Yes, this is excellent news, Emily! Heidi is the perfect choice! And by the way, check out the latest issue of *The Horn Book* (March/April 2020, pp. 12-18) for her latest important contribution to Jewish children's literature: "We Need Jewish Diverse Books: A Conversation" by Heidi Rabinowitz and Sadaf Siddique.
Kol hakavod to Heidi!! Annette On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 2:11 PM Emily Bergman via Hasafran < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear AJLers, > > It is my honor and pleasure to inform the AJL Community that Heidi > Rabinowitz, host at Book of Life Podcast and librarian at Congregation > B'nai Israel in Boca Raton, FL, is the winner of the 2020 Groner-Wikler > Scholarship. > This scholarship, generously underwritten by KarBen Publishing, is > presented to an AJL member who demonstrates dedication to Jewish > children's literature and library services. > > > Heidi's passion for Jewish kidlit and spreading the word far and wide > using many different venues and formats impressed the Scholarship > Committee. Please join me in congratulating Heidi on her winning this > scholarship. > > > We thank Joni Sussman and KarBen Publishing for their generosity in > enabling our community to have extraordinary librarians like Heidi join us > at our conferences. > > > We are looking forward to seeing her – and all of you - at the AJL > Conference in Evanston, IL in June. > > > Emily Bergman > School, Synagogue, Center, Public Library Division President > Association of Jewish Libraries > [email protected] > __ > 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 > -- Annette Goldsmith, PhD Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles, CA Chair, Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) 2020 Translated YA Book Prize Committee Currently reading: *The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero* by Amalia Hoffman; illus. by Chiara Fedele (Capstone, 2019) "A book is like a world you can carry around with you." Liniers, *Written and Drawn by Henrietta* (TOON Books, 2015)
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