Dear safaranim, It is with great pleasure that I ask you to join me in welcoming our newest AJL member and AJL News and Reviews team member, Ellen Drucker-Albert. I have known Ellen for three years; we work together on a local committee called "Long Island Reads" and she is always great to work with! Ellen will be joining us as a co-editor for Children's and Teen Reviews and working with fellow co-editors Chava and Lisa as Chava transitions to stepping away from her role at News and Reviews, after a significant tenure on our team, to focus on new endeavors.
I've asked Ellen to "introduce herself" in a short blurb: *It is my absolute pleasure to be joining AJL’s News and Reviews team as co-editor for Children's/Teen's Reviews. I am excited to return to my “roots.” I began my librarianship career about 25 years ago at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Suffolk County on Long Island, NY, where I assisted in the creation of their school library, and served as their Librarian, sharing my passion for Children’s and Teen literature. Jewish education was, and remains an important part of my career path. I taught elementary through high school age groups at the Solomon Schechter Day School, Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, the high school programs at the Suffolk Hebrew Midrasha Academy and the Ivry Prozdor High School of the Jewish Theological Seminary. I provided instruction in subjects ranging from Bible, Jewish literature, film, Constitutional law and Jewish ethics. I am also an attorney admitted in the State of New York, and have been a grader for the NY Board of Law Examiners since 1999.* *Currently, I am the Adult & Information Services Manager at the Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center. I serve as a member of the Long Island Reads Committee, an Island-wide reading initiative intended to bring readers together to discuss one book and participate in related programming. I moderate a monthly book discussion at the Cold Spring Harbor Library. I enjoy providing readers’ advisory services to my Rabbi recommending titles for his book discussions at the synagogue and participating in these Jewish-themed discussions.* *I am looking forward to contributing to the mission of the AJL promoting Jewish literacy and am appreciative of this opportunity to promote and encourage the engagement with Jewish literature for Children and Teens!* *Ellen Drucker-Albert * Please join me in welcoming Ellen to our community. Best, Sally -- Sally Stieglitz Communications and Marketing Coordinator | Long Island Library Resources Council sstiegl...@lilrc.org | 631-675-1570 x2005 http://www.lilrc.org [image: ORCID] http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-9188 [image: image.jpeg] LILRC is a member of the Empire State Library Network (ESLN <https://www.esln.org/>) Follow LILRC on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/LILRCouncil/> Twitter <https://twitter.com/lilrc> Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/lilrcevents/>
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