great idea! count me in.
Dr. Yaffa Weisman
Library Director
Frances-Henry Library
Los Angeles, CA
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
Phone: 213-765-2170
Fax: 213-749-1937
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Question:
If the reviews are going to be password protected on the AJL website,
doesn't the link from/to Amazon reviews defeat the purpose of members'
exclusivity?
In other words: should we consider making the reviews an open-access
site that we can share with interested users?
Dr. Yaffa
Louise,
We used Ibn Tibbon's : Make books your companions... The full quote
can be found in the Treasury of Jewish Quotations.
Dr. Yaffa Weisman, Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Adjunct Associate Professor
Modern Jewish Studies
HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
213-765-2170
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Adjunct Associate Professor
Modern Jewish Studies
HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
213-765-2170
From: Kenneth Jaffe [mailto:avbenb...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 1:05 PM
To: Weisman, Yaffa
Subject: Jewish Music Bibliography
Dear Dr. Weisman
Dear all,
Our 5 years old minhag of supporting MAZON The Jewish Response to
Hunger (http://mazon.org/) will resume at the convention banquet on
Tuesday, July 6.
There will be plenty of reminders in Seattle this is just a heads
up to get you excited and to remind you to bring your
A new book about synagogue leadership written by three HUC-JIR faculty members.
Dr. Yaffa Weisman, Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Adjunct Associate Professor
Modern Jewish Studies
HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
213-765-2170
VISIONS OF THE SACRED COMMUNITY
by Isa
Rabbi Mel Silverman (HUC-JIR, 1971) just published his memoire Born
Jewish Becoming a Jew describing his beginnings in the Boyle Heights
neighborhood of East LA, his career as a rabbi and a prison chaplain
and his transformative mentors in the Reform Movement and in the academia.
Published by
Dear Colleagues,
Please see employment opportunity in the Los Angeles area below
Dr. Yaffa Weisman, Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Adjunct Associate Professor
Modern Jewish Studies
HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
213-765-2170
Dear Yaffa,
Per our phone
This just begs for some levity, so here goes my reputation as a somewhat
serious librarian:
Veronica,
You at least get baboons, while most of us only get the occasional
assess...
yaffa
Dr. Yaffa Weisman, Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Adjunct Associate Professor
Modern Jewish Studies
HUC-JIR,
One of our local rabbis just published:
Change Happens: Owning the Jewish Holidays in a Reconstructionist Tradition
The publisher is: Cherbo Publishing
The ISBN # is 978-0-615-26226-0
People can buy the book by ordering online at Kehilat Israel's
website at www.kehillatisrael.org or by
Here is the LC cataloging information for the Pink Triangle:
SUBJECT Male homosexuality - - Germany - - History - - 20th century.
SUBJECT Concentration camps - - Germany - - History - - 20th century.
SUBJECT Homosexuality - - Law and legislation - - Germany.
SUBJECT
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www.huc.edu/libraries/la
From: leonard chesler [mailto:lgl...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 1:21 PM
To: Weisman, Yaffa
Cc: lgl...@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Request for suggestions on publication resources
It was a pleasure talking to you regarding our interest
[mailto:markabbot...@gmail.com] On
Behalf Of Mark Stern
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:20 PM
To: Weisman, Yaffa
Yaffa -
The library contains approximately 1000 adult books and 270
children's books. A small segment of the children's material is
audio. There is one, dedicated room with a large table
I'll second that!
Dr. Yaffa Weisman
Library Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-JIR
3077 University Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90007
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
213.7652170
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Frances-Henry Library
Los Angeles, CA
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
Phone: 213-765-2170
Fax: 213-749-1937
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Dear Friends,
Thank you for all the feedback, private and public, for and against,
regarding my latest post.
My posting goes to the issue of politicians banning books, questioning
the judgement of professional librarians, and to librarians'
responsibility to allow uncensored access to collections
Friends,
I know this listserve is to be politically neutral, so I am only
forwarding one paragraph of an email I received today that is
pertinent to our shared interest. The other parts identify the author
of the email and her credentials.
Dear friends,
I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I
Please take time to respond to this fun survey. G-d (Gott, g-d) knows we
need all the help we can get when it comes to identity issues
Dr. Yaffa Weisman
Library Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-JIR
3077 University Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90007
www.huc.edu/libraries/la
To all of you who helped supported and gave and kept giving and
smiling while doing it all - thanks from the bottom of my heart. I
just sent out $3480 to MAZON, and wouldn't you know it - with $120 in
pledges - we are giving TWO RALLY BIG Chai's to MAZON!
It doesn't mean we have to stop there,
I would like to extend an invitation to visit the Frances-Henry
Library at HUC-JIR in Los Angeles, to all out-of-town AJL members who
will be coming to Anaheim, California, for the ALA Convention.
The Hebrew Union College campus is located 31 miles NW of the
Convention Center and is easily
The Frances-Henry Library at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion in Los Angeles is looking for a part time technical
assistant in the area of stacks mailntenance.
Library Technical AssistantStacks Maintenance (P/T)
JOB SUMMARY
Perform a variety of library specific and clerical
Friends,
Here is a recent report from Jewish agencies in Southern California
about the impact of the fires on everyday life.
Dr. Yaffa Weisman
Library Director
The Frances-Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-JIR
3077 University Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90007
www.huc.edu/libraries/losangeles
The Frances-Henrt Library of HUC-JIR in Los Angeles is looking for a
part-time (20 hrs/week) Circulation Desk and Public Service Assistant.
The Position is open beginning September 1, 2007
JOB SUMMARY
Greet and assist patrons at circulation desk
Answer telephone at circulation desk refer
I am trying to find a Hebrew article written by Rabbi Yisrael Hess in
the Bar-Ilan University student magazine, Bat Kol, 1980
or shortly thereafter, entitled Genocide: A commandment of the
Torah, in which he purportedly argues that the Palestinian Arabs are direct
descendants of Amalek and
Fellow Librarians,
Is any of you using the service below, and if so, could you give me
some feedback?
Thank you
Established in 1995, Wipf and Stock Publishers serves the academic
community by reviving out of print works which deserve renewed
attention. We have over 2500 active titles that
the Yiddish saying is:
Mentsch tracht un Got lacht
enjoy!
Dr. Yaffa Weisman
Library Director
Frances-Henry Library
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.huc.edu/libraries/losangeleswww.huc.edu/libraries/losangeles
Phone: 213-765-2170
Fax: 213-749-1937
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The first poem: A man in his life is from She'at ha-Hesed (Hour of
Grace, 1983) and can be found in vol. 4, p. 50-51 of Shirei Yehudah
Amichai (2002)
I am a little less clear about the second poem. Perhaps a few lines in
the English translation will help.
G'mar Hatimah Tovah
yw
Dr. Yaffa Weisman
I noticed the same, although I believe the second link actually gives a
comprehensive analysis of the damage that Hezzbollah is causing the
region.
What we can do, I supppose, is gather some links to information about
Israel's pespective(s) and politely offer them to LII.
Something like
JUST PUBLISHED
Taking it personally: stores, poems a play, by Norma Fain Pratt.
Quesadilla Press, Pasadena, 2006.
195 p.
ISBN 0974048720
$20.00
My fictions are not merely about myself; they are about twentieth
centruy immigrant American Jews and their gender and generational struggles.
Part Time position in the Frances-Henry Library.
Please apply to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION
THE FRANCES-HENRY LIBRARY
JOB OPENING
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POSITION:
Library Technical Assistant [LTA] - Circulation/Public Services/Data Entry
DEPARTMENT:
Frances-Henry Library
If you are referring to American Jews - I don't have an answer. If you
are referring to Jews in general, you should consult the Israeli
Government Statistics Annual about book buying in Israel. I seem to
remember that the number of books per capita purchased by israeli Jews
are among the highest
Orleans Public Library
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Dear Colleagues,
Can a synagogue librarian respond to this request? Thank you.
Dr. Yaffa Weisman
Library Director
Frances-Henry Library
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.huc.edu/libraries/losangeleswww.huc.edu/libraries/losangeles
Phone: 213-765-2170
Fax: 213-749-1937
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From:
David,
The Bureau of Jewish Education of Cleveland published Selections from
the works of Judah Loeb Gordon, edited by A. H. Friedland, in 1938.
It includes English translations of: Horse and Rider, In a Lion's
Jaw, In the Depth of the Sea, and The Vision of His People.
The rest is an essay on
A possible answer:
The Half Coins (Machatzit Hashekel)
It is a tradition to give three coins in half denominations -- e.g.,
three half-dollar coins -- to charity, to commemorate the half-shekel that
each Jew contributed as his share in the communal offerings in the time of
the Holy Temple.
Is it male rabbis only, or are female rabbis included?
Yaffa Weisman
FROM THE MODERATOR:
Gamarnu! Dai! MASPIK!
This thread is closed!
Yossi Galron
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I, personally, did not realize that gay life, teen sexuality and interfaith
relationships are limited to left wing liberals only. But then, again, I
thought that Gratz College was on planet earth.
If we don't define Jewish life's rich fabric and identity in this country
in a broad and
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