[ha-Safran] Online journal subscriptions

I'm seeking your experiences with online subscriptions to magazines such as the Forward and Moment for your synagogues. I have a personal subscription to The Forward but I'm not willing to share that with the institution. Thanks, Diane Diane Wolf Congregation Beth Shalom Library Wilmington

[ha-Safran] Book -Escape to Albania :memoirs of a Jewish Girl from Hamburg by Johanna Jutta Neumann

In the Library of Congress Israel and Judaica Section Update presentation at AJL, I mentioned the books that we have been receiving about Albanians saving Jews during WWII. We recently received a gift copy from the son of the author of Escape to Albania. These stories of Albanian heroism,

Re: [ha-Safran] question about kippot

Hi Lisa, I don't have the answers to your questions, but I do have a possible reason for why illustrators are putting kippot on characters. With the call for more diverse books, a kippah is an easy way to indicate that a character is Jewish. Other diverse groups have varying skin tones, clothing,

[ha-Safran] Links to the Russian Library in Jerusalem-Put it on your "to see" list next trip to Israel.

A real hidden gem of a library in Jerusalem Not sure if I already posted these contact links to the Russian Library in Jerusalem. If so, I apologize for the duplication. I would double check on the hours just to make sure they haven’t changed. I suggest calling before you go. Stay