[ha-Safran] Book Giveaway

2020-01-07 Thread Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran
Shalom, Beth Mills would like to give away copies of her grandmother's poetry book. Below is a description of book. * Please contact Beth directly at * bethsmi...@sbcglobal.net if you are interested in obtaining a copy. *A Life: Khane Bushel Solow 1892-1966* Khane Bushel Solow began her life

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2020-01-07 Thread Irene Munster via Hasafran
Happy New Year! Here is an opportunity to present a paper for IFLA 2020, which will be held in Dublin, Ireland. Has AJL considered collecting oral histories from its members? It could be a joint project with librarians working in different countries.

[ha-Safran] Dicta - free online analytical tools for Hebrew text

2020-01-07 Thread Jacob Richman via Hasafran
Hi Everyone! Today, I received an email about a site that has free online analytical tools for Hebrew text The site is called Dicta and the address is: http://dicta.org.il/index.html Tools include: - Nakdan: Automatically add nikud (vocalization) to any modern, poetic or classical Hebrew text.

Re: [ha-Safran] Jews in Japan

2020-01-07 Thread Netta Phillet via Hasafran
David Kunin, the Rabbi of Tokyo, was our rabbi here at Beth Shalom in Edmonton, Canada for 10 years before moving to Japan, Netta Phillet On Jan 6, 2020, at 7:05 AM, Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran wrote: > Perhaps this will be of interest: http://www.jccjapan.or.jp > > -- > Shmuel Ben-Gad,

[ha-Safran] Jews in Japan

2020-01-07 Thread Shmuel Ben-Gad via Hasafran
Perhaps this will be of interest: http://www.jccjapan.or.jp -- Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. "[I]n Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.