[ha-Safran] Staying on in San Diego for ALA after AJL?

Hello friends and colleagues, Is anybody who's staying on for ALA Annual after the AJL Conference going to leave the AJL hotel or neighborhood on Thursday, June 27ᵗʰ who will be driving downtown or interested in sharing a ride? If so, please contact me off list. Many thanks. *Shabbat

Re: [ha-Safran] 2024 Fanny Goldstein Award

Dear Gail, Mazel-tov, *kol ha-kavod,* and *yasher-koyekh* on being selected the 2024 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award recipient. As stated in the message below by 2024 FGMA Chair and 2023 FGMA recipient, Rachel Leket-Mor, you are a most worthy winner of this award. Your many years of contributions

Re: [ha-Safran] Sad news

I'm very sorry to hear of Adiare's passing. As others have mentioned, she was a kind, very knowledgeable, and caring person. Adaire was one of the first people I met when I went to my first AJL conference in Miami Beach in 1991, and was a great colleague, always very helpful, when I moved to

Re: [ha-Safran] Article on The new world

Amalia, I'm glad I was able to be of some assistance. Yes, Esther Kreitman's story is a very sad one. It is unfortunately true, and was especially so in her day, that women authors weren't given the respect they deserved or taken seriously, as for example, her two younger brothers were. I can

Re: [ha-Safran] Article on The new world

Amalia, Here are just a few suggestions, some where *Di naye velt* is just mentioned in passing, others in more detail, especially as regards Esther Kreitman's works in general: Barbara Harshav's English translation of Esther Kreitman's story in *Lilith Magazine,* Spring 1991, can be found at

Re: [ha-Safran] Former AJL President Linda Lerman's death

This is so sad. And (to me) unexpected as I had no idea she had been ill. I have such fond memories of Linda during her presidency of AJL and after. She was the president when I first joined the association in 1990. I also used to see her at shul on my visits to Norwalk, Connecticut, where she

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Announces 2023 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner

Mazel tov, Racheli. Nice to see you recognized for all your work on behalf of AJL and for Judaica librarianship, both upper case, i.e., *JL,* the journal, and lower case, *l,* the profession. Congratulations, too, to my two co-committee members, our chair, Lisa, and last year's worthy FGMA

Re: [ha-Safran] Another retirement

Dear Laurel, Mazel-tov on your retirement! HUC is losing a great human resource. It has been wonderful knowing you all these years going back to our Library Conservation Management class at UK. It's hard to believe that that's so many years ago. It was also always such a pleasure seeing you

Re: [ha-Safran] Retirement

Dear Rachel, Mazel-tov on your retirement! Now that your long, illustrious, productive career at Princeton comes to a close with the end of the current year, I wish you much success in all your next endeavors going forward. It has been a pleasure knowing you and seeing you at all the AJL

Re: [ha-Safran] Sad News

et, >> >> Jackie >> >> >> >> Jackie Ben-Efraim >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 25, 2022, at 10:11 PM, Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran < >> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: >> >>  >> Last night, I got the ve

[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] FW: The reason for awarding the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award to Elliot Gertel

as excellent, but your liaison work with ALA was outstanding! > > Peggy > > On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 09:14:49 PM EDT, Elliot H. Gertel via > Hasafran wrote: > > > Thank you, Emily, for the very nice article you wrote about my circuitous > path to Judaica librarianship an

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL in Sept/Oct 2022 _American Libraries_

rmelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica * *The University of Michigan * *Ann Arbor, Michigan * *eger...@umich.edu* On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 11:11 PM Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > In the latest issue of *American Libraries, *the official magazine of the >

Re: [ha-Safran] FW: The reason for warding the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award to Elliot Gertel

Thank you, Emily, for the very nice article you wrote about my circuitous path to Judaica librarianship and to a career as a librarian in general. And thank you, Amalia, for adding a note about my longtime activity and positions in AJL, dating back some 32 years. I was also delighted to read the

[ha-Safran] AJL in Sept/Oct 2022 _American Libraries_

In the latest issue of *American Libraries, *the official magazine of the American Library Association, ALA President Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada mentions AJL in her column, “From the President,” *AL,* September/October 2022, p.4, “Representation Matters.” “We also partner with our affiliates

Re: [ha-Safran] The Association of Jewish Libraries Announces the 2022 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner

Mazel-tov and *yasher koyekh,* Lisa! A well-earned honor by a fabulous, hardworking longtime member of AJL, and a great person! You've been a highly competent leader as the (inter)national (and in 2019, local) Conference Chair, among many other great contributions to the association and Judaica

Re: [ha-Safran] [EXTERNAL] ALA endorsement

Dear Fellow *Hasafran* Readers: I find it both curious and revealing that Emily Drabinski is suddenly attempting to backpedal from her own views, expressed quite overtly in a number of forums. Those of you who watched AJL's conversation with her on January 19ᵗʰ of this year may have noticed

[ha-Safran] Kelvin Watson for ALA

Dear Friends and Colleagues, This is the reminder that I said last month I would send out close to the conclusion of voting in the ALA election. For those who are current ALA members, please note that the election for president-elect, 2022-23/president, 2023-24, treasurer, council members

[ha-Safran] Kelvin Watson for ALA President, A Message from the Campaign via ALA

Please post. Eligible ALA members, please vote for Kelvin Watson and tell all your friends and colleagues in ALA to do the same and spread the word. Thank you! *Elliot H. Gertel* *Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica * *The University of Michigan * *Ann Arbor, Michigan *

[ha-Safran] For ALA Members: Please Vote for Kelvin Watson for ALA President

Dear Friends and Colleagues, For those who are current ALA members, please note that president, treasurer, council members at-large, and a constitutional amendment are all up for consideration. Ballots will begin being distributed tomorrow, Monday, March 14ᵗʰ to all those who have been members

Re: [ha-Safran] Amended Statement (REALLY Without Links) on the Candidacy of Emily Drabinski Who Is Running for ALA President

Dear Fellow Hasafran Readers: The prefatory *warning * that appeared in my two previous messages on this topic *showed up again* because a dot com that I thought I had deleted was still in there. I have taken it out and hope that the warning will now disappear. *There should be no hot links in

Re: [ha-Safran] Need translation

Etta, *Der trombenik* (masculine noun), דער טראָמבעניק, is a freeloader or parasite. Elliot *Elliot H. Gertel* *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל* *Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica * *The University of Michigan * *Ann Arbor, Michigan * *eger...@umich.edu* On Mon, Jan 31, 2022

[ha-Safran] Amended Statement (Without Links) on the Candidacy of Emily Drabinski Who Is Running for ALA President

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[ha-Safran] Candidacy of Emily Drabinski for ALA President

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[ha-Safran] Sad News

Dear Friends and Colleagues, This is to convey the sad news that former AJL member Marlene Gitelman passed away Monday evening. For those of us who knew Marlene, who retired a few years ago, we were so fortunate to have had her as a highly valued member of the Judaica Unit in the Graduate

[ha-Safran] 2022 ALA Presidential Election

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Earlier this month, Sally Stieglitz quoted from a letter, where Hannah Handler Hostyk, Co-President of the Stirling Library Friends, Broward County Library in Florida, wrote a glowing endorsement for Kelvin Watson, a candidate for the presidency of the American

[ha-Safran] After 18 years, Ann Arbor condemns weekly synagogue protesters as antisemitic - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)

After 18 years, Ann Arbor condemns weekly synagogue protesters as antisemitic - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)

[ha-Safran] Exclusive: Rabbi at center of Texas hostage standoff resigned in fall after board voted not to renew contract

Wow! Exclusive: Rabbi at center of Texas hostage standoff resigned in fall after board voted not to renew contract – The Forward

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec [But Only 6 Rcichler Books!]

Oops! I must've forgotten basic arithmetic! Or was lured by the number 7, the number of illegal lawn crossers! There are only 6 listings for Mordecai Richler in the online catalog of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. Sorry for the error. Elliot *Elliot H. Gertel* *עלע־הערש גערטל /

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

According to the Haskell (Stanstead) Library on the border online catalog, they have 7 titles by Richler (the duplicated title is actually in two formats, book and DVD): *Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! : requiem for a divided country* by Richler, Mordecai, 1931- Format Books Publication Date 1992.

Re: [ha-Safran] American Libraries article on AJL Annual Conference

Sally! Well done! A great, timely summing up of the recent digital AJL Virtual Conference that covered salient features focusing on ephemeral collections by the tone set at the very outset in Shalom Sabar's highly informative Feinstein Lecture. You then followed up with details on COVID-19

Re: [ha-Safran] ALA mid-winter

Donnie, I agree that the AJL virtual digital conference last summer was a better event than ALA Midwinter. One big reason for this is that AJL's gathering is a smaller, more focused, and relevant event to most of us who are (or were) Judaica library workers, volunteers, information

Re: [ha-Safran] upcoming retirement

Dear Heidi, Mazel-tov on your upcoming retirement. You have been such a strong and very active member and supporter of AJL for over three decades. Your contributions, especially in your realms of expertise, notably cataloging and metadata, have been too numerous to begin to list. You have also

[ha-Safran] AJL Membership Gala Cocktail Reception

To All the Organizers of, and Key Participants in, Today's Reception and Webinar: *Yasher-koyekh! * It was both a very engaging way to reconnect with colleagues and friends and a most informative session with Carla Hayden and Oren Weinberg and our wonderful moderator Michelle Chesner. Kudos to

[ha-Safran] ALA Announces 2021 Midwinter Meeting will be Virtual

*ALA announces 2021 Midwinter Meeting will be virtual* [image: ALA logo white text on blue background] The ALA Executive Board announced August 6 that the 2021 ALA Midwinter Meeting &

Re: [ha-Safran] Support the National Library of Israel!

Arthur, Thank you for this marvelous idea and for reminding us all so eloquently and straightforwardly of some of the many things that NLI does for all of us in Israel, the US, and across the globe, and thanks to Jackie for pitching in. If everyone in AJL and especially all *Hasafran* readers,

[ha-Safran] "National Library of Israel to suspend services and put 300 workers on unpaid leave"

Some more bad news: "National Library of Israel to suspend services and put 300 workers on unpaid leave." As NLI says, let's hope it's only very temporary. https://twitter.com/NLIsrael/status/1291021391568023554

[ha-Safran] AJL Digital Conference: Staying Connected

Many heartfelt thanks and much appreciation to the dedicated volunteer organizers of the first-ever AJL virtual conference. As others have said in previous posts, this was an amazing event from which I am certain we all derived so much new knowledge and valuable information. Considering how

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Annual

We miss you, Žilvinas! Hope you're doing well in this difficult time. And hoping you can make it next year whatever format it takes. Stay well, and be safe. Elliot Elliot H. Gertel *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל* AJL-ALA Liaison Member,

Re: [ha-Safran] One of those patron questions....

Perhaps it was: *Title:* *A night of watching.* *Author(s):* Arnold, Elliott, 1912-1980.

Re: [ha-Safran] Heidi Rabinowitz presents at ALA Annual

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Re: [ha-Safran] Heidi Rabinowitz presents at ALA Annual

I totally agree with you, Emily, and really appreciate all the effort that you put into getting Heidi, and thus AJL, onto the ALA Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table session, “EMIERT Chair’s Program Promoting Multicultural Library Services in Virtual Spaces,” which took place

Re: [ha-Safran] Please welcome Megan Shulman!

Hello, Megan, Welcome! Great to have you join AJL in such an active role. If I'm not mistaken Medina is not far from Union City, which makes me think of Stella Suberman, O"h (1922-2017), a presenter at the 1999 AJL Annual Conference in Boca Raton where she spoke about her fascinating, slightly

Re: [ha-Safran] Please welcome Megan Shulman!

Dear Megan, Thank you for your really nice message! Thanks very much also for the update on Union City and especially for the history of Kisber's and the forward thinking of Mr. Kisber to take such a courageous stand and actions at a time when that was not only ahead of the time by challenging

[ha-Safran] Fwd: ALA Virtual Registration Opens with a Special Offer!

Dear Colleagues, Just as AJL is planning to do, ALA is holding a virtual conference, and unlike the physical one that was canceled, it will not overlap with AJL’s digital conference as it is scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, June 24 - 26 and will conclude on Friday afternoon. Details follow below.

Re: [ha-Safran] Fanny Goldstein Merit Award

Now, I think everyone sees (at least those rare people who haven't had the pleasure of knowing him--it just reminds the rest of us!) why Zachary was selected as the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award recipient this year. And, as he explained in his career timeline where he enumerated just a small sample

Re: [ha-Safran] 2020 AJL Conference cancelled

At the Toronto AJL and American Library Association/Canadian Library Association conferences in June of 2003, I coordinated a joint AJL/ALA Jewish Information Committee/CLA program on Canadian Jewish Resources and also chaired a second JIC program combined with a business meeting. We were

Re: [ha-Safran] The 2020 AJL Conference has been cancelled

I applaud Dina, Kathy, and AJL Council for making this very difficult decision as the health and safety of potential attendees is what has to be foremost. There really was no other choice but to cancel the 2020 AJL Conference. Please note that ALA made the same tough choice yesterday and

[ha-Safran] 2020 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Recipient

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We have the distinct honor and pleasure of announcing that the 2020 recipient of the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award is Zachary M. Baker. Zachary Baker provided over four decades of dedicated and scholarly service to the field of Judaica librarianship and the Association

Re: [ha-Safran] Groner-Wikler Award, 2020

Mazel-tov, Heidi, on winning the 2020 Groner-Wikler Scholarship! As Emily and others have said, there is no one more deserving of this honor than you, Heidi, for your years of passionate and indefatigable efforts on behalf of Jewish children's literature. Heidi is truly a champion as well, of

Re: [ha-Safran] Upcoming retirement

As someone who has had the honor and pleasure of working closely with Jim on a number of AJL projects and programs, especially in RAS where we first collaborated on the Judaica Reference and Bibliography Committee (JR), I thank him for all of his hard work as a dedicated member of AJL and RAS and