[ha-Safran] High Holiday Reading

2018-08-13 Thread Jacqueline Benefraim
Shalom! The editors of the Jewish Review of Books have selected 10 previously-published articles that follow the arc of the fall holidays, from Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to Sukkot and Simchat Torah, and created a High Holiday Companion ebook. We hope that you will enjoy the articles, print

[ha-Safran] The Book of Life Podcast is Back! "Social Justice & Jewish Children's Books"

2018-08-13 Thread Heidi Rabinowitz
The podcasting hiatus is over! The Book of Life is back, with an episode about social justice in Jewish children's books, from the panel discussion that took place during AJL18 in Boston this June. Please listen, and share the episode with your friends and colleagues! Here it is:

Re: [ha-Safran] The Book of Life Podcast is Back! "Social Justice Children's Books"

2018-08-13 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
I’m looking forward for listening to it. Welcome back Heidi ! Amalia Warshenbrot AJL Past president, From: Heidi Rabinowitz Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2018 5:58 PM To: Hasafran ; SFAJL ; kidlitosph...@yahoogroups.com ; jewishbookmarket...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [ha-Safran] The Book of Life

[ha-Safran] Authorship of illustrations in Tseʼenah u-reʼenah (1789/1826 editions)

2018-08-13 Thread Gabriel Mordoch
Hello Yossi, Could you please post the following question on *Hasafran*? Thank you, -Gabriel *Dear colleagues,* *I am trying to figure out who was the author of the illustrations (apparently woodcuts) in Tseʼenah u-reʼenah (Sulzbach, 1789, new edition 1826). It may be very difficult to

Re: [ha-Safran] Authorship of illustrations in Tse’enah u-re’enah (1789/1826 editions)

2018-08-13 Thread Heidi G Lerner
Hi Gabriel, This is a long shot and I don't think that Stanford has a copy but the 1963 Festschrift in honor of Nathan Michael Gelber has articles on the Tseeaah -reenah and its illustrations. Best, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Metadata Dept.