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Attribution and Misattribution: On Computational Linguistics, Heresy and Journalism

Attribution and Misattribution: On Computational Linguistics, Heresy and Journalism

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Prof. Moshe Koppel is on the faculty of the Computer Science Department at Bar-Ilan University. He has published extensively on authorship attribution, as well as on a diverse array of topics of Jewish and scientific interest. A few days ago, newspaper readers from New Jersey to New Zealand read about new computer software that “sheds light on the authorship of the Bible” . By the time the news circled back to Israel, farteitcht and farbessert, readers of Haaretz were (rather…

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Sale: Databases of Hebrew Books

Sale: Databases of Hebrew Books

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As in past years, in honor of Shavua ha-Sefer, there is a 30% sale on electronic databases of Hebrew books, including Otzar ha-Chochmah ver. 8, Otzrot ha-Torah ver. 6, Bar Ilan Responsa Project ver. 18 and DBS ver. 15. All of which have been upgraded this year, some siginficantly. 30% Sale will be ending on June 13. Purchases can be made in installments. For more information please contact Moshie Flohr at (732) 363-4941 or (917) 456-7855. Shipping, via USPS, is…

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Benefits of the Internet: Besamim Rosh and its History

Benefits of the Internet: Besamim Rosh and its History

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In a new series we wanted to highlight how much important material is now available online. This, first post, illustrates the proliferation of online materials with regard to the controversy surrounding the work Besamim Rosh (“BR”). [We must note at the outset that recently a program has been designed by Moshe Koppel which enables one, via various mathematical algorithims, to identify documents authored by the same author. We hope, using this program, to provide a future update that will show…

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Kosher Tube: TV Series on the 13 Principles

Kosher Tube: TV Series on the 13 Principles

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My next post will, God willing, appear after Pesah (in three parts). In the meantime, I wanted to let readers know about the thirteen episodes of a show focusing on the Thirteen Principles. It is called Credo 13 and you can find it here. It appeared on Canadian television and “stars” myself, David Novak. Benjamin Hecht, Shalom Carmy, Eliezer Breitowitz, Mayer Schiller, and Leib Tropper. (If you can’t tolerate, or figure out, the game played by the girls in the…

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Shavua HaSefer sale on Hardrives

Shavua HaSefer sale on Hardrives

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Annual Shavua HaSefer sale on computerized (digital) Seforim Libraries. 1) Otzar HaChochma This year the sale will be 30% off the regular price. The sale will be from June 7 thru June 27. The prices are as follows: Full version (30,300 vol.) reg. 1920 sale $1299 Bnei Torah version (29,000 vol.) reg 1720 sale $1175 Library version (30,300 vol.) reg 1120 sale $820 There are also TWO additional optional sections that can be added to any of the above versions:…

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SEFORIM HARD DRIVES SALES UPDATE etc.

SEFORIM HARD DRIVES SALES UPDATE etc.

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The Otzrot HaTorah (AKA “The Morgenstern Library”) is now ON SALE thru June 30. The library contains 13,000 volumes in the “regular” version and 14,000 volumes in the “expanded” edition. The SALE prices are as follows: Expanded edition: Reg. price $1990 SALE price: $1480. Standard edition: Reg. price $1480 SALE price: $1160. There is a payment plan of (up to) 20 monthly payments. Payments can be made by cash, check or credit card. For those making a one time payment…

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Sale On Hebrew Book Harddrives

Sale On Hebrew Book Harddrives

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This year the sale will be 33% off the regular price of Otzar HaChomah. The sale runs from May 13 through June 7. The prices are as follows: Full version (25,800 vol.) reg. 2275 sale 1520 Bnei Torah version (24,500 vol.) reg 2050 sale 1370 Gemara v’Halacha (18,700 vol.) reg 1525 sale 1020 Tanach u’Midrash (17,200 vol.) reg. 1525 sale 1020 also an additional 2,400 from Kehos Publishing is $70 All of the above include a “search engine” which is…

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The Ongoing Debate on the Usage of Print vs. Electronic Journals: Perspective from Tradition’s Online Editor

The Ongoing Debate on the Usage of Print vs. Electronic Journals: Perspective from Tradition’s Online Editor

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To the Editors of the Seforim blog: I thank C.G. and Menachem for their thoughtful comments regarding Tradition at the Seforim blog (see “The Ongoing Debate on the Usage of Print vs. Electronic Journals: Perspective of an Ivy League PhD Student,” available here). Since I understood the post to be using the example of Tradition for a larger phenomenon of deciding between print and electronic journals, I will also try to relate to this ongoing discussion in the context of…

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The Ongoing Debate on the Usage of Print vs. Electronic Journals: Perspective of an Ivy League PhD Student

The Ongoing Debate on the Usage of Print vs. Electronic Journals: Perspective of an Ivy League PhD Student

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I recently had an enjoyable conversation with a former roommate and friend, back from our days at Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh, who is currently nearing completion of a doctorate at the graduate school of an Ivy League institution in computer science, about his views on using print vs. electronic journals. Our discussion centered on the notion that a journal Tradition, published by the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), a leading institution of American Modern Orthodox Judaism, charges a fee of $25.00…

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New Torah u-Madda Journal, available online in PDF; and Criticisms of Menachem

New Torah u-Madda Journal, available online in PDF; and Criticisms of Menachem

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After I posted the Table of Contents to the latest volume of the Torah u-Madda Journal, no. 14 (2006/2007), at the Michtavim blog last week — note, this post has been updated with the links to the PDFs, hosted at YUTorah.org — I received some very harsh criticisms for my laxity in providing links to the PDFs, including one noteworthy email. To add insult to injury, the accuser sent me criticisms via an anonymous email address! See here [PDF].

Two Links of Note

Two Links of Note

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First, just about the entire volume in memory of Dov Rappel is available for free online here. This includes articles by, inter alia, Moshe Halmish, Yosef Tabory, and Stefan Rief. Second, there is a new site which is attempting to compile a complete bibliography of books related to Jewish genealogy here. The site is run by a collector of Jewish genealogy books and hopefully he will be able to satisfy his goal.

Two News Items

Two News Items

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First, the sale on the Seforim Hard Drives has been extended until June 22 for the Otzar haChomah and the 25th for the Morgenstern hard drive. Second, a new issue of Ohr Yisrael has just come out and includes more articles on wheat for matzot from Arizona, an article on definition of Darkei Emorei and the related laws, the second installment on the custom of candle lighting. Additionally, there is another article by R. B. Oberlander, related to the Yerushalmi…

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Sale On Seforim Hard Drives

Sale On Seforim Hard Drives

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As discussed previously, there are two hard drive systems which contain thousands of seforim. Both of these will be on sale starting on Sunday June 3 for two weeks. For more information one can contact Mr. Flohr, who provided the information which appears below. Here are the sale prices: Otzar Hachochma – Hard Drive System Full version (23,000 seforim)- $1380 (reg. $1980) Bney Torah (21,500 seforim) – $1240 (reg. $1780) G’mara V’Halacha (15,800 seforim) -$930 (reg. $1320) Torah U’Midrash (15,800…

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Kabbalah Books Online

Kabbalah Books Online

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I am not sure why but it appears that a website in Czech (?) contains numerous Kabbalah seforim in their entirety free. These include the literature from Sefer Yetzirah, Zohar, R. Moshe Chaim Luzzato, Ari”Zal, R. Abraham Abulafia, and many others.