I hope we all in AJL affirm Israel's right to exist and flourish. But I do not see anything in this resolution that denies that right. What do others see in this resolution that denies Israel's right to exist? On Jan 27, 2015 1:44 PM, "Weisman, Yaffa" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This was sent to me from Elhanan Adler via Yaniv Levi of NLI. Both the > pending resolution and the case against it are attached. So it is a real > attempt in real time. > > Elliot & Shoshana, and any other AJL member who has a voice in ALA – is > it too late to submit an AJL sponsored statement to ALA’s Council? How does > one do it? I can write a short one but I need to know which ALA body has > the authority to publish it. > > This is not new(s) and I suggest we highlight the hypocrisy of signaling > out of Israel as opposed to countries and terrorist organizations who > commit genocide & war crimes (Nigeria, Hamas, Sudan, etc.), and using > anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism to politicize a professional organization. > We should also mention that scheduling such meetings on the Sabbath is > offensive to Jewish members of ALA and is a de-facto act of censorship. > > AJL membership is a rainbow of political convictions vis-à-vis Israel > (Thank God!), but I am sure we can all agree that Israel’s right to exist > is not debatable, and that the work of our colleagues in Israel promotes > coexistence and peace and shouldn’t be reviled and railroaded by ALA. > > > > yaffa > > > > > > *From:* Yaniv Levi [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:42 AM > *To:* Weisman, Yaffa > *Cc:* Oren Weinberg; Elhanan > *Subject:* ALA resolution boycotting companies working with IDF > > > > Dear Yaffa, > > > > I have received you mail from Elhanan Adler, who proposed that you might > assist. > > > > It was brought to our attention that in the coming ALA (winter) the > attached resolution would be adopted by ALA council. > > > > 1. Are you aware of this initiative? I found no mentioning of such > resolution, and I don't know if this is a real thing or not. > > > > 2. Does ALA take such resolution and if so in what forum? > > > > 3. If so, how can we help prevent such resolution? Who can help? > What is required? > > > > 4. Can AJL assist in such effort? > > > > > > Thank you in advance, > > > > Yaniv > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.nli.org.il/> > > > > *Yaniv Levi-Korem * |Head of Technical Services > > > > Mobile: +972-52-860-0747 > > Tel.: +972-74-733-6230 > > The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem > > *[email protected] <[email protected]> **|* *www.nli.org.il* > <http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/Pages/default.aspx> > > <http://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryIsrael> > <http://www.youtube.com/user/NLI2010/featured> > <http://instagram.com/nli_israel> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/64126959@N03/collections/> > > > > > > __ > 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: > [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > >
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