Dear Susan, ALA is finally recognizing what all of us at AJL already know. Your work on promoting the best in Jewish children's literature makes you a national treasure.
Thank you Heidi for sharing, Jackie On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 7:32 AM Michelle Margolis via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Congratulations, Susan! Keep making us proud :) My best, Michelle On Thu, > May 4, 2023 at 4: 28 PM Annette Goldsmith via Hasafran <hasafran@ lists. > osu. edu> wrote: What wonderful news, Heidi!! Susan, kol hakavod for this > recognition of all > Congratulations, Susan! Keep making us proud :) > > My best, > Michelle > > > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 4:28 PM Annette Goldsmith via Hasafran < > hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > >> What wonderful news, Heidi!! Susan, kol hakavod for this recognition of >> all the work you do! The two of you have been doing such amazing work for >> AJL and beyond! Best, Annette Annette Y Goldsmith, PhD (she/her/hers) >> Part-time Faculty, Kent >> What wonderful news, Heidi!! Susan, kol hakavod for this recognition of >> all the work you do! The two of you have been doing such amazing work for >> AJL and beyond! >> >> Best, >> Annette >> >> Annette Y Goldsmith, PhD (she/her/hers) >> Part-time Faculty, Kent State University iSchool >> Guest Faculty, University of Washington iSchool >> Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles >> Member, 2024-2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee >> >> *Currently reading: *Grimes, Nikki. *Garvey's Choice: The Graphic Novel*. >> Illus. by Theodore Taylor III. (Wordsong, 2023) >> >> "A book is like a world you can carry around with you." >> Liniers.* Written and Drawn by Henrietta* (TOON Books, 2015) >> >> On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 10:28 AM Heidi Rabinowitz via Hasafran < >> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: >> >>> I am so happy for my friend Susan Kusel, who has won the ALA Equality >>> Award! Here's the press release, and I also want to share what she wrote on >>> Facebook, because it's very significant that ALA is recognizing Jewish >>> advocacy work as >>> I am so happy for my friend Susan Kusel, who has won the ALA Equality >>> Award! Here's the press release, and I also want to share what she wrote on >>> Facebook, because it's very significant that ALA is recognizing Jewish >>> advocacy work as being worth celebrating. Here's the press release: >>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2023/05/susan-kusel-named-winner-2023-ala-equality-award__;!!KGKeukY!yd2SiZARMxxoqAeGpqkd4iNuevq89Z3ntAtuphCwn5chBIJ186l8aOhxrREGQPWujW5yYtmWIZF5ALQ7CVjBwqt28lThUuE1CzA9$ >>> >>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2023/05/susan-kusel-named-winner-2023-ala-equality-award__;!!KGKeukY!3vuWq6ZSn47LBLXdrcex4EjnrVMUt2jjB_LF59U4yItNfZ2W6K51H_QcVcRESAw6oAFyGDE2_NZGyQ8Qp9-JRGx7Wud_Io23ZMIuW8IPYRk$> >>> >>> And here are Susan's own words, in which she shouts out AJL: >>> >>> A big and unexpected moment and career high that I can't quite believe. >>> Thank you to the American Library Association for selecting me as the >>> recipient of this year's ALA Equality Award. >>> With thanks and gratitude to the members of this year's committee: Dora >>> Ho, Skip Dye, Keahiahi S. Long, Shay Ramsey-Martin and Robin Sofge and to >>> ALA. Thank you for recognizing me, but much more importantly for >>> recognizing Jewish advocacy work as significant and worth awarding. >>> With deep thanks to Heidi Rabinowitz, who has been my partner for so >>> much of this Jewish book equity work. I am so proud of the projects and >>> communities we have created. >>> Also thank you to my colleagues at ALA and the Association of Jewish >>> Libraries and to everyone in the library, bookselling and publishing fields >>> who have been so supportive of Jewish books. Thank you to my synagogue >>> colleagues and library patrons, who I have been working for. >>> I am also honored to be recognized for my mentoring. That is truly an >>> important part of my professional life and I am so proud of my mentees and >>> what they have accomplished. >>> I really feel this is a group award, for all the work we have done >>> together, to expand the world of Jewish books for all Jewish and non-Jewish >>> readers. 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