Dear Colleagues and Friends, I left out a very important piece of information on this event, *the day and date!* Sincere apology for the error; here's the outline including day, date, and time as well as location (also added to original, longer message below, if that hasn't been removed):
*Explore Over Two Centuries of Jewish Heritage in Florida at ALA Annual Conference* 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: Sunday, June 26, 2016, 1:00 - 2:30 PM *Free Admission* 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: Sunday, June 26, 2016, 1:00 - 2:30 PM *Free Admission* Elliot H. Gertel Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica Curator, Jewish Heritage Collection The University of Michigan Area Programs 111-C Hatcher Graduate Library North Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1190 Phone: 734-936-2367 [email protected] On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Elliot Gertel <[email protected]> wrote: > *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: > Sunday, June 26, 2016, > 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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