[ha-Safran]: Machzorim Available]

2011-08-23 Thread ALBA TOSCANO
Hey hey all! News from the USCJ Prez-list: If anyone out there just happens to be looking for Harlow Majzorim, here are two synagogues who are happily giving them away: FIRST ONE Temple Emanuel of Newton (MA) still has about 2000 of the Harlow Mahzorim available Contact: Executive Director,

[ha-Safran]: Request for Articles on Nevo Legal Database

2011-08-23 Thread Nancy Poole
Greetings Safranim: Does anyone out there have access to the Nevo Legal Database? If so, could you send these two articles? 1. Assets of Holocaust Victims (Return to Heirs and Dedication for Purposes of Assistance and Immortalization) Law 5766-2006, SEFER HAHUKIM [S.H.] [Book of Laws, Official

[ha-Safran]: Updated list of books giving away, including

2011-08-23 Thread Ann Abrams
some Judaica in German X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=YhhhcVvq/Bf3xBNEvzTEV9JHGW2mXul7kEbaqsyQnMQ= c=1 sm=0 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=ugFvkfIBRL/WdPz6TiXDkA==:17 a=XSDLthMC:8 a=Yh5rguDO:8 a=Vt2AcnKq:8 a=pSZzf3RB:8

[ha-Safran]: Two New AJL appointments

2011-08-23 Thread James Rosenbloom
Hello. I'm pleased to announce two new appointments. Jackie Ben-Efraim is the new Ads Manager. I will soon send out an e-mail address for her. Zachary Baker will be stepping down as editor of Judaica Librarianship following the publication in the early fall of the new issue. Rachel

[ha-Safran]: LC Classification changes

2011-08-23 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
Hevral I've compiled a list of LC Classification changes of interest to Judaica collections. If the spacing does not come out looking nice on HaSafran, I can send you a Word document. Compiled from LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION WEEKLY LIST Jan -July 2011 Philosophy (General)

[ha-Safran]: Why Software is eating the world

2011-08-23 Thread Andrea Rapp
including the book world. I hope list members will take a look at the Wall St. Journal piece today (Saturday) called Why Software is Eating the World. What does this mean for the future of synagogue and community libraries, as well as for librarians? What should we be doing now so that we

[ha-Safran]: Cataloging issue

2011-08-23 Thread fredis...@aol.com
Safranim -- I sent an unsolicited review to Daniel Merrily this week. It's a piece on In the Garden of Beasts, the bestseller by Erik Larson on the American Ambassador to Nazi Germany in the mid-1930s. I'm still pondering the question whether or not to add it to my synagogue library (which

[ha-Safran]: Beyond Politics: Inspirational People of Israel

2011-08-23 Thread MAZO
Before Mazo Publishers could let you know about a newly published book, Overseas Press Club (OPC) member Al Kaff wrote his perspective on Beyond Politics: Inspirational People of Israel by Ronda Robinson. Here's what he said: Examine a nation through its people, not through the headlines. That