New Jersey librarians were never regarded as "joining with NYMA," they were
always part of NYMA - we were NYMA presidents and board members. NYMA
stands for New York Metropolitan Area and New Jersey is part of the greater
New York area. I do not recall there ever being a separate New Jersey
chapte
The NJ librarians always joined us in the past.
Noreen Wachs
On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 11:36 AM Schnaidman, Esther
wrote:
> So is NJ supposed to join with NYMA? Are there any other chapters besides
> NYMA in the NY area?
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 11:06 AM Noreen Wachs
> wrote:
>
>> I don't kn
NYMA pretty much included the entire New York Metropolitan Area so I'm
assuming that certainly meant NY and NJ. I'm not sure about PA and CT--I
think I remember them joining NYMA meetings as well.Bruchie
On Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:58:42 AM EDT, Schnaidman, Esther via
Hasafran wrot
Esther,There was an AJL/NYMA meeting on May 30 in Manhattan dealing with the
Librarian's role in Holocaust education.NYMA has been dormant since about
2019/2020 but it seems to be starting up again.All the best,Bruchie
On Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:00:06 PM EDT, Noreen Wachs via Hasafran
I don't know about NJ, but the NY chapter of AJL, NYM started up again. We
had 2 meetings this year.
Noreen Wachs
NYMA Treaurer
On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 12:39 AM Schnaidman, Esther via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Can someone enlighten me and explain what chapters exist in the NY/N
So is NJ supposed to join with NYMA? Are there any other chapters besides
NYMA in the NY area?
On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 11:06 AM Noreen Wachs
wrote:
> I don't know about NJ, but the NY chapter of AJL, NYM started up again. We
> had 2 meetings this year.
> Noreen Wachs
> NYMA Treaurer
>
>
> On We
The NYMA chapter has been slowly ramping back up; they had an event just a
few weeks ago. Noreen Wachs may have more information.
My best,
Michelle
On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 12:39 AM Schnaidman, Esther via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Can someone enlighten me and explain what chapter
Can someone enlighten me and explain what chapters exist in the NY/NJ areas
and what towns/cities are local members of these chapters? I haven't been
to a chapter meeting in over 10 years and as far as I know, we no longer
have a local AJL chapter.
Thank you,
Esther Schnaidman
Teaneck, NJ
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*Mr
Dear colleagues,
I am wondering if there is an electronic version (or print held by an
institution other than Harvard) of the Yiddish newspaper *מארגנצייטונג,
Morgnzaitung, Morgntsayṭung, El Matutino* (1935-1940; Buenos Aires), OCLC:
1235417511.
Thank you in advance and best regards,
--
Gabriel
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or Baltha
Hi Katalin,
This can be tricky because he writes in both Hebrew and Amharic, I would
follow this instruction since he writes in two non-Latin script languages:
If a name is found in more than one non-preferred
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Dear Safranim, I would like to ask for help to ascertain the name of the author
Daniel Belete (1967–), also known as Daniel Baltha. In OCLC
Dear Safranim,
I would like to ask for help to ascertain the name of the author Daniel Belete
(1967-), also known as Daniel Baltha. In OCLC, his name appears in both forms
(as well as Balata). What would be the authoritative version in your view that
would also allow to perhaps standardize his n
While I am hardly an expert in Jewish children's literature, I have done a
little research. Your library probably has one of the biggest historical
collections of Jewish children's literature. Until the 1960's very few
books outside of text books were especially written for children. The
K'tonto
I always figured that it was based on the Ten Plagues -- frogs are the
second named plague - the first one (blood) wouldn't be appropriate for
kids.
Ted
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 4:51 PM Andrea Rapp via Hasafran <
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> I have a question from a writer that I cannot answ
I have a question from a writer that I cannot answer. It concerns Passover
songs/stories for children featuring a mischievous frog character. When did
the frog emerge as a popular character in children's Passover stories. The Frog
Song (Frogs here, frogs there, frogs were jumping everywhere) m
alf of Judy Greenblatt
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Exactly what we do. Judy Greenlatt Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2023, at 5:
35 PM, Aileen Grossberg via Hasafran
Exactly what we do. Judy Greenlatt Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2023, at 5: 35 PM, Aileen Grossberg via Hasafran wrote: We have a file with a card for each member. The member finds the card in the file, paperclips
Exactly what we do.Judy GreenlattSent from my iPhoneOn Jul 24, 2023,
Hi Julie, this might only work well in my situation, i.e. a small Conservative
shul with limited holiday traffic, but since you mention volunteer staffers
When I first started running our library, about 15 yrs ago, I insisted the
doors be closed when no staff could be present. I was mostly af
We have a file with a card for each member. The member finds the card in the
file, paperclips the book circulation card to the name card and leaves it in a
designated box. When I come into the library the next time , I entered the
information into our circ system.
It's simple and works as long
Hello friends,
I am working part-time at Park Synagogue, a large Conservative congregation in
Cleveland, OH. There has been some interest in starting a program of
volunteer-staffed shabbat circulation. Can you share how you manage this at
your synagogues without the use of writing, cellphones,
ehalf of Lisa Silverman via
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Hi Zachary, I am making a fun trivia game for the last session on Thursday and
I need to make sure your middle name is NOT Menachem. Please confir
Hi Zachary,
I am making a fun trivia game for the last session on Thursday and I need to
make sure your middle name is NOT Menachem. Please confirm. 🙂
Lisa
Lisa Silverman
Retired director, Sperber Jewish Community Library
Curator, Jewish Journal Streaming Guide
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Hi Esther,
When I was librarian of the Ramaz Middle School, I recommended to in 7th or
8th graders the book, Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters First 100 Years
by the Delaney sisters and Amy Hill Hearth. It is the true story of two
African-American sisters whose parents were slaves. They moved to
Some that might work:
Gordon Korman
Alan Gratz
Gary Paulsen
Seymour Simon (nonfiction)
Steve Sheinkin (nonfiction)
Linda Sue Park
Pam Munoz Ryan
Jane Yolen
Karen Hesse
Joseph Bruchac
On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:36 AM Joanne Levy via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Hi Esther, this is a
Hi Esther, this is a tough age as I think there is a big gap between middle
grade and YA books. That said, I write for this tween audience and my books
have been chosen for grade 8 reading lists so you may find them suitable.
While my books have varying degrees of Jewish content, I write about mode
Hi -
We are looking to revamp our 8th -grade author study unit. It's always a
challenge to find books for this grade level that are appropriate for our
students. They are not middle schoolers but they are not high schoolers. I
wanted to get an idea from other day schools of what authors you are
Our school library is being renovated beginning this Spring, and a moving
company will be hired to shift the entire collection while the renovation
proceeds. If anyone has any suggestions about the best way to do this, I'd be
very grateful to hear them!
Thank you!
Shira London
Upper School Libra
There are so many questions here that it is hard to answer. Products can
be printed in countries that are not the country of publication. Look at
many current books that are printed in China. The title page contains what
the publisher wants the purchaser or reader to know about the book. The
jo
Happy Chanukah all. I am not an actual librarian but I am cataloguing the book
collection of a local synagogue that was once renowned as a place of Torah
study (Chevra Mishnayes in Winnipeg). The collection includes many volumes of
Talmud and other Jewish religious texts that, according to their
I don’t have it, but I wish you happy Hanukkah,
eHugs,
Amalia W.
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My friend needs a particular one-page scan from a book that’s missing from our
the publisher’s
website) you should say so in a note.
Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section.
This is not an official communication from my employer
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gent.
Kol tuv,
Nachum Zitter
Reference Department
National Library of Israel
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Subject: [ha-Safran] Question on transcribing titles
This is a question for catalogers of Hebrew langu
This is a question for catalogers of Hebrew language materials.
I found this 245 transliterated field
245 1 3 ha-Baʻal Shem Ṭov ṿe-ḳabalat ha-Ari : ǂb kaṿanot ṿe-yiḥudim
le-hamtaḳat ha-dinim she-masar meḥolel ha-ḥasidut le-talmidaṿ = The
Baʻal Shem Tov and the Lurianic Kabbalah : inten
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the book.
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Check with your local public library or school library about borrowing or
copying pages from their Demco catalog. I’ve found the librarians most
helpful.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 5:30 PM Emily Bergman via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> I use pockets and cards. I buy them from Demc
I use pockets and cards. I buy them from Demco. They're not very
expensive. I have a stamp with our name/address, and I stamp the pockets.
I don't have due dates, so I chose cards that have one date, which is the
check out date, and a name. I have labels so one author/title/call # label
goes on
Hello. We have a small library - about 4500 books. We do not have a check out
system. I'd like to establish a manual system with pockets and cards. Could
someone please send me a simple process to put this into place? Can you give
me an estimate of the cost? Thanks much. Jill Weisberg, C
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Do most day school libraries (especially high school libraries) still lend DVDs
(and flat-screen TVs connected to DVD players) to show films? I'm trying to
ascertain whether day school librarians have switched over to electronic files
where AV is concerned, or not. We are trying to decide the
Since I never had much of a budget, I made my own signage by computer, then
laminating.
I use Elazar, so over each adult non-fiction section (10 of them), I created
large signs following Elazar's broad categories, like TORAH & TANACH, HALACHA &
JEWISH THOUGHT, CULTURE, HISTORY, etc.
Then, to a
I, too, am interested in this. We might be using a lettering machine but
I'm not sure how large the letters can go or all the different things it
can do yet. We are also thinking of just laminating broad subject area
signs made on a computer.
I have been looking at pinterest also. I would love h
Hasafran
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To: Robert Epstein
Cc: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Question as to new signage for bookshelves
Hi Rob,
I did this some years ago when I was a synagogue librarian. It depends largely
on your collections. For example
Hi Rob,
I did this some years ago when I was a synagogue librarian. It depends
largely on your collections. For example, the shul library I was at had
substantial poetry collections. Your institution may not. If you do a
shelf read/count, you will get some ideas.
Best regards
Sally
On Tue, Dec
Hi All: I'm Bob Epstein and the chairperson of the Library Committee at
Temple Beth Israel in Port Washington, Long Island. We recently renovated
our library and are looking to put up new signage on our shelves as to a
few broad more general headings (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Reference etc) and
then
Hello All,
Thank you to those of you who have made suggestions for historical fiction
books for adults (of Jewish interest) that would also be suitable for 10th
graders. I was thinking about A. B. Yehoshua. Are there any of his titles you
would include in this list? I was just reading about his
Is anyone familiar with the book For the Love of Israel: The Holy Land:
>From Past to Present. An A–Z Primer for Hachamin, Talmidim, Vatikim,
Noodnikim, and Dreamers by Rabbi Steven Lowenstein?
I need opinions on (1) what age readers this book is appropriate for and
(2) whether this book would be
Does anyone on this list know how someone who is NOT a librarian or
professor can access the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database?
(CLCD)
I have access to Toronto Public Library, but they don't list CLCD in their
A-Z list of databases.
I want to look up fiction and memoir titles and revie
Hello everyone,
Seeking recommendations for architects and contractors who have
experience in library renovation. Also, wondering about vendors and
installers of compact shelving units.
I appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.
Please write to: david.sc...@frisch.org
Thank you, and all the best,
t suggested that Reform Rabbis
> “should” not wear a Kippah ?
>
> Amalia W.
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Subject: [ha-Safran] question about kippot
May I move the timeline a bit?
When I came up in 1953 from Miami Beach to attend the 9th grade in YU’s
Brooklyn Talmudical Academy, my late Aunt Rosalind Lauer made a knitted Kippah
for me. It was blue with a red band running around it
May I move the timeline a bit?
When I came up in 1953 from Miami Beach to attend the 9th grade in YU's
Brooklyn Talmudical Academy, my late Aunt Rosalind Lauer made a knitted Kippah
for me. It was blue with a red band running around it near the edge.
Others in that school and in other Yeshivot (i
Yes Debbie, and that was still true at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires through
the 1970's as well!
Ellen
On Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 1:34 AM sefersogood via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Thanks, Lisa, for this information. When I was at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin
> in 1966, knitting a kippah f
Thanks, Lisa, for this information. When I was at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin in
1966, knitting a kippah for one’s boyfriend was already a fad (is that word
even used any more?) The more intricate the pattern, often including a Hebrew
name in Hebrew letters, the better. Debbie Colodny
> On Aug 5,
Hello Safranim,
I received many replies to my questions about kippot in children's books and I
had started a document where I was adding everyone's comments, but it got very
long and I began to realize that many replies were similar anyway. So, for
those of you who were interested in the genera
er all these years.
Sherry Wasserman
Volunteer Librarian,
Congregation B'nai Moshe, W. Bloomfield, MI
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Hi safranim,
I am co-editor
Interesting article
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I am a librarian at a Reform congregation. The library has a collection of
kippot from bar/bat mitzvah and wedding celebrations. I don't know the
practice of individuals. In classes some wear a kippah and some don't. I
was hoping to do an historical analysis of styles, but I don't have enough
No answers but found that Pew Research is also conducting kippah research
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I am a Reform Jew. I would say there are not many Reform Jews who wear
kippot in public but some do for teaching, shul and maybe at other times.
There certainly are lots of Reform Jews of both genders who wear kippot and
tallit at services. There may be some Reform rabbis who wear them in
public,
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,
Hi safranim,
I am co-editor of the AJL children's book reviews and have noticed a trend but
I need someone who knows more about this to comment, please.
It seems that children's illustrators are putting kippot on most of the men and
boys in Jewish-themed books, and I assume it is to make them ac
Hi Safranim,
I love making The Book of Life podcast, but I feel like it's not reaching
as wide an audience as it could. I'd like to ask for your help.
If you are already a listener, can you please recommend the show to friends
and colleagues? Personal recommendations really help. And whenever you
Dear Friends,
A common way of arranging the Tur of Hebrew books is the
placement of two columns on each side with the publishing information between
them. Does anyone know if these are specifically meant to refer to the two
columns in Solomon’s Temple, Boas and Yachin?
All
Hey Hasafranim,
I was wondering if anyone has read the book The Crimson Protector by Jeffrey
Kranzler? It's a YA novel about a middle school kid who lacks confidence and is
always picked on, but then becomes a superhero. The main character's name is
James Gazt, but aside from this possibly Jewis
Hi, Safranim,
I've written a Jewish holiday play which I'm hoping to get published. It's
the centerpiece of a book which also has sections on holiday crafts,
recipes, and the history and customs related to the holiday.
One publisher liked the story, but suggested I turn it into a picture story
bo
Hi Ethan,
I have a copy of the UJE and mine is complete. I'll email you the missing pages
today.
All the best,Haim
Olney, Maryland.
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 2:45:38 AM EDT, Ethan via Hasafran
wrote:
Hello,
I own a copy of the 1948 edition of the 10 volume Universal Jewish
Encyclop
Hello,
I own a copy of the 1948 edition of the 10 volume Universal Jewish
Encyclopedia (UJE). Volume 9 includes a lengthy entry on "Soldier, Jew
As" beginning on page 594. Unfortunately, the version I have includes a
misprint, and is MISSING pages 633-634 of volume 9, which includes the
very
LY READING: The First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni
CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: The Convert by Stefan Hertmans
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I've just purchased the Michael Grant triology Front Lines, Silver Stars, and
Purple Hearts at the request of a high school patron who really loved the first
novel. I haven't read them yet.
Has anyone hear read them and willing to comment for me?
Thanks,
Clare Kinberg TBE Library, Ann Arbor
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Jonina, et all,
I haven't read Etaf Rum's book, but your query raises a similar response
from me as the question regarding middle school books on Israel/Palestine,
which is that the subjective experience of Jews and Palestinians in the
region over the past 100 years has been so different as to be
Has anyone done an analysis of the very popular 2019 novel _A Woman is No Man_-
by Etaf Rum? I am a professional book discussion facilitator (among other
things) and for the first time declined to facilitate because I could not make
myself read the book (and I have in fact read in order to faci
Hello Andrea,
Thank you for your excellent question!
As a JL author, you get regular notifications about your article downloads from
Digital Commons (bepress). We do have Google Analytics installed on our site
and I can send you more information about access to your article (actual
downloads
Question: I get regular notifications showing me the locations on a world map
(my “dashboard” where my JLArticle of years ago has been downloaded. Is there
any specific information about exactly what this means? Does it indicate the
domain of an email address that downloaded the article? Is s
Hi Nora,
You should get email Margo Gutman directly mgutst...@wiesenthal.com
Gmar Hatimah Tovah,
Jackie
On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 3:59 PM Nora DeVita via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am very interested in applying for this 2020 Jack Voorzanger Archival
> internship, bu
Hello!
I am very interested in applying for this 2020 Jack Voorzanger Archival
internship, but was wondering if it is reserved for students in an MMLIS
program only? I recently just graduated from my MMLIS program in August
2019.
Sincerely,
Nora O. DeVita
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Does anyone have suggestions for what Jewish books should be in a personal home
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My friend is running a Hebrew-language poetry magazine and is interested in
getting funding for it through a grant in Israel. Does anyone know if there is
such a grants database she could access?
Those of you who are interested in the magazine can check it out at:
http://tsmadim.co.il/
Diane R
We're looking for a book, suitable for use in a Conservative congregation,
that covers the basic and not- so- basic aspects of Jewish religion and
culture: prayer, holidays, home life, customs, etc. This is not for use by
potential converts but by Jews who want to increase their knowledge/
Yablon
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While awaiting your reply, I've noticed that, in my earlier email today (see
below), I managed to misspell the name of my synagogue. There ar
Hello again.
While awaiting your reply, I've noticed that, in my earlier email today
(see below), I managed to misspell the name of my synagogue. There are
several other synagogues in my current and past experience that spell the
transliterated word that way. Please note that the correct spelling
To answer a question from a board member about other synagogue libraries’
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the ch
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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:16:16 -0400
Subject: [ha-Safran] Question about price of set
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:55:31 + (UTC)
Subject: Question about price of set
Dear Hasafranim,
I am in the painful process of weeding our collection. I finall
There may be value in the binding, but otherwise there is little monetary
value. You should check Amazon or Abebooks to see if anyone else is
attempting the sell it.I sell books and I would not accept this for
sale, My system is not letting to connect to Amazon at the moment.
Sorry,
DS
On
NO value at all
Aron
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Dear Hasafranim,
I am in the
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:55:31 + (UTC)
Subject: Question about price of set
Dear Hasafranim,
I am in the painful process of weeding our collection. I finally bit the
bullet and pulled this beautiful 6-vol set of Graetz's History of the Jews
published from 1891-1898.
It is not in pristine c
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Hi Andrea--
I am a firm believer in controlled vocabulary. Studies have shown t
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I'm not sure it's necessary to worry so much about subject headings anymore.
People simply enter words in the search box. So I load up my 520 notes with
words and names I think people will
My two bits says historical fiction is fiction, whatever reading level.
With young readers, it feels even more important that we shouldn't give
them the wrong impression that a fictional account – with fictional
characters and narrative – is a substitute for factual work.
On the other hand, I have
I'm not sure it's necessary to worry so much about subject headings anymore.
People simply enter words in the search box. So I load up my 520 notes with
words and names I think people will search for. What do others think?
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Dear Hasafranim,
I just came along a grey area that makes me want to rethink a few things about
classifying YA historical fiction, specifically biographical fiction. Someone
donated this older book, Bar Kochba, by Amram Whiteman. I have very little on
the period for kids, so I thought why not.
BS"D
Hi everyone. I'm working on my Congress presentation about book-fairs and I
would like to know about how do you organize them?.
Do you buy for. ex. "scholastic book fair" or you do organize it from
scratch?
Maybe my experience from Panama is diferent than yours and I would like to
make my pre
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Subject: [ha-Safran] question: black/Jewish characters
I saw a question on Twitter: “wondering if you all know of any books for
girls who are Black and Jewish... Could use some recommendations. Have
Daughters of the Ark, by Anna Morgan.
here
http://www.jewishmultiracialnetwork.org/resources-2/books-for-youth/
On Apr 4, 2017 5:58 PM, "Clare Kinberg" wrote:
Always an Olivia by Carolivia Herron
On Apr 4, 2017 5:55 PM, "Heidi Rabinowitz"
wrote:
I saw a question on Twitter: “wondering if you
Always an Olivia by Carolivia Herron
On Apr 4, 2017 5:55 PM, "Heidi Rabinowitz"
wrote:
I saw a question on Twitter: “wondering if you all know of any books for
girls who are Black and Jewish... Could use some recommendations. Have not
heard of ANY.” The only thing anyone could come up with was B
I saw a question on Twitter: "wondering if you all know of any books for girls
who are Black and Jewish... Could use some recommendations. Have not heard of
ANY." The only thing anyone could come up with was Bluish by Virginia Hamilton.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
Heidi Rabinowitz
he...@cbiboca.org<
Does anyone have a suggestion for how to classify The Genius of Judaism and
Jews and Words in Elazar? I would be most grateful.
Joan Leb
Temple Israel of Long Beach, CA
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