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 Sinai Blumental Library, recently renovated |
 Lisa
Silverman, Sinai Library Director, and
Children's Book Review Editor of Jewish Book World. |
 Bird's eye view of some of our attending
members. Judy Cohn,
AJLSC President, presiding (2nd from right).
Library liaisons: Abigail Yasgur, Director, Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles (4th from left), and Ilene Abramson, Children's Services Director, Los Angeles Public Library (far right). |
 DINAH BERLAND, poet, editor, and
author, speaking about her book,
Hours of Devotion: Fanny Neuda's
Book of Prayers
for Jewish Women |
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 President
Judy Cohn, LAPL
substitute librarian (seated) and Adaire
Klein,
host and
Library Director SWC/MOT. |
 Program
Chair Abigail Yasgur, Library
Director, Jewish Community Library of Los
Angeles.
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 KEYNOTE
SPEAKER: AUTHOR SUSAN GOLDMAN RUBIN
Topic: "Primary Sources" |
 (l
to r) Fran Shuster,
retired
librarian and past president, with
guest author, Susan Goldman Rubin;
President Judy Cohn; and Helen
Rogaway, Beverly Hills school librarian and long-time AJLSC
member.
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 Mark
Lamken, attorney, receiving
AJLSC Dorothy Schroeder
Award from Barbara Leff,
retired librarian and secretary of
AJLSC,
a new corporation. |
 Guest Evelyn Perl with goodies prepared by Gayle Schnaid, Hospitality Chair. |
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 David Hirsch, UCLA Middle East Judaica Bibliographer, spoke on "Bibliographic Adventures in the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and Argentina" -- to an audience of AJLSC members. |
 Program Theme - Library Support
Groups: Friends of Library and Librarians' Guild of Los
Angeles Public Library. [l to r] - Teri Markson, Children's Librarian,
Fairfax Branch of LAPL, Lesley Alexander, Adat Ari El Day
School Librarian, and Roy Stone,
Guild President and Senior Librarian,
Fairfax Branch of LAPL.
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 [l to r] Ellen Cole, AJLSC
President and Librarian at Temple Isaiah, with Grace Friedman,
President of Fairfax Branch of Friends
of the Library and AJLSC Past-President.
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Special celebration - Grace Friedman's 90th birthday. Yasher Koach! 
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  Judy Katz
installs new AJLSC elective officers for 2005-2007 --
(from left) Ellen Cole (immediate past president & parliamentarian), Arna Schwartz (treasurer), Enid Sperber (recording secretary), Lesley Alexander (co-4th VP - hospitality), Bonnie Stark (3rd VP - publicity), Susan March (co-2nd VP - program), and Haim Gottschalk (president). [Missing from photo are: Susan Greening (1st VP - membership), Bruce Henstell (co-2nd VP - program), Judy Cohn (co-4th VP - hospitality, Heidi Creve (corresponding secretary).] |
 Ronda Rose
(left) (national AJL president), and Enid Sperber (right)
(program chair), honor outgoing president Ellen Cole (center).
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 Arna Schwartz
is presented with the Dorothy Schroeder Award for outstanding service
by Fran Shuster, committee chair. Behind is the sign "MAZEL
TOV ARNA"
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 Haim Gottschalk, new AJLSC
president, speaking to our members.
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Dr.
Gil Graff, Executive Director,
Bureau of Jewish Education of Los Angeles, spoke on "Jewish Education in America" at Weber Library  |
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 Arna Schwartz, Day School Librarian, Pressman Academy, Lainer Library, hosts the AJLSC meeting. |
 Awaiting start of meeting (left) Helen
Rogaway (Librarian, Beverly Vista School /Horace Mann), Susan
Dubin (Library
Consultant), and
Rick Burke (University of Judaism Librarian) |
 Guest Speaker: Dr. Ava Kahn, author, historian, and co-editor of California Jews: An Anthology. Topic: California Jewish life. |
 AJLSC members are pleased with AJLSC's celebration of the 350th Anniversary of Jewish Life in America. (left) Sandy Helman, Hospitality Chair (Temple Mishkon Tephilo Librarian), Speaker Dr. Ava Kahn, Ellen Cole, President (Temple Isaiah Librarian), and Enid Sperber, Program Co-Chair (Temple Israel of Hollywood Library Director). |
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| (left) Barbara
Leff, former SSWT Library Director
(1969-1996),
stands next to some of the Passover Haggadot that she acquired during
her tenure; these accompanied her Haggadah slide show. (right)
Roberta Lloyd, SSWT Library Director, introduced the custom-made
special collection Haggadot cabinet honoring Barbara -- donated by
SSWT, AJLSC, and Barbara's family and friends. Other AJLSC
members shared unusual Haggadot during the meeting. |
AJLSC members gather at VBS Sheila Sporn Library
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 Guest
speaker, Mark L. Smith, Yiddish book and literature expert,
speaking on "Are Sholem Aleichem's 'Stories for Jewish Children'
really
Children's Stories?" |
 (left) VBS Library hosts, Susan Dubin (Day
School Library Consultant), Helene Gersuk (Synagogue
Librarian), with Mark L. Smith, and Ellen Cole (AJLSC
President)
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 (left) AJLSC Program Vice-Presidents: Haim Gottschalk and Enid Sperber, with Mark L. Smith |
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