Bookswap Update and Survey

Post Shiputzim Book Swap Update

The community book swap has been closed for the past month or so due to shiputzim/repair work in the stairwell which is its usual home. The Vaad Bayit has informed us that in order for the book swap to return to its location, it must have nicer bookshelves. Do you want this free community service to continue? We need your help to pay for new shelves. ...

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Short Update

I have been a bit quite around here except for scheduled posts for a number of reasons (maternity leave,summer break...) but also largely because given what has been going on, I really did not feel like I had much to say and I didn't really feel like promoting the Bnei Akiva bencher project, or my social media/design/web design work with so many peo ...

Korach and teaching values

I have lately been thinking about teaching values or rather the how of teaching values. Values are obviously relayed through actions but sometimes the nitty-gritty of every day life, the stresses of clothing, feeding and paying bills, extreme exhaustion which comes with family life, makes taking the time to talk about values difficult. It is true that v ...

Free Photo book

THIS OFFER IS NOW CLOSED Perhaps useful to readers post a celebration (print out fun pictures,) pre celebration (create a history book or whatever) but I just received an email about a promotion for a free photo book promotion for Picaboo new customers. I'm including a link to the promotion below.  

Book swap

Recently I set up a book/dvd/cd swap outside my apartment. The idea is that people often have books etc. that they no longer want but don't want to just throw out. This is a place where they can deposit what they don't want, and take something else they would prefer to read/watch/listen to. It currently has a stock in English, Hebrew and German (and one Flemish book.) Other languages are also accepted. I provide the location ...