Dear Friends,
In honor of Barbara Leff z'l, I would like to send her family a book of
tributes sharing how important she was to everyone here at AJL. Please
respond directly to me with your thoughts at kathybloomfi...@gmail.com by
this Friday, April 1.
I thank you in advance for remembering a wom
I am so sorry to hear of Barbara Leff's passing. She was a great friend and
mentor to me when I worked at the Ostrow Library at the University of Judaism
in Los Angeles. Barbara provided me guidance when I served as the AJLSC
President and I learned how to program events from Barbara when I ser
Barbara was a strong and helpful supporter of the Elazar Classification
System for Libraries of Judaica. I have retained much of the correspondence
between us regarding the development and use of the System over the years. I
would like to share with you an entry of hers in Hasafran (oct 12, 1995):
Barbara Young Leff, age 89, passed away on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles. She
was a mentor to so many Los Angeles librarians and students for many years as
Library Director at Stephen S. Wise Temple, the largest temple in LA. She
served as AJL President from 1980-1982 and was actively involved
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