[ha-Safran]: 77 Free Learn English Study Sheets

2007-11-26 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! Today I added a new feature to the website: Learn English with Audio and Transliterations I created 77 Learn English study sheets that you can use with the website or independently in the classroom, home, work or on the road. The study sheets include all 40 topics and 1,500 words an

Publication of interest

2007-11-26 Thread Chaim . Seymour
Shalom all I hope you find the following publication by a member of Bar-Ilan univesity's teaching staff of interest: Avioz, Michael available Nathan's Oracle (2 Samuel 7) and Its Interpreters Series:

[ha-Safran]: Teaching Joseph's Narrative Morally

2007-11-26 Thread Sergiu S . Simmel
THE WHAT, HOW AND WHY OF TEACHING MORALITY THROUGH THE JOSEPH NARRATIVE A No-Cost Interactive Tele-Webinar with Professor Reuven Kimelman Dear Friends, Have you ever wondered how do you teach

[ha-Safran]: What Does the Shema Really Mean?

2007-11-26 Thread Sergiu S. Simmel
Dear Friends, How many times have you said or heard the Shema in your lifetime? A few? Hundreds? Thousands? Maybe even tens of thousands... But what does it really mean? Why has the Shema become the center piece of Jewish liturgy? How do the 6 words of the Shema, the 6

RE: [ha-Safran]: Movie classification

2007-11-26 Thread Bernstein, Steven (Library)
While we're on the topic of movies. I've been looking for quite some time for a recording of a television show that some of you may recall titled "Brooklyn Bridge" . It was produced by Gary David Goldberg ("Family Ties", "Spin City") and aired from 1991 to 19

[ha-Safran]: Facing History Jewish Ed Online Seminar

2007-11-26 Thread Susan Dubin
- Original Message - From: Facing History and Ourselves To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:12 AM Subject: Facing History Jewish Ed Online Seminar Online Seminar for Educators in Jewish Settings This stimulating online seminar will introduce teachers to Facing Hi

Re: [ha-Safran]: Jerusalem Report

2007-11-26 Thread MyJewishBooks
i recall seeing an ad in either the most recent copy of The Jerusalem Report statnig that a rogue operation was calling on behalf of the JR to obtain subscribers and NOT at the behest of The JR, and that those calls should be ignored and reported to the JR and its authorized agents Perhaps thei

[ha-Safran]: NEH Summer Institute 2008 -- Venice, the Jews,

2007-11-26 Thread Paul Hamburg
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RE: [hasafran] Jewish Women encyclopedia

2007-11-26 Thread Arielle Levites
I'm sorry to hear you had trouble running your Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia CD-ROM. I know that the producer of the CD, Moshe Shalvi, and his technical support staff have already been in touch with you. I just wanted to make sure that all the safranim know that any technic

[ha-Safran]: New books

2007-11-26 Thread Efraim Zadoff
Safranim yekarim shalom, I want to present two new books, this time in English, published in Israel. Yaakov Malkin, Judaism Without God? Judaism as Culture and Bible as Literature. http://www.tmuraisrael.org.il/53609/Judais

[ha-Safran]: New copyright law in Israel

2007-11-26 Thread Rivka Shveiky
Dear colleagues, The new copyright law that was enacted in the Knesset on November 19th 2007, replaces an old English law from 1911. Since copyright law has important implications for libraries and archives, the Jewish National and University Library already convened a meeting three years ago,

[ha-Safran]: Translation into Arabic of world literature

2007-11-26 Thread 0livia
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[ha-Safran]: MY FANTASIA Film by Duki Dror-Documentary

2007-11-26 Thread Gail R Shirazi
Wonderful film by well known Israeli filmmaker - Duki Dror. The Darwish brothers immigrated from Iraq to Israel in the 50*s and established a menorah factory. For 50 years they designed, manufactured and shipped Chanukiyot all over the world. Now the factory is closing. Not just a Chanukah st

[ha-Safran]: Dictionnaire des rabbins - Derniers jours

2007-11-26 Thread Bibliotheque_AIU
La Commission française des archive juives vous rappelle - ATTENTION : DERNIERS JOURS POUR PROFITER DE LA SOUSCRIPTION SUR LE DICTIONNAIRE BIOGRAPHIQUE DES RABBINS (éd. Berg International) PRIX DE VENTE 35 € JUSQU'AU 30/11/2007 En savoir plus - DEJA EN LIBRAIRIE : Zadoc Kahn Un grand rabbin en

[ha-Safran]: European Judaism

2007-11-26 Thread Beverly Geller
Dear Safranim: If your library has the 1993 issues of this journal and you would be willing to either mail or fax me an article, please reply to me off-list. Thanks Bev Geller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by

[ha-Safran]: Mr. Saturday Night

2007-11-26 Thread Val Morehouse
Sounds like a lot of us haven't watched the movie. I have. I liked it, even if it was about dysfunctional siblings. And, yes…it was comic. Most ordinarily dysfunctional families are comic. If that wasn't true…comedy central would have to shut its doors. Val Val Morehouse, Temple Librarian Te

[ha-Safran]: Video collections

2007-11-26 Thread Eileen Polk
I am starting a video collection for the temple library of a reform congregation and wonder if anyone has a good list of titles, adult and children, that should be included in a starter collection. Also, what is a good source for Jewish videos? Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memori

[ha-Safran]: Cheironomy

2007-11-26 Thread Liza Stabler
Gentle Safraniyot and Safranim, Our cantor is teaching an introduction to torah cantillation, using the traditional hand signals, a.k.a. cheironomy. She would like a visual guide to the various hand signs but I haven't been able to find one, even in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia's extensive ar

[ha-Safran]: JNUL becomes National Library of Israel

2007-11-26 Thread elhanan
Yesterday (Nov. 26th) the Knesset passed the National Library Law which formally establishes a National Library of Israel. While the Jewish National and University Library has served as the de facto national library (of the Jewish People since the early 1900s and of the State of Israel since its e