[ha-Safran] Sponsored copy- The Lost Childhood: A Telling Tale Of A Brother And Sister Surviving The War

2012-08-09 Thread Chaim Mazo
A limited number of sponsored copies are available for the book: The Lost Childhood: A Telling Tale Of A Brother And Sister Surviving The War If your library would like to be on the list to receive a sponsored copy of this book (without charge), please send your details. Sponsored copies are li

Re: [ha-Safran] finding The Jewish Story Finder

2012-08-09 Thread ELEANOR TANDOWSKY
Thank you for the information.  I'm planning to buy the new edition for our library. Once again, ha-Safran has given me information in an area of interest for a small synagogue library. Librarians are great colleagues, whether we know them personally or not!    Eleanor Tandowsky    etandow...@at

[ha-Safran] Memorial event for the Soviet Yiddish Writers murdered on August 12th, 1952

2012-08-09 Thread Amanda Seigel
Dear Safranim, I am forwarding the following announcement on behalf of Shane Baker at the Congress for Jewish Culture. Sincerely, Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue New Yor

[ha-Safran] Memorial for the Soviet Yiddish Writers

2012-08-09 Thread Congress for Jewish Culture
On August 12th, 1952, Stalin's regime executed, among other members of the Jewish Antifascist Committee, five Yiddish writers whose achievements represent some of the high points of 20th century literature: Dovid Bergelson, Itzik Fefer, Dovid Hofshteyn, Leyb Kvitko, and Moyshe Kulbak. Th

Re: [ha-Safran] finding The Jewish Story Finder

2012-08-09 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
I strongly recommend it. I found it to be very helpful. Amalia Amalia Warshenbrot Director emeritus Levine-Sklut Judaic Library & Resource Center Charlotte NC Email: amalia...@att.net Phone: 704-365-3313 From: Sharon Elswit Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:42 AM To: Hasafran@lists.ser

Re: [ha-Safran] Guilt and Pleasure

2012-08-09 Thread Ted Koppel
This is way off your topic, but I have to admit that when I saw the subject of this email message, I thought you might be offering a book review of “Fifty shades of Grey”. From: Dina Mann Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:46 AM To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran]

[ha-Safran] Job Posting - Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, VA.

2012-08-09 Thread Rachel Glasser
Temple Rodef Shalom, a large Reform congregation, in Falls Church, Virginia seeks an energetic, creative, self-starter to serve as Temple Librarian. The library occupies a prominent place in the synagogue, has a diverse print collection of Jewish books for both children and adults and serves as a

[ha-Safran] Guilt and Pleasure

2012-08-09 Thread Dina Mann
As you may know a few years back, Reboot published Guilt and Pleasure ( http://www.guiltandpleasure.com/) We have a large number of magazines left over from our print run a few years ago and we're contacting Jewish organizations to see if they would like to take a few boxes of the magazines. We can

[ha-Safran] finding The Jewish Story Finder

2012-08-09 Thread Sharon Elswit
I was going to wait until the ebook version was out, too, to let you all know that the 2nd edition of *The Jewish Story Finder* is available (despite the 11/7 date you'll see), but for those who are interested in having a hard copy to get ready for the holidays, Barnes & Noble now has it on sale.