[ha-Safran] Educational Resources for International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27, 2021

Shalom. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27, 2021 I posted on my website 180 links to learn about the Holocaust. Site languages include English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. jr.co.il/hotsites/holocaust.htm Please share this message. Thank you. We must

[ha-Safran] Rebuilding The Jewish World

Re: [ha-Safran] ALA mid-winter

Thanks Donnie, The Planning Committee is working hard to make our 2021 Virtual conference equally wonderful. I too attended the ALA Midwinter and was unimpressed, typing notes in the chat is not the same as even a virtual room. Except for our AJL Schmooze & BYO Nosh, where we actually got to

Re: [ha-Safran] Bible story collections for young children

Andrea, I don't know if anyone else has responded with the same suggestions, but in looking though my collection, I think the best I can find is A First Book of Jewish Bible Stories retold by Mary Hoffman and God Sent a Rainbow and Other Bible Stories retold by Yona Zeldis.  Both have extremely

[ha-Safran] ALA mid-winter

I attended the ALA Midwinter Conference virtually. They had 7,012 attendees. 7,698 attended in Philadelphia in 2020, and 6,347 attended in Seattle in 2019. Without the need to travel they had significantly fewer attendees. I missed the excitement of being there in person and I missed learning

[ha-Safran] Responses to query about Bible Story Collections

Safranim, I received 3 titles: here they are     A Child's Garden of Torah: A Read-Aloud Bible by Joel Lurie Grishaver.  Note that while this doesn't have the gruesome material, it is written as a primer so that first readers can read it themselves--short, choppy sentences, etc.  The

[ha-Safran] A New Resource for Search and Analysis of the Tanach

שלום וברכה, Base Hasefer (  https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.basehasefer.com__;!!KGKeukY!hFFsIl6h7CMa-cKGDrREV4kv3pKBPv3jKP9kuZu1x0feOFOcfc-CB3yS5gtecP9DIK4$  ) is an analytical Torah search engine that starts with the תנ"ך with hopes to add other ספרי קודש in the future.  It offers