Mazel tov, Lisa! As many have said, your accomplishments are amazing and the award is well-deserved! Chag sameach to you and everyone! Janice Levine
> On 04/12/2022 10:30 PM Rachel Kamin via Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > wrote: > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2022 Contact: Paula Breger, Public > Relations Chair > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jewishlibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!kUUCXFltk8ck6yOad3meUpTZNHYdPqCIS_Z8JrlWHEV30IEp2ecoJOxga8Lb5wS1A5c$ > p...@jewishlibraries.org The Association of Jewish Libraries Announces the > 2022 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > > > > This Message Is From an External Sender > This message came from outside your organization. > > Report Suspicious > > > > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > April 11, 2022 > > > > Contact: > > Paula Breger, Public Relations Chair > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jewishlibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!kUUCXFltk8ck6yOad3meUpTZNHYdPqCIS_Z8JrlWHEV30IEp2ecoJOxga8Lb5wS1A5c$ > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jewishlibraries.org/__;!!KGKeukY!iUub1_WC6xpAGm1R_yXmWXtJHsBkWozDPE69vbYCxVKw-v5L7dxWsn_B6j6bP8FZ--E$ > > p...@jewishlibraries.org mailto:p...@jewishlibraries.org > > > > The Association of Jewish Libraries Announces > > the 2022 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Winner > > > > The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) is proud to announce that > longtime member Lisa Silverman has been named the 2022 Fanny Goldstein Merit > Award Winner. The award, named for the librarian, social activist, and > founder of National Jewish Book Month, is bestowed in recognition of loyal > and ongoing contributions to the Association of Jewish Libraries and to the > profession of Judaica librarianship. > > > > Lisa Silverman began her career as a day school librarian at the Sinai > Akiba Academy in Los Angeles and Adat Ari El Day School in Valley Village, > California. She spent 15 years as the library director at Sinai Temple in Los > Angeles, providing library services and educational programming for the day > school, religious school, and synagogue community including teaching adult > education classes, facilitating book groups, and hosting author events, > family programs, and film discussions. In 2015, Lisa became the library > director of the Burton Sperber Jewish Community Library at the American > Jewish University in Los Angeles where she designed the new space, built the > collection, and provided extensive programming. She also developed and > launched a new online digital Jewish Community Library Consortium of > California in partnership with the Jewish Community Library of San Francisco. > > > > Lisa’s involvement with the Association of Jewish Libraries began when > she attended her first conference in Los Angeles in 1992, and she has made > countless contributions to the organization and the profession over the past > 30 years. She was the president and vice president of the then Synagogue, > Schools & Center Division and served as chair of the Bibliography Bank and on > its nominating committee. Lisa served as the national conference chairperson > for three years, co-chaired the 2019 conference in Woodland Hills, and was > instrumental in the planning of the two online conferences in 2020 and 2021. > Lisa has also been a leader in the Southern California Chapter of AJL where > she was honored with the Dorothy Schroder Achievement Award in 2009 and > co-founded the AJL Western Regional Children’s Literature Conference. AJL > President Kathleen Bloomfield remarked, "I am so happy that Lisa SIlverman is > this year's Fanny Goldstein winner. Lisa was a huge help to me when I > established ForWordsBooks, my Jewish book fair business, back in 1990. She > has been an ongoing supporter of my work with AJL, including providing > guidance as I moved into leadership positions within the organization. I am > honored to have her as a colleague, and most of all as a friend." > > > > Known nationally and internationally as an expert on Jewish children’s > literature, Lisa was recently the co-editor of children and teen book reviews > for AJL Reviews and served as the children’s editor for Jewish Book World > magazine for six years. She was the children’s book reviewer for the Jewish > Journal of Los Angeles for many years and has published numerous reviews in > other magazines such as School Library Journal, Catholic Library World, and > Five Owls. She has served as a judge for the National Jewish Book Awards for > fifteen years and also served as a judge for the Museum of Tolerance Once > Upon A World Children’s Book Award. In addition to numerous presentations at > AJL conferences, Lisa has presented on Jewish literature at a variety of > conferences and settings, including the Charlotte Huck Children’s Literature > Conference, California School Library Association, the Mazza Museum of > Children’s Literature, the United States Board on Books for Young People, the > International Board on Books for Young People Conference in Copenhagen, > Denmark, and the International Association of Children’s Literature > Conference in Frankfort, Germany, among others. > > > > Rachel Kamin, award committee chair, commented, “On behalf of the Fanny > Goldstein Merit Award committee, we are proud to have the opportunity to > honor Lisa Silverman as this year’s recipient of the Award. Lisa has > contributed so much to the Association of Jewish Libraries, to the field of > Judaica librarianship, and to librarianship as a profession overall. She has > been a mentor to so many and gives of her time generously. Lisa truly > personifies the values and legacy of the Award’s namesake, Fanny Goldstein, > who devoted her life to books and her community.” Lisa will receive her award > during a special luncheon at the Annual Conference of the Association of > Jewish Libraries on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at the Weitzman National Museum > of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. > > > > Members of the 2022 Fanny Goldstein Merit Award committee are Rachel > Kamin, Toby Harris, and Joy Kingsolver. > > > > > > About the Association of Jewish Libraries > > > > The Association of Jewish Libraries is an international, professional > organization that fosters access to information and research in all forms of > media relating to all things Jewish. The Association promotes Jewish literacy > and scholarship and provides a community for peer support and professional > development. 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