Thank you to everyone who responded to my request. The books have found a home. A little background. The books are from the Ivriah School in Fint, MI. The school had been a combined school for two shrinking congregations in Flint: Founded in September 1982, it was the combined religious school of Congregation Beth Israel (CBI-Conservative) and Temple Beth El (TBE-Reform).
Because the whole population of Flint is declining, the school had become unsustainable. I agreed to find a home for their excellent collection (which I now have a count is closer to 500 books). The resolution: A man from Cleveland, OH contacted me with the information that a congregation there had a fire a few weeks ago and the major loss was their entire collection of children's books. He offered to drive to Ann Arbor and pick them up for this congregation. Here is the news article about the fire. https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/beth-israel-the-west-temple-recovering-from-fire-loses-children/article_05fcd0d6-edb5-11e8-8c17-a3b41e18f838.html I am so glad for this solution to the "problem" of 500 extra books in my library. Clare Kinberg, Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor [https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/clevelandjewishnews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/f0/df0d968a-edb5-11e8-a464-4b26205b5efc/5bf59aca328ee.image.jpg?resize=947%2C630]<https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/beth-israel-the-west-temple-recovering-from-fire-loses-children/article_05fcd0d6-edb5-11e8-8c17-a3b41e18f838.html> Beth Israel–The West Temple recovering from fire, loses children’s book collection | Local News | clevelandjewishnews.com<https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/beth-israel-the-west-temple-recovering-from-fire-loses-children/article_05fcd0d6-edb5-11e8-8c17-a3b41e18f838.html> www.clevelandjewishnews.com Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law established a leadership education program for law students, made possible by a $750,000 gift from Cleveland attorney and business ... ________________________________ Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 10:28 AM To: Hasafran Subject: [ha-Safran] Entire library of Jewish children's books in very good condition Hi Hasafran, Recently a Reform congregation closed and donated to my library at Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor over 200 Jewish children's books. I've been going through them and it is an excellent, up to date collection. My library is also excellent and up to date. I could keep these books, but most of them would be 2nd or 3rd copies for us. Is there anyone out there that needs an instant Jewish children's library? Write me offlist at ckinb...@gmail.com<mailto:ckinb...@gmail.com>. -- Clare Kinberg, Temple Beth Emeth Library, Ann Arbor
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