[ha-Safran] Mishnah Berurah

2012-05-29 Thread Chaim . Seymour
Hallo all The Mishnah Berurah is a commentary on Rabbi Yosef Caro's Shulhan Aruch compiled by the Hafez Hayyim. The standard editions are published with Caro's text. It would seem logical to catalog the work under Caro! However the practice in the States is to catalog the editions under the

[ha-Safran] Mishna Berurah

2012-05-29 Thread Chaim . Seymour
Hallo all In response to my posting, Ms. Meira Harroch, Head of Hebrew Cataloging, Israeli National Library, sent me a private message and asked me to explain National library Policy to the list. Their decision is based on the structure of the title page. If the Mishnah Berurah appears first,

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL ELECTION RESULTS

2012-05-29 Thread Susan Dubin
Congratulations to all the new Board members. May you go from strength to strength. B’shalom, Susan Dubin AJL Past – Past President From: James Rosenbloom Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:54 AM To: hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] AJL ELECTION RESULTS Hello. Below are

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL ELECTION RESULTS

2012-05-29 Thread Etta Gold
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[ha-Safran] Square pegs, round holes, and six-pointed stars (was: Re: Mishna Berurah)

2012-05-29 Thread Aaron Kuperman
Even when cataloging materials from relatively related legal systems, such as the Anglo-American Common Law, and the Roman-based Civil Law, many problems arise (and this is what I do most of the day, Hebrew is a sideline for me). However Jewish law, and Jewish publishing in general, don't follow

[ha-Safran] Try out the interactive AJL convention image!

2012-05-29 Thread Heidi Estrin
Try out the interactive AJL convention image on the People of the Books blog! Just float your cursor over the image to bring up links to convention speakers, tours, and other info. Please feel free to share this image with friends and colleagues by email or by embedding it on your own website

[ha-Safran] Mentor Mingle: Mentors and mentees wanted!

2012-05-29 Thread Stephanie L Gross
Here is the text of the e-mail blast I sent out to first-time attendees. Please contact me at your earliest convenience if you are interested in either being a mentor or mentee. Welcome, first-timers to the annual AJL Conference! As you have probably noticed, there is a Mentor Mingle