03-31 Thread Lee Paskind
Friends - This question was raised on the Conservative rabbis' listserve a few weeks ago as many of us received contacts from this group. The concensus was that this is a Jews for Jesus type organization. I haven't verified that personally but I would proceed with utmost caution. Lee Paskind

[ha-Safran]: Question about film

2011-03-31 Thread Noreen Wachs
Dear Safranim, In my previous email I forgot to add the name of the film I am looking for. It is Does anyone own that film? Is it suitable for sixth graders to see? thanks Noreen Wachs Librarian Ramaz Middle School --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual

RE: [ha-Safran]: re: By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan

2011-03-31 Thread Rachel Kamin
I just want to second Eileen's recommendation. We just had Mitchell James Kaplan speak at NSS Beth El this past weekend and he was fabulous! He facilitated our book club's discussion of his novel, By Fire, By Water, on Shabbat afternoon and presented on 1492: The Rest of the Story on Sunday

[ha-Safran]: New AJL Podcast Episode: Climate Action

2011-03-31 Thread Heidi Estrin
At last year's AJL convention in Seattle, we heard from a Carbon Coach, who suggested ways to enhance our efforts at tikkun olam, or caring for the world. Here's the podcast of the session! http://jewishlibraries.org/podcast/?p=583 Enjoy, Heidi Estrin he...@cbiboca.org --- Messages

[ha-Safran]: Book on Jewish WWI veterans

2011-03-31 Thread Aviva Astrinsky
Greetings from Canada, I write to inquire as to if your library would be interested in receiving a copy of Profs. Michael and Shlomit Kerens' We are Coming, Unafraid: The Jewish Legions and the Promised Land in the First World War. The Kerens' recently published book tells little-known stories

[ha-Safran]: Fleeing Nazi Germany to success in America?

2011-03-31 Thread Aviva Astrinsky
From: Elise Fischer Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 1:27 PM To: Aviva Astrinsky Subject: FW: Fleeing Nazi Germany to success in America? Jewish woman's captivating story of fleeing pre-Nazi Germany to success in America MIAMI BEACH – A Jewish woman who not only escaped Nazi Germany but

[ha-Safran]: The AJL Podcast: What IS it?

2011-03-31 Thread Heidi Estrin
This is the third entry in my series about technology used by AJL. The first two entries covered the AJL Blog and the Jewish Book Carnival. You can find them in the Hasafran archives. I'm planning future episodes about Twitter and Facebook. If there are other topics you'd like to hear about,

[ha-Safran]: Hillel library organization and some technical questions

2011-03-31 Thread Michelle Chesner
Hi Safranim, I just met with Emily Finkel, the Program Coordinator for the Columbia/Barnard Hillel. Emily is working on a project to catalog the books in the two libraries at the Hillel (a general library - with history, philosophy, etc. - and a Beit Midrash - with primarilly rabbinic

[ha-Safran]: New publication in Turkish on Jews of the Ottoman empire

2011-03-31 Thread RIFAT BALI
Dear Librarians , dear patrons We would like to bring to your attention the foll new Judaica title: Ziya Sahin, Turkiye Yahudileri, Akil Fikir Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2011, 206 p., ISBN: 978605619542-6 $ 18.- plus postage It's the history of the Jews of the Ottoman empire. Please contact us

[ha-Safran]: Invitation to a free event

2011-03-31 Thread Liza Stabler
Please post the invitation below to any listserves to which you belong: Thanks, Liza Stabler You are invited, along with any guests, to the next event in The Library-Museum Lecture Series at Temple Emanu-El: THE DAILY MIRROR, INDEED! Writer/editor Alana Newhouse will discuss the long,

[ha-Safran]: Interview with New College President

2011-03-31 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
Have you every wanted to have a voice in the college's upper management? For my blog I wrote an imaginary interview a new college president who used to a librarian. I have completed three parts. http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/2011/03/part-three-of-imaginary-interview-with.html After reading

[ha-Safran]: Reminder - April 15th deadline for News /

2011-03-31 Thread Uri Kolodney
Reviews contributions X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=pN6kzQkhXdmdOr6Akjoh3kGBD/S3UyPMKQp53EJY+ro= c=1 sm=0 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=ugFvkfIBRL/WdPz6TiXDkA==:17 a=pSZzf3RB:8 a=Vt2AcnKq:8 a=3nwEH7o0Pw2vceFYh5sA:9 a=yS-6SONaSHbwOLwEmXoA:7

[ha-Safran]: Looking for these old children's books

2011-03-31 Thread Andrea Rapp
Friends, a number of you on the list have expressed the desire to provide our Shavzin-Carsch Children's Collection with old children's books that we lack and that you may have, but no longer need or desire, in your own collections. After going through the Jewish Book Annual bibliographies of