Wonderful slate! Thanks to everyone for their service to AJL. Sally On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 9:42 AM Dina Herbert via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> I am pleased to announce the slate for the AJL Board 2022-2024. > Information about voting will be shared soon. Biographies of candidates are > below. Best wishes for Passover, Dina Herbert Immediate Past President, > Association of Jewish Libraries:The ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > This Message Is From an External Sender > This message came from outside your organization. > Report Suspicious > > <https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/KGKeukY!vYQd06itAI7rSrnRdsZuXWyvIAgop-olBAi_jo2DJwM9961RiPG4RR3xKpJn-poHgMiqN2zJbLHTtk-tp-Cc3Z_yI1iOSauyk1M2_XPxXCDfhpRgLDSdvD8qoHYVa-Y$> > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > I am pleased to announce the slate for the AJL Board 2022-2024. > Information about voting will be shared soon. Biographies of candidates are > below. > > Best wishes for Passover, > > Dina Herbert > Immediate Past President, Association of Jewish Libraries:The Leading > Authority on Judaic Librarianship > > > *President: Michelle Chesner* > > *Immediate Past President: Kathy Bloomfield* > > These positions are not elected. > > > *Vice President/President Elect: Sean Boyle* > Sean Patrick Boyle is the Librarian at Congregation Keneseth Israel, in > Allentown PA, and received his MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh. He > is the current SSCPL Division President, was the Chair of the AJL Strategic > Planning Committee, and is the Chair of the Advocacy Committee for AJL’s > SSCPL division. He is a retired U.S. Naval Officer with over 23 years of > service. > > *Vice President of Development: Jackie Ben-Efraim * > Jackie Ben-Efraim is originally from Washington, D.C. where she > volunteered in the school library in lieu of gym class. > > Jackie attended Columbia-JTS Joint program for undergraduate studies and > also earned her library degree at Columbia University. During her studies, > she interned at YIVO, organizing their clippings file which is similar to a > collection at her current job. > > In 2008 Jackie started work at American Jewish University as the Special > Collections Librarian where she catalogs and mounts exhibits with materials > in the Lowy-Winkler Family Rare Book Center in addition to overseeing > digital collections. > > Jackie has been an active member of AJL since her first day on the job at > AJU. Jackie serves on the annual conference committee and manages ads in > AJL's publications. Currently she is the VP for Development. > > *Membership Vice President: Sharon Benamou* > Institution and position in the institution: UCLA; Hebraica/Judaica and > Music Catalog Librarian > > Past position on AJL Board, Council or committee: RAS Vice President, RAS > President, Local Conference Co-Chair, Education Committee, member, Vice > President for Membership > > Bio: Sharon Benamou is the Hebraica/Judaica and Music Catalog Librarian at > UCLA. She has an MA in Musicology from UCLA and an MLIS from CSU San Jose. > She is active in both AJL and the Music Library Association (MLA). In MLA > she is the Jewish Music Interest Group coordinator > > Plans if elected: If I am re-elected as Vice President for Membership I > would like to improve the member experience on our online platforms, > continue to build our membership and community. > > *Treasurer: Andrew Lillian* > Andrew Lillien holds a BS in math and has worked as a data analyst for the > past ten years. He is an enthusiast of Judaism and books, and is looking > forward to working as the AJL treasurer. He is a father of three young > children and an avid gamer of all kinds. > > *Secretary: Rivka Yerushalmi* > Rivka Yerushalmi is the Information & Referral Center manager for the > National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Disease Education and > Referral (ADEAR) Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She served on AJL’s Sydney > Taylor Book Award Committee from 2016 through 2020, and currently supports > author visits to the Shalom School in Sacramento. She also established two > children’s library collections in domestic violence shelters and continues > to provide collection development services for these projects. Rivka > received her MLS from the University of Maryland iSchool. > > *RAS (Reference, Archives, and Special Collection) President: Yermiyahu > Ahron Taub* > Yermiyahu Ahron Taub is a librarian, poet, writer, and Yiddish literary > translator. He is the author of two books of fiction, Beloved Comrades: a > Novel in Stories (2020) and Prodigal Children in the House of G-d: Stories > (2018), and six volumes of poetry, including A Mouse Among Tottering > Skyscrapers: Selected Yiddish Poems (2017). Yermiyahu's most recent > translation from the Yiddish is May God Avenge Their Blood: a Holocaust > Memoir Triptych by Rachmil Bryks (2020). A longtime AJL member, Yermiyahu > was the co-chairperson of "Yovel/Jubilee: 50 Years of AJL!", the June 2015 > conference celebrating the Association's 50th Anniversary. He has served as > Chairperson of the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Committee and the RAS > Cataloging Committee, and he was a founding member of the AJL Jewish > Fiction Award Committee. Yermiyahu recently completed a term as President > of the Association of Jewish Libraries/Capital Area Chapter (AJL/CAC). > Please visit his website at > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://yataubdotnet.wordpress.com__;!!KGKeukY!nBTa9180rNTX9WKtYZFc_B1o9PTjQCPp-wrOEJ-rmxGmrH-A1_8v1_XiNRWoUwAER5I$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://yataubdotnet.wordpress.com__;!!KGKeukY!k3RzNAR6ntl78pbm3OpyBCwi5op4YI7Y2NBQSaYLotj2XdSDQ-ziHKPbyLkw8Vgly2Q$> > > *RAS Vice President: Eitan Kensky* > Eitan Kensky is the Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica at > Stanford Libraries. Before that, he spent an enriching three years at the > Yiddish Book Center as the director of collections initiatives, working on > translation projects and expanding digital collections. He holds a PhD in > Jewish Literature from Harvard, following which he stayed at Harvard to > teach Yiddish and Jewish Studies. For the last two years, Eitan has also > served as the co-organizer and programmer of a retrospective Jewish Film > Series called REWIND. He is currently finishing a term as AJL secretary. > > > *SSCPL (Schools, Synagogues, Centers, and Public Libraries) President: > Rebecca Levitan*Rebecca Levitan holds a BA in History and Judaic Studies > from Binghamton University, and an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh. > She is a full time generalist librarian, and the Children's Coordinator at > the Pikesville Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library in Baltimore, > MD. She is the immediate past chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the > Co-Editor for Children's and Young Adult reviews for the AJL News and > Reviews periodical, the AJL Seals Manager and the president of the AJL > Capital Area Chapter. As a mom of three young children she is passionate > about quality Jewish literature. Rebecca is a voracious romance novel > reader and is an avid knitter and can often be found working on a shawl > that she will likely not wear because it is too warm in Baltimore most of > the year. > > > *SSCPL Vice President: Aviva Rosenberg*Aviva Rosenberg is the Youth > Services Librarian at the Ridgefield Free Public Library in Ridgefield, NJ. > She previously served as school media specialist at The Moriah School in > Englewood, NJ, and Talmudical Academy in Baltimore, MD. She received her BA > in History from Stern College and her MLS from Southern Connecticut State > University. Aviva has been on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee since > 2021. 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