Dear friends,
The Israeli organization of librarians ASMI, printed this letter in
its newsletter. It was sent to Dr. Avishag Gordon (I think from the
Technion). In response to the recent Anti Israel activities in ALA,
during the Lebanon war. She left ALA in protest. She wrote to their
newsletter why she did so, and got many replies, including this one.
I hope AJL will respond too.
Yael Penkower
Beit Morasha of Jerusalem
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From: "Steve Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:43 AM
Subject: Librarians for Fairness Supports Israel
Dear Dr. Gordon:
I entirely agree with the sentiments expressed in your posting on
the ALAWORLD list. I commend you for standing up for Israel against
those who hate her within the American Library Association. It is
precisely because of the anti-Israel activities by members of the ALA
Council and various ALA subgroups (particularly the SRRT and the
International Relations Task
Force) that Librarians for Fairness was formed. A growing number of
librarians and archivists have been joining our
organization...especially in recent
weeks and we hope you will join it too. There are no membership
dues. We are simply looking for librarians and archivists who love
Israel.
Very recently, a number of websites, among them the Jewish Virtual
Library, have linked to our website. Please visit it:
<../../../Local Settings/Temporary Internet
Files/OLK42/www.librariansforfairness.htm>www.librariansforfairness.org
(or simply Google search the words "Librarians for Fairness"). I am
one of the founders of LfF and if you have any
questions or want to help us in our much-needed campaign to support
Israel within the profession, please e-mail me. We especially want
more Israeli librarians and archivists to join.
We are also interested in documenting any incidents of damage or
destruction done to Israeli libraries, archives and information as a
result of the Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist rocket/missile attacks against
Israel.
Sadly, I fully expect that there will be attempts to pass
anti-resolutions
Israel at the next ALA convention and that data will help us stand up
for Israel.
Sincerely yours,
Steven Mills, M.A., M.L.S.
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