More But Not the Same

You may have missed the colorful dust jackets on the bulletin board as you enter the library. You may be away from our actual space, and need a virtual peek into our most recent acquisitions*, or you may just be looking for a good read that will help to relax you while preparing for all that the High Holy Days entail.
For all of you, here are some of my picks:

The Idea of Modern Jewish Culture, by Eliezer Schweid (Academic Studies Press, 2008): “The intellectual, scholarly, educational and literary-creative process whose agenda was the creation of Judaism as a new culture…” (Dust jacket)

Time and Life Cycle in Talmud and Midrash: Socio-Anthropological Perspectives, by Nissan Rubin (Academic Studies Press, 2008): “I attempt to demonstrate ways and means of application of social and cultural theory to Rabbinic sources.” (Chapter 1.)

Arguing with the Storm: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers, edited by Rhea Tregebov (The Feminist Press & CUNY, 2007): “Recently rediscovered and newly translated…spanning from the 18900s to the 1970s.” (Back cover)

God on the Starting Line, by Marc Bloom (Breakaway Books, 2007): “the triumph of a Catholic school running team and its Jewish coach.” (Front cover)

The Jerusalem Book of Quotations, by Jack Friedman (Gefen, 2007): “Bringing together a bountiful sample of quotations from Jewish, Christian and Muslim sources.” (Back cover)

The Godlife: 10 Approaches to Personalizing Prayer, by Aryeh Ben David (Devora, 2007)

Living the Halachic Process: Questions and Answers for the Modern Jew, edited by Daniel Mann (Eretz Hemdah Institute, 2007)

50 Stories from Israel: an Anthology, edited by Zisi Stavi (Yedioth Ahronoth & Chemed Books, 2007): “includes stories from modern Hebrew literature covering the first half-century of Israel’s existence as a modern state.” (Back cover)

The Three Faces of Monotheism, edited by Joan Goodnick Westenholtz [Hebrew, Arabic & English texts] (Bible Land Museum, 2007): “The catalogue accompanies the exhibition… [examining] the formation and iconography of the three great living monotheistic faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.” (Foreword)

And, finally, three tributes to three eminent scholars in their fields:
Higayon L’Yona: New Aspects in the Study of Midrash, Aggadah and Piyut, in honor of Professor Yona Fraenkel (Magnes, 2006)

Judaism: Topics, Fragments, Faces, Identities: Jubilee Volume in honor of Rivka [Horwitz] (Ben Gurion University, 2007)

Rega Shel Huledet: a Moment of Birth, Studies in Hebrew and Yiddish Literatures in honor of Dan Miron (Mosad Bialik, 2007)


*stay tuned to news from this exciting front, as Sheryl is building us a library in “Second Life”…

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School and academic librarian nominations open for Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love my Librarian award

Nominations for librarians in schools, colleges, community colleges and universities begin today for the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

Administered by the American Library Association’s Public Information Office and Campaign for America’s Libraries, the award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community.

Nominations for school and academic librarians continue through October 15. Nominations for public librarians opened on August 15 and run through October 1. All nominations are accepted electronically at www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.

Up to 10 librarians in public, school and academic libraries will be selected honored at a ceremony and reception in New York at TheTimesCenter, hosted by The New York Times. Each winner also will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a $500 travel stipend to attend the awards reception. In addition, a plaque will be given to each award winner’s library.