AJL Membership Gala Sunday, October 23, 2022 9:00 am PT / noon ET / 7:00 pm Israel Time
AJL's annual online Membership Gala celebrates our new and renewing members! Join your colleagues for a delicious conversation with Chef Michael Twitty, author of Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew. The talk will be followed by socializing and networking in breakout rooms—BYO drinks! Join <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/join-us/__;!!KGKeukY!1FYIdr7rKRajjelHwuwn5a7khJDjB71xe13XmnWrC1R4711cjcAwRnZlke_YypWZZ8sJwaLpKjxr4MCOg6-dxxZKa9yctBto$ > or renew <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/member-portal-2/__;!!KGKeukY!1FYIdr7rKRajjelHwuwn5a7khJDjB71xe13XmnWrC1R4711cjcAwRnZlke_YypWZZ8sJwaLpKjxr4MCOg6-dxxZKa2jBf7yL$ > now! Members will receive a Zoom registration link by email prior to the event. AJL Presents: Stronger Together: Combating Antisemitism Through Positive Jewish Role Models in KidLit Thursday, October 27, 2022 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET >From Charlottesville to Colleyville, antisemitism is at an all-time high, >making the need to help Jewish children find their voices to speak up against >hatred and build Jewish pride a priority. This workshop will highlight >outstanding Jewish-themed books for children of all ages, to be utilized as >bridges, not only within our Jewish community, but with the community at >large. We’ll share books that avoid stereotypes, include accurate material, >and present diverse and intersectional Jewish voices that act as windows, >mirrors, and sliding glass doors. As Jewish kidlit authors, our goal is to >highlight books that provide positive role models and incorporate Jewish >values, building a foundation for our children to be upstanders and allies. Chana Stiefel is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for children, both fiction and nonfiction. Her next picture books include The Tower of Life, the true story of Holocaust survivor and historian Yaffa Eliach, who rebuilt her town in stories and photographs, creating the Tower of Faces at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (Scholastic, 10/4/22), and Mendel's Hanukkah Mess Up, a heartwarming holiday story about each person’s ability to make a difference in the world (Kalaniot, 9/6/22). Chana is also the author of Let Liberty Rise: How America’s Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty (Scholastic, 2021). Learn more at chanastiefel.com <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.chanastiefel.com/__;!!KGKeukY!1FYIdr7rKRajjelHwuwn5a7khJDjB71xe13XmnWrC1R4711cjcAwRnZlke_YypWZZ8sJwaLpKjxr4MCOg6-dxxZKa0NLJL5j$ >. Liza Wiemer is an award-winning educator with over twenty years of teaching experience. Her second young adult novel, The Assignment, was published by Delacorte Press and has received numerous honors, including being named a 2021 Sydney Taylor Notable Book. In addition, Liza has had two adult nonfiction books published and several short stories included in the New York Times bestselling Small Miracles series. She has had articles published in various newspapers and magazines and writes a monthly kidlit column for the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. A graduate of UW-Madison, Liza has two married sons and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband, Jim. Nancy Churnin is the award-winning author of 10 picture book biographies including 2022 Sydney Taylor Honor Dear Mr. Dickens (also winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award), 2022 Notable A Queen to the Rescue, and 2019 Notable Irving Berlin, the Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing. She will make her board book debut with Counting on Shabbat from Kar-Ben Publishing in fall 2023. A former longtime journalist and theater critic, born and raised in the Bronx, Nancy now makes her home in North Texas with her family, which includes a dog named Dog and two cantankerous cats. This event is sponsored by AJL's RAS and SSCPL divisions and is open to AJL members and the public. All are welcome. Register at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMucOmprjgrGt0dEVvdCj_CMuE7o8YjrSe7__;!!KGKeukY!1FYIdr7rKRajjelHwuwn5a7khJDjB71xe13XmnWrC1R4711cjcAwRnZlke_YypWZZ8sJwaLpKjxr4MCOg6-dxxZKa_2O6xr9$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMucOmprjgrGt0dEVvdCj_CMuE7o8YjrSe7__;!!KGKeukY!1FYIdr7rKRajjelHwuwn5a7khJDjB71xe13XmnWrC1R4711cjcAwRnZlke_YypWZZ8sJwaLpKjxr4MCOg6-dxxZKa_2O6xr9$ >
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