The Judaica Division of the Harvard Library mourns the passing of Ilan Weinberg. For some four decades Ilan assisted the Judaica Division in its efforts to collect materials that document Jewish life in Israel. Ilan worked tirelessly to acquire for Harvard books, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, posters, leaflets, flyers, sound recordings, and video recordings published in Israel. Ilan worked with great dedication, enormous wisdom and quiet diplomacy and his efforts yielded extraordinary results. Thanks to Ilan’s nearly forty years of work on behalf of Harvard Library’s Judaica Division, Harvard was able to build the largest collection of Israeli materials outside the State of Israel.
Ilan was a true partner in this work. Thanks to his abundant patience, vast knowledge, and winning personality, Ilan was a very effective ambassador for the Judaica Division in Israel. No task was too difficult for Ilan, and he persevered until he invariably achieved success. Ilan was a devoted friend to all of us in the Judaica Division. He will be sorely missed, but his vital contribution to the work of the Judaica Division will remain forever enshrined in the Israel Collection at the Harvard Library. May his memory be a blessing and an inspiration to all—now and in future generations—who will benefit from all that he did for the Harvard Library’s Judaica Division. .וירושלים ציון אבלי שאר בתוך משפחתו את ינחם המקום Charles Berlin Lee M. Friedman Bibliographer in Judaica Head, Judaica Division, Harvard Library Violet Radnofsky Littauer Hebraica Technical and Research Services Librarian Elizabeth Vernon Lee M. Friedman Judaica Technical Services Librarian
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