Monthly Archives: April 2007

Project TRIUMPH

Posted on April 19, 2007 by

YourHub.co’s Simi Valley section covers Project TRIUMPH’s program. The Daily News has a longer summary of how it went this year,i ncluding quotes from the participants. You can also watch three videos related to the event on YouTube. And in … Continue reading →

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Photo-Art Exhibition

Posted on April 18, 2007 by

The East London Advertiser brought me the news that Gitl Braun, an Orthodox Jewish woman artist staged her own one-woman photo-art exhibition, in London’s East End, in the Jagonari Women’s centre. (Open from May 8 to June 1.) It is … Continue reading →

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IF10: Scenario 8: There Are Liberals Under My Bed

Posted on April 18, 2007 by

Question: Would you buy Katharine DeBrecht’s Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! book for your library? The short answer is that if there is a demand for it, yes, I would buy it despite that I personally believe … Continue reading →

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In Honor of Khaled Abdelwahhab

Posted on April 16, 2007 by

From Voice of America: The Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles has honored an Arab Muslim who saved Tunisian Jews from Nazi persecution. In the Tunisian town of Mahdia an Arab man named Khaled Abdelwahhab decided to help the Boukris … Continue reading →

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Helping Fire Victims

Posted on April 15, 2007 by

These two unrelated items landed on my screen on the same day. From the Arab American News: On April 3, someone set off an explosive device outside the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre in Montreal. Fortunately, there were no damages … Continue reading →

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Muhammad Movie at Passover

Posted on April 15, 2007 by

I read about this event in The Weekly of Gwinnett County in Georgia. Inspired by a challenge from Oglethorpe University‘s president, Lawrence M. Schall, students have created three faith-based student organizations in six months. And this first Jewish president in … Continue reading →

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IF9: Big Bad Wolf in Desperate Housewives

Posted on April 13, 2007 by

My wife started to watch the TV series Desperate Housewives on DVD, she is just in the first season. While I don’t watch it with her, sometimes I catch a scene or two, between my studies. A few days ago … Continue reading →

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IF8: Matilda in the Library

Posted on April 13, 2007 by

As I was reading the interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights as applied to access for minors I kept thinking of the movie Matilda. It is based on a wonderful Roald Dahl story, in which a young girl with … Continue reading →

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IF7: Intellectual Freedom Round Table

Posted on April 12, 2007 by

I learned about the “first-ever Intellectual Freedom Round Table preconference to celebrate the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights” from an AL Direct, link to Don Wood’s Library 2.0 blog entry. I wish I could go, because it includes … Continue reading →

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A Night Under the Moon and Stars

Posted on April 12, 2007 by

Two years ago I mentioned that there was a Muslim-Jewish art festival at the University of North Carolina. Looks like they made it an annual event. I just read an article in the U’s student newspaper about “the third annual … Continue reading →

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