replacement.
Good luck,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head (retired)
Archival and Special Colletions, University of Guelph Library
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL
was responsible. Apart from that, however, it's fine.
Bernard.
Bernard Katz
Former head, Archival and Special Collections
University of Guelph Library
Founding treasurer, AJL-Ontario Chapter
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and are not necessarily
perused most of the the Canadian entries and find them to be
very thorough and accurate. Best of all is the concept of the
encyclopedia as a growing resource - yasher koakh to all involved!
Khag Purim sameakh,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz
Retired head, Archival and Special Collections
be aware of inherent
biases in reviewers, regardless of their bent, and seek a range of
reviews if at all possible.
All best,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz
Retired head, Archival and Special Collections
University of Guelph
Founding treasurer, AJL-Ontario Chapter
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Dear Liz (and all on Hasafran),
As your message to the list was posted by the list moderator only 5
min. before mine, I doubt you had the opportunity to read what I said
about Kanada before you sent yours in. Please read my postings -- do
not simply take the word of the AJL Newsletter reviewer
War II; Holocaust; Jews; Hungary. Resource Links Rating: *E*
(Excellent, enduring, everyone should see it!), Gr. 7-12. 2006,
Tundra Books, 247p., Pbk. $12.99. Ages 12 to 18.
Please draw your own conclusions about what I think of the book!
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, MA, BLS
University of Guelph Library
Dear Safranim,
Re David Elazar's posting about this 2007 report by Denis MacEoin,
issued by the Policy Exchange, a London, UK think tank described by
the Daily Telegraph as: the largest, but also the most influential
think tank on the right (The Right's 100 Most Influential,
November 2, 2007),
Excellent idea Steve! But it would be good to reduce the number of
categories to about 1/2 dozen for the sake of simplicity and ease of
remembering them when sending an e-m to the list.
Shabbat shalom,
Bernard
Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author
I wish that all of David Elazar's postings were as straightforward as
he claims they are, or as generally helpful as Susan Dubin fnds them to be.
Unfortunately I deleted his May 13 posting to Hasafran and so cannot be
explicit about the content of that posting. Nor can I remember how to
search
is a *serious* one khevre - please don't dismiss it out of
hand!
B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
founding
Dear Ms. Warshenbrot,
I believe that Diary of Devorah Bernstein by Carol Matas can be
obtained from Scholastic Publishing in the USA. It was published by
Scholastic in
Canada,
Sincerely,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin
).
The Special Publisher Recognition Award
WINNER: Second Story Press: Margie Wolfe, President
and Publisher.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
treasurer, Association for Canadian Jewish
.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
founding treasurer, AJL-Ontario
treasurer, Association for Canadian Jewish Studies
founding member, Canadian Jewish Book Awards
and past chair
presents some of the realities about
how Israel's actions have corrupted moral values, just as Y. Leibovitz
predicted in 1967. Web site includes full ordering info and a clip
from the film: www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=54035v=hlg=en#.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special
to the
raison d'etre of this list, I strongly question the inclusion of such
messages as this one. Tell me why it should be on *this* list, please
and thank you.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University
Hi Yoel and everyone - success - here's the film in question!
All the best,
Bernard.
The EVACUEES (Great Britain, 1975)
About two Jewish boys evacuated to Blackpool from war-torn
Manchester. Brothers Neville and Danny find a stark contrast between
the warmth and life of their family home and
in many ways - I won't give away the plot more
than that. Perhaps someone
on the list will remember the name of the film?
Shana tova,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive
clear legal transfer of title and subsequent provenance...
Shana tova,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
founding
take a
look at your old grad school notes :-)
Where I heartily agree with Aviva is her remark about not doing any
analysis of individual titles in a series. That's like throwing out
the baby with the bathwater! Viva Aviva on that score!
B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special
by the US Supreme Court so many years ago.
B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
and founding
.
As librarians, we ought to be sensitive to these matters and
remember that curbing free speech is a step not to be taken
with alacrity.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive
. It depicts interaction with Israeli and Syrian
officials in a very real and humane manner and context. The Israeli
and Syrian soldiers at the checkpoint are human beings and not
stereotypes. I highly recommend it.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
Gender Studies
Area Studies (Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America)
I think that is a very fair statement of what they do, in my experience.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University
for a rite of passage: his Bar
Mitzvah. His older sister Fran is a consistent, wise, and loving
presence in his life. This summary is by Eileen Berdon.
A good khol hamoed Pesakh to everyone, Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
, a freylikhen yom tov tsu alle, Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
and founding treasurer, AJL - Ontario Chapter
,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
and founding treasurer, AJL - Ontario Chapter
Ha-Safran
Vriens is the director. The film places
these brazen murders in the context of historical anti-Semitism in
Argentina, ex- President Carlos Menem's ties to the Arab world and
even Israeli government reluctance to pressure the Argentinians to
investigate the crimes.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former
.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
and chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Task Force
Ha-Safran
What an interesting thread this has been so far, with the postings by
Alba Toscano, Aaron Kuperman and others! Many thanks for the discussion!
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
I also agree with Aaron Kuperman's and David Birnbaum's well stated
views and conclusion that the proposed heading should be rejected.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author
Shalom David,
My sincere apologies for my memory lapse. I relied on what you had
included from my posting in your own message (you referred to it as
being so included further down) and of course that was only part of
what I had written, as you in fact said it was. I should have gone
back to my
, if that is the alternative to censorship.
In the hope that others will join in the discussion with David and
me, b'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog
to describe those beliefs equally to Jews, the
same word must be used for Muslims. I hope in this day and age that
we all understand that there are extreme views in the Muslim and
Jewish and indeed every other human grouping in the world. B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head
, posted March 9, I quoted your own more recent
posting, again in its entirety.
As a mench and a scholar, my integrity is extremely important to me,
and I would never quote someone selectively so as to misrepresent their pov.
Zay gezunt un shtark,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former
Again Eli Wise's comments make me think that he has not read the book.
He asks, If the book was supposed to give a picture of the pain and
difficulties that Israeli and Palestinian children have as a result
of the conflict why is it necessary to give the impression that a
Palestinian child
David Elazar poses some questions in his posting about book selection
and censorship. However, he tries to draw a parallel between anti-semitic or
Holocaust denial books, or children['s] books glorifying the acts [of]
Al Qaida, and books about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I
believe his
I don't agree with everything you said re negatives in your review,
Linda, but you captured the essence of what this book is about. And I
*do* agree with your comments below - well said, Linda!
B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
voting and get more of our members to participate in voting has led
to a amend- ment which does not adequately protect the membership as a whole.
B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former
Kathy,
Your points are well taken, but one ought to be clear and precise in
a constitutional document. Please see my just-sent posting in
response to Joy's comments. And please understand that I'm not for a
moment trying
to negate what's been done and what continues to be done, to keep
AJL
of living with the frightening terror of suicide bombers and
the armed might of an occupying army trying to suppress that terror.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive
for mandatory parole
this may. See the CJN story: www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=8469s=1.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress
the western world.
WOW - Eli, that's a tall order to hang on the neck of a book like
this! And frankly, with respoect, in that regard it's way out of line.
B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library
electronically - or for that
matter, some who may be abroad and for whom electronic voting is the
best means available should a mail-in vote be called. Now how can we
get such a change into
place as an amendment?
B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library
discussing. I don't think there's any
opposition to that - or is there?
B'shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books
,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
and founding treasurer (not current) of the AJL Ontario Chapter
Messages
be used so long as there are proper
safeguards. The proposed AJL wording, as noted by Ted, is not
sufficiently clear.
At this point in time, I too am faced with having to vote NO simply
because I have been given no other choice in the matter!
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special
as well as those of scholarly interest now are
being printed on good, even acid-free paper. B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books
of hand!
Shabbat shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
founding former treasurer, AJL-Ontario Chapter
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
and chair
Directory (1st ed., 5760/1999-2000): Harriet Safran
Publishing, 3183A Bathurst St., Toronto M6A 2B2 = 416-785-8185.
Toronto Jewish Seniors Directory (undated, but pre-2001): BC List,
#210-2175 Sheppard Ave. E., Willowdale M2J 1W8 = 416-495-0700.
Shabbat shalom,
Bernard Katz, former
Following on Nanette Stahl's colleague at the Yale Library, Hasafran
members likely will enjoy reading the following remarks made by Paul
Tankard of the University of Otego in New Zealand on the SHARP list.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
.
But there are also other bases, such as current market value, which
would take into account depreciation, wear and tear of the collection,
etc. The replacement cost is likely to require professional valuation.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
(cheques
made out to Parchment) from: The Centre for Jewish Studies, Vanier 260
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
Canada M3J 1P3
Bernard Katz, former head
' but this should kill the active mold.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author
and are not necessarily
bicycling, bowling and curling. He was on the city council in
Montreal and was president of the YMHA there. Rubenstein died in 1931.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
Messages and opinions
Dear Anne - a wonderful acheivement - mazel tov! Please tell us when
and where the book launch will take place...
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University
'!
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)
treasurer, Association for Canadian Jewish Studies
and chair
Well done Donna and Estelle - you have worked very hard to achieve this -
yasher koakh!
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books
and a bibliography of early editions from the
1840 edition. (Used to be $20, ISBN: 0-934710-07-4, don't know if i.p.)
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
Author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M
for shipping elsewhere. If interested, please e-mail Dr. Carmelly:
[EMAIL PROTECTED].
B'shaalom,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress
One book that comes to mind immediately is by Prof. Adele Reinhartz: Why
Ask My Name: Anonymity Identity in Biblical Narrative. Oxford U.P.,
1998. ISBN: 195099702. It is excellent and won the Canadian Jewish Book
Awards prize for Biblical and Rabbinic Scholarship.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former
You're OK Steve - in Canadian copyright law you are allowed (as a
not-for-profit library) to do exactly what you did as part of your
collection management activities. Shabbat shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library
York Press, 2002). Clearly
this is an 'academic' work! in the full record, LC gives the Dewey
classification as 181/.06 21, compared to LC's BM545.D35 D53 2002.
Good hunting!
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin
., 1981).
I'll leave the fields of Jewish 'art songs', liturgical and classical
music and other genres to others...
Shabbat shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
and founding Treasurer
cannot read rejoinders to the articles). But
I'll consider it alongside other materials about Tom Segev's work.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
and founding Treasurer, AJL
and found that
Karsh was not to be trusted. Such is the dificulty we face as librarians
who have to make choices and select books for our readers. It is no doubt
one of the most difficult and intellectualy challenging tasks we do!
Shabbat shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections
when they seem harsh and contrary to what we may
have been taught, as long as they are documented by reputable writers.
To do otherwise is to do a terrible diservice to our library users and
denegrate one of the foundation stones of our profession.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special
agreement with Barry
Walfish, my colleague in the Ontario Chapter, who gave a very fair mini-
review of it as part of this discussion. Shabbat shalom,
Bernard.
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development
by the well-known Israeli film makers Dan
Setton and Tor Ben Mayor.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
and Chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Task Force
as the term of copyright protection. So you likely are in the
clear for an 1840 publication. Find out when Fuerst died to be certain.
Please note that you should not take anything in my remarks as legal
advice.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development
In response to Donald Weinshank's comments, as I understand it this is
not a copyright issue, rather it is proceeding as a violation of OCLC's
ownership of the Dewey Decimal system's trademark. Trademarks persist
without limit of time - for example Coca Cola.
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special
There is such a landsmanshaft in Toronto. I can obtain the information and
send it to you if you wish.
B'shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
Treasurer, AJL - Ontario Chapter
the music is included, tho' it isn't the most traditional
version! Of course, there are several melodies, and any Hagadah will have
the song near the end of the book, following the conclusion of the seder
proper with the singing of Next year in Jerusalem!
Shabbat shalom,
Bernard Katz, former Head
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