I am very pleased to announce that the AJL 2017 Annual Conference will be in New York City. The dates are Monday to Wednesday, June 19 to 21. We have a wonderful local committee, and I know that they will produce an outstanding conference.
We are making two major changes for this conference. You may recall an email that I sent out last year asking for members likely to attend future conferences whether they would prefer to stay with Sunday as a starting day, or switch to Monday or Tuesday. With the exception of a couple of members, everyone favored starting on a weekday. 2017 is the first year that we can institute this significant change. You may know that when one brings any caterer into a hotel, the hotel charges a steep fee for each meal, on top of the caterer's charges. This costs our members a huge amount of money. There was no way that we would have been able to keep registration fees down and still be able to afford to hold a conference in a major city such as New York. In 2017 we will not hold our sessions and meals in a hotel. They will be in the building of Hebrew Union College (1 West Fourth St.). As we have done in the past, we will bring in a caterer under full rabbinical supervision. We are currently about to seek out a hotel close to HUC for those needing a hotel room, and to negotiate a group rate. Because so many members live in the New York City area, or have friends and relatives in the area, it is hard to estimate how many people will need rooms. I would very much appreciate hearing from you if you expect to attend and stay in a hotel, whether you are from out of town or local. This information will be valuable in negotiating the best possible room rate and to make sure that enough rooms are reserved. Jim Rosenbloom National Conference Chair James P Rosenbloom Judaica Librarian Library and Technology Services Mailstop 045 Brandeis University 415 South St. Waltham, MA 02454 9110 781-736-4688 rosenbl...@brandeis.edu
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