[ha-Safran] Librarians Affected by Hurricanes

Shalom! I truly hope my greeting finds you at peace, safe and sound from natural disasters. However, if your library was flooded, you might want to review my presentation "Hurricanes, Earthquakes and Floods, Oh My!" given at the 2013 AJL Conference in Houston, http://databases.jewishlibraries.or

Re: [ha-Safran] Our thoughts are with our colleagues in Huston

It's now almost 2 weeks since Harvey. Hopefully the damage assessments are starting at the various Houston institutions. Can Judy or Marilyn (or another member in the region-- Uri, someone in Dallas) suggest where we can send money? And now we wait for Irma to blow into Florida. Fred Isaac On

[ha-Safran] Educational Resources and Cool Videos about Rosh Hashana - The Jewish New Year

Hi Everyone! Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year 5778, begins Wednesday night, September 20, 2017. I posted on my website 65 links about Rosh Hashana, ranging from laws and customs to games and recipes. Site languages include English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Russian and Spani

Re: [ha-Safran] Librarians Affected by Hurricanes

An excellent reminder of great resources Jackie! Important resources for libraries and personal libraries as well. The National Archives and the Library of Congress have resources for preservation as well. If anyone is in

Re: [ha-Safran] Librarians Affected by Hurricanes

Dear Safranim in libraries affected by hurricanes, Our hearts are with you. Once you’re back and your feet and need to refresh/replace your Jewish children’s book stock, please contact me offline and let me know what you need. Kar-Ben will help by donating books. L’shana Tovah, Joni Sussman Pu

[ha-Safran] free middle grade books

Hello Safranim, Joanne Rocklin, a children's author friend, sent me the below offer and I hope some of you take her up on it! I have scores of free hardcover copies of my Judaic middle grade novels STRUDEL STORIES and THE VERY BEST HANUKKAH GIFT to donate to libraries and schools, for class se

[ha-Safran] For those using Elazar classification.....

Hello Safranim, I am aware that many small Judaic libraries use the Elazar classification scheme and wish there was some way of copy-cataloging so it would be easier to assign a number to an item. For many years, Sinai Temple Library was in the forefront of this because they used to provide a c