[ha-Safran] Name that title

Hi all, I had a patron looking for a book that is supposedly fiction with the word "faith" in the title. It's (again, supposedly) about a Jewish family in New Jersey, and the daughter starts to take an interest in the Shabbos Goy, so the dad sends her away. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Th

[ha-Safran] Holocaust Memoir in a Survivor's Own Words

Good afternoon, My name is Lee Goldman Kikel and I’m writing to ask if you might consider offering my book, Perseverance: One Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Poland to America, in your library. This is a story of my father’s trials through years of Nazi torture in the ghetto, Auschwitz and othe

[ha-Safran] Creating an online research guide to Jewish studies archives and special collections

Friends, I am developing a research guide to Jewish archives, broadly defined, which will be hosted online at https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jewisharchives.org__;!!KGKeukY!kc7kCamS-euEPVGALCu9Q0tE4fcyVUM79PGPpzWwjSlJsvKp8RYgCSltxm-_9JECRiI$ . It will consist of two components: First, a d

Re: [ha-Safran] Descriptive cataloging question

Are the sheets folded and bound so they're now pages, or can they be described as folded leaves? If described as pages, I think the only thing you can do is give a description in a note. Given how special these volumes are, I'd even describe the covers in the notes. Emily Emily Bergman emilyanne

[ha-Safran] WIJ- New Issue Vol. 17:2

PRESS RELEASE Toronto, June 28, 2021 Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal We are delighted to announce the electronic publication of the new issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal. The journal can be accessed at https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.womeninjudais