Dear colleagues, As Susan Pankowsky posted, my dear "boss" and colleague, Jean Lettofsky, passed away after a long illness. I and a number of Cleveland area librarians, mostly retired, managed to attend her funeral. Jean and her husband Alan were very active members of the Cleveland Jewish community and the service overflowed with emotion and tributes.
Although I left the Cleveland area and moved to Ann Arbor 14 years ago when I retired, Jean's life and my life were thoroughly entwined for 30 years and I miss her greatly. Her skills with languages and her knowledge of Judaica enriched all around her. Her kindness and generosity of spirit made the Aaron Garber Library of Siegal College a very special place. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/community/lifecycles/obituaries/lettofsky-jean/article_aeb42ad0-768b-11ee-b38c-2351ae9b5327.html__;!!KGKeukY!2TU7Ha9NxGKBVbp3FfzMa35KZh4FjwdZmPNY4epTZF3qOj9ryKlmoLBNLL1PTMjssaXdgK7E2_wmoaKFrfKGfk4Q$ With Jean's death, I feel my generation of AJL is passing, a generation that managed to communicate and maintain an organization operating without financing, email, text, blogs, podcasts or the latest format, zoom. But we built a library community that grew into the more active and vibrant organization that all of you have developed. Hazel Karp and Barbara Leff, among others, welcomed me to AJL in the early 1980s and were stalwart supporters of Judaica Librarianship. Both have since passed on. We miss Lillian Schwartz and Toby Rossner, also departed colleagues and friends. Merrily F. Hart On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 6:48 PM Susan Pankowsky via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Dear colleagues, My friend, my colleague, and my mentor, Jean Lettofsky, > passed away on October 26. She was an amazing librarian, and an integral > part of the Cleveland Jewish Library community. Under her tutelage the > Aaron Garber Library of > Dear colleagues, > My friend, my colleague, and my mentor, Jean Lettofsky, passed away on > October 26. She was an amazing librarian, and an integral part of the > Cleveland Jewish Library community. Under her tutelage the Aaron Garber > Library of Siegal College of Judaic Studies was a collection worthy of any > larger city or Jewish institution. I met her in the early 80's in > Cleveland, when I first became a librarian. She was someone that I looked > up to, and davened with in our small library minyan (yes, that's what it > was called!), where all of the rabbis who weren't congregational rabbis > davened. When I returned (with 2 children in tow) in the early 90's, I was > privileged to work with her at the library, and joined (again) the > Cleveland AJL chapter. Her funeral will be held today at 2 pm Eastern time > online, for those able to attend. > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/cleveland-heights-oh/jean-lettofsky-11513392__;!!KGKeukY!2TU7Ha9NxGKBVbp3FfzMa35KZh4FjwdZmPNY4epTZF3qOj9ryKlmoLBNLL1PTMjssaXdgK7E2_wmoaKFrb7LUZl0$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/cleveland-heights-oh/jean-lettofsky-11513392__;!!KGKeukY!xR9QfdZTRBKRL0QrCBjsFPzyz8XjY2SQF5nYuP3hJMU_MChcy61cbbBiRRB6nfTx2AbDhol60hMYagYA3GWblwZC26Jg$> > > *Susan Pankowsky* > *Librarian* > *spankow...@westendsyn.org <spankow...@westendsyn.org>* > *Edward T. Goldstein Library > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://westendsyn.org/weslibrary__;!!KGKeukY!xR9QfdZTRBKRL0QrCBjsFPzyz8XjY2SQF5nYuP3hJMU_MChcy61cbbBiRRB6nfTx2AbDhol60hMYagYA3GWblwrv07Is$>* > *West End Synagogue > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://westendsyn.org/__;!!KGKeukY!xR9QfdZTRBKRL0QrCBjsFPzyz8XjY2SQF5nYuP3hJMU_MChcy61cbbBiRRB6nfTx2AbDhol60hMYagYA3GWbl6D9Px5D$>* > *3810 West End Ave.* > *Nashville, TN 37205* > *615-269-4592* > > * > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://westendsyn.org/__;!!KGKeukY!xR9QfdZTRBKRL0QrCBjsFPzyz8XjY2SQF5nYuP3hJMU_MChcy61cbbBiRRB6nfTx2AbDhol60hMYagYA3GWbl6D9Px5D$> > * > > __ > 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!2TU7Ha9NxGKBVbp3FfzMa35KZh4FjwdZmPNY4epTZF3qOj9ryKlmoLBNLL1PTMjssaXdgK7E2_wmoaKFrWk2QIpq$ > > Earlier Listserver: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!2TU7Ha9NxGKBVbp3FfzMa35KZh4FjwdZmPNY4epTZF3qOj9ryKlmoLBNLL1PTMjssaXdgK7E2_wmoaKFrWk2QIpq$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!2TU7Ha9NxGKBVbp3FfzMa35KZh4FjwdZmPNY4epTZF3qOj9ryKlmoLBNLL1PTMjssaXdgK7E2_wmoaKFrd4nDqHf$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > -- Merrily Hart Ann Arbor, MI 48108
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