In my mind, this goes against the values of core librarianship which ALA states. I like many of the points raised in the “fact sheet” opposing the resolution. I don’t support ALA politicizing – I don’t look to them or maintain my membership to get political information or be told what I should and shouldn’t support politically. I look to them for professionalism. This is antithetical to their mission. I also agree that it is narishkeit (thank you, Yaffa) to single out Israel but I would avoid use of the term “hateful bigotry” when speaking up as it takes the argument in a different direction – another discussion altogether. Thank you, Emily, and others going to ALA who will speak up on our behalf!
B’shalom, Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Catalog, hours & events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Over 10,000 Judaic books & CDs! Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue & Thursdays, 1:30 PM-6:30 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both From: Hasafran [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emily Bergman Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:00 PM To: Weisman, Yaffa Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] FW: ALA resolution boycotting companies working with IDF For what it's worth, this is not an academic boycott, per se; it's a divestment of stocks in three companies that do business with Israel. That is what I'm working on putting together a statement for. My first thought was why not all the other countries that commit genocide and war crimes, but if there are no companies with stocks that ALA owns, it doesn't help my argument. Emily On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Weisman, Yaffa <[email protected]<mailto:[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]<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 [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.nli.org.il/> Yaniv Levi-Korem |Head of Technical Services Mobile: +972-52-860-0747<tel:%2B972-52-860-0747> Tel.: +972-74-733-6230<tel:%2B972-74-733-6230> The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | www.nli.org.il<http://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/Pages/default.aspx> [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryIsrael> [cid:[email protected]] <http://www.youtube.com/user/NLI2010/featured> [cid:[email protected]] <http://instagram.com/nli_israel> [cid:[email protected]] <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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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