This is such sad news. I wasn't even aware that Leah had been ill. She was such a kind, caring person who obviously put the needs and welfare of others ahead of her own needs. I always looked forward to seeing her at AJL Annual Conference and was looking forward to seeing her in LA next month. She will be sorely missed.
My deepest condolences to Leah's family, friends, and colleagues at YU and everywhere. In sympathy, Elliot =================================== Elliot H. Gertel ALA Liaison Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica (Retired) The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan [email protected] On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 12:07 PM Paul Glassman via Hasafran < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > I'm very sad to report that Leah Adler, Head Librarian of Hebraica-Judaica > at Yeshiva University, died this weekend after an illness that she managed > quietly and successfully until recently. The funeral will be in Israel, > and the flight to Israel is today. As plans for a memorial at the > Gottesman Library of Hebraica-Judaica materialize, we'll send out a > notice. > > Throughout her illness, rather than talk about herself and her physical > discomfort, Leah expressed concern for others--about the effect of her > absence on their work loads. In the workplace, Leah was always disarmingly > candid and honest; she never hesitated to bring up important issues, > regardless of how challenging those issues were. > > After decades of service, Leah seems inseparable from the history of > Yeshiva University Libraries. We all share in mourning her loss. Let us > all support one another as we grieve. > > --Paul > > *PAUL GLASSMAN* > Director of University Libraries > *YESHIVA UNIVERSITY* > 500 West 185th Street | New York | NY | 10033 > Telephone 646.592.4106 | Facsimile 212.960.0066 > [email protected] | www.yu.edu/libraries > > Follow the YU Libraries on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/YULibraries> > , Twitter <https://twitter.com/yulibrary>, and Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/yulibraries/>. > __ > 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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