Association of Jewish Libraries Publishing

Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee

Selected List of 1989 Titles: Selected List of 1989 Titles

Lubetski, Edith

Zipin, Amnon

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The First International Conference of Judaica and Israeli Librarians: 
Background and Organization 
Edith Lubetski 
Yeshiva University 
New York, NY 
and Amnon Zipin 
Ohio State University 
Columbus, Ohio 
n,n~:i ~, !V?W'~il tiinm ... ,n~n-1~ c•.:iwn c•:iiti" 
(:J"' ,'tl :1 fl?i!ji) "jiJ1.l" 
Two are better than one ... A threefold 
cord is not readily broken. (Ecclesiastes 
4:9, 12) 
No idea comes yesh me-ayin (ex nihilo) 
and good ones are built upon each other, 
adding to them and improving them until 
there is a solid foundation. So it was with 
the First International Conference of 
Judaica and Israeli Librarians. Manne 
Aronovsky, as convention coordinator in 
1986, suggested that the Association of 
Jewish Libraries (AJL) celebrate its 25th 
anniversary in Israel, and Edith Lubetski, 
as President of AJL (1986-1988), pro-
posed that the convention include Israeli 
as well as Judaica librarians worldwide. 
Bella Weinberg later suggested that AJL 
publish the papers in Judaica 
Librarianship. The latter proposal com-
pleted the !Jut ha-meshulash (threefold 
cord), to give the idea its permanence. 
And thus, the first fruits of years of labor 
are herein presented. 
Planning 
As in all significant achievements, the 
road to success was not easy. In the 
summer of 1986, Edith Lubetski contact-
ed Esther Amiel, then president of the 
Israel Society of Special Libraries and 
Information Centers, to explore the pos-
sibilities of a joint effort. Ms. Amiel pro-
vided invaluable assistance in directing 
Edith to key individuals who would be of 
help. Edith Lubetski met with a number 
of key Israeli librarians in 1986 and 
1987, and invited the following organiza-
tions to join in sponsoring the confer-
ence: Israel Society of Special Libraries 
and Information Centers, Israel Library 
Association, Hebrew University, Israel 
Ministry of Education and Culture, and 
the Association of Libraries of Judaica 
and Hebraica in Europe. All except the 
latter accepted immediately. Later, the 
Center for Public Libraries (Israel) and 
Hebraica Libraries Group of Great 
Britain and Ireland joined. 
Amnon Zipin was appointed cochair of 
the conference in December 1987. In 
the summer of 1988, Edith Lubetski 
arranged for a meeting of representa-
tives from the above groups, and invited 
a few other leading Israeli librarians. 
She left Israel on August 8, and on 
August 9 Amnon Zipin met with the rep-
resent at iv es of the Israel Library 
Association; Israel Ministry of Education 
and Culture, Cultural Administration of 
Libraries Department; Israel Society of 
Special Libraries and Information 
Centers; Jewish National and University 
Library; and other active Israeli librari-
ans. A conference committee, with 
Amnon Zipin as chair, was then formed 
and planning began in earnest. 
Amnon spent the rest of that summer in 
Israel trying to contract the services of a 
professional congress organizer. After 
meeting with several organizers and 
studying their bids, the conference com-
mittee decided to award the contract to 
Dan Kenassim, which then had the 
responsibility of arranging rooms, equip-
ment, the printing of programs, and reg-
istration. The appointment of Dan 
Kenassim to handle conference logistics 
allowed more time to be devoted to pro-
gramming by the librarians. The name of 
the conference was an issue, but in 
order to be inclusive of non-Judaica 
Israeli librarians, it was called the First 
International Conference of Judaica and 
Israeli Librarians. 
Programming 
It was decided to provide three parallel 
tracks. The Israel Society of Special 
Libraries and Information Centers would 
run its own program. The other two 
tracks more closely paralleled the R&S 
(Research and Special Libraries) and 
4 Judaica Librarianship Vol. 6 No. 1-2 Spring 1991-Winter 1992 
SSC (Synagogue, School, and Center) 
Divisions of AJL. 
The SSC program was in the hands of 
Tili Raviv and other Israelis, while 
Marion Stein worked on SSC program-
ming for AJL. Program suggestions 
were sent by mail to Israel. 
Communication was infrequent and 
beset by difficulties of language, as well 
as programming orientation. 
One of the problems of the SSC partici-
pants in the conference was simultane-
ous translation, which was inadequate at 
times and nonexistent for the storytelling 
component. Further, there were insuffi-
cient opportunities to soci.alize. Besides 
the language barrier, there were only 
about fifty SSC librarians to mingle with 
six hundred Israeli counterparts. 
Shortly after Amnon Zipin's appointment 
as cochair in 1987, he started both defin-
ing his responsibilities and devising a 
way to organize a successful program for 
the R&S section. As much as he tried to 
narrow the definition of his job to planning 
the program and speakers, it became evi-
dent very early on that he would also 
have to assume part of the overall organi-
zational duties. He was in communica-
tion almost daily with Yaacov Aronson 
(Bar llan University}, who facilitated com-
munication with Israeli colleagues. 
Although Amnon received input from the 
AJL committee and worked together 
with Israeli colleagues, he assumed final 
responsibility for all R&S programming. 
In an early planning stage, it was decid-
ed to take advantage of the high Israeli 
presence and to call upon the expert 
Judaica librarians there to be speakers 
in the R&S section. As you will read in 
the following pages, AJL was most 
enriched by that decision. The R&S pro-
gram received rave reviews from AJL 
members, as well as others who attend-
ed the conference. 
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF JUDAICA AND ISRAELI LIBRARIANS 
Editor's Note: The special section of this issue devoted to the First International Conference of Judaica and Israeli Librarians 
contains seven papers presented in the "Judaica Research Libraries" track of the conference. Papers from the First International 
Symposium on Jewish Children's Literature are scheduled to be published in the forthcoming issue. 
To put the seven papers in context, we have excerpted from the Conference Program information on all of the sessions in the 
research track. Abstracts - in Hebrew or English - of the majority of papers were included in the program, which was distributed 
to registrants. Bracketed notes within the listing below indicate which papers are represented in this issue. 
The First International Conference of 
Judaica and Israeli Librarians 
Program: 
Judaica Research Libraries and AJL-R&S 
[Association of Jewish Libraries - Research & Special Libraries Division] 
LUBETSKI and ZIPIN 
(Continued) 
All R&S programs were held in one 
room, with an average of 150 attendees. 
There was excellent interaction between 
R&S members and Israelis, as well as 
registrants from other countries. It did 
help that many R&S members speak 
Hebrew and had been acquainted with 
some of their counterparts in Israel 
before the conference. The conference 
generated great excitement about possi-
bilities of shared projects and ongoing 
cooperation. Contacts were made, 
friendships forged, and a direction estab-
lished. We look forward to the continuity 
and strengthening of those ties. 
Prof. Edith Lubetski is Librarian of Stern 
Tuesday, July 3, 1990 
08:00-08:45 - Chairwoman: Libby Kahana, Jewish National and University Library 
The Index of Jewish Art 
Ruth Jacoby, Hebrew University 
08:45-09:30 - Chairman:Yitzhak Yudelov, Jewish National and University Library 
Israeli Indexes to Hebrew Periodicals 
Michael Rigler, Jewish National and University Library 
10:30 Opening Ceremony 
Chairman: Dr. Dan Ronen, Director, Division of Culture and.Arts, 
Ministry of Education and Culture 
Guest of Honor. Zevulun Hammer, Minister of Education and 
Culture 
Greetings: Prof. Malachi Beit Arie, Director, Jewish National and 
University Library 
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Ezra Fleisher, Chairman, World Union of 
Jewish Studies - "Sefer, Sofer, Safran" (Book, Author and 
Librarian) In a Technological Age. [Published as a pamphlet. 
Summary by Donna Kutnick in this issue.] 
College of Yeshiva University in New 14:00-15:30 -
York City. Prof. Amnon Zipin is Jewish 
Chairman: Zion Shorer, Jewish National and University Library 
Judaica Cataloging: The Hebrew Bibliographic and Israeli Traditions 
[Full paper in this issue.] Studies Bibliographer at Ohio State 
University in Columbus. Elhanan Adler, University of Haifa Library. 
Judaica and Hebraica Cataloging: Anglo-American Traditions 
[Full paper in this issue.] 
Prof. Bella Hass Weinberg, St. John's University, USA 
16:00-17:30 - Chairwoman: Linda Lerman, Yale University, USA 
Acquiring Privately Printed Hebrew Rabbinic Literature 
Meir Wunder, Jewish National and University Library 
Non-Traditional Judaic Research Collections 
Dr. Michael W. Grunberger, Library of Congress, USA 
Wednesday, July 4, 1990 
08:00-09:30 - Chairman: Dr. Herbert Zafren, Hebrew Union College, USA 
The Codicological Data-Base of the Hebrew Palaeographical Project 
as a Tool for Palaeographical Typology and Identification 
Prof. Malachi Beit Arie, Jewish National and University Library 
Judaica Librarianship Vol. 6 No. 1-2 Spring 1991-Winter 1992 5 


English

Background and Organization

Association of Jewish Libraries

Vol. 6:1–2 Table of Contents

Kaganoff, Nathan M.

Jewish Archives in the United States: Cooperation and Coordination

Kahane, Libby

Reference Works from Israel, 1989-1990

Singerman, Robert

Charting the Course: The University of Florida's Collection Management Policy for Jewish Studies

Baker, Zachary M.

Review of Judaica Americana: A Bibliography of Publications to 1900

Lazinger, Susan S.

EPISTLE FROM ISRAEL 
Exhibitions 
A number of exhibitions were held in 
Israel's university libraries in the Spring 
of 1990, paying homage to both cele-
brated and neglected Jewish individuals, 
and highlighting the accomplishments of 
Jewish ethnic and cultural communities. 
By far the most publicized of these 
recent exhibitions was "Reflections from 
Einstein's Archives," a first-time display 
of 70 items from the 45,000-item 
Einstein Archive acquired by Hebrew 
University's Jewish National and 
University Library in 1983. Held in April 
and early May 1990, the exhibit was 
timed to coincide with "Einstein: Issues, 
and Contexts," an international conclave 
on the history and philosophy of sci-
ence, sponsored by the Hebrew 
University, Tel-Aviv University, and the 
Van Leer Institute. The two events 
marked the 85th anniversary of the pub-
lication of Einstein's three revolutionary 
articles on Brownian motion, the photo-
electric effect, and the special theory of 
relativity. Mounted in the entrance hall of 
the JNUL, the exhibition presented 
Einstein from five perspectives: his con-
tributions to theoretical physics; his 
involvement in Jewish affairs and politi-
cal issues; his hobbies; his correspon-
dence with children; and "curiosities," a 
category which includes some of the 
strange proposals he received. One, 
from a plumber named R. Stanley 
Murray, who had once read that 
Einstein's ambition was to be a plumber, 
offered him a partnership in his plumb-
ing firm and agreed to change the name 
to Einstein and Stanley Plumbing 
Company. A brochure describing the 
exhibition was published by the JNUL 
("Reflections ... ," 1990). 
On the 19th anniversary of the death of 
the poet Leah Goldberg in February 
1990, the JNUL received a surprise gift 
of 61 of her drawings, 13 of them col-
ored, along with 33 of her letters in 
German. The gift arrived in an envelope 
from Frau llsabe yon Podewills of West 
Germany, and included a letter describ-
Susan Lazinger 
Hebrew University 
Jerusalem, Israel 
ing her friendship with Leah Goldberg, 
whom she first met in 1930 at the 
University of Berlin. Selected drawings 
from this collection were on display in 
the JNUL entrance hall during the entire 
month of March, as "Exhibit of the 
Month." 
The last exhibition (in reverse chrono-
logical order) of an individual's work was 
held in December 1989, in the entrance 
hall of the Bloomfield Library, Hebrew 
University's central library on Mount 
Scopus. Posters, photographs, and 
manuscripts of the Austrian-Jewish 
writer Joseph Roth were exhibited under 
the auspices of the Austrian Embassy in 
Israel. 
Two exhibitions of works of specific seg-
ments of the Jewish community were 
held in 1989, one in the library of Ben 
Gurion University of the Negev in 
Beersheba, and one in the JN UL. The 
JN UL exhibition, entitled Wider das 
Vergessen ("Lest We Forget"), displayed 
letters, manuscripts, photographs, and 
rare books of writers and poets who 
were persecuted during the Third Reich 
and forgotten after 1945. Mounted under 
the auspices of the Academy of 
Language and Literature of Darmstadt, 
Germany, and the Goethe Institute, in 
conjunction with the JNUL, the exhibition 
has appeared in several cities in 
Germany under the Darmstadt 
Academy's auspices, but made its first 
appearance in Israel with this exhibition 
at the JNUL. In each town where it was 
presented, local libraries added material 
from their collections. The JN UL also 
added documents from the collections of 
its Manuscripts Department, including 
letters to Professor Martin Buber written 
by several of the writers. 
The second exhibition, held in 
November 1989 in Ben Gurion 
University's library, displayed books on 
Jews of Spain and the East, from the 
period of the exile from Spain to the pre-
sent. Organized by the Elyashar Center 
for the Heritage of Spanish Jewry, and 
based on the collection of the library of 
124 Judaica Librarianship Vol. 6 No. 1-2 Spring 1991-Winter 1992 
Ben Gurion University, the exhibition 
focused on several Jewish communities 
in the Middle East, through a selection 
of literary and scholarly works that 
emerged from these communities. 
New Libraries 
In August 1989 a new Hasidic library 
was opened in the heart of B'nei Berak, 
on Rabbi Akiva Street, at the corner of 
Yerushalayim Street. The new library is 
a center for the teachings of the pupils 
of the Ba'al Shem Tov, and includes 
books on Hasidism from all parts of the 
Hasidic spectrum. As far as is known, 
this is the first and only library in the 
world dedicated exclusively to the topic 
of Hasidism. The collection currently 
numbers approximately 1,500 books, 
classified by Hasidic dynasty, of which a 
large percentage are PL!blications of the 
Lubavitch Hasidim. 
Another new religious library was dedi-
cated in Haifa, at the Institute for 
Research in the Writings of the 
Rambam. In addition to a large micro-
fiche collection and photocopies of old 
and rare books, the new library has a 
computer with a dedicated line to the 
Responsa project of Bar llan University. 
Dr. Naphtali Eilati, Honorary Chairman 
of the Institute, spoke at the opening 
ceremony, pointing out the importance 
of the codification of Hebrew law and 
announcing that the Institute is making 
an effort to concentrate all materials 
connected with the Rambam, especially 
in the area of legislation. 
And New Homes for Old Libraries 
Two veteran Tel-Aviv libraries moved to 
more spacious quarters during the first 
half of 1990. The first, the Dance Library 
of Israel, moved from the cramped facili-
ties that it had occupied since 1974 at 
the AMLI Music Library in Rehov Bialik, 
to new premises next to the Beit Ariella 
municipal library, adjacent to the Tel 
Aviv Museum. This relocated library is 
among the largest public dance libraries 
in the world, with a collection of Israeli 
, 
material on dance that does not exist 
anywhere else. The move was made 
possible by grants from the Tel Aviv 
municipality, the Education Ministry, and 
George and Sally Whyte. The Dance 
Library of Israel currently has about 
4,000 books and 1,000 videotapes, as 
well as other documents and records. 
The second library to move is the 
Wiener Library, home of thousands of 
books, journals, and documents on the 
history of antisemitism. The Library's 
new home is in a building attached to 
the main library of Tel Aviv University, 
designed by Tel Aviv architects to blend 
into and continue the architecture of the-
main library. Tel Aviv University Library 
Director, Dr. Dan Simon, remarked that 
the new building will help relieve the 
crowded conditions which had forced 
the Wiener library to operate on a 
closed-stack system, with its holdings 
housed in storerooms, while users had 
to order publications from the card cata-
1 o g. The new three-story building 
includes an undergraduate library, a 
microfilm/microfiche reading room, and 
an institute for photocopying rare manu-
scripts. The improved facility was made 
possible by a contribution from Carolyn 
and Joseph S. Gruss. 
Importing Collections 
Significant and valuable items of Yiddish 
literature were acquired by the Tel Aviv 
University Library early this year, with 
the assistance of a fund set up by British 
businessman William Margoliot 
(Margules). One of the rare items, 
acquired in London, is a second edition 
(1837) of The Book of Parodies, Poems 
and Stories, written in a South German 
Yiddish dialect. These poems describe 
in great detail the life of the Jews in the 
area of Speyer at that time. Another 
book, entitled To Our Friends, About 
Our Enemies, and published in Moscow 
in 1939, includes antisemitic drawings in 
the style of the Nazi newspaper Der 
Stuermer. According to Library Director 
Dr. Simon, thousands of dollars were 
invested in the fund in order to expand 
and improve the University's Yiddish col-
lection significantly. 
Fourteen thousand books on Judaism, 
Torah, and archaeology were flown from 
Cincinnati in the spring of 1990, to the 
newly constructed library of the 
Jerusalem branch of Hebrew Union 
College. The huge collection imported 
from the United States includes 3,000 
rare volumes on the philosopher Baruch 
Spinoza. The fully computerized Hebrew 
Union College Library in Jerusalem, with 
the addition of the airlifted books, will 
house 100,000 volumes, including the 
private collection of Professor Yigael 
Yadin and the 6,200-volume collection 
of Fritz Bamberger - one of the world's 
largest collections on the life and works 
of Spinoza. 
Finally, an agreement has been signed 
between the Lenin Library in Moscow 
and the JNUL to microfilm one of 
Moscow's important Judaica collections, 
the "Baron G0nzburg Library," for the 
JNUL. The collection, whose value has 
been estimated at $100 million, consists 
of 6,000 books and 2,000 manuscripts, 
some of them 1,500 years old and most 
of them dating from the Middle Ages. It 
includes a manuscript dated 914 C.E. 
and approximately 50 Jewish works 
printed before 1500. 
And Exporting Technology 
The Tel-Aviv-based company Ex Libris 
last year received an order for the instal-
lation-of the ALEPH software system in 
the National Technical Library of 
Denmark. ALEPH will operate on the 
Digital VAX 6300 computer, with all the 
library's departments connected through 
60 terminals, forming a local network. In 
addition, 50 communication lines will 
enable the system to serve the general 
public, who will be able to hook up to the 
system through personal computers, 
search for books in the library, and order 
them through a computerized circulation 
system. The 750,000-volume Danish 
National Technical Library has signed a 
contract for $265,000, making this the 
largest and most expensive ALEPH sys-
tem ever sold so far. 
Gifts From Local Donors 
Ezra P. Gorodesky, a Philadelphia-born 
collector who has been a Jerusalem res-
ident for the last three decades, has 
been collecting Judaica since he was a 
child. His special interests are miniature 
Hebrew books, a/et-bet books, placards 
for children, and synagogue dedication 
materials. Gorodesky, according to Prof. 
Malachi Beit-Arie (director of the JNUL 
until the end of 1990), is different from 
most collectors who donate their collec-
tions to libraries and museums: "He was 
never a wealthy man, but he possesses 
the qualities essential for a collector of 
modest means: the right instinct, enthu-
siasm, and a lot of patience." To mark 
his 60th birthday, Gorodesky contributed 
a significant part of his collection to the 
JN UL, including a 16th-century letter 
written to the Ari (Isaac Luria, a 
renowned Kabbalist from Safed), while 
he was in Egypt, which Gorodesky res-
cued from oblivion in a book-binding. In 
addition, among the items donated are 
Hebrew items linking the Jews and 
Napoleon 200 years ago, woodcuts of 
playing cards from the 17th century, and 
a note dated 1785 in which Reverend 
1 Jacob Cohen of Mikveh Israel in 
Philadelphia asked a member to dis-
charge his debt to the synagogue, so 
that Cohen's salary could be paid. 
Two rare Old Yiddish books were 
recently donated to the JNUL by a 
young German brother from Dormition 
Abbey on Mount Zion. The books, from 
the private collection of Brother Claus 
Columben Lethen, are Eyn gor sheyne 
tkhine, an anthology of prayers for 
women from the late 16th century, and 
Oral} Hayim, by Joseph Ben-Eliezer 
Chalfan of Posen, Poland. Oral} Hayim 
was printed in Basel, SVfitzerland, in 
1602, and is one of only four known 
copies. Brother Lethen, who is 27 years 
old and has been collecting for only two 
years, has nonetheless amassed some 
50 old Hebrew and Yiddish books. His 
decision to place the two books on long-
term loan to the JNUL was reached in 
connection with Israel's 40th year of 
statehood, which he felt was an appro-
priate time to "show that there are peo-
ple interested in this country," and also 
because he felt that the two books were 
"part of Jewish history." 
The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film 
Archive 
As the result of an agreement signed 
recently between Hebrew University's 
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive -
the world's largest collection of Jewish 
and Israeli documentary films - and the 
Harvard College Library, the holdings of 
the Spielberg collection will now be 
more readily accessible to American 
scholars and filmmakers. 
According to. the agreement, Harvard is 
funding the videotaping of selected films 
from the Spielberg Archive, and has 
been designated as the official deposito-
ry in the United States for the Spielberg 
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Archive. The agreement will enhance 
significantly the Judaica video resources 
at Harvard, providing convenient access 
for researchers as well as film and tele-
vision producers who are interested in 
films on the Jewish and/or Israeli experi-
ence, many of which (until this agree-
ment) could be found only in Israel. The 
Spielberg Archive, located on Hebrew 
University's Mount Scopus campus, was 
founded 20 years ago by the 
University's Institute of Contemporary 
Jewry and was recently named for the 
famous American filmmaker. It houses 
over 4,000 cans of film and videotapes, 
containing rare and unique footage, 
ranging from short film clips to full-length 
feature films. Part of the collection was 
recently documented in Films of the 
Holocaust: An Annotated Filmography of 
Collections in Israel (New York: Garland 
Publishing, 1990). Compiled by Sheba 
F. Skirball, this filmography covers evi-
dence for the Holocaust, recorded on 
film or videotape located in Israel, 
regardless of where the films were origi-
nally produced. The catalog is indexed 
by subject, language of soundtrack, and 
feature-film title. [See a related article by 
Roberta Newman in the MEDIA 
JUDAICA section of this issue - Ed.] 
Reference 
Reflections from Einstein's Archives: An 
Exhibition: The Jewish National and 
University Library, Weintraub Hall, 
Jerusalem, 23.4-3.5, 1990. Jerusalem: 
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 
The Jewish National and University 
Library, Albert Einstein Archives, 1990. 
Dr. Susan Lazinger is Head Librarian 
and part-time Lecturer at the Graduate 
School of Library and Archive Studies at 
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 
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Epistle from Israel

Adler, Elhanan

Judaica Cataloging: The Hebrew Bibliographic and Israeli Traditions

Adler, Leah

Adler, Elhanan 
"Judaica Cataloging: The Hebrew 
Bibliographic and Israeli Traditions" 
8-12 
ALEF BIT, 60-65 
Aliprand, Joan 
"Hebrew Character Sets: A Review and 
Update of Library Automation 
Worldwide" 60-65 
"American Jewish Women: Two 
Bibliographies" 137-145 
Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography 
(Review) 66, 72 
APPROBATIONS, 66-72 
Archives, Jewish, in the United States, 49-
52 
Aronson, Ya'akov 
"Yeshiva Libraries in Israel" 38-42 
Association of Jewish Libraries 
Life Membership Award, 1990, 135-136 
Reference Book Award, 1989, 162 
Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award, 
1989, 113-114 
Sydney Taylor Book Awards for 
Children's Literature, 1989, 106-112 
Association. of Jewish Libraries, 1965-1990 
Letter, 59 
Baker, Zachary M. 
AJL Reference Book Award presenta-
tion, 1989, 162 
"Problem Patrons and Problem 
Librarians: A Personal Confession" 
168-171 
Review of: Singerman, Robert. Judaica 
Americana: A Bibliography of 
Publications to 1900, 68-72 
"What We Owe the Genealogists: 
Genealogy and the Judaica 
Reference Librarian" 43-46, 48 
Update of: Stern, Malcom H. 
Bibliography of Jewish Genealogy, 
41-48 
Bar-llan University Library 
Hebrew Subject Headings, 24-32, 37 
Berger, Pearl 
"Preservation Microfilming of Judaica: 
Projects, Plans, Possibilities" 33-37 
Berlin, Charles, ed. 
Jewish Film and Jewish Studies 
(Reviewed by Roberta Newman) 
132-134, 136 
"A Bibliographic Pilgrimage to Jerusalem" 
53-58 
Bibliography 
Gratz, Rebecca, 137-140 
Jewish genealogy, 46-48 
INDEX TO VOLUME 6 
Compiled by 
Leah Adler 
Yeshiva University 
New York, NY 
Bibliography (continued) 
Judaica reference works, 1990, 146-
150 
Master's theses on topics in Judaica 
librarianship, 127-131 
Reference works from Israel, 1989-
1990, 151-161 
Selected list of contenders for the AJL . 
Sydney Taylor Book Awards for 
Children's Literature, 1989, 107-108 
Szold, Henrietta, 141-145 
"Bibliography of Jewish Genealogy" 46-48 
Blanc, Esther 
Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award 
acceptance speech, 1 09-11 O 
"Bringing Judaica librarianship to Israel" 
(Editorial) 3 
CATALOG DEPARTMENT, 73-104 
Letter, 59 
Cataloging 
Jewish liturgy (letters) 59 
Judaica and Hebraica 
Anglo-American, 13-23 
Israeli, 8-12 
"Charting the Course: The University of 
Florida's Collection Management 
Policy for Jewish Studies" 115-119 
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 106-114 
THE CHOSEN BOOK, 115-119 
Classification 
Dewey Decimal Classification: 200 
Religion Class, 20th ed. reprint 
(Review) 120-121 
Library of Congress 
Judaica, recent changes (1990-
1991 ), 76-80 
Peace and international conflict 
resolution, 73-75 
Cohen, Susan Sarah 
Antisemitism: An Annotated 
Bibliography (Reviewed by Avraham 
Greenbaum) 66, 72 
Collection management policy for Jewish 
studies, University of Florida, 115-119 
Colloquium on Resources For Hebraica in 
Europe (London, September 1989) 
122-123 
COMMENTARIES, 59 
"Creating Judaica Research Collections: 
The Cost-Effective Way" 163-167 
Cutter, Charles 
"Recommended Judaica Reference 
Works, 1990" 146-150 
180 Judaica Librarianship Vol. 6 No. 1-2 Spring 1991-Winter 1992 
Davidoff, Donna J. 
"American Jewish Women: Two 
Bibliographies" 137-145 
Deitch, Sara S. 
"Reading Programs in a Religious 
School Setting" 175-179 
DEWEINEAZAR, 120-121 
Dewey Decimal Classification. 200 
Religion Class. 20th ed. reprint 
(Review) 120-121 
Dixon, Tennessee 
Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award 
acceptance speech, 11 O 
Dreyfuss, Ricky 
"Library of Congress Classification for 
Judaica: Recent Changes (1990-
1991 )" 76-80 
EPISTLE FROM EUROPE, 122-123 
EPISTLE FROM ISRAEL, 124-126 
Film, Jewish, and Jewish studies, 132-134, 
136 • 
"The First International Conference of 
Judaica and Israeli Librarians" 4-58 
Galron Goldschlager, Joseph 
"Library of Congress Subject Headings 
in Jewish Studies: Recent Changes 
(1988-1991 )" 81-93 
Ganz, Yaffa 
Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award 
acceptance speech, 113-114 
"Genealogy and the Judaica Reference 
Librarian" 43-46, 48 
Genealogy, Jewish, Bibliography, 46-48 
Gold, Leonard (Aryeh) 
Review of: Smith, Diana Rowland, and 
Salinger, Peter Shmuel, eds. 
Hebrew Studies: Papers Presented 
at a Colloquium on Resources for 
Hebraica in Europe ... 122-123 
Goodman, Philip 
Letter(AJL, 1965-1990) 59 
Gratz, Rebecca, Bibliography, 137-140 
Greenbaum, Avraham A. 
Review of: Cohen, Susan Sarah, ed. 
Antisemitism: An Annotated 
Bibliography, 66, 72 
Grossberg, Aileen D. 
"AJL's Sydney Taylor Awards for 
Children's Literature" 106-107, 109, 
111,113 
, 
Guides to Library of Congress Subject 
Headings and Classification on Peace 
and International Conflict Resolution 
(Review) 73-75 
Hill, Brad Sabin 
"A Bibliographic Pilgrimage to 
Jerusalem" 53-58 
"Hebrew Character Sets: A Review and 
Update of Library Automation 
Worldwide" 60-65 
Hebrew Studies: Papers Presented at a 
Colloquium on Resources For Hebraica 
in Europe Held at the Schoof of Oriental 
and African Studies, University of 
London, 11-13 September 1989/11-13 
Eful 5749 (Review) 122-123 
"Hebrew Subject Headings: Development 
and Implementation at Bar-llan 
University" 24-32, 37 
Hebrew Union College Library (NY) 
Subject headings for Jewish liturgical 
sheet music, 94-104 
Hebrew University. Graduate School of 
Library and Archive Studies. 
Master's theses on topics in Judaica 
librarianship, 1974-1991, 127-131 
Hoffman, Gita 
"Hebrew Subject Headings: 
Development and Implementation at 
Bar-llan University" 24-32, 37 
IN THE BEGINNING, 3 
International Conference of Judaica and 
Israeli Librarians, 1st, 4-58 
Background and organization, 4-5 
Program (research track) 5-6 
Selected papers, 8-58 
Jerusalem, a bibliographic pilgrimage to, 
53-58 
"Jewish Archives in the United States: 
Cooperation and Coordination" 49-52 
Jewish children's books too good to miss, 
1989, 107-108 
Jewish Film and Jewish Studies: 
Proceedings of a Conference Held at 
Harvard University on November 13-14, 
1989 on the Role of Jewish Film in 
Teaching and Research in Jewish 
Studies (Review) 132-134, 136 
Judaica Americana: A Bibliography of 
Publications to 1900 (Review) 68-72 
"Judaica and Hebraica Cataloging: Anglo-
American Traditions" 13-23 
"Judaica Cataloging: The Hebrew 
Bibliographic and Israeli Traditions" 8-
12 
Judaica librarianship 
In Israel, 3 
Master's theses, 127-131 
Judaica reference works, 1990, 146-150 
Kaganoff, Nathan M. 
"Jewish Archives in the United States: 
Cooperation and Coordination" 49-
52 
Kahane, Libby 
"Reference Works from Israel, 1989-
1990" 151-161 
Kertesz, Yitzhak 
"Creating Judaica Research 
Collections: The Cost-Effective Way" 
163-167 
Kessinger, Judith A., ed. 
Guides to Library of Congress Subject 
Headings and Classification on 
Peace and International Conffict 
Resolution (Reviewed by Bella Hass 
Weinberg) 73-75 
Kutnick, Donna 
SCATTER OF THE LITERATURE, 172-
174 
Lazinger, Susan 
EPISTLE FROM ISRAEL, 124-126 
"Master's Theses on Topics in Judaica 
Librarianship in the Graduate School 
of Library and Archive Studies, The 
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 
197 4-1991 : An Annotated 
Bibliography" 127-131 
LEARNING, 127-131 
Lerman, Linda 
AJL Life Membership Award presenta-
tion, 1990, 135-136 
Library Automation Worldwide (Review) 
60-65 
Library of Congress 
Classification 
Judaica, recent changes (1990-1991) 
76-80 
Peace and international conflict 
resolution, 73-75 
Subject headings 
Judaica, recent changes (1988-1991) 
81-93 
Peace and international conflict 
resolution, 73-75 
"Library of Congress Classification for 
Judaica: Recent Changes (1990-
1991}" 76-80 
"Library of Congress Subject Headings in 
Jewish Studies: Recent Changes 
(1988-1991}" 81-93 
Liebman, Shifra 
"Hebrew Subject Headings: 
Development and Implementation at 
Bar-llan University" 24-32, 37 
Liturgy, Jewish, Cataloging of 
Letters, 59 
Lowry, Lois 
Sydney Taylor Children's Book Award 
acceptance speech, 111-112 
Lubetski, Edith 
"The First International Conference of 
Judaica and Israeli Librarians: 
Background and Organization" 4-5 
"Master's Theses on Topics in Judaica 
Librarianship in the Graduate School of 
Library and Archive Studies, The 
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1974-
1991: An Annotated Bibliography" 127-
131 
MEDIA JUDAICA, 132-134, 136 
Microfilming of Judaica, for preservation, 
33-37 
Music, Liturgical 
Subject headings, 94-104 
Newman, Roberta 
Review of: Berlin, Charles, ed. Jewish 
Film and Jewish Studies, 132-134, 
136 
Oppenheim, Micha F. 
"Recommended Judaica Reference 
Works, 1990" 146-150 
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, 135-136 
"Preservation Microfilming of Judaica: 
Projects, Plans, Possibilities" 33-37 
"Problem Patrons and Problem 
Librarians: A Personal Confession" 
168-171 
Rabenstein, Bernard 
Letter (CATALOG DEPARTMENT) 59 
"Reading Programs in a Religious School 
Setting" 175-179 
"Recommended Judaica Reference 
Works, 1990" 146-150 
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT, 137-162 
Reference works 
Judaica, 1990, 146-150 
"Reference Works from Israel, 1989-1990" 
151-161 
Research collections in Judaica, coopera-
tive acquisitions, 163-167 
RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 163-167 
RESPONSA, 168-171 
Rotenberg, Shlomo 
"Hebrew Subject Headings: 
Development and Implementation at 
Bar-llan University" 24-32, 37 
Salinger, Peter Shmuel, ed. 
Hebrew Studies: Papers Presented at a 
Colloquium on Resources For 
Hebraica in Europe ... (Reviewed by 
Leonard [Aryeh] Gold) 122-123 
SCATTER OF THE LITERATURE, 172-
174 
"Selected Jewish Children's Books Too 
Good to Miss: List of 1989 Titles" 107-
108 
Shaham, Sarah 
"Hebrew Subject Headings: 
Development and Implementation at 
Bar-llan University" 24-32, 37 
Judaica Librarianship Vol. 6 No. 1-2 Spring 1991-Winter 1992 181 
Singerman, Robert 
"Charting the Course: The University of 
Florida's Collection Management 
Policy for Jewish Studies" 115-119 
Judaica Americana: A Bibliography of 
Publications to 1900 (Reviewed by 
Zachary M. Baker) 68-72 
Smith, Diana Rowland, ed. 
Hebrew Studies: Papers Presented at a 
Colloquium on Resources for 
Hebraica in Europe ... (Reviewed by 
Leonard [Aryeh] Gold) 122-123 
Stauffer, Suzanne M. 
"Subject Headings for Jewish Liturgical 
Sheet Music" 94-104 
Steinsaltz, Adin 
Recipient, AJL Reference Book Award, 
1989, 162 
Stern, Malcom H. 
"Bibliography of Jewish Genealogy" 
46-48 
Subject headings 
Hebrew (Bar-llan University Library) 24-
32, 37 
Jewish liturgical sheet music (HUC, NY) 
94-104 
Library of Congress 
Judaica, recent changes (1988-1991) 
81-93 
Peace and international conflict 
resolution, 73-75 
"Subject Headings for Jewish Liturgical 
Sheet Music" 94-104 
Sydney Taylor 
Body-of-Work Award, 1989, 113-114 
Book Awards for Children's Literature, 
1989, 106-112 
SYNAGOGUE LIBRARIES, 175-179 
Szold, Henrietta, Bibliography, 141-145 
Thorne, John 
Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award 
acceptance speech (for Esther 
Blanc) 109-110 
University of Florida 
Collection management policy for 
Jewish studies, 115-119 
Weinberg, Bella Hass 
"Bringing Judaica Librarianship to 
Israel" (Editorial} 3 
"Judaica and Hebraica Cataloging: 
Anglo-American Traditions" 13-23 
Letter (CATALOG DEPARTMENT) 59 
Review of: 
Dewey Decimal Classification: 200 
Religion Class, 20th ed. reprint, 
120-121 
Kessinger, Judith A. Guides to 
Library of Congress Subject 
Headings and Classification on 
Peace and International Conflict 
Resolution, 73-75 
182 Judaica Librarianship Vol. 6 No. 1-2 Spring 1991-Winter 1992 
"What We Owe the Genealogists: 
Genealogy and the Judaica Reference 
Librarian" 43-46, 48 
Wilk, David 
"Hebrew Subject Headings: 
Development and Implementation at 
Bar-llan University" 24-32, 37 
"Yeshiva Libraries in Israel" 38-42 
Zafren, Herbert C. 
AJL's Lije Membership Award accep-
tance letter, 136 
Zipin, Amnon 
''The First International Conference of 
Judaica and Israeli Librarians: 
Background and Organization" 4-5 
Leah Adler is Head Librarian of the 
Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebraica-
Judaica, Yeshiva University. 
Judaica librarianship Vol. 6 No. 1-2 Spring 1991-Winter 1992 183 
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 
NAME PAGE 
Aronson, Jason, Inc ...................... 105 
August House ................................ 17 4 
Biblio Press ................................... 126 
Biegeleisen, J .................................. 31 
EKS Publishing Co ........................ 119 
Facts on File ...................................... 7 
Garland Publishing ........................ 161 
Holt, Henry & Co., Inc ..................... 67 
Ideal Book Store ............................ 150 
Jerusalem Books, Ltd ...................... 42 
Jewish Book Council ....................... 23 
Mass, Rubin, Ltd ............................. 30-
Micah Publications ........................ 126 
Once Upon a Time ........................ 114 
Pangloss Press ....... , ............... 37, 123 
Schoen, Kenneth ............................. 59 
Schwartz, Stanley ......................... 123 
Shofar ............................................ 167 
Talas ............................................... 37 
Trotter, John .................................. 171 
UAHC Press .................................. 108 
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GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWERS 
Shimeon Brisman, Editor, APPROBATIONS 
Book reviews are expected to include de-
scriptions, evaluations, and critical com-
ments (preferably in this order). 
The descriptive part should acquaint the 
reader sufficiently with both the purpose and 
contents of the work. Data about the author, 
or additional information about the work 
(part of a series, illustrations, etc), may be 
included in this part. 
The evaluation of the material should consist 
of an objective examination of the contents, 
a spot-checking of sources, and summariza-
tion of findings (whether the work meets the 
stated objectives of the author, whether the 
work meets scholarly standards, etc.). Crit-
ical comments pertaining to the technical as-
pects of the work (arrangement of material, 
order of chapters, bibliography, etc.) may be 
included in this section. 
Basic criticism, including the reviewer's opin-
ions and final judgment of the work, should 
be relegated to the end of the review. 
Note to publishers: Judaica Librarianship 
does not publish reviews of monographs, 
only of reference books and professional 
tools for librarians. Review copies of the lat-
ter should be sent to the Editor. Reference 
books for review should be sent to: 
Dr. Charles Cutter • 
Head, Judaica Dept. 
Goldfarb Library 
Brandeis University 
405 South St. 
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