As a grandparent, I have enjoyed many of the books. My main concern is a heavy and repetitive focus on the holidays. A lot of books get recycled back to us. Some books are written especially for the program. Since the original aim was to reach out to unaffiliated families, I can understand the focus on holidays.
The program has focused on newborns to age 6 in the past but now has a new, additional focus for mid to upper elementary schoolers The Hebrew version used in Israel and with Israelis in the US focuses mostly on Jewish values and ethics. Some are from Israel and some are translations of books from English. I wish the English books had more of these. I found out that a Spanish version has recently begun in some Spanish speaking countries. Local sponsors help pay the costs. All the best, Dina Tanners Congregation Beth Shalom Seattle, WA Sent from my iPhone Please excuse auto-correct errors > On Nov 8, 2016, at 10:11 AM, Renate Evers <rev...@lbi.cjh.org> wrote: > > Dear colleagues: > Has anybody worked with PJ Library > https://www.pjlibrary.org/About-PJ-Library > and could be so kind to share his or her experience with the organization and > its program? > Thanks! > > Renate Evers > Director of Collections | Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History > 15 W 16th Street | New York, NY 10011 > tel.: 212-294 8301 ext. 8416 | fax.: 212-988 1305 | rev...@lbi.cjh.org > http://www.lbi.org > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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