[ha-Safran]: Recent Publications from Bar -Ilan University Press

2009-03-22 Thread Press . Office
Dear Sir / Madam, We are happy to announce the recent publications of the following titles: Please use the Links for further information. The Jews of Tunisia - Heritage, History, Literature E. Hazan, H. Sa'adon (eds.) ISBN 978-965-226-306-3 388 pp. Hebrew. Hardcover. 2009 List Price: $ 39.-

[ha-Safran]: Passover Podcast

2009-03-22 Thread Heidi Estrin
The Book of Life podcast has just posted an episode called A Civil War Passover. The show features an interview with Elka Weber, author of the new picture book The Yankee at the Seder, based on a true story of a Jewish Yankee soldier joining a Confederate Jewish family for Passover. You can

[ha-Safran]: Passover books from Kar-Ben Publishing

2009-03-22 Thread Sussman, Joanna
Dear Safranim, Just a reminder that Kar-Ben has many wonderful Passover books for children. See our full Passover list at www.karben.com. New this season is Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim, the biblical legend of the brave boy who was the first to step into the Red Sea when the Jews were

[ha-Safran]: Elvina's Mirror

2009-03-22 Thread Linda Silver
Elvina's Mirror by Sylvie Weil will be reviewed in the May/June 2009 issue of the AJL Newsletter. Linda R. Silver The Jewish Values Finder AJL Newsletter c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd. University Heights, OH 44118 mailto:silve...@roadrunner.comsilve...@roadrunner.com www.ajljewishvalues.org

RE: [ha-Safran]: Junior Great Books and Accelerated Reader

2009-03-22 Thread Sussman, Joanna
Many Kar-Ben titles are rated by the Accelerated Reader program. To see which ones and how they rank go to www.karben.com and click on Accelerated Reader Scores in the Information box on the left-hand navigation bar. Joni Sussman Publisher Kar-Ben Publishing A division of Lerner Publishing

[ha-Safran]: New Book Announcement: Jewish Choices, Jewish

2009-03-22 Thread Anita Bihovsky
New from the Jewish Publication Society: Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices -- Power By Elliot N. Dorff (editor), Louis E. Newman (editor) http://www.jewishpub.org/product.php?id=311 This JPS ethics series deals with some of the most critical moral issues of our time. How do we use power once

[ha-Safran]: YIVO/EPYC seminar, June 22-25

2009-03-22 Thread Aviva Astrinsky
EPYC EDUCATORS SEMINAR ON EAST EUROPEAN JEWISH HERITAGE 22-25 JUNE 2009 | NEW YORK CITY PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE http://yivo.org/epyc2009/ The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is sponsoring the third EPYC Educators Seminar on East European Jewish Heritage, June 22-25, at the Center for

[ha-Safran]: Shabbat CD for families

2009-03-22 Thread Susan Berson
Dear Friends, I recently received a copy of the new CD Step into Shabbat by Julie Geller, and I want to highly recommend it for purchase by synagogue, school, and center libraries. It's a great resource for families. Here is some info about it: Step Into Shabbat, which was recently chosen

[ha-Safran]: Teen Recommendations for Fiction Reading

2009-03-22 Thread Karen Kriegel
I am looking for fiction reading for teens whose current favorite author is Stephen King. I was wondering if some historical fiction may be horrific enough. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Karen Kriegel Acquisitions Librarian San Francisco Public Library 95 Washburn Street

[ha-Safran]: Fw: Caldecott author/illustrator Uri Shulevitz

2009-03-22 Thread Kathe Pinchuck
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[ha-Safran]: Index to Jewish Periodicals - publication update

2009-03-22 Thread Ted Koppel
To our Index to Jewish Periodicals Subcribers: I'm please to announce that the 2008 citations have been edited and published. This is the status of publication and distribution: Index to Jewish Periodicals EBSCO database online - was updated about ten days ago with all journals received

Re: [ha-Safran]: Recommendation for educators on Israel Seminar

2009-03-22 Thread ALBA TOSCANO
Irene a 10-day seminar... funds to purchase one book for each participant to enhance their Israel experience. The Israelis by Donna Rosenthal. Current Events, Free Press, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2003. isbn 0-7432-7035-5 I really enjoyed this book. Besos de Valencia Alba Toscano

RE: [ha-Safran]: Recommendation for educators on Israel Seminar

2009-03-22 Thread Stuart Schnee
Hi Irene, I suggest the book Neighborhoods of Jerusalem by Chanoch Shudofsky. This book goes through each street of Jerusalem, neighborhood by neighborhood explaining the background and history of the streets and neighborhood. It has a full color map of Jerusalem This book is great for

[ha-Safran]: Yom HaShoah

2009-03-22 Thread lahad5
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]: Magazine available

2009-03-22 Thread Robbin Katzin
We are discarding copies of Shofar Magazine. They are available for the price of postage. Please let me know if you are interested. April 1984 May 1984 Nov. 1984 Feb. 1986 Oct. 1986 Dec. 1986 Feb. 1987 Mar. 1987 Dec. 1987 Mrs. Robbin Katzin Hebrew Librarian Hillel Torah North

[ha-Safran]: New Edition of The Kuzari - 12th Century Jewish Classic

2009-03-22 Thread Stuart Schnee
12th Century Jewish Classic Published in English - The Kuzari Feldheim Publishers is proud to announce the publication of a revised edition of The Kuzari. This classic text has been out of print for quite some time. This book is available from Baker Taylor and the publisher (Feldheim):

[ha-Safran]: REMINDER!! The Sun's Special Blessing - just in

2009-03-22 Thread Stuart Schnee
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[ha-Safran]: Princes among Men: Memories of Eight Young Souls

2009-03-22 Thread Stuart Schnee
Full color memorial book published in memory of the students killed at Mercaz Harav last year: Princes among Men: Memories of Eight Young Souls When an Arab terrorist infiltrated Jerusalem's Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva on Thursday evening, March 6, 2008, and mercilessly slaughtered 8 high-school

[ha-Safran]: ISRAELI FILM DANCING ALFONSO to be screened

2009-03-22 Thread Gail R Shirazi
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[ha-Safran]: Scholarship Fund donations

2009-03-22 Thread Barnard, Sarah
Here is a list of recent contributions to the AJL Scholarship Fund and the Margot S. Berman Fund of AJL: Donations to the Margot S. Berman Fund since December 2008 This fund is made up of donations made in memory of Margot S. Berman, a former president of AJL. The funds go into the AJL

[ha-Safran]: Recommendation for early childhood educators on

2009-03-22 Thread Donald Weinshank
Israel Seminar X-Original-To: Hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 X-Spam-Score: 1.30 (*) [Tag at 5.00] MISSING_SUBJECT X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on

Re: [ha-Safran]: Teen Recommendations for Fiction Reading

2009-03-22 Thread Andrea Rapp
A different kind of horror, but perhaps The Cure, by Sonia Levitin. (A sixteen-year-old boy living in a sterile, futuristic society in the year 2407 collides with the past when he finds himself in Strasbourg in 1348 confronting the anti-Semitic rage that sweeps through Europe during the Black