*Explore Over Two Centuries of Jewish Heritage in Florida at ALA Annual Conference*
If you're going to the 2016 ALA Annual Conference and/or live in or will be visiting Central Florida after AJL Annual Conference in Charleston, you are cordially invited to attend a special program co-sponsored by AJL and ALA in Orlando, the tenth such program since 1995: What: “Chronicle of a People: Over 250 Years of Florida Jewish History” Where: Hyatt Regency Orlando - 9801 International Drive, Orlando, FL Celebration 10 room. When: 1:00 - 2:30 PM *Free Admission* Please join the Jewish Information Committee of the ALA Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT-JIC) and the Association of Jewish Libraries for an exploration of over two and a half centuries of Jewish life in the Sunshine State during “Chronicle of a People: Over 250 Years of Florida Jewish History,” to be held on Sunday, June 26th from 1:00-2:30 pm at the Hyatt Orlando, Celebration 10 room. During this session, guest speaker Marcia Jo Zerivitz, Founding Executive Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida-Florida International University (FIU) will discuss her research into the rich history and compelling backstories of Jewish Floridians. Zerivitz dispels the popular notion of Jews arriving in Florida only after World War II, as she found evidence of the community dating as far back as 1763, including such notable personalities as David Levy Yulee who saw Florida’s admission as the 27th state on March 3, 1845 and served as the first Jewish member of the United States Senate, and through the present, where Florida is both the third overall most populous state and has the third highest Jewish population in the US. Zerivitz has traveled 250,000 miles across Florida to conduct grassroots research and retrieve the state’s unknown Jewish history to create an archival collection and traveling exhibition that would eventually become the Jewish Museum of Florida (JMOF) in Miami Beach. She also initiated legislation for Florida Jewish History Month (January) and a Jewish American Heritage Month (May) to increase awareness of the contributions by Jews to the state and nation. She authored all of the Florida entries for the *Encyclopædia Judaica*, and her scholarship has been used in films, historical journals, and books, including publications by Brandeis University Press; she has been published internationally. She has written two photo-documentaries for Arcadia Publishing: *Jews of Greater Miami* (2009) and *Jews of Tampa* (2013). This 90-minute program is free and open to all attendees of ALA Annual Conference and AJL members and AJL 2016 Conference attendees. For more information, please visit www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=137968 and www.alaannual.org. Founded in 1982, the Ethnic and Multicultural Information and Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) serves as a source of information for recommended ethnic and multilingual collections, services, and programs. The Jewish Information Committee (JIC) was inaugurated in the early 1970s as the Jewish Caucus by EMIERT founder David Cohen. Initially an independent caucus in ALA, by the 1990s, as the Jewish Librarians Committee, it became a part of EMIERT. The JIC advocates for issues of Jewish concern within ALA and in libraries and promotes education by coordinating, sponsoring, and co-sponsoring programs on Jewish culture and history and other topics at ALA’s and other associations’ conferences and meetings. The JIC also participates in collaborative programs with other ethnic caucuses and ALA affiliates such as AJL; REFORMA, The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking; and the American Theological Library Association (ATLA). ***If possible, please let me know *off-line* if you'll be attending this special session. *Hope to see you in Orlando! * Elliot H. Gertel Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica AJL Liaison to ALA Chair, ALA EMIERT Jewish Information Committee EMIERT Executive Board Member-At-Large The University of Michigan 111-C Hatcher Graduate Library North Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1190 Phone: 734-936-2367 [email protected]
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