My synagogue's Little Free Library is an initiative of our Tikkun Olam Committee. We are located near an elementary school that serves an underprivileged population. The committee chose to exclude Jewish books and stocks the library with (mostly) children's books. In the seventy years since our building opened, almost all of the Jewish population moved to the suburbs, so the Little Free Library serves a non-Jewish community.
Due to some past misbehavior on our synagogue property, the committee decided to place the library near the synagogue, but offsite. They received permission from the city to place the library in the park across the street. The committee volunteers stock the library and so far, so good. I was involved only as a 'consultant.' Diane Wolf, Librarian and Archivist Congregation Beth Shalom Wilmington DE 19802 bennet...@comcast.net mailto:bennet...@comcast.net
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