Hello. We have recently lost two members who were active in AJL. Sylvia Firschein died on May 16. Fran Wolf posted her obituary on Hasafran several days ago. Sylvia led the new convention attendees meeting at every convention for at least 20 years until her husband got sick. She organized a new chapter in West Florida when she moved to Sarasota about ten years ago that has grown strong through the years. She expanded its membership with members up and down the West Coast.
Dorothy (Dotty) Ehrich passed away on May 5. Dotty was the SSC Vice President between 15 and 20 years ago and attended convention for many years. She had many AJL friends throughout the country. Below is her obituary. EHRICH, DOROTHY D. (82), mother of Beverly Ehrich of Pawtucket (Carl Freedman), and grandmother of Jesse, Adam and Ben Freedman, passed away peacefully in Mountainside, NJ on May 5, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Dot's greatest joys were her husband of 62 years, Herb, and her four children and twelve grandchildren. Dot was a graduate of Hunter College 49, where she was Class President and a loyal sister of Phi Sigma Sigma. Prior to moving to Westfield, NJ where she raised her family, Dot taught kindergarten in the New York City public schools. In Westfield, Dot was active in numerous organizations including ORT, Hadassash, PTA, and the Westfield High School Library. Dot was the librarian for 33 years at Temple Emanu-el, Westfield, NJ. The family requests that donations be made to the Temple Emanu-el Library, 756 E. Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090, or the MSK Cancer Center (Ephraim Casper Research Fund), P.O. Box 27106, New York, NY 10087. We are indebted to them for all of their work on behalf of AJL and Judaica librarianship. May the memory of them be a blessing for us. I want to thank Toby Rossner for assisting me in the preparation of this email. Jim Rosenbloom -- James P. Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University President, Association of Jewish Libraries James P Rosenbloom Library and Technology Services Mailstop 045 Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA 02454 9110 781-736-4688 rosenbl...@brandeis.edu --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org