[ha-Safran] Photos of the Jerualem Day Flag March

2014-05-28 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! Today, May 28, I took photos of the Jerusalem Day Flag March. I posted them online at: http://www.history-of-israel.co.il/jerusalem/2014/jer379.htm Enjoy the photos! Have a good night, Jacob __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are

Re: [ha-Safran] Jerusalem Day - May 28, 2014

2014-05-28 Thread Philip Miller
On the subject of Yom Yerushalayim, it was almost fifty years ago, a professor of mine in grad school in Ann Arbor tried to get folks to call Jerusalem Day/Yom Yerushalayim by a more "religious" name: MaG be-'Omer!P. Miller__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individu

[ha-Safran] All of a Kind Family books to be reprinted

2014-05-28 Thread Dina Tanners
I was delighted to read in Tablet just now that the All-of-a-Kind series will be reissued by Lizzie Skurnick Books http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/174208/all-of-a-kind-family-series-getting-reissued?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=a3ac282fb6-Wednesday_May_28_20145_28_2014&utm_medium=ema

Re: [ha-Safran] Aesop in Yiddish ! Rare! Free!

2014-05-28 Thread Kolodney, Uri
Never imagined Aesop would be so popular… I got many requests and will fulfill them by the order they were received. Thanks, Uri From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Kolodney, Uri Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 4:31

[ha-Safran] Jerusalem Day - May 28, 2014

2014-05-28 Thread Goldman, Deborah Rood
The Knesset has also declared Jerusalem Day the Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews: http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2014/05/28/memorial-day-our-ethiopian-jews Deborah Rood Goldman Librarian Marketing and Communications Union for Reform Judaism 212-650-4009 -Original Message- From:

[ha-Safran] New Israeli books, announced by Rubin Mass; cat. #457: Sivan 5774 / June 2014

2014-05-28 Thread Oren Mass
Dear Safranim and book friends, We are happy to send you our new catalogue of: Recent Books From Israel Cat. No. 457 , June 2014 (Sivan - 5774). The catalogue contains 353 new titles which are divided into two files: 1. Titles in Hebrew, including religious books (Sifrei kodesh): http://www

Re: [ha-Safran] Transliteration question

2014-05-28 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
Part of the answer is that the yod, as the iota in Greek, and "y" in English can have the properties of both a consonant and vowel.  In the 16th century Dutch printers invented the "J" to differentiate the consonantal and vowel sounds of the "I."  Thus in German and Dutch the "J" is used for "Jakob

[ha-Safran] Transliteration question

2014-05-28 Thread Kerstin Paul
Dear Safranim Can anyone give me an advise concerning the transliteration of the Hebrew „י“? The rules say, it is to be transliterated as „y”, since it is a consonant. But there are so many cases, where the consonant is followed by the vowel „i“. And there is also the case of the double „יי“.

[ha-Safran] FS: New blog posts - 19th Cent. Translations into Hebrew and Mandate Era British Annual Reports

2014-05-28 Thread Henry Hollander
We have two new posts on the hollander books blog. The first features two nineteenth century translations into Hebrew. One hebraizes Kalilah and Dimnah which in turn Farsi-izes The Indian Fables of Bidpai. The other is a re-editing of a sixteenth century pseudo-Dantean long poem in Hebrew. http