Hello Elliott, I am shocked and saddened. By Arielle’s passing. She was a pleasure to work with. She edited some of AJL’s YouTube recordings. She wanted to do more for AJL, but her health didn’t allow it.
Barukh Dayan Emet, Jackie Jackie Ben-Efraim Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 25, 2022, at 10:11 PM, Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran > <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > > Last night, I got the very sad, shocking news that Arielle Sokol, a former > colleague in the Near East Division, Area Programs in the Graduate Library at > the University of Michigan and AJL member, recently passed away, a most > untimely passing. > > For about five years, Arielle assisted me in developing and cataloging > materials in the Judaica collections of the Judaica unit and Jewish Heritage > Collection (in the Special Collections Library). Arielle was a very hard > worker who was self-directed and loved the work, especially in the JHC, which > is both a print and object collection. She wanted nothing more than to get a > permanent position working with Judaica in special collections and/or > archives as a librarian or archivist after she had completed her Masters in > Information Science at U-M. After graduation and finishing up her job in the > Library, Arielle moved to Colorado and worked primarily in the field of music > for which she had a special talent. > > I received the news from a fellow participant in Itsik Mager's "Purim shpil" > in which Arielle and I and several others performed a few years ago in the > Ann Arbor Jewish Community Center. She had a beautiful singing voice and was > a gifted musician. I was planning to call her just a couple of days ago. We > had spoken and did a Google Meet a few months ago. How sad to not be able to > share that experience with her ever again. > > As fellow New Yorkers, we also both shared a passion for the New York > Yankees. She once told me how she attended a game at Fenway Park, home of > the archrival Boston Red Sox, and got her brother and his girlfriend to wear > Yankee regalia in that very hostile anti-Yankee environment! Even when I > attended games there many years ago, I was very subtle about my Yankee > fandom, so I admire her bold, somewhat "crazy" actions in the enemy den! But > one thing anyone who knew her can attest to, Arielle was never reticent about > her views! > > More information from her friends and colleagues at the InterHarmony > International Music Festival where she was an Assistant the past two years: > > InterHarmony International Music Festival | Facebook > > Such a vibrant and unique personality taken from us much too soon. May her > memory be for a blessing. > > In sorrow, > Elliot > > > > Elliot H. Gertel עלע־הערש גערטל / אליהו־צבי גרטל > Irving M. Hermelin Curator Emeritus of Judaica > Member, ALA EMIERT Jewish Information Committee (2020-2022) > AJL-ALA Liaison, 2008-2020 > The University of Michigan > Ann Arbor, Michigan > eger...@umich.edu > __ > 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: > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!yAb_iQGZUk02EP1grUj8SZ-y_j44wXe8apaJNPAdb47gIPf0pt8m-dI_mytG3xRtbYaJYW4BFavodA63Bh7fdAtU$ > > Earlier Listserver: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!yAb_iQGZUk02EP1grUj8SZ-y_j44wXe8apaJNPAdb47gIPf0pt8m-dI_mytG3xRtbYaJYW4BFavodA63Bh7fdAtU$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!yAb_iQGZUk02EP1grUj8SZ-y_j44wXe8apaJNPAdb47gIPf0pt8m-dI_mytG3xRtbYaJYW4BFavodA63BsAMQvMS$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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