[ha-Safran]: Living Torah Museum in Brooklyn

Did anyone ever hear of The Living Torah Museum in Brooklyn - http://www.thelivingtorahmuseum.com/ I do not know who sponsors the museum and if their claims are legitimate. I have a teacher who would like me to buy their DVDs and I am hesitant. Thanks so much - Leah Moskovits Torah Academy of

[ha-Safran]: AJL Convention Proceedings, Chicago 2009

Some presentations from the 2009 AJL Convention in Chicago are now available on the AJL website, http://jewishlibraries.orgjewishlibraries.org. Please note: The current year's Proceedings are restricted to AJL members. Leah Moskovits AJL Proceedings Chair --- Messages and opinions

[ha-Safran]: Posters - clarification

I posted the other day requesting sources for posters on Israel and Torah-related themes. I received wonderful responses but I should have specified that I need these posters for high school; most that I received would be perfect for elementary. So - if anyone has a source for posters

[ha-Safran]: Posters

Anyone ideas where a teacher can get posters on Israel and Torah-related themes? Thanks so much - Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, NJ --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the

[ha-Safran]: Yom HaShoah

Every year we begin our Yom HaShoah program with a candle lighting ceremony where students light candles in honor or in memory of relatives who were in the Shoah. We preface the ceremony with a reading related to memory, hope or survival. We are looking for a new reading - does anyone have

[ha-Safran]: Article in today's Jerusalem Post regarding

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[ha-Safran]: Classroom maps of Israel

Can anyone tell me where we can order large maps of Israel for our Hebrew teachers? Many thanks - Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, NJ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the

[ha-Safran]: Warsaw Ghetto video

A teacher remembers a TV miniseries from the 1970s on the Warsaw Ghetto. It is not the video Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Does this sound familiar to anyone? He thinks it was simply called The Warsaw Ghetto. Was this ever made into a video?? I cannot find it anywhere. Thanks for all your help -

[ha-Safran]: Jewish history tie-ins

A teacher is looking for novels with tie-ins to Jewish History such as As a Driven Leaf. Any suggestions would be appreciated - Thank you - Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual

[ha-Safran]: Jewish phrases

A teacher is looking for a book with well-known, Jewish, short phrases, preferably in Hebrew, such as Love your neighbor as yourself. I am sure something exists - just cannot locate it here. Any ideas? Thanks so much - Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New

[ha-Safran]: The Word by Mozeson

Does anyone know how I can find out if someone is working on a book similar to Isaac Mozeson's The Word; the dictionary that reveals the Hebrew sources of English??? Many thanks - Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and

[ha-Safran]: Lamishpacha

Does anyone know if the Hebrew language magazine, Lamishpach is still being printed? If so, I would appreciate contact information. Thank you so much - Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the

[ha-Safran]: Bar Ilan Responsa and microsoft vista

We have some computers which run microsoft vista. We are encounterng problems when we try to open the Bar Ilan Responsa CD. Have any of you experienced this? Any ideas how to use the Bar Ilan on computers with vista? Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions - Shana tova - Leah

[ha-Safran]: Movie - Shnei Kuni Lemel

Does anyone have the Israeli movie, preferably DVD version, Shnei Kuni Lemel?? Ours disappeared and it is no longer available anywhere. We would be interested in buying or borrowing. Many thanks - Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey Messages and

[ha-Safran]: Bookbinding - NY-NJ area

A co-worker has a manuscript, written by her father-in-law, which the family would like to have bound. It does not have to be hardcover; they would just like it to look substantial (not spiral bound) Any ideas where this could be done in the New York-New Jersey area? Thank you so much - Leah

[ha-Safran]: The Vilna Gaon nd the eye

I have a high school student who is researching the eye. He heard somewhere that the Vilna Gaon said that since the Hebrew word for eye is ayin there are seventy nerves, veins and/or muscles in the eye. He is trying to find out if this is true. Does anyone know if the Vilna Gaon really said

[ha-Safran]: Online programs to learn Hebrew

Has anyone used programs, to teach Hebrew, such as Rosetta Stone; language learning success? This comes in an online version as well as on a CD. It can be used for remedial help as well as a total imersion approach to learning a language. Has anyone used a similar product with which they

[ha-Safran]: Yom Yerushalayim videos

Can anyone recommend an excellent video related to Yom Yerushalayim which cound be shown to high school students? Thank you in advance. Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author

[ha-Safran]: e-books in Hebrew for high school students

Does anyone know of literature-based e-books in Hebrew, either books originally in Hebrew or books which are translated from English? I am interested in those which are available online for free as well as for a fee. Thank you. Leah Moskovits Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New

[ha-Safran]: Need periodical article

One of my teachers is looking for an article written by Yehuda Etzion in a periodical called Nekudah. The article might have been written in 1994 and dealt with the period after Oslo. If any of you have this periodical and can fax me the article, I would be grateful. We will reimburse for

[ha-Safran]: Chelsea House title

Chelsea House published a book in 2004, by Robert Cotrell, entitled The Green Line;the division of Palestine. Is there anything we can do as individuals, or that AJL can do as an organization, to make them aware that this title is problematic? Leah Moskovits Torah Academy of Bergen County

[ha-Safran]: Answer to Looking for the Source

I had posted, asking for the source of the saying that a person dies when he uses up all his words or when he runs out of steps. Since so many of you asked for the response, this is what I received - It is found in Sefer Chasidim, the edition published by Mossad HaRav Kook, paragraph 162. Also

[ha-Safran]: Looking for book

I am looking for a reasonably-priced (used) copy of Rabbinical Mathematics and Astronomy by W.M. Feldman, in good condition. Thank you so much- Chag Pesach Kasher Ve-sameach. Leah Moskovits Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey

[ha-Safran]: Looking for a pamphlet

Any ideas where I can obtain a copy of the pamphlet by Selig Brodetsky entitled Astronomy in the Babylonian Talmud? It's about 30 pages and was published by Kesser Torah in 1979. Thank you so much. Leah Moskovits Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey

[ha-Safran]: RCA Manuals

I have 9 volumes (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964) of the Rabbinical Council of America Manuals of Holiday and Sabbath Sermons. If anyone is interested in them, please e-mail me - you will have to pick up at your own expense. Leah Moskovits Torah Academy of Bergen County

[ha-Safran]: Chok Yisrael

A teacher brought in some seforim and would like to know if they are worth anything: A 5-volume set of Chok Yisrael, published in Russia in 1898. This is a Mikraot-Gedolot type of set with various perushim, like Rashi, as well as the Zohar and perushim in Yiddish. Sefer Devarim, published in