AJLSC Members who are featured in the "news"

Lisa Silverman, Library Director of Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library, Los Angeles, presented a session on "Hebrew Picture Books about Middle East Peace" at the 9th regional conference of the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) in Fresno, CA.  The conference theme is "Peace The World Together With Children's Books", and was held on October 21-23, 2011.

Adaire Klein, Director of the Library and Archival Services at the Simon Wiesenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance, is featured in a 4-page article in Information Outlook, the magazine of the Special Library Association, July/August 2010, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 21-24.  The article is titled:  "10 Questions: Adaire Klein" and is subtitled:  "Starting with two boxes of books in a basement, Adaire Klein developed a library and archives that support a world-class museum, a book award and related video conferences, and local scholars -- not to mention the public and other librarians" by Forrest Glenn Spencer, an independent information professional.  Click here to read the full article. 

Drucker, Malka, Rabbi.  Winner of several New Mexico Book Awards for 2009:  Finalist, Religious Book, for Women and Judaism. Praeger, 2009; and Winner, Juvenile Book, and Finalist, Religious Book, for Portraits of Jewish American Heroes.  Dutton's Children's Books, 2008.  Also, Booklist Online named her Portraits of Jewish American Heroes as one of the Top Ten Religion Books for Youth 2008.

AJLSC Members who won AJL awards

AJL Fanny Goldstein Merit Award - named for the librarian, social activist, and founder of National Jewish Book Month, this award is bestowed in recognition of loyal and ongoing contributions to the Association and to the profession of Jewish librarianship.
    AJLSC awardees:  Ronda Rose (2010),  Ellen G. Cole (2007),  Susan Dubin (2001),  Adaire J. Klein (1994), and  Barbara Y. Leff (1992).   

AJL Life Membership Award - granted in recognition of outstanding leadership and professional contributions to the Association and to the profession of Jewish librarianship. 
    AJLSC awardees:  Rita C. Frischer (2000) and Barbara Y. Leff (1994).  

AJLSC Members who are authors  (See AJLSC Resources & Links webpage for full citation, awards, details, and links)

AJLSC Members who serve on AJL Council, 2010-2012

AJLSC Members who participated in the 2011 AJL Convention program in Montreal
  
Yaffa Weisman:  Indoctrination and Imagination in Early Israeli Children’s Literature: the case of HaSaMBaH

Lisa Silverman:  Facilitator:  Synagogues/Centers Roundtables

Local AJLSC Libraries awarded AJL Accreditation Certificates   [see photos]

    Advanced Level Judaica Library Accreditation:

2011 (renewed) -- Blumenthal Library, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, CA -- Lisa Silverman, Library Director

2011 (renewed) -- Sheila Sporn Library, Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue, Encino, CA -- Helene Gersuk, Librarian

2007 -- Weber Library, Adat Ari El, Valley Village, CA -- Lesley Alexander-Roxas, Day School Librarian; and Grace Friedman, Religious School Librarian.

2006 (renewed) -- Dr. Eugene B. Levine Memorial Library, Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CA -- Ellen Cole, Librarian

2006 -- Lainer Library, Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, Northridge, CA -- Cara Sagal, Librarian.

2005 -- Corwin Library, Temple Israel of Hollywood, Hollywood, CA -- Enid Sperber, Library Director

2004 -- Lainer Library, Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy, Los Angeles -- Arna Schwartz, Librarian

  
    Basic Level Judaica Library Accreditation:

2011 -- Rabbi Harvey B. Franklin Library, Temple Israel, Long Beach, CA --

AJLSC Members who serve in related library fields  

Susan Dubin - Member, Board of Directors, Children's Literature Council of Southern California.

Grace Friedman - President, Friends of the Fairfax Branch, Los Angeles Public Library.

Judy Katz - President, American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees, Retired, of Southern California  (AFSCME).

Barbara Leff - President, Friends of the Encino-Tarzana Branch, Los Angeles Public Library, 2004-2011.

Michael Masliah - Panel member of 2007 Anthony Boucher Memorial Mystery Convention in Anchorage, Alaska; and "Fan Guest of Honor" at the March 6-9, 2008 Left Coast Crime Murder Convention in Denver.

Lisa Silverman, Children's Literature Reviewer, Jewish Journal.

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