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Association of Jewish Libraries
of Southern California

Directors, Officers, & Advisory Committee

You are welcome to contact any of our leaders with questions or comments. Besides being proficient in their respective positions, they represent a diversity of libraries in our community.
[Note: This comprises our "Board" - a loosely phrased collective term with which we have been associated for so many years - and continue to use.]

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Directors

Lesley Alexander (Librarian, Adat Ari El Day School, Valley Village)
Rick Burke (Executive Director, Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium, Los Angeles)
Judy Cohn (Substitute Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library; Retired High School Librarian)
Adaire Klein (Director of Library & Archival Services, Simon Wiesenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles)
Barbara Leff (Library Consultant; Retired, Library Director, Encino)
Ronda Rose (Library Director, Temple Emanuel Kosofsky Library, Beverly Hills)
Arna Schwartz (Retired, Day School Library Director, Los Angeles)
Lisa Silverman (Library Director, Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library, Los Angeles)
Abigail Yasgur (Library Director, Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, Los Angeles)

Officers

President
Judy Cohn (Substitute Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library; Retired High School Librarian)

Vice President
Rick Burke (Executive Director, Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium, Los Angeles)

Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer)
Ronda Rose (Library Director, Temple Emanuel Kosofsky Library, Beverly Hills)

Secretary
Barbara Leff (Library Consultant; Retired, Library Director, Encino)

Advisory Committee

Immediate Past President
Haim Gottschalk (Phoenix, AZ)

Parliamentarian

Ellen Cole (Librarian, Temple Isaiah Eugene B. Levine Memorial Library, Los Angeles)

Secretary, Assistant - Recording
Ellen Cole (Librarian, Temple Isaiah Eugene B. Levine Memorial Library, Los Angeles)

Secretary, Assistant - Corresponding
Rayna Clark (Librarian, Yeshiva University of Los Angeles, Girls High School Library)

Archive Committee - Chair
Susan March (Library Assistant, Los Angeles)

Dorothy Schroeder Memorial Fund Committee - Chair
Roberta Lloyd (Library Director, Stephen S. Wise Temple Diener & Kadner Families Library, Los Angeles)

Continuing Education Committee - Co-Chair
Susan Dubin (Library Consultant, Off-The-Shelf Library Services, Northridge)

Continuing Education Committee - Co-Chair
Lisa Silverman (Library Director, Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library, Los Angeles)

Hospitality Committee - Co-Chair
Arna Schwartz (Retired, Day School Library Director, Los Angeles)

Hospitality Committee - Co-Chair
Gayle Schnaid (Retired, Library Assistant, Woodland Hills)

Member-At-Large
Grace Friedman (Religious School Librarian, Weber Library, Adat Ari El, Valley Village)

Membership Committee - Chair
Amy Goldenberg (Librarian, Temple Beth Am - Pressman Academy Lainer Library, Los Angeles)

Outreach Committee - Chair
Susan Dubin (Library Consultant, Off-The-Shelf Library Services, Northridge)

Program Committee - Chair
Abigail Yasgur (Library Director, Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, Los Angeles)

Publicity Committee - Chair
Paul Miller (Librarian, American Jewish University, Los Angeles)

Website Committee
Barbara Leff (Library Consultant; Retired Library Director, Encino)

County of Los Angeles Public Library - Liaison
Michael Masliah (Librarian, County of Los Angeles Public Library, Culver City)

Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles - Liaison
Abigail Yasgur (Library Director, Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, Los Angeles)

Los Angeles Public Library - Liaison
Ilene Abramson (Director, Children's Services, Los Angeles Public Library)

Ex-Officio: Past-Presidents (links provided to local residents only)
Haim Gottschalk (2005-2006), Ellen Cole (2001-2005), Judy Katz (1999-2001), Ronda Rose (1996-1999), Rachel Glasser (1993-1996), Susan Dubin (1989-1993), Fran Shuster (1985-1989), Rita Frischer (1981-1985), Marjorie Gersh (1979-1981), Adaire Klein (1975-1979), Barbara Leff (1973-1975), Grace Friedman (1971-1973), Betty Sheffner (1970-1971), Diane Weinstein (1969-1970), Leah Rubin (1968-1969), Dorothy Schroeder (1966-1968).

(Note: If we have inadvertently omitted Presidents from our early years, please contact Website Chair.)

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