Re: [ha-Safran] Žilvinas Beliauskas, 1958–2024

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

This comes as a huge shock.  I had the great pleasure of meeting Žilvinas
at several AJL Annual Conferences.  I found him very friendly, warm,
down-to-earth, and so knowledgeable, not only about Lithuanian culture and
history, but about Jewish bibliography, literature, history, and culture in
general.  I also had the honor of moderating two sessions at which he was a
presenter and found him very cooperative and easy to work with.  I regret
that I never had the occasion to travel to Vilna and meet with him on his
home turf and in his element.  I will miss him a great deal.  My
condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.  May his memory be for
a blessing.


*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
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On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Hopefully the Vilnius Jewish Public Library will stand as a testament to
> Žilvinas‘ life’s work and keep his memory alive. Jackie Ben-Efraim Sent
> from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2024, at 8: 50 AM, Rena Citrin via Hasafran
> 
> Hopefully the Vilnius Jewish Public Library will stand as a testament to
> Žilvinas‘ life’s work and keep his memory alive.
>
>
> Jackie Ben-Efraim
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 26, 2024, at 8:50 AM, Rena Citrin via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
> 
> Dear Colleagues: My area of librarianship never intersected with
> Zilvanis', but I met him at several AJL conferences and always enjoyed
> speaking with him and learning about the important work he did. He was
> unwaveringly kind and a gentleman.
> Dear Colleagues:
> My area of librarianship never intersected with Zilvanis', but I met him
> at several AJL conferences and always enjoyed speaking with him and
> learning about the important work he did. He was unwaveringly kind and a
> gentleman. I wondered why he was not at the June conference. May his memory
> be a blessing.
> Rena Citrin
> Chicago
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 9:25 AM Michelle Margolis via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues, I just saw an announcement of the passing of Žilvinas
>> Beliauskas, librarian of the Vilnius Jewish Public Library, who many of us
>> met at AJL conferences. Žilvinas was supposed to join us in San Diego this
>> year, but unfortunately
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I just saw an announcement of the passing of Žilvinas Beliauskas,
>> librarian of the Vilnius Jewish Public Library, who many of us met at AJL
>> conferences. Žilvinas was supposed to join us in San Diego this year,
>> but unfortunately couldn't make it because of health. I've copied the post
>> from the VJPL below - I hope someone with better knowledge of Lithuanian
>> than I can translate it! He worked tirelessly to share Jewish culture and
>> knowledge in Vilnius and around the world. He will be missed. May his
>> memory be for a blessing.
>>
>> Michelle Margolis
>> Netekome Lietuvos nacionalinės bibliotekos Vilniaus žydų viešosios
>> bibliotekos vadovo Žilvino Beliausko. Žmogaus, kurio didžiulių pastangų ir
>> darbo dėka Vilniuje atgimė žydų biblioteka ir kultūros centras. Žilvinas
>> Beliauskas buvo Vilniaus žydų viešosios bibliotekos siela, šios
>> bibliotekos, vėliau įsiliejusios į Nacionalinę biblioteką ir tapusios jos
>> padaliniu, gyvavimo variklis, idėjų ir iniciatyvų šaltinis. Dėl vadovo
>> iniciatyvų ir plataus kontaktų rato čia vyko gausybė įdomių, unikalių,
>> autentiškų renginių: parodų, seminarų, paskaitų, meninių pasirodymų.
>> Psichologo išsilavinimą turėjęs ir daug metų Mykolo Riomerio universitete
>> dėstęs Ž. Beliauskas, ilgainiui atsidavė tik bibliotekos vystymo veiklai,
>> nes tame matė labai didelę prasmę ir misiją. Jis visada buvo apsuptas
>> žmonių, bičiulių, bendražygių ir lengvai įtraukdavo žmones į bibliotekos
>> gyvenimą.
>> Vilniaus žydų viešosios bibliotekoje Ž. Beliauskas sukūrė draugišką,
>> atvirą žinių ir bendravimo erdvę, kurioje puikiai jaučiasi ir darbuotojai,
>> ir lankytojai.
>> Žilvino Beliausko išėjimas yra didžiulė netektis tiek Vilniaus žydų
>> viešajai bibliotekai, tiek ir kiekvienam asmeniškai jį pažinojusiam.
>> Liūdime dėl skaudžios netekties ir reiškiame užuojautą Žilvino Beliausko
>> šeimai, artimiesiems, draugams.
>> Ilsėkis ramybėje, brangus Žilvinai. Pažadame tęsti tavo pradėtą veiklą.
>> Nuotraukos autorė Dominyka Čiplytė-Bak
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[ha-Safran] Staying on in San Diego for ALA after AJL?

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Hello friends and colleagues,

Is anybody who's staying on for ALA Annual after the AJL Conference going
to leave the AJL hotel or neighborhood on Thursday, June 27ᵗʰ who will be
driving downtown or interested in sharing a ride?  If so, please contact me
off list.

Many thanks.

*Shabbat Shalom/Gut Shabes,*
Elliot



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Re: [ha-Safran] 2024 Fanny Goldstein Award

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Gail,

Mazel-tov, *kol ha-kavod,* and *yasher-koyekh* on being selected the 2024
Fanny Goldstein Merit Award recipient.  As stated in the message below by
2024 FGMA Chair and 2023 FGMA recipient, Rachel Leket-Mor, you are a most
worthy winner of this award.  Your many years of contributions to, and hard
work in, AJL and to promote Judaica and general librarianship, Judaica in
general and, of course, to your longtime institution, LC, are admirable.
In recent years, of particular note, is your hard work on the AJL
Conference Support Committee, along with Lenore Bell.

It's been a pleasure knowing you during the three and a half decades of our
membership in AJL.  I still recall meeting you at my first AJL annual
conference more than 30 years ago—hard to believe all that time has
passed!—and look forward to seeing you again in San Diego in June.

Congratulations and best wishes always,
Elliot


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On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 9:31 AM Rachel Leket-Mor via Hasafran  wrote:

> Dear AJL members, I am thrilled to announce that Gail Shirazi is the 2024
> Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner. Serving 47 years at the Library of
> Congress, Gail has contributed immensely to our community of Jewish
> libraries through her far-reaching
>
> Dear AJL members,
>
>
>
> I am thrilled to announce that Gail Shirazi is the 2024 Fanny Goldstein
> Merit Award Winner.
>
>
>
> Serving 47 years at the Library of Congress, Gail has contributed
> immensely to our community of Jewish libraries through her far-reaching
> collection development efforts at LC and across other libraries, by
> arranging numerous public programs in different venues, by connecting AJL
> members with other colleagues, and by serving on several AJL annual
> conference and programming committees. Gail’s boundless advocacy and
> passion are unforgettable, and her extraordinary comradery is an
> inspiration to us all. Please see the attached PR for more information.
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> Congratulations, Gail! We are so proud of you!!!
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> I thank my FGA committee members for their help in selecting such a
> deserving AJL member for this prestigious award: Daniel Scheide and Aviva
> Rosenberg.
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> Please join me in congratulating Gail on her well-deserved recognition by
> email and/or by attending the June annual conference in San Diego, where
> she will be receiving her award.
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> Thank you,
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> Rachel
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> Rachel Leket-Mor, Librarian
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Re: [ha-Safran] Sad news

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

I'm very sorry to hear of Adiare's passing.  As others have mentioned, she
was a kind, very knowledgeable, and caring person.  Adaire was one of the
first people I met when I went to my first AJL conference in Miami Beach in
1991, and was a great colleague, always very helpful, when I moved to
Southern California and joined AJLSC later that year.  In 1995, when we
held the first joint AJL-ALA program in Chicago, she was one of several
excellent presenters in a session that dealt with a range of different
collections in which Adaire detailed the purpose, goals, programs, and
materials in the Wiesenthal Center.  She will be greatly missed by her
family and, of course, the many friends and colleagues she made in AJL over
the decades.  May her memory be for a blessing.


*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
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On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:02 PM Robbin Katzin via Hasafran <
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> I am sorry to inform you that Adaire Klein passed away in Jerusalem on
> Friday. Adaire was the long time librarian at the Simon Wiesenthal Center
> in Los Angeles. Robbin Katzin Chicago, IL ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
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> Friday.  Adaire was the long time librarian at the Simon Wiesenthal
> Center in Los Angeles.
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Re: [ha-Safran] Article on The new world

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Amalia,

I'm glad I was able to be of some assistance.  Yes, Esther Kreitman's story
is a very sad one.  It is unfortunately true, and was especially so in her
day, that women authors weren't given the respect they deserved or taken
seriously, as for example, her two younger brothers were.  I can only
imagine what great treasures were lost when, as the story goes, in
obedience to her mother, Kreitman tore up and threw out the window of a
train the hundreds of pages of work she had written from childhood on while
on her way to an arranged marriage to a diamond cutter in Antwerp.  We were
fortunate that she continued to write and produce such great novels as
*Brilyantn *about the diamond trade in Antwerp and London before, during,
and after WWI.  Who knows, however, how much more she could have
contributed to Yiddish and world literature had she been encouraged and
supported, especially in her youth?

Thanks for your question.

*Kol-tuv,*
Elliot


*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
*eger...@umich.edu* 


On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 4:50 PM Amalia Warshenbrot 
wrote:

> Elliot,
> I knew that I can count on you.
> Both Bayla and you are very helpful. It was more than I expected.
> Most of the women in the study-group that I lead did not know that Isaac
> Bashevis Singer had a sister, not to mention an author on her own right. A
> few did not know that he had a brother that wrote stories as well.
> The editors of the book Frankly Feminist chose Esther Singer Kreitman’s
> story to open the anthology.
> Your sources shed a light on the story  which highlights the status of
> women in the past.
> Todah Rabbah,
> Amalia W.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 13, 2023, at 2:48 PM, Elliot H. Gertel  wrote:
>
> 
> Amalia,
>
> Here are just a few suggestions, some where *Di naye velt* is just
> mentioned in passing, others in more detail, especially as regards Esther
> Kreitman's works in general:
>
> Barbara Harshav's English translation of Esther Kreitman's story in *Lilith
> Magazine,* Spring 1991, can be found at
>  The New World – Lilith Magazine
>   >
>
> I cite this further below, but it is perhaps the most promising:
>
> *Fogel, Joshua A. Introduction to “The New World,” by Esther
> Kreitman. Yale Review 73 (Summer 1984): 525-32.*
>
> This item discusses the story, too:
>
> ‘The New World’, by Esther Singer Kreitman, translated by Barbara Harshav,
> in Found Treasures, Stories by Yiddish Women Writers (1947), Edited by
> Frieda Forman et al | ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
>   >
>
> As does this: The Long Neglected Sister of the Singer Family - The New
> York Times (nytimes.com)
>   >
>
> Others:
> *From Diamond Cutters to Dog Races:* Antwerp and London in the Work of
> Esther Kreitman
>
> Dafna Clifford
> Prooftexts
> Vol. 23, No. 3 (October 2003)
>   >, pp. 320-337
> (18 pages)
> Published By: Indiana University Press
>
> Link to the above (which offers only a "sneak peek,"):
>
> From Diamond Cutters to Dog Races: Antwerp and London in the Work of
> Esther Kreitman on JSTOR
>   >
>
>  The New World (theatredybbuk.org)
>   > Besides its
> bibliography (not all about Esther Kreitman, there's a half hour video
> program in the link called "The New World."
>
> Articles and stories from *Lilith Magazine*:
>
>-
>
>"*Esther—The Unknown Sister*
>
>   >" by Patty
>Grossman
>-
>
>"*Esther Singer Kreitman*
>
> 

Re: [ha-Safran] Article on The new world

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Amalia,

Here are just a few suggestions, some where *Di naye velt* is just
mentioned in passing, others in more detail, especially as regards Esther
Kreitman's works in general:

Barbara Harshav's English translation of Esther Kreitman's story in *Lilith
Magazine,* Spring 1991, can be found at
 The New World – Lilith Magazine


I cite this further below, but it is perhaps the most promising:

*Fogel, Joshua A. Introduction to “The New World,” by Esther Kreitman. Yale
Review 73 (Summer 1984): 525-32.*

This item discusses the story, too:

‘The New World’, by Esther Singer Kreitman, translated by Barbara Harshav,
in Found Treasures, Stories by Yiddish Women Writers (1947), Edited by
Frieda Forman et al | ANZ LitLovers LitBlog


As does this: The Long Neglected Sister of the Singer Family - The New York
Times (nytimes.com)


Others:
*From Diamond Cutters to Dog Races:* Antwerp and London in the Work of
Esther Kreitman

Dafna Clifford
Prooftexts
Vol. 23, No. 3 (October 2003)
, pp. 320-337 (18
pages)
Published By: Indiana University Press

Link to the above (which offers only a "sneak peak,"):

>From Diamond Cutters to Dog Races: Antwerp and London in the Work of Esther
Kreitman on JSTOR 


 The New World (theatredybbuk.org)
 Besides its
bibliography (not all about Esther Kreitman, there's a half hour video
program in the link called "The New World."

Articles and stories from *Lilith Magazine*:

   -

   "*Esther—The Unknown Sister*
   
" by Patty
   Grossman
   -

   "*Esther Singer Kreitman*
   
" by Clive Sinclair
   - “*Opening the Yiddish Pantheon to Women*
   
” by
   Julia Wolf Mazow *[Esther Kreitman is only mentioned in the last
   paragraph]*


This article has an excellent bibliography, including these citations: Esther
Kreitman | Jewish Women's Archive (jwa.org)


Some more possibilities:

“The New World” (English translation of* Di Naye Velt*). Trans. by Joshua
A. Fogel. *Yale Review* 73 (Summer 1984): 525–532. [as cited above].

“The New World” (English translation of* Di Naye Velt*). Trans. by Barbara
Harshav. *Lilith *16, no. 2 (Spring 1991): 10–12. Reprinted in *Found
Treasures: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers*. Edited by Frieda Forman,
Ethel Raicus, Sarah Silberstein Swartz and Margie Wolfe. Introduction by
Irena Klepfisz. Toronto: Second Story Press, 1994.

More: 1891: The Scorned Sister of Isaac Bashevis Singer Is Born - Jewish
World - Haaretz.com


Blog | ANU - Museum of the Jewish People | Esther Kreitman
(anumuseum.org.il) 

Re: [ha-Safran] Former AJL President Linda Lerman's death

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

This is so sad.  And (to me) unexpected as I had no idea she had been ill.
I have such fond memories of Linda during her presidency of AJL and after.
She was the president when I first joined the association in 1990.  I also
used to see her at shul on my visits to Norwalk, Connecticut, where she was
a member of Beth El, the same congregation of which my mother was a member
for many years.  I will never forget that Linda was always so kind to my
mom; she was one of several Beth El members who looked out for her to make
sure she was always comfortable and doing well.

Linda majored in Judaic studies and received her Masters in Library Science
from the University of Michigan.  Among her several professional library
positions, she was Judaica librarian at Yale.  She will be sorely missed.

I hope it's OK if I list the link to her obituary:

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I couldn't say this any better than the closing words in the above:

“Her positive and loving life force will be missed by all who knew her.”


*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
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Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Announces 2023 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Mazel tov, Racheli.  Nice to see you recognized for all your work on behalf
of AJL and for Judaica librarianship, both upper case, i.e., *JL,* the
journal, and lower case, *l,* the profession.

Congratulations, too, to my two co-committee members, our chair, Lisa, and
last year's worthy FGMA recipient and Jackie.  Always a good team to work
with as, of course, was Racheli as a member of the RAS leadership group.

Elliot



*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
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On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 8:13 PM Lisa Silverman via Hasafran <
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> Congratulations, Racheli—looking forward to seeing you receive your
> well-deserved award at our virtual conference in June! Lisa Silverman
> Retired director, Sperber Jewish Community Library Curator, Jewish Journal
> Streaming Guide From: Hasafran
> Congratulations, Racheli—looking forward to seeing you receive your
> well-deserved award at our virtual conference in June!
>
> *Lisa Silverman*
> *Retired director, Sperber Jewish Community Library*
> *Curator, Jewish Journal Streaming Guide*
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> *From:* Hasafran  on behalf of Paula
> Breger via Hasafran 
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 26, 2023 7:15 AM
> *To:* hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu <
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> *Subject:* [ha-Safran] AJL Announces 2023 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award
> Winner
>
> The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) is proud to announce that
> longtime member Rachel Leket-Mor has been named the 2023 Fanny Goldstein
> Merit Award Winner. The award, named for the librarian, social activist,
> and founder of National Jewish
>
> The Association of Jewish Libraries
> 
> (AJL) is proud to announce that longtime member Rachel Leket-Mor has been
> named the 2023 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner. The award, named for the
> librarian, social activist, and founder of National Jewish Book Month, is
> bestowed in recognition of loyal and ongoing contributions to the AJL and
> to the profession of Judaica librarianship.
>
>
>
> Rachel Leket-Mor began her career as a Hebrew language editor at
> publishing houses in Israel. She edited translated fiction, scholarly
> articles, and monographs, mostly related to Jewish history, political
> science, and holocaust studies, in collaboration with authors, translators,
> and in-house editors. She began at Arizona State University (ASU) Library
> in 2002, first as the Jewish studies bibliographer, building collections,
> supporting curriculum and research, and providing specialized reference
> assistance. After two years in this position, she worked as a subject
> librarian for Jewish studies, religious studies, philosophy, and medieval
> and Renaissance studies until 2017 and is currently the open stack
> collections curator. In this role, she provides leadership for the
> selection, management, and disposition of print collections and openly
> accessible resources. She also works with, trains, and guides selectors on
> purchasing materials. She holds two master’s degrees, a Master in
> Information Resources and Library Science from University of Arizona and an
> MA in Translation Studies from Tel Aviv University.
>
>
>
> Rachel’s involvement with the AJL began when she joined the Association
> in 2003 as a new Judaica librarian. Her professional involvement in the
> Association began in 2007, when she co-chaired that year’s annual
> conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, with Haim Gottschalk. The following
> year, she was elected vice president of AJL’s Research, Archives, and
> Special Collections Division (RAS), serving alongside RAS President Jim
> Rosenbloom (2008–2010). As RAS president (2010–2012), she collaborated with
> Schools, Synagogues, and Centers Division President Joyce Levine to conduct
> a member survey to study trends in Judaica libraries and anticipate future
> developments across the AJL divisions. The survey results, including the
> number of librarians in AJL libraries, their educational level, age and
> years of service, and retirement plans, were used in AJL strategic and
> leadership organizational planning. Rachel served on several AJL strategic
> planning committees, from 2008 to 2010 and from 2013 to 2016, and has
> served on the AJL Council since 2007 and on the Association’s Constitution
> and Bylaws Committee since 2022.
>
>
>
> In 2012, Rachel became the editor of Judaica Librarianship, AJL’s
> peer-reviewed journal. A year later, she transferred the print-only
> publication to electronic publishing, set up the electronic platform and a
> new peer-review process, designed a new textual “nusaḥ,” and acquired the
> Adobe InDesign skills needed for the production of 

Re: [ha-Safran] Another retirement

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Laurel,

Mazel-tov on your retirement!  HUC is losing a great human resource.  It
has been wonderful knowing you all these years going back to our Library
Conservation Management class at UK.  It's hard to believe that that's so
many years ago.  It was also always such a pleasure seeing you at AJL
conferences and having had the honor and pleasure serving on Council and
Board when you were both president and treasurer, both positions, which you
handled with grace, tact, skill, and vision.  It was really nice to see you
at conference this past June in Philadelphia, and I hope we'll see you
again virtually and in person at upcoming get-togethers!

Wishing you much success and happiness in your upcoming endeavors!

Warmest regards,
Elliot


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On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 4:21 PM Wolfson, Laurel via Hasafran <
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> Dear Friends After over four decades at the Klau Library of HUC-JIR, I
> have retired effective 12/31/2022. The friends and colleagues whom I have
> enjoyed through AJL are some of the best parts of my career. Thank you for
> the privilege of learning
>
> Dear Friends
>
> After over four decades at the Klau Library of HUC-JIR, I have retired
> effective 12/31/2022.The friends and colleagues whom I have enjoyed through
> AJL are some of the best parts of my career.
>
> Thank you for the privilege of learning and working with you over the
> years.
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> All best wishes,
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> Laurel
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Re: [ha-Safran] Retirement

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Rachel,

Mazel-tov on your retirement!  Now that your long, illustrious, productive
career at Princeton comes to a close with the end of the current year, I
wish you much success in all your next endeavors going forward.  It has
been a pleasure knowing you and seeing you at all the AJL conferences over
the years.  Enjoy your vacation and transition to the next stage.

All the best,
Elliot



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*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:19 PM Rachel Simon via Hasafran <
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> As several of you know, I am retiring at the end of this month and am
> already on vacation. I enjoyed interacting with so many of you over more
> than three decades. I would especially like to thank the industrious
> Hebraica catalogers for their
> As several of you know, I am retiring at the end of this month and am
> already on vacation.
>
> I enjoyed interacting with so many of you over more than three decades. I
> would especially like to thank the industrious Hebraica catalogers for
> their work, enabling us to benefit from their numerous bibliographic
> records. Keep on the good work!
>
> Happy Holidays,
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Re: [ha-Safran] Sad News

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Michelle, as I said to Jackie, of all the student assistants I had over the
years, Arielle lasted the longest in the job by far and was so diligent and
detail-oriented in everything she did.  Although we had only sporadic
communication
since she moved to Colorado, it is difficult to believe that we will not
only never meet again, but not exchange e-mails, phone calls, or meet
virtually either.  I should also say that she loved Yiddish language and
culture.  We first met when she came to a few of our weekly *Yidish
tish* sessions
at U-M.  I think that it may be more than a week since Arielle passed away,
and I am not in contact with her mother or any other family members, but I
will certainly send any other information to *Hasafran* should I find out
anything about any memorial events.  She will be missed.

Elliot

*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 7:03 AM Michelle Margolis 
wrote:

> This is indeed devastating news - I am gutted to hear it.  I remember
> Arielle as incredibly vibrant and truly committed to librarianship. Elliot,
> if you have information about shiva or memorial events, can you share it as
> well?
>
> Many thanks,
> Michelle
>
> Michelle Margolis
> President, AJL
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 12:53 AM Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello Elliott, I am shocked and saddened. By Arielle’s passing. She was a
>> pleasure to work with. She edited some of AJL’s YouTube recordings. She
>> wanted to do more for AJL, but her health didn’t allow it. Barukh Dayan
>> Emet, ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
>> Hello Elliott,
>>
>> I am shocked and saddened. By Arielle’s passing. She was a pleasure to
>> work with. She edited some of AJL’s YouTube recordings. She wanted to do
>> more for AJL, but her health didn’t allow it.
>>
>> Barukh Dayan Emet,
>>
>> Jackie
>>
>>
>>
>> Jackie Ben-Efraim
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2022, at 10:11 PM, Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran <
>> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Last night, I got the very sad, shocking news that Arielle Sokol, a
>> former colleague in the Near East Division, Area Programs in the Graduate
>> Library at the University of Michigan and AJL member, recently passed away,
>> a most untimely passing.
>> Last night, I got the very sad, shocking news that Arielle Sokol, a
>> former colleague in the Near East Division, Area Programs in the Graduate
>> Library at the University of Michigan and AJL member, recently passed away,
>> a most untimely passing.
>>
>> For about five years, Arielle assisted me in developing and cataloging
>> materials in the Judaica collections of the Judaica unit and Jewish
>> Heritage Collection (in the Special Collections Library).  Arielle was a
>> very hard worker who was self-directed and loved the work, especially in
>> the JHC, which is both a print and object collection.  She wanted nothing
>> more than to get a permanent position working with Judaica in special
>> collections and/or archives as a librarian or archivist after she had
>> completed her Masters in Information Science at U-M.  After graduation and
>> finishing up her job in the Library, Arielle moved to Colorado and worked
>> primarily in the field of music for which she had a special talent.
>>
>> I received the news from a fellow participant in Itsik Mager's *"Purim
>> shpil"* in which Arielle and I and several others performed a few years
>> ago in the Ann Arbor Jewish Community Center.  She had a beautiful singing
>> voice and was a gifted musician.  I was planning to call her just a couple
>> of days ago. We had spoken and did a Google Meet a few months ago.  How sad
>> to not be able to share that experience with her ever again.
>>
>> As fellow New Yorkers, we also both shared a passion for the New York
>> Yankees.  She once told me how she attended a game at Fenway Park, home of
>> the archrival Boston Red Sox, and got her brother and his girlfriend to
>> wear Yankee regalia in that very hostile anti-Yankee environment!  Even
>> when I attended games there many years ago, I was very subtle about my
>> Yankee fandom, so I admire her bold, somewhat "crazy" actions in the enemy
>> den!  But one thing anyone who knew her can attest to, Arielle was never
>> reticent about her views!
>>
>> More information from her friends and colleagues at the InterHarmony
>> International Music Festival where she was a

[ha-Safran] Sad News

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Last night, I got the very sad, shocking news that Arielle Sokol, a former
colleague in the Near East Division, Area Programs in the Graduate Library
at the University of Michigan and AJL member, recently passed away, a most
untimely passing.

For about five years, Arielle assisted me in developing and cataloging
materials in the Judaica collections of the Judaica unit and Jewish
Heritage Collection (in the Special Collections Library).  Arielle was a
very hard worker who was self-directed and loved the work, especially in
the JHC, which is both a print and object collection.  She wanted nothing
more than to get a permanent position working with Judaica in special
collections and/or archives as a librarian or archivist after she had
completed her Masters in Information Science at U-M.  After graduation and
finishing up her job in the Library, Arielle moved to Colorado and worked
primarily in the field of music for which she had a special talent.

I received the news from a fellow participant in Itsik Mager's *"Purim
shpil"* in which Arielle and I and several others performed a few years ago
in the Ann Arbor Jewish Community Center.  She had a beautiful singing
voice and was a gifted musician.  I was planning to call her just a couple
of days ago. We had spoken and did a Google Meet a few months ago.  How sad
to not be able to share that experience with her ever again.

As fellow New Yorkers, we also both shared a passion for the New York
Yankees.  She once told me how she attended a game at Fenway Park, home of
the archrival Boston Red Sox, and got her brother and his girlfriend to
wear Yankee regalia in that very hostile anti-Yankee environment!  Even
when I attended games there many years ago, I was very subtle about my
Yankee fandom, so I admire her bold, somewhat "crazy" actions in the enemy
den!  But one thing anyone who knew her can attest to, Arielle was never
reticent about her views!

More information from her friends and colleagues at the InterHarmony
International Music Festival where she was an Assistant the past two years:

InterHarmony International Music Festival | Facebook


Such a vibrant and unique personality taken from us much too soon.  May her
memory be for a blessing.

In sorrow,
Elliot



*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica*
*Member, ALA EMIERT Jewish Information Committee (2020-2022)*
*AJL-ALA Liaison, 2008-2020*
*The University of Michigan*
*Ann Arbor, Michigan*
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Re: [ha-Safran] FW: The reason for awarding the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award to Elliot Gertel

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Peggy,

Thank you for your very nice thoughts.  It's a pleasure to hear from you.
If I did a decent job in my position as RAS president, I attribute that to
your leadership as my predecessor.  You offered superb guidance and
demonstrated by your dedication, diligence, hard work, and great example
how one should proceed in carrying out the mission and goals of a
professional association.

All the best,
Elliot



On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 11:22 AM Peggy Pearlstein 
wrote:

> Elliot:
>
> So good to hear from you. Your award is well deserved. Your leadership as
> RAS president was excellent, but your liaison work with ALA was outstanding!
>
> Peggy
>
> On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 09:14:49 PM EDT, Elliot H. Gertel via
> Hasafran  wrote:
>
>
> Thank you, Emily, for the very nice article you wrote about my circuitous
> path to Judaica librarianship and to a career as a librarian in general.
> And thank you, Amalia, for adding a note about my longtime activity and
> positions in AJL, dating
> Thank you, Emily, for the very nice article you wrote about my circuitous path
> to Judaica librarianship and to a career as a librarian in general.  And
> thank you, Amalia, for adding a note about my longtime activity and
> positions in AJL, dating back some 32 years.
>
> I was also delighted to read the interview with fellow AJL veteran, Peggy
> Pearlstein, in the same issue of *AJL News and Reviews, *July | August
> 2022 (p. 5), "Who Knows Four? Peggy Pearlstein!"  What an honor to share
> space in the digital pages of the bulletin with Peggy.  She was a great
> guide in her position as R (now RAS) president during my time as
> vice-president of R (2004-2006) when we served on the Judaica Reference
> and Bibliography Awards Committee and then when I was RAS president
> (2006-2008).  I could not have asked for a better mentor and role model.
> Peggy is an exemplary professional and one of AJL's great human treasures!
>
> Elliot
>
>
>
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> *Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
> *The University of Michigan *
> *Ann Arbor, Michigan *
> *eger...@umich.edu* 
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 10:46 PM Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
> *From: *Amalia Warshenbrot 
> *Sent: *Tuesday, August 23, 2022 2:22 PM
> *To: *Hasafran 
> *Subject: *The reason for warding the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award to
> Elliot Gertel
>
>
>
> I read with interest Emily Bergman’s article about Elliot Gertel in the
> last issue of *AJL News & Reviews* (pages 2-3). Since I assume that it
> was a delayed info to offer the reasons to award Elliot the *Fanny* *Goldstein
> Merit Award (2019)*, Allow me to add that the Fanny Goldstein Award, is a
> combination of two previous awards to AJL members: one for contributions to
> Judaic librarianship, which is listed in Emily’s article, and one to AJL.
>
>
>
> I wish to list Elliot’s positions on the AJL Board and Council:
>
>
>
> 1. Secretary of the Board and Council from 2002-2004
>
> 2. RAS vice-president 2004-2006. In this position he chaired the Judaica
> Bibliography and Reference Awards Committee.
>
>
>
>  3. RAS president from 2006-2008. Presidents take an active role in
> planning a conference. It is never an easy task.
>
> All this in addition to more years than I can recall of acting as AJL
> liaison to ALA. In this position, with compassion and diligence, he
> represented AJL through many events and was fighting passionately to defeat
> the repeated anti-Israel resolutions.
>
>
>
> Thank you, Emily, for highlighting Elliot’s many journeys. How little most
> members knew!
>
>
>
> Amalia Warshenbrot, AJL past president
>
>
>
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Re: [ha-Safran] AJL in Sept/Oct 2022 _American Libraries_

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

It would be a big oversight if were to fail to mention that Suzi Dubin, AJL
President from 2008-2010, was instrumental in making AJL the 27ᵗʰ ALA
Affiliate in early 2010.  Among the many great things Suzi did for AJL
before, during, and after her term as president was not only all the work
she put in to assure AJL would be an affiliated association of ALA and in
making sure all the required documentation was signed and submitted, but
she also insisted that the holder of the position of ALA liaison be an AJL
Council member (since 2014, reports to Council).  I am most grateful for
all Suzi did and continues to do for AJL and Judaica librarianship.  She
certainly deserves much credit, along with our heartfelt appreciation!
Thank you, Suzi!

ALA now has 33 affiliates:

Listing of Current Affiliates | About ALA
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  >

Thank you, Suzi, for doing so much to make AJL one of them!

Elliot H. Gertel, AJL-ALA Liaison, 2008-2020



*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
*eger...@umich.edu* 

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 11:11 PM Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> In the latest issue of *American Libraries, *the official magazine of the
> American Library Association, ALA President Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada
> mentions AJL in her column, “From the President,” *AL,* September/October
> 2022, p.4, “Representation Matters.”
>
> “We also partner with our affiliates to embrace representation,
> collaborating on projects and highlighting awards from the National
> Association of Librarians of Color and the Association of Jewish Libraries,
> among others.”
>
>
> How good to be noticed in a positive way by the current president of ALA!
>
>
>
> *Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
> *Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica*
> *Member, ALA EMIERT Jewish Information Committee (2020-2022)*
> *AJL-ALA Liaison, 2008-2020*
> *The University of Michigan*
> *Ann Arbor, Michigan*
> *eger...@umich.edu* 
> __
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Re: [ha-Safran] FW: The reason for warding the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award to Elliot Gertel

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Thank you, Emily, for the very nice article you wrote about my circuitous path
to Judaica librarianship and to a career as a librarian in general.  And
thank you, Amalia, for adding a note about my longtime activity and
positions in AJL, dating back some 32 years.

I was also delighted to read the interview with fellow AJL veteran, Peggy
Pearlstein, in the same issue of *AJL News and Reviews, *July | August 2022
(p. 5), "Who Knows Four? Peggy Pearlstein!"  What an honor to share space
in the digital pages of the bulletin with Peggy.  She was a great guide in
her position as R (now RAS) president during my time as vice-president of
R (2004-2006) when we served on the Judaica Reference and Bibliography
Awards Committee and then when I was RAS president (2006-2008).  I could
not have asked for a better mentor and role model.  Peggy is an
exemplary professional
and one of AJL's great human treasures!

Elliot



*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
*eger...@umich.edu* 


On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 10:46 PM Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> יוסי, אנא ראה למטה את המסר שלי ל-הספרן מיום שלישי שעבר. בכלל, מספר ההודעות
> ב-הספרן נמוכות מהרגיל. אני תוהה אם חלק מהן לא מגיע ליעדן. תודה עמליה ו. To:
> Amalia Warshenbrot From Yossi Galron  ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
> ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
>
> יוסי,
>
> אנא ראה למטה את המסר שלי ל-הספרן מיום שלישי שעבר.
>
> בכלל, מספר ההודעות ב-הספרן נמוכות מהרגיל.
>
> אני תוהה אם חלק מהן לא מגיע ליעדן.
>
> תודה
>
> עמליה ו.
>
> To: Amalia Warshenbrot
>
> From Yossi Galron 
>
> את תיבת הדואר שלי ולא מצאתי אותה. שלחי לפי הכתובת:
>
> יוסי
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Amalia Warshenbrot 
> *Sent: *Tuesday, August 23, 2022 2:22 PM
> *To: *Hasafran 
> *Subject: *The reason for warding the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award to
> Elliot Gertel
>
>
>
> I read with interest Emily Bergman’s article about Elliot Gertel in the
> last issue of *AJL News & Reviews* (pages 2-3). Since I assume that it
> was a delayed info to offer the reasons to award Elliot the *Fanny* *Goldstein
> Merit Award (2019)*, Allow me to add that the Fanny Goldstein Award, is a
> combination of two previous awards to AJL members: one for contributions to
> Judaic librarianship, which is listed in Emily’s article, and one to AJL.
>
>
>
> I wish to list Elliot’s positions on the AJL Board and Council:
>
>
>
> 1. Secretary of the Board and Council from 2002-2004
>
> 2. RAS vice-president 2004-2006. In this position he chaired the Judaica
> Bibliography and Reference Awards Committee.
>
>
>
>  3. RAS president from 2006-2008. Presidents take an active role in
> planning a conference. It is never an easy task.
>
> All this in addition to more years than I can recall of acting as AJL
> liaison to ALA. In this position, with compassion and diligence, he
> represented AJL through many events and was fighting passionately to defeat
> the repeated anti-Israel resolutions.
>
>
>
> Thank you, Emily, for highlighting Elliot’s many journeys. How little most
> members knew!
>
>
>
> Amalia Warshenbrot, AJL past president
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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[ha-Safran] AJL in Sept/Oct 2022 _American Libraries_

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

In the latest issue of *American Libraries, *the official magazine of the
American Library Association, ALA President Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada
mentions AJL in her column, “From the President,” *AL,* September/October
2022, p.4, “Representation Matters.”

“We also partner with our affiliates to embrace representation,
collaborating on projects and highlighting awards from the National
Association of Librarians of Color and the Association of Jewish Libraries,
among others.”


How good to be noticed in a positive way by the current president of ALA!



*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica*
*Member, ALA EMIERT Jewish Information Committee (2020-2022)*
*AJL-ALA Liaison, 2008-2020*
*The University of Michigan*
*Ann Arbor, Michigan*
*eger...@umich.edu* 
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Re: [ha-Safran] The Association of Jewish Libraries Announces the 2022 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Mazel-tov and *yasher koyekh,* Lisa!  A well-earned honor by a fabulous,
hardworking longtime member of AJL, and a great person!  You've been a
highly competent leader as the (inter)national (and in 2019, local)
Conference Chair, among many other great contributions to the association
and Judaica librarianship, as well as to the profession in general.

Congratulations also to Rachel and the 2022 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award
Committee for a very wise selection as this year's awardee!

Elliot


*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
*eger...@umich.edu* 


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> The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) is proud to announce that
> longtime member Lisa Silverman has been named the 2022 Fanny Goldstein
> Merit Award Winner. The award, named for the librarian, social activist,
> and founder of National Jewish Book Month, is bestowed in recognition of
> loyal and ongoing contributions to the Association of Jewish Libraries and
> to the profession of Judaica librarianship.
>
>
>
> Lisa Silverman began her career as a day school librarian at the Sinai
> Akiba Academy in Los Angeles and Adat Ari El Day School in Valley Village,
> California. She spent 15 years as the library director at Sinai Temple in
> Los Angeles, providing library services and educational programming for the
> day school, religious school, and synagogue community including teaching
> adult education classes, facilitating book groups, and hosting author
> events, family programs, and film discussions. In 2015, Lisa became the
> library director of the Burton Sperber Jewish Community Library at the
> American Jewish University in Los Angeles where she designed the new space,
> built the collection, and provided extensive programming. She also
> developed and launched a new online digital Jewish Community Library
> Consortium of California in partnership with the Jewish Community Library
> of San Francisco.
>
>
>
> Lisa’s involvement with the Association of Jewish Libraries began when she
> attended her first conference in Los Angeles in 1992, and she has made
> countless contributions to the organization and the profession over the
> past 30 years. She was the president and vice president of the then
> Synagogue, Schools & Center Division and served as chair of the
> Bibliography Bank and on its nominating committee. Lisa served as the
> national conference chairperson for three years, co-chaired the 2019
> conference in Woodland Hills, and was instrumental in the planning of the
> two online conferences in 2020 and 2021. Lisa has also been a leader in the
> Southern California Chapter of AJL where she was honored with the Dorothy
> Schroder Achievement Award in 2009 and co-founded the AJL Western Regional
> Children’s Literature Conference. AJL President Kathleen Bloomfield
> remarked, "I am so happy that Lisa SIlverman is this year's Fanny Goldstein
> winner. Lisa was a huge help to me when I established ForWordsBooks, my
> Jewish book fair business, back in 1990. She has been an ongoing supporter
> of my work with AJL, including providing guidance as I moved into
> leadership positions within the organization. I am honored to have her as a
> colleague, and most of all as a friend."
>
>
>
> Known nationally and internationally as an expert on Jewish children’s
> literature, Lisa was recently the co-editor of children and teen book
> reviews for *AJL Reviews* and served as the children’s editor for *Jewish
> Book World* magazine for six years. She was the 

Re: [ha-Safran] [EXTERNAL] ALA endorsement

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Fellow *Hasafran* Readers:

I find it both curious and revealing that Emily Drabinski is suddenly
attempting to backpedal from her own views,  expressed quite overtly in a
number of forums.  Those of you who watched AJL's conversation with her on
January 19ᵗʰ of this year may have noticed what makes it rather odd that
she is saying that I “misrepresented” her views is that everything she said
in response to my questions during that discussion as well as other
statements she has made quite clearly demonstrate that I have depicted her
views precisely as she herself presents them.  If she's not putting those
extremist thoughts out in her platform for ALA, that does not negate their
existence.

At the aforementioned conversation around her candidacy, I posed the
following to Emily: at ALA Council meetings for at least three decades,
SRRT [Social Responsibilities Round Table] has been putting forward highly
biased, one-sided anti-Israel resolutions, often advancing unfounded
accusations such as alleged “destruction of Palestinian libraries” without
evidence that such archives and libraries even existed or the context of
the entire situation.  These resolutions, by singling out Israel, are
absolutely unbalanced, especially since the advocates completely disregard
actual serious human rights violations by many of Israel's neighbors such
as Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
and terrorist organizations such ISIS or ISIL and Al Qaeda as well as the
oppression and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in Burma and the Uighurs in
China, to name just a few examples.

Instead of responding to my concerns, Emily turned it into an interrogation
of me as to what actions I took to try to counter these resolutions.  Thus,
she evaded answering the question by trying to put me on the defensive.

Since she claims I “misrepresented” her position, does she deny having made
the statements below in her writings and taking the stands cited below by
signing petitions attacking Israel as an “apartheid” and “colonial” state
and endorsing BDS as well as academic boycotts of Israel, Israeli scholars,
and Israeli scholarship along with cultural exchanges?

To wit: In “City University of New York Community Statement of Solidarity
with the Palestinian People,” which Emily  signed, she agrees with attacks
Israel as “apartheid” and pledges to:

Initiate, support, and amplify campaigns in solidarity with Palestinian
> calls for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli
> apartheid, at CUNY and in our wider communities. In particular, we echo
> the demands of the John Jay Student Letter to Demand BDS and Solidarity
> with Palestinian Resistance and stand with any and all student-led
> resolutions *demanding CUNY**’**s immediate divestment from companies
> that aid in Israeli colonization, occupation, and war crimes...*



...Demand that our individual campuses, and CUNY as a whole, endorse and
> support the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of
> Israel.



 CUNY SIGNATORIES:



 201. Emily Drabinski, Staff, Graduate Center


If you want to see more, please do a search for the following two websites:
*“Jadaliyya - CUNY Community Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian
People”* echoing the above document’s calls with Emily Drabinski’s name on
it as well.  A similar statement, linked off of the sites above, can be
found at *“Palestine and Praxis: Open Letter and Call to Action - Palestine
& Praxis: Scholars for Palestinian Freedom.” *

Emily Drabinski is also a signatory of *“**A call for editorial standards
on Palestine/Israel” in *
*#SayEthnicCleansing**,* which places the entire blame for the conflict in
Israel and Palestinian Arab territories on the Jewish state with such
messaging as “Don’t ‘both-sides’ a colonial power and the people resisting
it.”

In addition, Emily is the author of the following articles:
*“Teaching the Radical Catalog,”* (see esp. pp. 2-3) and
*“**Teaching Other Tongues”* in *Journal of Information Ethics* 20(2):42-55
 (see p.49, last 16 lines)

While I certainly do not advocate censorship, and Emily Drabinski is
absolutely entitled to her views and to be able to freely express them,
this is not merely an issue of free speech, which I firmly believe in.
What's at stake here is that ALA and librarianship as a profession are all
about finding and presenting well-supported, documented facts, not
disseminating propaganda to bolster a specific political point-of-view or
agenda.  And, again, while I absolutely support her right to express her
views openly, that doesn't mean she should now attempt to cover them up and
try to distance herself from them because she's addressing a particular
audience.  And, therefore, if I “misrepresented” her position, is she now
openly renouncing all the things she has said about Israel as in the items
cited above?  Has she demanded that her signature be removed from the
anti-Israel petitions she signed as they no 

[ha-Safran] Kelvin Watson for ALA

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

This is the reminder that I said last month I would send out close to the
conclusion of voting in the ALA election.  For those who are current ALA
members, please note that the election for president-elect,
2022-23/president, 2023-24, treasurer, council members at-large, and a
constitutional amendment is nearly over.  If you haven't yet voted, please
do so ASAP.  *Voting ends tomorrow, Wednesday, April 6ᵗʰ at** 11:59 AM
Pacific Time (2:59 PM Eastern/1:59 PM Central/12:59 PM Mountain).  *

I again urge you to vote for Kelvin Watson for the position of ALA
president for the period of 2023-24.  Kelvin has the experience,
qualifications, and qualities required to be the leader of the world's
oldest and largest professional library association.  He is a thoughtful,
considerate librarian, a great listener, and outstanding administrator with
a wealth of experience who is very sensitive to Jewish concerns.

He has worked in virtually every aspect of librarianship and bibliographic
fields from vendor to ALA Spectrum Scholar (the first to ever run for ALA
president) to library director, beginning with Ingram Library Services,
Borders, and The Library Corporation (TLC) to the USDA National
Agricultural Library to COO/senior vice president for Queens Library (New
York) to director of Broward County Libraries to name just a few.
Currently, Kelvin serves as executive director of the Las Vegas-Clark
County Library District.  He is responsible for 25 branches with over 600
employees, a collection of 3.2 million items in a district that covers
8,000 square miles and oversees a budget of $77 million.

Among others, Kelvin Watson has been endorsed by these ALA Affiliates: the
Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and the Chinese
American Librarians Association (CALA):

BCALA Endorses Kelvin Watson

 and CALA Endorses Kelvin Watson


Kelvin doesn't just talk about doing things, but takes action.  He has a
long history of collaboration with diverse communities, including the
Jewish users of the library systems he has administered.  Just one example:
when I mentioned to him that AJL has not been part of the annual Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance at ALA's midwinter conference and was
the only ALA ethnic affiliate that has been excluded from this event, he
immediately contacted the relevant organizers to make sure that AJL will be
included in this noteworthy observance in the future.

Please also *vote for Jim Neal for ALA Council* (please see just below)

Kelvin Watson is endorsed by these past ALA presidents: *Jim Neal* (also
running this year for an open ALA Councilor-at-large position), *Sari
Feldman,* ALA President 2015-2016 (like Jim Neal, a past keynote speaker at
ALA Conference); *Maureen Sullivan, *President of the Association of
College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 1998-1999 & ALA President 2012-2013; *Dr.
Camila A. Alire,* ALA President 2009-2010 & ACRL President 2004-2005; *Betty
Turock,* Ph.D., Past ALA President, Named ALA Honorary Member (2012),
highest honor in ALA; as well as these other prominent figures from a
variety of diverse positions in the library world:

*Leah Dunn,* Director of Collection Strategies, Columbia University
Libraries; *Susan Hildreth,* ALA Treasurer 2016–2019; *Gary McCone,* Head
of Library and Information Services, American Indian Higher Education
Consortium; *Therese Bigelow,* Member Coretta Scott King Committee, past
president of ALSC [Association for Library Service to Children], and the
first president of RMRT [Retired Members Round Table]; *Makiba Foster,*
Library Regional Manager for the African American Research Library and
Cultural Center, Broward County Library; *Hannah Handler Hostyk,*
Co-President Stirling Library Friends, Broward County Library; *John Szabo,*
City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library; *Emmanuel Faulkner,* Past
President of Maryland Association of School Libraries; *Jon E.
Cawthorne, *Ph.D.,
Dean, Wayne State University Libraries, includes School of Information
Sciences, ACRL President, 2020-2021, Co-Founder, ACRL Diversity Alliance; *Kay
K. Runge,* PLA President 2000-2001; *Luis Herrera,* Past President,
REFORMA, PLA, among others.

Endorsements — Kelvin Watson for Libraries


Sari 

[ha-Safran] Kelvin Watson for ALA President, A Message from the Campaign via ALA

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Please post.  Eligible ALA members, please vote for Kelvin Watson and tell
all your friends and colleagues in ALA to do the same and spread the word.
Thank you!

*Elliot H. Gertel*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
*eger...@umich.edu* 

- Forwarded Message -
*From:* "American Library Association" 
*Sent:* Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 8:01 AM
*Subject:* Kelvin Watson for ALA President – KelvinWatsonForLibraries.com


Dear Colleagues:



I want to thank each of you who have attended our campaign forums, sent me
questions and feedback, and participated in this important election process.



Now more than ever, I believe that with new ideas on governance, new and
unique funding models, and new resources to support staff and the
profession, we can build on present successes to create real, measurable
change through the power of the ALA.



We must start by better advocating for library workers and establish new
career paths within our profession. To create a library workforce of the
future, we must broaden our library science degrees. This could include
courses in business, technology, the sciences, social work, and public
policy, which would expand our knowledge base and build advocacy from a
variety of life experiences and perspectives.



Pivoting toward diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA)
among library workers is critical in making our spaces more welcoming for
the communities we serve, who are more ethnically, racially, and
gender-diverse than ever before. In order to build trust and engagement,
they need to see themselves reflected in our libraries.



We must also demonstrate to our community stakeholders that libraries are
the best possible investment of tax dollars and philanthropy. Beyond our
buildings, we can demonstrate the value we bring when we meet those we
serve where they are. This means leveraging our collections (both physical
and digital) in places like parks, prisons, and hospitals. Attracting
investment in our infrastructure — human, digital, and bricks and mortar —
is achievable in every small town and big city. I look forward to showing
you how.



Throughout my career, beginning as a US Army officer, later in private
industry, and finally as a librarian, I have experienced the benefits of
leading, which includes organizing, collaborating, and forging a strategic
vision that elevates those I’ve served internally and externally.



My action plan has been formed by your specific goals and concerns, and if
elected, I will continue to seek out your ideas and solutions to the
challenges that we face. My plan includes:

   - Advocating for our role as defenders of intellectual freedom
   - Advocating for safety and fairness in our workplaces
   - Taking steps to realize greater DEIA, and social justice for all
   library workers
   - Leveraging my proven fiscal experience to raise funds and reinvest in
   our people and profession
   - Advocating for our public, school, academic, and special libraries
   - Supporting and furthering ALA’s sustainability goals

I am the first ALA Spectrum Scholar (2006) and ARL Diversity Participant
Scholar (2005, now Kaleidoscope) to run for this office. I believe this is
an affirmation of why diversity leadership and recruitment programs work,
and why we must expand them to attract a broader diverse ALA membership.



Most importantly, this election is about you and your hopes for the future
of ALA. As a country, and a profession, we face changes and challenges that
have not been seen in a generation. We must stand together as advocates for
what we believe in and not waver against a loud and vocal minority.



This is why I am asking for your vote for ALA President, so that with your
help, all staff in our ecosystem can work together to implement proven
models of success. I invite you to visit my website at
KelvinWatsonForLibraries.com 
.



With sincere appreciation,

Kelvin Watson


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[ha-Safran] For ALA Members: Please Vote for Kelvin Watson for ALA President

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

For those who are current ALA members, please note that president,
treasurer, council members at-large, and a constitutional amendment are all
up for consideration.  Ballots will begin being distributed tomorrow,
Monday, March 14ᵗʰ to all those who have been members since at least
January 31ˢᵗ of this year.

I urge you to vote for Kelvin Watson for the position of ALA president for
the period of 2023-24.  Kelvin has the experience and qualities required to
be the leader of the world's oldest and largest professional library
association.  He is a thoughtful, considerate librarian and administrator
with a wealth of experience and is very sensitive to Jewish concerns.  He
has worked in virtually every aspect of librarianship from vendor to ALA
Spectrum Scholar to librarian to library director, beginning with Ingram
Library Services, Borders, and The Library Corporation (TLC) to the USDA
National Agricultural Library to COO/senior vice president for Queens
Library (New York) to director of the Broward County Libraries to name just
a few.  Currently, Kelvin serves as executive director of the Las
Vegas-Clark County Library District.  He is responsible for 25 branches
with over 600 employees, a collection of 3.2 million items in a district
that covers 8,000 square miles and oversees a budget of $77 million.

Kelvin doesn't just talk about doing things, but takes action.  He has a
long history of  collaboration with diverse communities, including the
Jewish users of the library systems he has supervised.  For example, when I
mentioned to him that AJL had not been part of the annual Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Holiday Observance at ALA's midwinter conference and was the only
ALA ethnic affiliate that has been excluded from this  event, he
immediately contacted the relevant organizers to make sure that AJL will be
included in this noteworthy observance in the future.

Hannah Handler Hostyk, co-president of Stirling Library Friends, Broward
County Library said, “He’s the first director to truly understand how key a
library is to a specific community in our county and has gone out of his
way to include the Jewish community as a community with specific needs...”

Sari Feldman, ALA President, 2015-2016, and a keynote speaker at AJL's 50ᵗʰ
anniversary Annual Conference said: “Kelvin is the ALA Presidential
candidate who looks toward and speaks for the future of the
Association...His organizational and entrepreneurial leadership extends
beyond the library and into the community, garnering him awards and
accolades for his contribution to the profession and community well-being...
Kelvin is a mentor to many, an effective spokesperson on library issues,
and the best candidate to lead ALA into the future. He has my highest
endorsement for ALA President, and I encourage you to vote for Kelvin Watson,
ALA President, 2023-2024.”

Kelvin Watson is also endorsed by these distinguished folks in the library
world: *Jim Neal,* University Librarian Emeritus, Columbia University and
past ALA president and treasurer, ALA Honorary Member (ALA's highest honor
and comparable to life membership) and a keynote speaker at AJL's 52ⁿᵈ
Annual Conference in New York; *Betty Turock,* past ALA president, ALA
Honorary Member (2012) and Professor and Dean Emerita, Rutgers
University; *Maureen
Sullivan,* president of the Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL) 1998-1999 and ALA president, 2012-2013; *Camila A. Alire,* Dean
Emerita, University of New Mexico and Colorado State University, ALA
President 2009-2010 and ACRL President 2004-2005; *Gary McCone, *head of
Library and Information Services, American Indian Higher Education
Consortium; *Makiba Foster,* Library Regional Manager for the African
American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County Library; *John
Szabo,* City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library; *Sonia
Alcantara-Antoine,* Baltimore County Library Director; *Ramiro S. Salazar,*
Director, San Antonio Public Library; and many others as seen at Endorsements
— Kelvin Watson for Libraries


More at Kelvin Watson for Libraries
 and if you missed the AJL
interview with Kelvin, here's the link:
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I will forward a message from Kelvin's campaign in a separate e-mail to
*Hasafran* later as 

Re: [ha-Safran] Amended Statement (REALLY Without Links) on the Candidacy of Emily Drabinski Who Is Running for ALA President

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Fellow Hasafran Readers:
The prefatory *warning * that appeared in my two previous messages on this
topic *showed up again* because a dot com that I thought I had deleted was
still in there.  I have taken it out and hope that the warning will now
disappear.

*There should be no hot links in here now* (except the “boiler plate” from
*Hasafran).*  Sorry for the confusion and if it kept anyone from reading my
message originally sent on Friday, January 28ᵗʰ.  *Today, Monday, 1/31/22
is the **last day** you can renew or join ALA to be eligible to vote in
this year**’**s election.*  I believe ALA members must elect Kelvin Watson
and conversely make sure that Emily Drabinski is defeated.  Please read why
below and in my earlier post last week about Kelvin Watson, who is a
terrific person, a true *mentsh!*

By the way, ALA has some very low membership rates (certainly compared to
the regular levels!) for several categories: LIS students, renewable at
student rate for up to 5 years, non-salaried/in transition" members (and
one can be making up to $30,ooo per year for this rate) to first year
memberships, which are good for two years at that rate.  It's all on the
ALA website.

Sorry again for the repeated notices, but I want you to see them and not be
scared off by the warning.  If you’re worried, and somehow any links are
still here, just don't click on them!

Thanks,
Elliot

*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
*eger...@umich.edu* 


On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:01 PM Elliot H. Gertel  wrote:

> Dear Fellow Hasafran Readers:
>
> On Friday, I submitted a statement to this discussion list on the
> candidacy of Emily Drabinski who is running for President of the American
> Library Association.  When the post appeared, it was prefaced with a
> caution that I assume was automatically generated by OSU IT that warned that
> the e-mail I sent “contains links to a hosting company that is frequented
> by scammers.”  Those were links, not e-mails that didn’t ask for anyone’s
> account information.  There is absolutely no risk in replying to or
> commenting on the e-mail I sent.  After all, the post was published in
> *Hasafran. * I also checked and read everything in the links, and the
> only thing “scammy” therein are the toxic messages in the content of some
> of the websites and documents.
>
> All the same, for those who deleted my post without reading it—and I
> certainly understand the caution one would take after seeing a warning like
> that enclosed in red asterisks that preceded my message—I am resending the
> updated communication below *without* the links.  Unfortunately, this
> will make my revised post much longer, which is why I had included links in
> the original version: to keep the message as short as possible.  If you
> contact me off list and want them, I can send you the links.
>
> On Thursday (January 27ᵗʰ), I issued an endorsement for Kelvin Watson for
> President of ALA.  There are dozens of reasons to vote for Kelvin, a few of
> which I listed in my previous post, including support from others who know
> about his amazing accomplishments.
>
> I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t also mention the “flip side” and
> mention some of the unsettling aspects of his opponent for the top
> leadership spot in ALA.
>
> All those who participated in the Zoom interview with Emily Drabinski on
> January 19, 2022 should have noticed that her candidacy is troubling.
>
> Below are some quotes from Ms. Drabinski herself in her writings as well
> as petitions, which she  signed attacking Israel as an “apartheid” and
> “colonial” state; she also endorses not only BDS, but academic boycotts
> of Israel, Israeli scholars, and Israeli scholarship along with cultural
> exchanges.
>
> In “City University of New York Community Statement of Solidarity with the
> Palestinian People,” which Ms. Drabinski signed, she joins on to attacks
> Israel as “apartheid” and pledges to:
>
> Initiate, support, and amplify campaigns in solidarity with Palestinian
>> calls for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli
>> apartheid, at CUNY and in our wider communities. In particular, we echo
>> the demands of the John Jay Student Letter to Demand BDS and Solidarity
>> with Palestinian Resistance and stand with any and all student-led
>> resolutions *demanding CUNY**’**s immediate divestment from companies
>> that aid in Israeli colonization, occupation, and war crimes...*
>
>
>
> ...Demand that our individual campuses, and CUNY as a whole, endorse and
>> support the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott
>> of Israel.
>
>
>
>  CUNY SIGNATORIES:
>
>
>
>  201. Emily Drabinski, Staff, Graduate Center
>
>
> If you want to see more, please do a search for the following two websites
> (links removed here):
> *“Jadaliyya - CUNY Community Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian
> People”* 

Re: [ha-Safran] Need translation

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Etta,

*Der trombenik* (masculine noun), דער טראָמבעניק, is a freeloader or
parasite.

Elliot



*Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
*Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica *
*The University of Michigan *
*Ann Arbor, Michigan *
*eger...@umich.edu* 


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> Thanks in advance!
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[ha-Safran] Amended Statement (Without Links) on the Candidacy of Emily Drabinski Who Is Running for ALA President

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

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Dear Fellow Hasafran Readers:

On Friday, I submitted a statement to this discussion list on the candidacy of 
Emily Drabinski who is running for President of the American Library 
Association.  When the post appeared, it was prefaced with a caution that I 
assume was automatically generated by OSU IT that warned that the e-mail I sent 
“contains links to a hosting company that is frequented by scammers.”  Those 
were links, not e-mails that didn't ask for anyone's account information.  
There is absolutely no risk in replying to or commenting on the e-mail I sent.  
After all, the post was published in Hasafran.  I also checked and read 
everything in the links, and the only thing “scammy” therein are the toxic 
messages in the content of some of the websites and documents.

All the same, for those who deleted my post without reading it—and I certainly 
understand the caution one would take after seeing a warning like that enclosed 
in red asterisks that preceded my message—I am resending the updated 
communication below without the links.  Unfortunately, this will make my 
revised post much longer, which is why I had included links in the original 
version: to keep the message as short as possible.  If you contact me off list 
and want them, I can send you the links.

On Thursday (January 27ᵗʰ), I issued an endorsement for Kelvin Watson for 
President of ALA.  There are dozens of reasons to vote for Kelvin, a few of 
which I listed in my previous post, including support from others who know 
about his amazing accomplishments.

I would be remiss, however, if I didn't also mention the “flip side” and 
mention some of the unsettling aspects of his opponent for the top leadership 
spot in ALA.

All those who participated in the Zoom interview with Emily Drabinski on 
January 19, 2022 should have noticed that her candidacy is troubling.

Below are some quotes from Ms. Drabinski herself in her writings as well as 
petitions, which she  signed attacking Israel as an “apartheid” and “colonial” 
state; she also endorses not only BDS, but academic boycotts of Israel, Israeli 
scholars, and Israeli scholarship along with cultural exchanges.

In “City University of New York Community Statement of Solidarity with the 
Palestinian People,” which Ms. Drabinski signed, she joins on to attacks Israel 
as “apartheid” and pledges to:

Initiate, support, and amplify campaigns in solidarity with Palestinian calls 
for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid, at CUNY 
and in our wider communities. In particular, we echo the demands of the John 
Jay Student Letter to Demand BDS and Solidarity with Palestinian Resistance and 
stand with any and all student-led resolutions demanding CUNY’s immediate 
divestment from companies that aid in Israeli colonization, occupation, and war 
crimes...

...Demand that our individual campuses, and CUNY as a whole, endorse and 
support the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of 
Israel.

 CUNY SIGNATORIES:

 201. Emily Drabinski, Staff, Graduate Center

If you want to see more, please do a search for the following two websites 
(links removed here):
“Jadaliyya - CUNY Community Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian 
People” echoing the above document's calls with Emily Drabinski's name on it as 
well.  A similar statement, linked off of the sites above, can be found at 
“Palestine and Praxis: Open Letter and Call to Action - Palestine & Praxis: 
Scholars for Palestinian Freedom 
(weebly.com),”

Drabinski is also a signatory of “A call for editorial standards on 
Palestine/Israel” in
#SayEthnicCleansing, which places the entire blame for the conflict in Israel 
and Palestinian Arab  territories on the Jewish state with such messaging as 
“Don’t ‘both-sides’ a colonial power and the people resisting it.”

Some pushback can be found in this Jewish Journal article on the periodical's 
website under the title,

“At Least 50 CUNY Profs Resign from Union Following Anti-Israel Resolution”

In addition, Emily Drabinski is the author of the following articles:
“Teaching the Radical Catalog,” (see esp. pp. 2-3) and
“Teaching Other Tongues” in Journal of Information Ethics 20(2):42-55 

[ha-Safran] Candidacy of Emily Drabinski for ALA President

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

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Yesterday, I sent out an endorsement for Kelvin Watson for President of ALA.  
There are dozens of reasons to vote for Kelvin, a few of which I listed in my 
previous post, including support from others who know about his amazing 
accomplishments.

I would be remiss, however, if I didn't also mention the “flip side” and 
mention some of the unsettling aspects of his opponent for the top leadership 
spot in ALA.

All those who participated in the Zoom interview with Emily Drabinski on 
January 19, 2022 should have noticed that her candidacy is troubling.

Please look at these links carefully, including petitions, which Ms. Drabinski 
signed attacking Israel as an “apartheid” and “colonial” state; she also 
endorses not only BDS, but academic boycotts of Israel, Israeli scholars, and 
Israeli scholarship.

City University of New York Community Statement of Solidarity with the 
Palestinian People 
(google.com)
Also at: Jadaliyya - CUNY Community Statement of Solidarity with the 
Palestinian 
People
and Palestine and Praxis: Open Letter and Call to Action - Palestine & Praxis: 
Scholars for Palestinian Freedom 
(weebly.com)

Some pushback:

At Least 50 CUNY Profs Resign from Union Following Anti-Israel Resolution 
(jewishjournal.com)

In addition, Emily Drabinski is the author of the following articles:

Microsoft Word - drabinski_radcat.rtf 
(emilydrabinski.com)
 see esp. pp. 2-3
(PDF) Teaching Other Tongues 
(researchgate.net)
 see p.49
A call for editorial standards on Palestine/Israel | by #SayEthnicCleansing | 
Medium

While I certainly do not advocate censorship, this is not merely an issue of 
free speech, which I firmly believe in, but that ALA and librarianship as a 
profession are all about finding and presenting well-supported facts, not 
disseminating propaganda to bolster a specific political point-of-view or 
agenda.

What is perhaps most disturbing about Emily Drabinski's candidacy is that she 
makes a point of claiming that she wants to steer clear of what pulls us apart 
and concentrate on what we have in common, what brings us together.  Yet she 
proudly embraces and advances contentious issues such as the Social 
Responsibility Round Tables's proclivity to concentrate only on what Israel 
does to the exclusion of all of the repressive regimes surrounding Israel and 
the very serious human rights violations of all other countries and terrorist 
groups.  How does this kind of politicking bring people together, and how is 
this not the very source of the very divisiveness Emily Drabinski states she 
wants to avoid?  This strikes me as talking out of both sides of one's mouth.

If you are an ALA member and/or know people who are, I urge you to vote for 
Kelvin Watson for ALA president and/or ask your friends, colleagues, and 
acquaintances to do the same.  He is a person who works with people to truly 
advance the mission of ALA and is a proven leader who brings 

[ha-Safran] Sad News

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

This is to convey the sad news that former AJL member Marlene Gitelman
passed away Monday evening.

For those of us who knew Marlene, who retired a few years ago, we were so
fortunate to have had her as a highly valued member of the Judaica Unit in
the Graduate Library of the University of Michigan.  Marlene began working
in the Library's Near East Division in 2000.  She was a Judaica cataloger
concentrating on Hebrew and Yiddish and also assisted me with
collection development.  She was meticulous in everything she did.

Anyone who had the fortune to know, and especially work with, Marlene
couldn't help but notice her infectious smile, good humor, quiet strength,
and, of course, her skills, experience, and expertise.  We couldn't have
asked for a better, more pleasant, patient, and harder working colleague
than she was.

Before coming to U-M, Marlene was the founder and head of the Hebrew Day
School at the Jewish Community Center in Ann Arbor where she worked for 18
years.  She will be sorely missed.

As a long time friend of Marlene's so aptly and beautifully stated, "May
her dedication to our community be an inspiration for us."  May her memory
be for a blessing.

More information as well as places to share memories and/or make donations
in Marlene's memory, if you so desire, can be found at
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[ha-Safran] 2022 ALA Presidential Election

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Earlier this month, Sally Stieglitz quoted from a letter, where Hannah
Handler Hostyk,
Co-President of the Stirling Library Friends, Broward County Library
in Florida, wrote a glowing endorsement for Kelvin Watson, a candidate for
the presidency of the American Library Association.  The election takes
place from March 14ᵗʰ through April 6ᵗʰ and is to determine who will be
president-elect beginning in June of this year and ALA president for
2023-2024.

Within the last several weeks, AJL held Zoom interviews with the two
candidates running for this very important, highly visible office.  I
listened and watched carefully.  I can say unhesitatingly that Kelvin
Watson is extremely well qualified and has all the experience and qualities
that one could possibly look for in the leader of the world's oldest and
largest professional library association.  He is a thoughtful, considerate
librarian and administrator with a wealth of experience and is very
sensitive to Jewish concerns.  He has worked in virtually every aspect of
librarianship from vendor to ALA Spectrum Scholar to librarian to library
director, beginning with Ingram Library Services, Borders, and The Library
Corporation (TLC) to the USDA National Agricultural Library to COO/senior
vice president for Queens Library to director of the Broward County
Libraries to name just a few.  Currently, Kelvin serves as executive
director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.  He is responsible
for 25 branches with over 600 employees, a collection of 3.2 million items
in a district that covers 8,000 square miles and oversees a budget of $77
million.

>From my interactions with Kelvin, I have to say, he listens carefully to
people, doesn't just talk about doing things, but takes action,
collaborates really well with very diverse communities, including the
Jewish users of the library systems he has supervised.  Just yesterday, he
helped arrange it so that AJL will be invited to the Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Holiday Observance at ALA conferences.  I just mentioned to him
once that AJL was the only ALA ethnic affiliate that has been excluded from
this annual event, and he immediately took action by
contacting the relevant people to make sure that AJL will be included in
the future.

But don't just take my word for it.  Hannah Handler Hostyk said, “He’s the
first director to truly understand how key a library is to a specific
community in our county and has gone out of his way to include the Jewish
community as a community with specific needs...”

Here's what Sari Feldman, ALA President, 2015-2016, and a keynote speaker
at AJL's 5oᵗʰ anniversary Annual Conference said: “Kelvin is the ALA
Presidential candidate who looks toward and speaks for the future of the
Association...His organizational and entrepreneurial leadership extends
beyond the library and into the community, garnering him awards and
accolades for his contribution to the profession and community
well-being...Kelvin is a mentor to many, an effective spokesperson on
library issues, and the best candidate to lead ALA into the future. He has
my highest endorsement for ALA President, and I encourage you to vote for
Kelvin Watson, ALA President, 2023-2024.”

But besides all his great qualities, Kelvin Watson is truly a *mentsh!*

More at Kelvin Watson for Libraries
 and Endorsements — Kelvin Watson
for Libraries 


If you missed the AJL interview with Kelvin, here's the link:
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If you are an ALA member and/or know people who are, please vote for Kelvin
Watson for ALA president and/or ask your friends, colleagues, and
acquaintances to do the same.  Ballots will be sent out in mid-March, and
voting ends April 6ᵗʰ.  If you're not yet an ALA member and have been
thinking of joining, you have just until January 31ˢᵗ, only a few days
away, to join if you want to be eligible to vote in the upcoming ALA
election.

Elliot


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[ha-Safran] After 18 years, Ann Arbor condemns weekly synagogue protesters as antisemitic - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)

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After 18 years, Ann Arbor condemns weekly synagogue protesters as
antisemitic - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)







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Wow!

Exclusive: Rabbi at center of Texas hostage standoff resigned in fall after
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Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec [But Only 6 Rcichler Books!]

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Oops!  I must've forgotten basic arithmetic!  Or was lured by the number 7,
the number of illegal lawn crossers!  There are only 6 listings for
Mordecai Richler in the online catalog of the Haskell Free Library and
Opera House.  Sorry for the error.

Elliot


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On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 5:09 PM Elliot H. Gertel  wrote:

> According to the Haskell (Stanstead) Library on the border online catalog,
> they have 7 titles by Richler (the duplicated title is actually in two
> formats, book and DVD):
>
> *Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! : requiem for a divided country*
> by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-
> Format  Books
> Publication Date  1992.
>
> *Home sweet home : my Canadian album*
> by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-
> Format  Books
> Publication Date  1984.
>
> *The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz*
> by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
> Format  Books
> Publication Date  2001.
>
> *The street : stories and memoirs from St. Urbain Street*
> by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
> Format  Books
> Publication Date  2001.
>
> *Barney's version : a novel*
> by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931- 2001.
> Format  Books
> Publication Date  1997.
>
> *Barney's version*
> by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001. Barney's version. French
> Format  DVD
> Publication Date  c2011.
>
> Greetings from former (long ago) Vermont resident and currently only a 45
> minute drive *NORTH*west of the (closed) Canadian border,
> Elliot
>
>
> *Elliot H. Gertel*  *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
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> On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:38 PM Marjorie Gann via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I hope people didn't mind the repetition.
>>
>> I'm Canadian, and only just received that story from a US librarian
>> friend of a friend. I found it awfully funny!  There really are a lot of
>> shared spaces along the border, from east to west, but who would've
>> imagined a shared library! I'd love to see if they have Mordecai Richler on
>> their shelves!
>> Marjorie
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 6:45 PM Steven BERGSON 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Marjorie,
>>>
>>> This library was the answer to one of the last questions on Trivia night
>>> during the most recent AJL conference.
>>>
>>> SMB
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 14, 2021, at 18:08, Marjorie Gann via Hasafran <
>>> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> Thought the Safranim would enjoy this story
>>> .
>>> Never thought of using a library to dodge immigration rules!
>>>
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Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

According to the Haskell (Stanstead) Library on the border online catalog,
they have 7 titles by Richler (the duplicated title is actually in two
formats, book and DVD):

*Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! : requiem for a divided country*
by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-
Format  Books
Publication Date  1992.

*Home sweet home : my Canadian album*
by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-
Format  Books
Publication Date  1984.

*The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz*
by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
Format  Books
Publication Date  2001.

*The street : stories and memoirs from St. Urbain Street*
by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
Format  Books
Publication Date  2001.

*Barney's version : a novel*
by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931- 2001.
Format  Books
Publication Date  1997.

*Barney's version*
by  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001. Barney's version. French
Format  DVD
Publication Date  c2011.

Greetings from former (long ago) Vermont resident and currently only a 45
minute drive *NORTH*west of the (closed) Canadian border,
Elliot


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On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:38 PM Marjorie Gann via Hasafran <
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> I hope people didn't mind the repetition.
>
> I'm Canadian, and only just received that story from a US librarian friend
> of a friend. I found it awfully funny!  There really are a lot of shared
> spaces along the border, from east to west, but who would've imagined a
> shared library! I'd love to see if they have Mordecai Richler on their
> shelves!
> Marjorie
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 6:45 PM Steven BERGSON 
> wrote:
>
>> Marjorie,
>>
>> This library was the answer to one of the last questions on Trivia night
>> during the most recent AJL conference.
>>
>> SMB
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 14, 2021, at 18:08, Marjorie Gann via Hasafran <
>> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Thought the Safranim would enjoy this story
>> .
>> Never thought of using a library to dodge immigration rules!
>>
>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/7-sent-back-to-canada-after-using-library-lawn-to-enter-u-s-from-quebec-1.5502164__;!!KGKeukY!iFPfYaUz2n8LkR9Drx-_xIBiWXxAcJuPhlB5hsMEMekObfXtZr0BPAyaF-HgO-lzzltCpVy7RoPp0Gg$
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Re: [ha-Safran] American Libraries article on AJL Annual Conference

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Sally!

Well done!  A great, timely summing up of the recent digital AJL Virtual
Conference that covered salient features focusing on ephemeral collections
by the tone set at the very outset in Shalom Sabar's highly informative
Feinstein Lecture.  You then followed up with details on COVID-19
documentation through to a number of widely varied programs that once again
made AJL Annual Conference, whether face-to-face, or online, such an
edifying and memorable event.

I hope your article will make it into the next print copy of *American
Libraries* and that you'll publish it, or a version thereof, in the
conference summary pages of the next *AJL News & Reviews.*

*Kol ha-kavod/Yasher-koyekh!*

Elliot

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Re: [ha-Safran] ALA mid-winter

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Donnie,

I agree that the AJL virtual digital conference last summer was a better
event than ALA Midwinter.  One big reason for this is that AJL's gathering
is a smaller, more focused, and relevant event to most of us who are (or
were) Judaica library workers, volunteers, information professionals,
scholars, educators, students, vendors, curators, and other interested
parties.  I disagree, however, that ALA Midwinter was of little value.

One thing to note is that Midwinter is more of a meeting than a
conference.  Historically, it was primarily a time for ALA committees,
divisions, round tables, etc. to conduct business, and programs were a
bonus.  And, ALA Annual Conference is much more programmatic.  I, too, miss
networking and face-to-face interpersonal connections  (besides
exploring different aspects of particular cities, especially cultural
amenities).  All the same, these are things that we all have to deal with
during this terrible pandemic.

As for the ALA Midwinter Meeting that just happened (the last that will
ever have that title), I found a number of events valuable and even
inspiring.  To name just a few:

"Ruby Bridges: Featured Speaker, Diversity in Publishing Stage"



Ruby Bridges is a civil rights activist, who at the age of six was the
> first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school in New
> Orleans.



Ms. Bridges's story was poignant, disturbing, sad, hopeful, and
heartening.  What she and thousands of African-American children endured
not all that long ago and many still do to this day, and the ongoing
struggle for equal rights in education as in many areas was spelled out
explicitly in this great session, which offered much to ponder.

"ALA President's Program and Awards featuring Joy Harjo"


Joy Harjo is an internationally-renowned musician, playwright, and author.
> Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. In
> June 2019, Harjo was appointed as the 23rd Poet Laureate in Poetry to the
> Library of Congress. She is the first Native American to hold the honor and
> was reappointed to a second term in April 2020.


Joy Harjo's story was stimulating and uplifting.

"Cicely Tyson: Featured Speaker" offered some fascinating insights into the
struggles and success stories of this very talented, award-winning star of
film and theater.

"ALA Youth Media Awards" while not as exciting as when held in person again
highlighted a great number of children's and teen book award winners with a
wide range of diversity, and, of course, the high point is the announcement
of the Sydney Taylor Book Awards.  I was quite surprised that the
affiliates' awards were announced first with the STBA announcement coming
almost right after the event began, which was a nice change, actually.

And the "22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Virtual Holiday Observance
and Sunrise Celebration"

was filled with inspiring songs and stories.  While I quite enjoyed the
numerous sections of a speech by Dr. King being recited by members (often
the presidents or other officers) of numerous divisions, round tables, and
affiliates, I would very much like to see participation of someone from AJL
and/or the ALA Jewish Information Committee in this signature ALA event.  I
hope that our liaisons and others who have official roles in ALA will
contact the organizers of this session about including such engagement in
the future.

And, of course, there was "Inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda
Gorman reading from *Change Sings,* a lyrical picture book debut coming
September 2021."  This young poet has almost overnight become an
international sensation and deservedly so!

On the whole, I think that this was a very good event.  The above sessions
were just a sample of programs that I found worthwhile.  I wouldn't compare
it to AJL's conference because of the element of relevance, but I was glad
to have taken part.  I'm sorry that you were disappointed.

Elliot

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On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 9:40 PM Kathleen Bloomfield via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Thanks Donnie,
>
> The Planning Committee is working hard to make our 2021 

Re: [ha-Safran] upcoming retirement

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Heidi,

Mazel-tov on your upcoming retirement.  You have been such a strong and
very active member and supporter of AJL for over three decades.  Your
contributions, especially in your realms of expertise, notably cataloging
and metadata, have been too numerous to begin to list.  You have also been
very helpful in AJL, at Stanford, and way beyond in providing answers
outside of your "niche" as well by presenting timely and useful
information on research, humanities, and social sciences reference
inquiries among others.  You were one of the first people I met at my very
first AJL Conference (née Convention) back in 1991 in Miami Beach, and it
was always a pleasure to see you each year at subsequent annual gatherings
at which I always learned something unique and valuable from your
presentations and just from casual conversations.

I hope that you will stay active in AJL where your many contributions have
always benefited your colleagues and the Association immeasurably.  I
greatly appreciate having had the opportunity to work with you over the
years and value your friendship as well as your collegiality.  I wish you
great success upon whatever roads you take going forward.

All the very best,
Elliot


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> the mid- to late Spring, 2021. The past thirty-one years of the sharing of
> learning,  knowledge and professional practices among our community have
> been extraordinary. I am not sure if such collegiality and synergies exist
> among other library communities.
>
> So many of the professional relationships that I developed over this
> period have crossed over into personal friendships that will continue to
> last long after I officially leave.
>
> My warmest wishes, appreciation and thanks to the entire Association of
> Jewish Libraries for being a foundation of my professional growth and life.
>
> Sincerely, Heidi Lerner
>
>
> Heidi G. Lerner
>
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>
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>
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[ha-Safran] AJL Membership Gala Cocktail Reception

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

To All the Organizers of, and Key Participants in, Today's Reception and
Webinar:

*Yasher-koyekh! * It was both a very engaging way to reconnect with
colleagues and friends and a most informative session with Carla Hayden and
Oren Weinberg and our wonderful moderator Michelle Chesner.  Kudos to all
who put it together and who took part.

Just one request and suggestion to make any future sessions like this even
better: please expand the social interaction portion to one hour and/or
have it *after* the webinar portion.

Thanks again,
Elliot

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[ha-Safran] ALA Announces 2021 Midwinter Meeting will be Virtual

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

*ALA announces 2021 Midwinter Meeting will be virtual*

[image: ALA logo white text on blue background]

The ALA Executive Board announced August 6 that the 2021 ALA Midwinter
Meeting & Exhibits scheduled for January 22–26 in Indianapolis will take
place virtually. “It is clear that as we continue to coexist with
coronavirus, we need to adjust our approach to meetings and events,” said
ALA President Julius C. Jefferson Jr. “In the last few months, we have
successfully pivoted our delivery to present ALA Virtual in June and ALA’s
‘Holding Space’ tour series this summer. Though we very much hoped to be
able to meet in person in Indianapolis, the health and safety of conference
attendees, ALA members and staff, exhibitors, and other stakeholders are
the priority.”...

*AL: The Scoop, Aug. 6*

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/ala-announces-2021-midwinter-meeting-will-be-virtual/

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Re: [ha-Safran] Support the National Library of Israel!

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Arthur,

Thank you for this marvelous idea and for reminding us all so eloquently
and straightforwardly of some of the many things that NLI does for all of
us in Israel, the US, and across the globe, and thanks to Jackie for
pitching in.  If everyone in AJL and especially all *Hasafran* readers, who
can afford it, gave a little, I'm sure it would help a lot.

Elliot

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On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 8:14 PM Jacqueline Benefraim via Hasafran  wrote:

> Thank you Arthur and Elliot for letting us know.
>
> I just made a donation. It literally took a minute.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 4:56 PM Kiron, Arthur via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Everyone – my thanks to Elliot Gertel, Yoel Finkelman and other who have
>> brought to our attention the current financial difficulties facing the
>> National Library of Israel.
>>
>>
>>
>> The plight of the NLI  got me thinking about all the things we take for
>> granted in our lives and what our lives would be like without them.
>>   Imagine our world without the NLI!  Imagine not being able to consult the
>> NLI catalogue, not being able to research the NLI collections, no longer
>> receiving one of their amazing blogs posts or being able to download
>> information from their website?  Consider what it would it would mean to
>> scholarship if the Ktiv website were to just vanish and the decades of
>> cataloging expertise created at the Institute for Microfilmed Hebrew
>> Manuscripts were to just go away?  Every week the NLI freely provides data
>> on new acquisitions to all who are interested in receiving it.  The NLI
>> sponsors international conferences, provides workshops for training
>> librarians and archivists from around the world, serves as Israel’s
>> national repository for publications and supports diasporic Jewish cultural
>> life.
>>
>>
>>
>> In this moment, when life feels so fragile, the thought of a world
>> without libraries and the librarians and archivists that protect and serve
>> our cultural treasury seems almost unbearable.  I have looked into how to
>> make a cash donation to the NLI – not in the expectation that my small
>> contribution will change the tide of history – but in the belief that this
>> is a time to show solidarity and support for that great institution and all
>> the devoted people who work there.  If you feel similarly, see below for
>> information on how to donate:
>>
>>
>>
>> *NLI USA - Donation Information *
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your interest in supporting the National Library of Israel.
>>
>> NLI USA, Inc., is a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization founded to
>> promote the interests of the National Library of Israel throughout the
>> United States. All donations to NLI USA, Inc. are tax-deductible in the
>> United States. EIN: 46-4986788.
>>
>> Donations may be made in the following ways:
>>
>>
>>
>> *BY CHECK (PAYABLE TO "NLI USA, INC.") *
>>
>> NLI USA, Inc.
>>
>> c/o Perry Davis Associates
>>
>> 25 West 45th Street, Suite 1405
>>
>> New York, NY 10036
>>
>>
>>
>> *BY CREDIT CARD *
>>
>> Secure online donations may be submitted directly through PayPal via the
>> National Library of Israel website: discover.nli.org.il and
>> https://www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-service/donate/make-donation?_ga=2.162665780.909629748.1596916967-1679179235.1577950033
>>
>>
>>
>> *BY WIRE TRANSFER *
>>
>> Wire to: First Republic Bank
>>
>> 111 Pine St.
>>
>> San Francisco, CA 94111
>>
>> ABA Number: 321081669
>>
>> Credit Account #: 80003106044
>>
>> Account Name: NLI USA, INC.
>>
>>
>>
>> *GIFTS OF STOCKS AND SECURITIES *
>>
>> Account Name: NLI USA, Inc.
>>
>> Firm Name: First Republic Securities Company
>>
>> DTC Number: 0443
>>
>> Account Number: 33L175792
>>
>>
>>
>> If you wish to designate your contribution for a specific project or
>> department, please indicate this on the check or in an attached note. Thank
>> you!
>>
>>
>>
>> For donations of archival or library materials and any other questions,
>> please contact:
>>
>> Zachary Rothbart
>>
>> The National Library of Israel
>>
>> E.J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram
>>
>> P.O.B. 39105, Jerusalem 9139002, Israel
>>
>> Office: +972-74-7336152 / Mobile: +972-54-9474067
>>
>> Email: zachary.rothb...@nli.org.il
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Arthur Kiron, Ph.D.
>>
>> Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections
>>
>> University of Pennsylvania Libraries
>>
>> 3420 Walnut Street
>>
>> Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
>>
>> Tel: (215) 573-7431
>>
>> Fax: (215) 898-0559
>>
>> Web: http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/judaica/
>>
>>
>>
>> Wednesdays and Fridays at:
>>
>>
>>
>> Library at the Hebert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
>>
>> 420 Walnut St.
>>
>> Philadelphia, PA 19106
>>
>> Tel: (215) 746-1290
>>
>> 

[ha-Safran] "National Library of Israel to suspend services and put 300 workers on unpaid leave"

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Some more bad news: "National Library of Israel to suspend services and put
300 workers on unpaid leave."  As NLI says, let's hope it's only very
temporary.

https://twitter.com/NLIsrael/status/1291021391568023554

https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/national-library-of-israel-to-suspend-services-and-put-300-workers-on-unpaid-leave

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[ha-Safran] AJL Digital Conference: Staying Connected

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Many heartfelt thanks and much appreciation to the dedicated volunteer
organizers of the first-ever AJL virtual conference.  As others have said
in previous posts, this was an amazing event from which I am certain we all
derived so much new knowledge and valuable information.  Considering how
there was such a short turnaround time from when the original traditional
socially proximate conference was canceled, the results were particularly
striking!  As Zachary noted, one drawback (a canceled
face-to-face-in-the-same-space event) turned into quite an asset as we got
to "meet" colleagues from places we haven't before and learn about their
incredible collections and latest projects.  And the theme of the
conference, "Staying Connected" was absolutely fulfilled.

There are so many people to thank, so let's give a huge
*yasher-koyekh* and *kol
ha-kavod* to all the wonderful organizers listed in the Final Conference
Announcements e-mailed last night by Marcie Eskin & Rachel Kamin who
themselves as co-chairs of the Evanston physical conference deserve so much
praise and gratitude!  And kudos as well to all the presenters, hosts,
technical experts, moderators, and everyone who participated.

Let's hope that we will not have a plague to contend with long before our
next annual conference in Chicago next year so that we can meet in a
conventional manner (unintended pun)!

I hope that all the hardworking organizers and participants can at least
take tomorrow off--if possible--catch their collective breath, and look
back with admiration and pride at the results of their work!

*Zise khaloymes, *everyone,
Elliot



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Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Annual

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

We miss you, Žilvinas!  Hope you're doing well in this difficult time.

And hoping you can make it next year whatever format it takes.

Stay well, and be safe.

Elliot


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On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:09 PM Žilvinas Beliauskas via Hasafran <
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> I am trying but still failing to join the sessions because of time
> difference. Sessions start when our working hours are over and then family
> commitments do not allow to dedicate time normally. Hope everything is
> recorded and will be online. Especially today's session where previously my
> presentation was scheduled to happen.
>
> Best luck to everyone!
>
> Žilvinas
>
> *Vilniaus žydų viešoji biblioteka / Vilnius Jewish Public Library*
>
> *Gedimino pr. 24, Vilnius LT-01103*
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Re: [ha-Safran] One of those patron questions....

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Perhaps it was:

*Title:* *A night of watching.*
*Author(s):* Arnold, Elliott, 1912-1980.


*Publication:* New York, Scribner
*Year:* 1967
*Description:* 441 pages 22 cm
*Language:* English
*Standard No:* *LCCN:* 67-21334
*Abstract:* *A novel based on two weeks during World War II, when the
Danish Underground smuggled nearly all of the 8000 Jews in Denmark to
safety in Sweden.*
*SUBJECT(S)*
*Descriptor:* World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction.


World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Fiction.


Underground movements, War.


*Named Conf:* German Occupation of Denmark (1940-1945)


World War (1939-1945)


*Genre/Form:* Fiction.


History.


Fiction.


War stories.


War stories.


*Time:* 1939-1945


*Geographic:* Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.


Denmark.

Re: [ha-Safran] Heidi Rabinowitz presents at ALA Annual

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

I actually found ALA Virtual a mostly pretty good conference.  True, I did
find *some* of the speakers uninspiring, but I think that’s the case with
any such event.

I had no trouble getting into the live or on-demand sessions.  If a session
was live, it usually became available in on-demand format after it was
over.  I did find a few of those programs only became available many hours
or a day afterward, but was able to check back to view again or catch parts
that I missed of the sessions that interested me.  There were a number of
engaging⁠—and sometimes controversial⁠—programs that I enjoyed.  Of course,
Heidi’s session, was absolutely a highlight.
Wednesday, June 24
Although, like other keynote speakers, I found the closing session
featuring Natalie Portman, way too brief, I still enjoyed certain aspects
of it including her discussion of some of the changes in the depictions of
the critters in the stories in her debut children’s picture book, *Natalie
Portman’s Fables. * And she was interviewed by Betsy Bird, Collection
Development Manager, Evanston Public Library, who will be speaking at AJL
Digital on Thursday on “Reviewing and Evaluating Picture Books.”

In any case, I, too, would like to hear what others who took part in any
part of the online ALA conference thought.

See you all tomorrow (by the time this gets “published,” it will be
tomorrow here in the Eastern Time Zone, and probably everywhere else, too).

Elliot


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Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee
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On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 7:38 PM Daniel Stuhlman  wrote:

> Her presentation was the best part of the ALA conference.  I was very
> disappointed with the speakers, their messages, and the format.  I found it
> very hard to figure out how to attend sessions.  The "on demand" sessions
> were not on demand. When I attended in person it was exciting.  What did
> you think of the conference?
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 5:56 PM Sukenic, Harvey via Hasafran <
> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Heidi did a great job arguing for the multi-cultural content of Jewish
>> literature. She also did a great job of highlighting the AJL, the AJL
>> website and its resources, other Jewish resources, as well as her own blog.
>>
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>> Gertel via Hasafran 
>> *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2020 7:50:39 PM
>> *To:* Emily Bergman; Heidi Rabinowitz
>> *Cc:* Hasafran
>> *Subject:* Re: [ha-Safran] Heidi Rabinowitz presents at ALA Annual
>>
>> I totally agree with you, Emily, and really appreciate all the effort
>> that you put into getting Heidi, and thus AJL, onto the ALA Ethnic and
>> Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table session, “EMIERT Chair’s
>> Program Promoting Multicultural Library Services in Virtual Spaces,” which
>> took place this morning at ALA Virtual.
>>
>> All three participants, Heidi; K.C. Boyd, Library Media Specialist at
>> Jefferson Academy in the Washington, DC Public School system;  and Andrea
>> Jamison, Librarian and Lecturer at Valparaiso University (Indiana) and
>> Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of EMIERT, articulated their jobs, patron base,
>> collections, charges, and challenges really well.  While representing
>> “just” two ethnic communities (on the surface), Jewish and
>> African-American, they demonstrated the diversity and multiculturalism of
>> both and how meaningful their work and the resources that they highlighted
>> are. What they do is beneficial to all of their users, internal and
>> external.  Andrea, while serving as the moderator, contributed much to the
>> discussion, not only with her questions but contributions to the
>> conversation.  A really good session.
>>
>> And Heidi proved once again why she is not only a Jewish kidlit meyven,
&g

Re: [ha-Safran] Heidi Rabinowitz presents at ALA Annual

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

I totally agree with you, Emily, and really appreciate all the effort that
you put into getting Heidi, and thus AJL, onto the ALA Ethnic and
Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table session, “EMIERT Chair’s
Program Promoting Multicultural Library Services in Virtual Spaces,” which
took place this morning at ALA Virtual.

All three participants, Heidi; K.C. Boyd, Library Media Specialist at
Jefferson Academy in the Washington, DC Public School system;  and Andrea
Jamison, Librarian and Lecturer at Valparaiso University (Indiana) and
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of EMIERT, articulated their jobs, patron base,
collections, charges, and challenges really well.  While representing
“just” two ethnic communities (on the surface), Jewish and
African-American, they demonstrated the diversity and multiculturalism of
both and how meaningful their work and the resources that they highlighted
are. What they do is beneficial to all of their users, internal and
external.  Andrea, while serving as the moderator, contributed much to the
discussion, not only with her questions but contributions to the
conversation.  A really good session.

And Heidi proved once again why she is not only a Jewish kidlit meyven, but
so knowledgeable way beyond her “bailiwick!”

Great job!  *Yasher-koyekh* and *kol ha-kavod* on your fabulous
presentation, Heidi, and Emily for making sure it happened!

See you all next week!

Elliot


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Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee
Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica
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On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 3:22 PM Emily Bergman via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> I just watched Heidi present with K.C. Boyd at the EMIERT Chair's Program
> Promoting Multicultural Library Services in Virtual Spaces at the ALA
> digital conference.  It was a great presentation, and the comments in the
> Q space were very positive.  EMIERT is planning to make the
> presentation available on their website, so I will send the link so
> everyone can see it.
>
> How did this happen?  I pushed to be on the EMIERT Program Committee.  The
> Chair's Program was already set and was to be a very theoretical program
> about ethnic materials.  When everything changed, the in-person program
> wouldn't work online, and the committee had to come up with a new program
> quickly, I suggested Heidi to join a DC school librarian to talk about this
> topic, and we are so lucky she agreed.
>
> I can't tell you how happy I am with how the program turned out.  It
> really brought out the diversity of materials to have speakers from such
> different backgrounds.
>
> Thank you, Heidi, for stepping up and preparing for this program on short
> notice that will reach a broad audience.  You are a superstar.
>
> Emily
>
> Emily Bergman
> SSCPL President
> AJL
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Re: [ha-Safran] Please welcome Megan Shulman!

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Hello, Megan,

Welcome!  Great to have you join AJL in such an active role.

If I'm not mistaken Medina is not far from Union City, which makes me think
of Stella Suberman, O"h (1922-2017), a presenter at the 1999 AJL Annual
Conference in Boca Raton where she spoke about her fascinating, slightly
fictionalized memoir (mostly changing names) with the somewhat troubling
title--at least to this Northerner!--*The Jew Store* (Chapel Hill, N.C.:
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998) about growing up Jewish in a rural
Northwestern Tennessee town with a population of 5,318 in the 1920s when
her family settled there.  Stella made it clear that many small Southern
towns had dry goods stores that were called "Jew stores" back then.  It's a
great depiction of her experiences being raised in the only Jewish family
in a small Southern town.

Thanks for pitching in with *AJL Reviews!*

Hope to "see" you at AJL Digital Conference in two weeks and future
in-person conferences.

Best regards,
Elliot


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Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee
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On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 1:30 PM Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran <
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> Dear Safranim,
>
> Please join me in welcoming Megan Shulman to our AJL News and Reviews
> team! Megan is one of our new co-editors for children's/teen's reviews.
>
> Here is Megan's "hello" to you all:
>
> My name is Megan Shulman, and I am, after many years of being involved
> with our synagogue’s leadership team and community, newly Jew-by-Choice. I
> am a transplant to the Deep South by way of New York, and enjoy learning
> about the diverse historical Jewish experience in our rural city in West
> Tennessee. I have fifteen years of experience as a school librarian, but
> have also worked as both a public and academic librarian. I have a passion
> for diverse, quality Jewish children’s and young adult literature. I am
> recently disabled, and make my home in the tiny town of Medina, Tennessee
> with my five year old son Calvin and my husband Andrew. I am very excited
> to soon be serving the AJL!
>
> Wishing you all Shabbat Shalom,
> Sally
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Re: [ha-Safran] Please welcome Megan Shulman!

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Megan,

Thank you for your really nice message!

Thanks very much also for the update on Union City and especially for the
history of Kisber's and the forward thinking of Mr. Kisber to take such a
courageous stand and actions at a time when that was not only ahead of the
time by challenging the prevailing racism and Jim Crow mores of the South,
but very dangerous to do!  Amazing and heartwarming!  Thanks to you, I
looked at Congregation B'nai Israel's website at
https://congregationbnai-israel.org/  and some of the images there.  What a
rich history, founded in 1885 (the first congregation in Jackson dates to
the mid-1850s), and the building and the stained glass windows are indeed
striking.  What really caught my eye--and seems to be unique--is that there
are stained glass windows on the Ark.  If I ever have the fortune to find
myself in your area, I would definitely like to visit the synagogue.  I
have long been a lover of historic architecture and especially of shul
buildings.  I appreciate your telling me a bit about the neighborhood and
Jewish life there past and present.  It very nicely supplements what I
learned from Stella.

Be well.

Elliot


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Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee
Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica
The University of Michigan
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eger...@umich.edu


On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 4:40 PM Megan Shulman  wrote:

> Dear Elliot,
>
> Thank you for such a warm welcome!
>
> Yes, Medina is fairly close to Union City! Unfortunately, due to declining
> membership due to an aging population, the Union City synagogue closed a
> few years ago. The remaining members joined our synagogue B’nai Israel,
> located in Jackson, which has had a presence there for over 150 years. The
> building features indescribably beautiful stained glass that glows in the
> night and is now on the Historical Register.
> While I have never heard the term “Jew Store,” Jews in this area were
> often owners of upscale department stores. In Jackson, Kisber’s, owned by
> the Kisber family, was known for its high class items and exemplary
> customer service. In the 1950s, Kisber’s became the first store to
> integrate racially in terms of both staffing and customers. Anyone who
> opposed this decision would be met by Mr. Kisber himself and he would
> politely, yet firmly, state his stance on his hopes for a fully integrated
> society in Jackson. While Kisber’s was eventually replaced with larger
> department stores like Macy’s, Jackson is still blessed to have several
> independent Jewishly owned retail stores like Robert’s Jewelers.
> I’m excited to be volunteering with the AJL!
>
> Megan
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 2:52 PM Elliot H. Gertel 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello, Megan,
>>
>> Welcome!  Great to have you join AJL in such an active role.
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken Medina is not far from Union City, which makes me
>> think of Stella Suberman, O"h (1922-2017), a presenter at the 1999 AJL
>> Annual Conference in Boca Raton where she spoke about her fascinating,
>> slightly fictionalized memoir (mostly changing names) with the somewhat
>> troubling title--at least to this Northerner!--*The Jew Store* (Chapel
>> Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998) about growing up Jewish
>> in a rural Northwestern Tennessee town with a population of 5,318 in the
>> 1920s when her family settled there.  Stella made it clear that many small
>> Southern towns had dry goods stores that were called "Jew stores" back
>> then.  It's a great depiction of her experiences being raised in the only
>> Jewish family in a small Southern town.
>>
>> Thanks for pitching in with *AJL Reviews!*
>>
>> Hope to "see" you at AJL Digital Conference in two weeks and future
>> in-person conferences.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Elliot
>>
>> 
>> Elliot H. Gertel *עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל*
>> AJL-ALA Liaison
>> Member, ALA EMIERT Jewish Information Committee, 2020-22
>> Chair, 2020 AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee
>> Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica
>> The University of Michigan
>> Ann Arbor, Michigan
>> eger...@umich.edu
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 1:30 PM Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran <
>> hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Safranim,
>>>
>>> Please join me in welcoming Megan Shulman to our AJL News and Reviews
>>> team! Megan is one of our new co-editors for children's/teen's reviews.
>>>
>>> Here is Megan's "hello" to you all:
>>>
>>> My name is Megan Shulman, and I am, after many years of being involved
>>> with our synagogue’s leadership team and community, newly Jew-by-Choice. I
>>> am a transplant to the Deep South by way of New York, and enjoy learning
>>> about the diverse historical Jewish experience in our rural city in West
>>> Tennessee. I have 

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[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Colleagues,

Just as AJL is planning to do, ALA is holding a virtual conference, and
unlike the physical one that was canceled, it will not overlap with AJL’s
digital conference as it is scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, June 24 - 26
and will conclude on Friday afternoon.  Details follow below.

Natalie Portman will be the closing session speaker:

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Re: [ha-Safran] Fanny Goldstein Merit Award

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Now, I think everyone sees (at least those rare people who haven't had the
pleasure of knowing him--it just reminds the rest of us!) why Zachary was
selected as the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award recipient this year.  And, as
he explained in his career timeline where he enumerated just a small sample
of his  accomplishments, he continues to make significant contributions to
the field of Judaic studies.

I’ve had the privilege of knowing Zachary since before I ever considered
becoming a librarian. This was while I was a research assistant for Deborah
Dash Moore at Yivo in late 1988 and through 1990, first in New York, then
“commuting” between the “metropolis” of Stamping Ground, Kentucky
(population 704 in 1990) and Yivo in New York, and then remotely while in
library school at the University of Kentucky.  During that period, Zachary
was the Head Librarian at Yivo where he carefully oversaw and curated its
unique resources, some of which I got to handle.  I consider myself very
fortunate to have had such a great role model as a colleague all these
years.  He is not only a true scholar and the archetypal Judaica librarian,
but very approachable and willing to share his time, energy, and knowledge,
which is considerable.

I think that all of us in AJL as well as researchers in all aspects of
Jewish studies are the beneficiaries of Zachary Baker’s wisdom, knowledge,
and experience, which he has so generously shared over the decades with all
types of researchers and information seekers.  Although, of course, it was
necessary, I only regret that we won’t be able to gather in Evanston to
enjoy hearing his inimitable style of presentation in person.  I hope that
we will have that benefit at upcoming AJL conferences in the
not-too-distant future.  *Mazl-tov un shkoyekh,* Zachary!

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Passover!  !אַ פֿרײלעכן פּסח

Elliot

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On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 6:39 PM Zachary M Baker via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I had hoped to join you at this year’s AJL Conference in Evanston, which
> for understandable reasons has been canceled along with so many other
> activities and functions. With Passover imminently upon us, here we all
> are, sheltering in place, hoping that this frightful pandemic will soon
> pass.
>
> When Elliot Gertel called to inform me that I am the recipient of the
> Fanny Goldstein Merit Award, I was deeply touched — and I am very grateful
> to AJL and to the committee members for the recognition. In a subsequent
> e-mail exchange, Elliot asked me to send him a few paragraphs that might
> summarize my career highlights, for inclusion in the conference program
> book. In the end, I sent him a couple of versions: one long and one short.
>
> Presumptuously and with apologies, I am sharing the long version of my
> career summary. Please feel free to jump to the next e-mail in your in-box!
>
> My first paid library job was during the year following my college
> graduation (1972), when I worked as a clerk in the reference department of
> the Hennepin County Library, which then served suburban Minneapolis (now
> HCL covers both the city and its suburbs). HCL in those days was one of the
> most innovative public library systems in the U.S. Its visionary adirector,
> Robert Rohlf, hired Maurice (Mitch) Freedman as head of Technical Services;
> Mitch, in turn, brought in Sanford (Sandy) Berman as the library’s Head
> Cataloger, after Sandy and his family were ejected from Idi Amin’s Uganda
> in 1972. One of the librarians with whom I worked in County Reference was
> Rosalind (Roz) Reisner, who is now an active member of AJL.
>
> I put in a second stint at HCL, working my way through library school at
> the University of Minnesota (1974-75). As I neared the end of my studies I
> wondered what I might do next. A few months before graduation I received a
> brochure from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, announcing course
> offerings for its academic unit, the Max Weinreich Center for Advanced
> Jewish Studies. One listing particularly caught my eye: Internship in
> Judaica Librarianship, co-taught by Dina Abramowicz and Bella Hass
> Weinberg. I showed the brochure to Sandy Berman, who encouraged me to
> enroll in the internship program — and to inquire about job prospects at
> YIVO for an entry-level librarian. In January 1976 I began the internship
> and the following June was hired as assistant librarian, to catalog Yiddish
> books in the YIVO Library’s Vilna collection.
>
> It was during my first stint at YIVO (1976-1981) that the genealogical
> craze, spurred by the TV series “Roots,” really took off. In that
> pre-internet era, with access to Soviet and East European archives 

Re: [ha-Safran] 2020 AJL Conference cancelled

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

At the Toronto AJL and American Library Association/Canadian Library
Association conferences in June of 2003, I coordinated a joint AJL/ALA
Jewish Information Committee/CLA program on Canadian Jewish Resources and
also chaired a second JIC program combined with a business meeting.  We
were anticipating a much larger crowd--at least 100--for the joint session
on Jewish Canadiana than actually turned out.  With that expectation in
mind, we were assigned a large hall for the program.

I vaguely recollect that *perhaps* both JIC sessions were moved and that
the ALA and CLA program books *might* not have reflected that.  I do
remember having to go a long distance to at least one of the original sites
and putting a sign 0n the door to alert people of the changed venue as it
was still posted as set to take place in the first meeting room.  I also
think that a few people who arrived late for the program told me that they
initially went to the other venue.

The joint session took place in the enormous Essex Ballroom of the Sheraton
Centre Toronto Hotel on Queen Street West and, without even having to try,
attendees could have practiced social distancing--even before that was a
thing--as only about 30 people showed up.  By the way, Barry was one of the
six excellent presenters at this joint session, so it was disappointing
that we didn't draw a larger crowd, which may have been because a lot of
people stayed away due to the SARS epidemic.  I know that I had to chair
more sessions than I was scheduled to do because several people, including
the JIC chair, stayed away.  And the second JIC session, which was
originally supposed to be in the Royal York Hotel (I think) was held in the
King Edward Hotel.

While the threat of SARS kept a number of people away from the 2003
conferences in Toronto, scary as that was, Barry is absolutely right that
what we are confronted with now is truly staggering and what we faced then
just doesn't compare in scale.  Not only were the attendees at AJL 2003
brave, but, of course, so were the organizers including Barry, co-chairs
Rosemary Cohen and Gloria Jacobs, and the entire convention committee.
And, it turned out to be a fabulous event.

Dina, Kathy, and Council made the right call in canceling this year's AJL
Annual Conference in Evanston.  Kudos to Rachel and Marcie and the 2020 AJL
Annual Conference Committee for all their hard work and planning over the
past year or so.  As someone who has been involved in planning a number of
conferences and programs, I know how difficult it is to do.  While it's
very disappointing, calling off the AJL 2020 was the only sensible thing to
do under these circumstances.

One possible bright note: if the COVID-19 pandemic is subdued by next
year--let us hope that somehow it happens long before then--for the first
time in ALA's 144-year history, it scheduled its Annual Conference in the
same city for consecutive years, i.e., Chicago.  So perhaps all the hard
work and planning of the 2020 AJL Conference Committee may still be put
into motion for 2021 in the Chicago area if they're willing, of course, and
Council decides we can go that route.

Elliot

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On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 6:46 PM Barry Dov Walfish via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> I was on the Convention Committee for 2003. In general, I have  a
> lousy memory for this sort of thing, but I remember that fear of SARS
> affected
> registration, even though the outbreak was relatively small and had been
> contained by early June, but by then, many had already decided not to come.
> Toronto had 250 cases and at least 38 deaths. See below.
> Overall there were about 8500 cases worldwide, the vast majority in China,
> Hong Kong and Taiwan.  Small potatoes compared with what we're facing now.
> I remember something about moving hotels, but I don't think it was
> SARS-related.
> The brave AJL-ers who came had a great time.
> No question that the 2020 committee made the right decision.
>
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Re: [ha-Safran] The 2020 AJL Conference has been cancelled

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

I applaud Dina, Kathy, and AJL Council for making this very difficult
decision as the health and safety of potential attendees is what has to be
foremost.  There really was no other choice but to cancel the 2020 AJL
Conference.

Please note that ALA made the same tough choice yesterday and canceled the
2020 Annual Conference in Chicago:

*http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/03/american-library-association-cancels-2020-annual-conference-due-covid-19
*

The American Library Association has made the difficult decision to cancel
the Annual Conference & Exhibition scheduled for June 25-30, 2020, in
Chicago.

We wanted you to be among the first to hear the news
.
We are grateful to you for registering for the conference and know that you
share in our disappointment that we will not be meeting this summer.

We will be in touch in the coming days and weeks to discuss your
registration and provide information about potential alternative engagement
opportunities.
Thank you for your continued support of ALA and we ask that you be patient
with us as we work through this unprecedented situation.
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Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica
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On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 3:22 PM Kathleen Bloomfield via Hasafran <
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> [image: logo for AJL 2020 conference in Evenston]
> AJL Conference 2020 Update: March 25, 2020
>
> After much research, discussion, and deliberation, the Association of
> Jewish Libraries has decided to cancel our annual conference scheduled for
> June 29-July 1, 2020 in Evanston, IL.
>
> We know that you are disappointed in hearing this news, but the AJL Board
> felt strongly that there was no other choice to make given the uncertainty
> of the progress of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus).
>
> We will be in touch soon with information for those who have
> pre-registered for the conference and with information about potential
> alternative opportunities for us to share our knowledge and skills. Our
> hope is to have answers to these questions soon, but with the situation
> changing so rapidly, and Passover on the horizon, it might be a few weeks.
>
> Thank you for your continued support of AJL. We appreciate your patience
> as we work through this unparalleled situation. The Board and Council hope
> to have resources available for members related to librarianship in this
> interesting time and ways to best serve our patrons.
>
> A huge thank you goes out to our conference organizers, especially
> National Conference Chair Lisa Silverman and local chairs, Rachel Kamin and
> Marcie Eskin for all the work they and their committee did in preparation
> for the conference.
>
>
>
> Dina Herbert   Kathy Bloomfield
>
> President, AJL  VP-President Elect, AJL
>
>
> View the complete announcement here:
> https://jewishlibraries.org/announcements.php?id=79
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[ha-Safran] 2020 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Recipient

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We have the distinct honor and pleasure of announcing that the 2020
recipient of the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award is Zachary M. Baker.

Zachary Baker provided over four decades of dedicated and scholarly service
to the field of Judaica librarianship and the Association of Jewish
Libraries beginning in 1976 at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in
New York City as a cataloger of Yiddish books until 1981 as well as a
genealogical reference librarian beginning around 1978.  From 1981 to 1987,
he worked at the Montreal Jewish Public Library and was appointed as its head
of technical services circa 1983.  From 1987-1999, Zachary returned to YIVO
as Head Librarian.  Most recently, he served as Reinhard Family Curator of
Judaica and Hebraica Collections in the Stanford University Libraries from
1999-2018, a position from which he retired in January 2018.  In addition,
from 2010 until his retirement, he was the Stanford Libraries’ Assistant
University Librarian for Collection Development for the Humanities and
Social Sciences.  He has published numerous articles and bibliographies
relating to Yiddish and other areas of Jewish studies.

Zachary has been a very active member of AJL for as long as any of us can
remember--he attended his first AJL conference in 1976.  Among his many
positions in AJL, he was president of the association from 1994-1996.  He
was a leading member of the local AJL Annual Convention organizing
committee before, during, and following this event in 2005 when it took
place in Oakland, California.  He was also a longtime contributing editor
and editor-in-chief of Judaica Librarianship.  Zachary received an AJL
Judaica Reference honorable mention in 2018 for “Resources in Yiddish
Studies ”
published in: In Geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies.

Zachary is not only the consummate Judaica librarian but a leading scholar
of all things Judaic and is especially well-versed in Yiddish studies.  His
contributions to AJL and the field are so abundant, it would be difficult
to even begin to take stock of them.  He presented numerous papers at AJL
Conferences over the years, virtually annually, before his retirement.

On October 9. 2018, “Zachary M. Baker Presented with the Albert Nelson
Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who

.  He has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the field of
library science.”  *Mazel-tov, yasher-koyekh, kol ha-kavod, and
congratulations* to Zachary who is a most worthy recipient of the Fanny
Goldstein Merit Award.

Jacqueline Ben-Efraim
Susan Dubin
Elana Gensler
Elliot H. Gertel, Chair
Daniel Scheide
2020 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee

** * ** *
*The Fanny Goldstein Merit Award, named for the librarian, social activist,
and founder of National Jewish Book Month, is bestowed in recognition of
loyal and ongoing contributions to the Association of Jewish Libraries and
to the profession of Jewish librarianship.*

*Born on May 15, 1895 [some sources say 1888], Fanny Goldstein devoted her
life to books and community. She was the first female Judaica librarian and
the first woman to direct a branch library in Massachusetts, where she was
head of Boston's West End Branch for many years. A prominent figure in the
Boston Jewish community, she is best known as the founder of Jewish Book
Week, which began when Goldstein organized a display of Jewish books at the
Boston Public Library in 1925.*

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Re: [ha-Safran] Groner-Wikler Award, 2020

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Mazel-tov, Heidi, on winning the 2020 Groner-Wikler Scholarship!  As Emily
and others have said, there is no one more deserving of this honor than
you, Heidi, for your years of passionate and indefatigable efforts on
behalf of Jewish children's literature.  Heidi is truly a champion as well,
of course, as an expert of the genre.

Great choice and well-done!

*Yasher-koyekh* and* kol ha-kavod, *Heidi!

Elliot


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On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 5:11 PM Emily Bergman via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear AJLers,
>
> It is my honor and pleasure to inform the AJL Community that Heidi
> Rabinowitz, host at Book of Life Podcast and librarian at Congregation
> B'nai Israel in Boca Raton, FL, is the winner of the 2020 Groner-Wikler 
> Scholarship.
> This scholarship, generously underwritten by KarBen Publishing, is
> presented to an AJL member who demonstrates dedication to Jewish
> children's literature and library services.
>
>
> Heidi's passion for Jewish kidlit and spreading the word far and wide
> using many different venues and formats impressed the Scholarship
> Committee. Please join me in congratulating Heidi on her winning this
> scholarship.
>
>
> We thank Joni Sussman and KarBen Publishing for their generosity in
> enabling our community to have extraordinary librarians like Heidi join us
> at our conferences.
>
>
> We are looking forward to seeing her – and all of you - at the AJL
> Conference in Evanston, IL in June.
>
>
> Emily Bergman
> School, Synagogue, Center, Public Library Division President
> Association of Jewish Libraries
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Re: [ha-Safran] Upcoming retirement

[Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran]

As someone who has had the honor and pleasure of working closely with Jim
on a number of AJL projects and programs, especially in RAS where we first
collaborated on the Judaica Reference and Bibliography Committee (JR), I
thank him for all of his hard work as a dedicated member of AJL and RAS and
as vice-chair and chair of the JR, vice-president and president of RAS
and, of course, AJL.  In addition, he chaired several AJL Annual
Conferences, a difficult and very time- and energy-consuming challenge.  I
could go on and on listing his all his accomplishments, but there are so
many, forgive me for not recalling them all.  Brandeis and AJL are
definitely going to miss him.

So, Jim, AJL Annual Conference will not be the same without you, but I
personally want to wish you a very long, healthy, and happy retirement and
hope that I'll see you again somewhere down the line before too long.
Mazel-tov on your new "position."  You deserve some down time, but knowing
you, I'll bet you'll find ways to be active and contribute more to both
Judaica and all-around librarianship as well, but don't feel compelled as
you've certainly done so much for Judaic studies over the years and deserve
a rest.  I wish you much enjoyment and satisfaction in all your upcoming
endeavors.  *Yasher-koyekh* and *kol ha-kavod, *Jim!

In appreciation and with my best wishes,
Elliot


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On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 6:01 PM James Rosenbloom via Hasafran <
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> Dear friends and colleagues --  I will be retiring after 43 years at
> Brandeis. Monday will be my last day at work. I've enjoyed my years of
> involvement with AJL and my interactions with many of you. I do not plan to
> attend future conferences, but will remain a member. I will always be happy
> to assist AJL in any way that I can.
>
> I will be keeping my Brandeis email address, and my phone numbers are
> listed on the AJL website.
>
> Jim
>
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