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Dear colleagues and friends of Judith Leifer, I am writing to let you know that Judith Leifer, one of our most treasured staff members at the Penn Libraries, has announced her retirement at the end of June after thirty years of lservice. We are planning a farewell party in her honor, featuring food, drink and good cheer. This celebration of her career will be held on Tuesday afternoon, May 15, 2018 from 3-5 pm at the Class of '78 Pavilion in the Kislak Center in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. Judith is one of the most remarkable people I have ever met. Her life story is truly extraordinary. She is a survivor of Nazi persecution, who escaped her native Bratislava to British Palestine via Budapest, Turkey and Lebanon. Her life in Israel, London, and the U.S., and her work at the Penn Libraries has been no less historic. It is difficult to convey the scope and depth of her contributions to our library and to the service of scholarship. Judith came to the the Annenberg Research Institute, today the Katz Center, exactly thirty years ago, in 1988. She has provided circulation, ILL, bibliographical, and research services to Katz Fellows, faculty, students alike. She has searched hundreds of thousands of books along the way, playing a critical role helping us develop intellectual control over the Dropsie College library collection. A generation of scholars have thanked her in their publications, celebrated her assistance in letters and messages sent to me, and otherwise praised her for her total dedication to the cause of learning. I hope you will be able to join us on Tuesday, May 15th from 3-5 pm at the Class of '78 Pavilion at Penn. It will be an opportunity to learn more about Judith, her exceptional life, and the contributions she has made. It will also give us all a chance to wish her well as she officially steps down from her library duties and begins the next chapter of her life. With thanks, Arthur -- Arthur Kiron, Ph.D. Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 Tel: (215) 573-7431 Fax: (215) 898-0559 Web: http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/judaica/ Wednesdays and Fridays at: Library at the Hebert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 420 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 Tel: (215) 746-1290 Web: https://www.library.upenn.edu/lkcajs
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