of what to look forward to next year. Perhaps
the video will be available on YouTube /or on the AJL website for
those who missed it.
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson, MLIS
(trying to unwind after a somewhat stressful week ; I don't think
I'll attempt 2 presentations in one conference ever again
Does anybody have advice about how
much cash, both American and
Canadian, we should bring to the convention? (It's
probably wise to
get some Canadian money before we go, so we have it already
when we
get there, and don't have make a special trip to a bank.)
Usually, that's the
Looking for the cover of the June-July 2005 issue of Hadassah
Magazine (uses the cover of Rabbi's Cat 2).
If anyone can e-mail a color scan to me, please let me know.
Thanks!
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson
(working on a presentation on Jewish women in comics for the AJL
convention in June
shelf, which may be found
at
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1686576-steven-bergson?shelf=jews-and-comics
It only has 77 titles at the moment.
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson
(who is currently trying to figure out which scans to use for a
Jewish Women in Comics presentation in June
,
Steven M. Bergson
Toronto, Canada
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The blog where I found it mentioned is Book Covers Anonymous, which
took notice of the Incredible date stamp illustration. I must agree
with that.
If I ever give a presentation on Judaica book covers, this one will
certainly be one of my examples.
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson
http
Position : Library Technician
Please send resume to : seil...@usds.ca
Harold Robbins Academy (formerly USDS) is a Jewish day school for
grades K-8 (Toronto)
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into the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and find a timely message of
understanding and hope not often heard from this part of the world.
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B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson
Toronto, Ont., CANADA
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or out-of-print, but it sounds
like an excellent resource.
Incidentally, I found the listing while doing a Google Books
search. In addition to that title, they also have copies of the AJL
Newsletter indexed with snippet views allowed.
Steven M. Bergson
Jewish comics blog
http
Wondered whether any of you
had seen
it.
AS a matter of fact, I have seen it. My review copy arrived in the
mail on Friday and I read the introduction the following day.
My review won't appear until the May-June issue of the AJL Newsletter
and I don't plan on reading any more of it until
Honorable mention goes to a site which, it seems, Henry had meant to
include, but which got edited out of the article
Incunabula,Hebraica Judaica at Library Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/incunab/index-e.html
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Toronto, Canada
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Messages
I am looking for advice in cataloging the book version of
Waltz with Bashir.
First, would you consider this fiction or non-fiction?
I don't have the book yet, but based on preview pages it closely
mirrors the film (which I did see).
The film book are a collection of war memoirs, the
(is that a verb?), combined with podcasting,
could really help non-attendees get a sense of what they missed if
they can't go to convention.
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson
Toronto, Canada
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I received the following reference question via the Jewish Comics
blog I maintain. I don't have an answer for the poster, but - since
it is about a book, specifcally - I thought I'd repeat the query to the list.
This may seem strange, but I'm hoping you (or someone who reads this
blog) can
From : miriam libicki realgonegirlstud...@gmail.com
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
I looked up Blake Eskin's book on Wilkomirski, and LC
uses 'Literary
forgeries and mystifications' along with
'Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),
in literature'. Does that do it?
For the book ABOUT Wilkomirski his book, yes. But
Meanwhile, Wilkomirski's book, Fragments, has the
book Angel Girl recalled)
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Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel Nextbook present :
BYFI Fall Forum
Culture Shock : Jewish Writing in America
Date:
Sunday November 9, 12-4pm
Venue:
92Y Tribecca,
200 Hudson St, NYC
www.92y.org
TICKETS
Event admission: $15-$30
Session 1:(12-1:15pm)
Canon Fodder - What Distinguishes the
Some of you might recall how back in 2002, the webmaster for
MyJewishBooks.com posted a message on hasafran asking us to share
which book(s) we were reading at that time, so that he could put the
answers up on his website.
You can still see / read the answers at
Courtesy of Washington DC comics scholar Mike Rhode, who posted this
at
http://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2008/11/nov-6-israeli-comics-lecture-at-library.html
*
Drawing both from Judeo-European and American cultures, comics have
been a mainstay of Israeli newspapers and readers' markets since the
(forwarded from Leah Larson)
If it wouldn't be too much trouble, do you mind sending out one
telling people where they can vote for YALDAH to win the grand prize
of $100,000? Voting just opened today and will be open until November
10th. To vote visit www.wellsfargo.com/somedaystories and vote
I hadn't really paid close attention to it before, but several of the
notable YA authors of historical fiction that takes place during the
Holocaust are women.
I found the description of a panel on the topic at the Second Story website.
Those of you who attended the 2006 AJL convention might remember Leah
Larson, who spoke there about her magazine for Jewish girls (Yaldah).
Today, I came across an article at
That would be in Look Back, Mrs. Lot! (Atheneum,
1961), p. 5-24 and thew story is called simply The
Difference :
Harry looked up and started crying. As the four
helicopters flew by, he was bawling like a child. 'You
see, Klein,' I said to him, 'that's the difference.'
Messages and opinions
)
1970 (2)
1963 (3)
1962 (3)
1952 (2)
1950 (2)
1900 (7)
There's also (by default) a breakdown by language,
which looks like this :
Language
English (109)
Czech (3)
German (1)
Hope that helps!
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson,
Toronto, Canada
(presenter at session 3D at next week's convention
It looks like my time away from the reference desk has
made my research skills a bit rusty. At least that's
the excuse I'm using for forgetting to double-check
with LCSH first for the proper subject heading, which
is JEWISH COOKERY, not JEWISH COOKBOOKS.
Therefore, the URL I should have used is :
--- Etta Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's a book that's either about Hannah Szenes
(sometimes spelled
Senesh) or that consists of her writings and poetry.
I'm looking for
the edition that has a forward by Abba Eban. I want
to get it for my
niece, who is also Hannah.
Found it
--- Aviva Astrinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you for bringing this report to our attention.
We will add it to our antisemtica collection.
I am curious if you also have the 3-page comix work
When the Goddamn Jews Take Over America by Robert
Crumb in your antisemitica collection. Though
Just a humble suggestion.
Perhaps it would help subscribers if posters were to
use bracketed classifiers to identify the type of
message being posted. After all, librarians are the
best suited to classify information. ;)
suggestions
[ADMIN] - administrative details (e.g. the list will
be on
--- Steven M. Bergson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
3 years later and Dr. Oboler (post-doctoral fellow in
Political Science at Bar-Ilan University) has posted
an article alleging that Wikipedia is biased against
Israel and specifically against the pro-Israel media
watchdog CAMERA.
I left
Some of you who have read my Cyberspace columns in
the AJL Newsletter might recall the last column I
wrote, back in 2005, Wiki, Wiki, Rise and Shine
about the wikis in general and Wikipedia specifically.
The article is online at
http://ajlontario.tripod.com/column15.htm
One of the observations I
The Palestinian Refugee Issue: Rhetoric v. Reality
The URL for the article is
http://globalpolitician.com/24528-palestinian-refugees-palestine-israel
From the introduction :
The Palestinian refugee issue has festered for sixty
years and remains a major stumbling block in reaching
an
--- Linda Silver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For the latest version
(which could also change
before the convention but not substantially), see
the Convention 2008 page
on the AJL website, www.jewishlibraries.org.
I will also add that if you skip to the last page,
you'll find the Last
short article in Lilith Magazine v.31(2) Summer 2006,
p. 6.
Ironically, the public library - that most secular of
institutions - has replaced the Torah as a major
source of Jewish knowledge. I - and others, I suspect
- head to the public library clutching the titles of
Jewish books reccommended
--- Janice Levine wrote:
Is
there a teacher's guide that is available? Please
also let me know
where I can purchase a copy.
There's a 12-page Facilitator's Guide online (Acrobat
format) at
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/guide.pdf
Since it's at the PBS website, I'm assuming you
--- Joy Rich wrote:
Is it the feeling of this list that it is not
particularly important
to have an idea of a
salary before applying for a position?
Daniel Strassman works for Joel H. Paul Associates,
Inc. Executive Recruiting Consulting. Judging from
orther ads on the site (see
By the way, is there a translation of Mein Kampf
into Hebrew?
The closest I've found was via
http://worldcat.org/oclc/32340306 :
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One of the most interesting queries I was given was by
a woman writing a Holocaust memoir. She gave me an
obscure name (I can't recall it, at the moment)
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I am gathering readings that deal with Jewish
food (which go well
with dinner).
Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen, won the 2003
Commonwealth Writers Award for Best First Book, Canada
and Caribbean Region, and the 2003 Canadian Jewish
Book Award.
Graphic Novels
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Here's some food for thought.
We recently discussed how educators seem to be taking
librarians and libraries for granted, even though we
are at the forefront of learning, using AND teaching
the technology which they assume is able to replace us
so easily.
Esther Kustanowitz, who recently
--- Linda Silver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| There is virtually no
| recognition of libraries in
| the initiatives and publications of JESNA, PEJE,
| CAJE, or any of the
| organizations that support Jewish education.
{snip}
| The handwriting has been on the wall for
| quite a while so
| perhaps
Postville (I assume based on the book)
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Dear Colleagues:
I am sorry to share with you the sad news that Dr.
Edmond (Yehuda Lipsitz) has pased away.
Date of Funeral: Monday, June 4, 2007
Time of Funeral: 4:00 PM
Location of Funeral: Steeles Memorial Chapel, 350
Steeles Ave. W. (Toronto)
Location of Burial: Pardes Shalom Cemetery,
--- Daniel A. Scheide [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe Megillat Esther by JT Waldman?
I was going to suggest that, but text-wise there's not
a lot in there that one wouldn't find in a standard
translation of Esther. It's graphical and there is a
little drash here and there, but it's mostly an
I would recommend the following 3 :
Dropsie Avenue : The Neighborhood by Will Eisner (DC
Comics, 2000)
Adolf by Osamu Tezuka (Viz, 1995) [5 books]
Klezmer by Joan Sfar (First Second, 2006) [only volume
1 has been published thus far]
Steven M. Bergson
http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com
I am trying to find information about a Hebrew
translation of a Tintin book by the author-illustrator
known as Herge. The Hebrew title would be
transliterated as Erets ha-zahav ha-shahor. If anyone
has a copy of the book or access to a library that has
a copy, please let me know off-list by
Safranim / safranot,
The following message was posted to the comix scholars
listserv, but considering its relevance for Judaica
librarians and scholars, I thought it appropriate to
share with hasafran.
B'shalom,
Steve
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From: Sara Willett Duke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Although it has no info about West Bank story, there
is a Recent Films section at the Jewish Film World
website which lists websites /or e-mail addresses for
new Jewish films -
http://www.jewishfilmworld.com/newreleases.html
The Archives section provides the table of contents
for the 1st 3 issues
and Religion
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11th paragraph :
[The Beguiling comic shop manager Chris] Butcher
describes how comics have become widely accepted as a
suitable medium for telling serious stories. He
recounts attending a
I'm assuming you mean actual game-playing rather than
fictional sports movies.
If you are interested in the latter, I enjoyed
watching the following film that made its Canadian
premiere at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival earlier
this year :
WINNING WITH MIKI
ISRAEL 2005, 76 min
Hebrew
Director:
Has this volume been sent out yet or was there a
delay?
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B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson, Research Administrator
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
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I don't understand fantasy stock markets much better
than I do fantasy sports leagues. I suppose it's for
those who enjoy the thrill of playing without actually
... ummm playing.
Fantasy stock markets are nothing new, but about a
week ago, I discovered a website which functions as a
stock
.
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson, Research Administrator
Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto
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We are looking for a photographer and a blogger. If
either of these
nouns could describe you, please contact me.
The South Florida chapter has bloggers. Perhaps one of
them will volunteer.
Would this be the first AJL conference to be blogged?
]
The film may be downloaded from
http://www.xenutv.com/cults/wave.htm (Realplayer
format, 2 parts)
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson, Research Administrator
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (Research Dept.)
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to use at
the Purim service --- something I plan to do this
year.
Personally, I would either place it in the TaNaKH
section (BS in Library of Congress classification, 220
in Dewey) or in the Comics Graphic Novels section
if your library has a special section for that format.
B'shalom,
Steven M
, but it wasn't working
at the time.
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson, Librarian
Jewish Public Library of Toronto
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B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson, Librarian
Jewish Public Library of Toronto
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when a
developmental disability strikes. It should be out in
2007.
Well, that's about all the Jewish GN plugs I can think
of, at the moment. My mind is more concentrated on
Holocaust comics graphic novels since I'm working
on that presentation (only 1 week away).
B'shalom,
Steven M. Bergson
Yasher koach to the folks at Library of Congress who
have succeeded at updating the LC catalog so that it
can now display non-Roman characters!
Steven M. Bergson, Librarian
Jewish Public Library of Toronto
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My review of _Keys to the Garden_ is still archived
there.
Hope this helps.
Steven M. Bergson, Librarian
Jewish Public Library of Toronto
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The NPR website, http://www.npr.orgwww.npr.org ,
gives local station listings and may make an audio
version of the
interview available as well.
I can be a bit more precise, Linda.
Follow this link :
Hi Alba! Missed you at convention this year.
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What museum would be so dumb as to leave a bunch of
nice junk lying around
with a sign that says in large friendly letters:
Have at it. What
exhibitors and museum curators would not work
together
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Perhaps someone at Chabad Media - on - Line could
read the Hebrew inscription?
I enlarged the scan so that I could better read it.
A transliteration of the inscription is :
ha-sha`ar la-YY (hashem) tsadikim yavo'u kan
I still don't know which
--- Heidi Estrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recently bought a
book called In The
Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and
Librarians, edited by Michael
Cart.
The website for that book is at
http://www.overlookpress.com/fiction/instacks.shtml
2 others that you might want to look at :
I've already told you about the Database of
Award-winning Children's Literature
(http://www.dawcl.com) which has a
Ethnicity/Nationality of Protagonist or Tale for
which Jewish is an option.
Linda Silver has told us about the site she implemnted
- Jewish Values Finder -
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