Re: [ha-Safran] Sad News

Hello Elliott, I am shocked and saddened. By Arielle’s passing. She was a pleasure to work with. She edited some of AJL’s YouTube recordings. She wanted to do more for AJL, but her health didn’t allow it. Barukh Dayan Emet, Jackie Jackie Ben-Efraim Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 25, 2022,

[ha-Safran] Sad News

Last night, I got the very sad, shocking news that Arielle Sokol, a former colleague in the Near East Division, Area Programs in the Graduate Library at the University of Michigan and AJL member, recently passed away, a most untimely passing. For about five years, Arielle assisted me in

Re: [ha-Safran] [EXTERNAL] book on the "Yiddish/Hebrew debate"

Not sure this is exactly the book they are thinking of but Liora Halperin's Babel in Zion is about how Zionists pushed for Hebrew and against a multi-lingualism that included Yiddish alongside other languages in mandatory Palestine.

[ha-Safran] book on the "Yiddish/Hebrew debate"

Safranim, A patron asks, "I recall that a book came out some years ago about the debate over Yiddish and Hebrew in Modern Jewish History." Any recall and have an idea of the title? Alan Rabbi Alan LaPayover | Library Director alapayo...@rrc.edu 215.576.0800 ext. 234

[ha-Safran] AJL Synagogue Libraries Slack Workspace

Dear AJL-Member Synagogue Librarians, At the conference "Birds of a Feather" session, we discussed streamlining communications among synagogue librarians. Creation of a Slack workspace was proposed, and the new AJL Synagogue Libraries Slack workspace is now available! For those who are new to

[ha-Safran] Free Online Event with Posen Library and the Maltz Museum

Register now for next month's free event with the Maltz Museum. *Part of "Creating a Movement" Series! ** Behind the Camera: The Photographers of This Light of Ours (Online)* *November 18 | 12 pm | Free* Join Dr. Deborah Dash Moore, Editor in Chief of the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and