Yearly Archives: 2007

Robert A. Heinlein: The Door into Summer

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Gabor

We drove down from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving. The day before the trip my wife went to the library and picked up two books-on-tapes. (I wonder when the term books-on-cds will catch up, considering that these were … Continue reading →

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Szabadsag, szerelem (Freedom, Love, 2006, Hungary)

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Gabor

It was a rather divided and dividing experience to watch this movie. Dividing, because I ended up using four different lenses. And divided, because depending on which lens I used I got a different view.

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More links on Seferim.net

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Gabor

I checked that out of the 430 books listed on Seferim.net which ones are listed at Google Books, LibraryThing and WorldCat. There were 386, 331, 394 respectively. I added all these links to the appropriate books. Technical sidenote: In order … Continue reading →

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Draft of Seferim.net

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Gabor

I created the first version of the seferim.net site today. I added a few features to the list of books: a suggest a book feature, with a math exercise to protect against spammers and bots. a feature allowing to search … Continue reading →

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Seferim.net

Posted on August 24, 2007 by Gabor

I’ve been wanting to create a proper site for and around my list of Kabbalah books. I have been thinking what domain to register for this purpose. I wanted it short, so names like kabbalahbooks.com or kabbalahlibrary.com are out. I … Continue reading →

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Schachter-Shalomi: First Steps to a New Jewish Spirit

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Gabor

The review of Reb Schachter-Shalomi’s new book (First Steps to a New Jewish Spirit) at J. reads like an enhanced table of contents. It lists lots of questions and wets the appetite to get the answers. Or at least get … Continue reading →

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Comic book: Seven

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Gabor

A Greenflame blog entry summarizes a Newsarama piece on a comic book by Shooter and Wohl called Seven connecting “the superhero genre with the spiritual themes from Kabbalistic literature.” I think that’s bit of an exaggeration, because the article mostly … Continue reading →

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Book: On the Road with Rabbi Steinsaltz

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Gabor

J. had a book review/introductory article on Arthur Kurzweil’s long titledbook on/with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: On the Road with Rabbi Steinsaltz: 25 Years of Pre-Dawn Car Trips, Mind-Blowing Encounters, and Inspiring Conversations with a Man of Wisdom (published by Wiley)

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IF26: FRF on TV

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Gabor

I came across a short video clip from a TV station evening news, featuring Judith Krug of the Freedom to Read Foundation. The short snippet was talking about what’s wrong with book banning. The TV journalist covering the evening posted … Continue reading →

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IF25: Gaming and Intellectual Freedom

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Gabor

As I learned from the Shifted Librarian blog the “2007 ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium” will include a session on ” What IF: Gaming, Intellectual Freedom and the Law.” I am not a gamer myself, but find the … Continue reading →

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