Re: [ha-Safran]: Need advice

2009-07-04 Thread Judy Greenblatt
They may de dinosaur, but do they contain material that is not otherwise available? Judy --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran]: Need advice

2009-07-02 Thread Ann Abrams
My observation, too, is that audio-cassettes are dinosaurs. But, one of the Jewish Sound Recording Archives that post occasionally on hasafran may want them. Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel, Boston

[ha-Safran]: Need advice

2009-06-29 Thread Julie Moss
I am converting my AV collection of about 400 items (juvenile and adult) to a new storage system and, of course, weeding at the same time. My question is: do you think it's worth keeping the almost-100 titles I have on cassette tape? They are audio books, read-alongs and music, many with prett

Re: [ha-Safran]: Need advice

2003-11-25 Thread Irene Seff
I suggest the following: 1. Harvey Fields, A Torah commentary for our times, UAHC Press, NY. Great starting place, with good overviews and thematic approach. After that I suggest they read several chumashim and their essays, Etz Hayyim and JPS torah commentary, Plaut, Fox, Artscroll, even Hertz o

[ha-Safran]: Need advice

2003-11-24 Thread Julie Moss
We are revising a bibliography given to bar/bat mitzvah students which aids them in selecting and understanding their torah portions. What do your congregants find most helpful to these children? Julie A. Moss, Librarian Arthur J. Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple B