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AJLSC GENERAL MEETINGS
-- all are welcome...
  
        
General Meetings for 2008-2009 will be planned during the summer of 2008.
     
      [See Previous AJLSC Events for program content, handouts, summaries, photos] 



AJLSC BOARD MEETINGS: 
    

Next Board Meeting will be during the summer - our annual planning session for 2008-2009.
        





Local Events



June 5 - July 20, 2008   
     Return (a Musical)
is based on the award-winning novel by Sonia Levitin (AJLSC member), who also wrote the musical's script and lyrics.  Sonia's young adult novel, The Return,
inspired by the rescue mission of 8000 Ethiopian Jews, won the AJL Sydney Taylor Award, among others.  Return (a Musical) is a feature event in the Festival of New American Musicals @ Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main Street, Santa Monica 90405.
     AJLSC members are invited to a social event to view Return together - on Sunday, July 20, at 7:00 pm.  To make reservations at the group rate, please respond directly to Lisa Silverman at  310.481.3218  OR  lsilverman@sinaitemple.org .   Thereafter, mail your checks (payable to Sinai Temple Library) to Lisa Silverman, Library Director, Sinai Temple, 10400 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90024.  
    If unable to take advantage of the July 20 group rate, other dates are available.



Tuesday, July 8, 2008 -- 7:30 pm
Los Angeles/Tel Aviv Book Salon - discussion on book:  Friendly Fire by A. B. Yehoshua
The LA/TA Book Salon is a monthly members-only event.  Membership is $125 per year - first meeting is free.  There are two salons - one is located in the Los Angeles area and the other in Tel Aviv; and both read and discuss the same book.  For local information, Beverly Hills meeting location, and to RSVP, call 323.761.8644 or write resource@jclla.org .  Meetings will continue in the Fall.  Sponsored by the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles.





Conferences and Conventions

June 26 - July 2, 2008 (Thursday - Wednesday)
American Library Asociation - Annual Conference - Anaheim, CA
    Free Exhibits ONLY Pass

August 3 - 6, 2008 (Sunday - Wednesday)
International Association of School Librarianship - Annual Conference - Berkeley, CA

November 9, 2008 (Sunday)
Los Angeles Jewish Book Festival - sponsored by American Jewish University

July 5 - 8, 2009 (Sunday - Wednesday)
Association of Jewish Libraries - 44th Annual Convention - Chicago, IL




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