[ha-Safran] Fwd: Lightning talks on NYC collections for AJL conference

2017-01-18 Thread Michelle Chesner
Hello AJL NYCers! We are seeking 2-3 more presenters in NYC-based collections who are willing to give a lightning talk on their collections at the upcoming AJL conference in NYC. Talks would be not more than 7 minutes, and could come with a handout identifying: - 3 examples of research topics

[ha-Safran] Books by Prof. Benjamin Fain

2017-01-18 Thread Shulamith Z Berger
Benjamin Fain (1930-2013) was a physicist and Soviet refusenik who moved to Israel in 1977 where he became a professor at Tel Aviv University. He wrote three books on religion and science. His widow, Shoshana, thought his books would be of interest to the list. If anyone would like more

[ha-Safran] New Podcast: The Inquisitor's Tale

2017-01-18 Thread Heidi Rabinowitz
The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi Rabinowitz, features an interview with Adam Gidwitz, author of The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog. This middle grade novel won the Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Older Readers categor

[ha-Safran] FW: Librarian GS9 position open in the U.S. Government Documents Section, USAN Division - closes Feb. 8, 2017

2017-01-18 Thread Taub, Aaron
Hello Everyone, I am most pleased to announce that the USAN Division has a vacancy announcement for a Librarian position in the U.S. Government Documents Section. It is listed on the LC Job Announcements website and the link takes you to USAJOBS where you can view the full details of the posit

[ha-Safran] 159th Anniversary of Eliezer Ben Yehuda - Father of Modern Hebrew

2017-01-18 Thread Jacob Richman
159th Anniversary of Eliezer Ben Yehuda - Father of Modern Hebrew http://www.jr.co.il/t/eliezer-ben-yehuda.htm Matti Caspi and Chava Alberstein sing "Eliezer Ben Yehuda" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZ4e3wajQA Enjoy! Jacob __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the ind