Dear AJL members, I am excited to announce the publication of Judaica Librarianship 23, a new open access issue of AJL’s peer-reviewed journal, at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org__;!!KGKeukY!z3ImBSz0aS1d2Qa1uvXojXd54QWe1pPgdlAxdzm7GjuRevyRrJDF3XY7jrM9mwMWJL8LXTy2wxjbasYhoLgs9dl2NGh43HgSMoFJzc0UP3U$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org/__;!!KGKeukY!z3ImBSz0aS1d2Qa1uvXojXd54QWe1pPgdlAxdzm7GjuRevyRrJDF3XY7jrM9mwMWJL8LXTy2wxjbasYhoLgs9dl2NGh43HgSMoFJXHy4d1A$ >.
The 217-page issue includes 3 refereed articles, 5 essays, 2 book reviews, 2 columns, and 2 tributes (see Table of Contents below,) and has a new feature: all the citations listed in the Scatter of the Literature bibliographical column, compiled by Konstanze Kunst, are available on a Zotero open group. You’re welcome to join (free) at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zotero.org/groups/5155481/judaica_librarianship_bibliography__;!!KGKeukY!z3ImBSz0aS1d2Qa1uvXojXd54QWe1pPgdlAxdzm7GjuRevyRrJDF3XY7jrM9mwMWJL8LXTy2wxjbasYhoLgs9dl2NGh43HgSMoFJ5VfKEZc$ . Here are some quotes from my Editor’s Note: I would like to thank the following individuals who contributed their time and talent to making this issue what it is. Nancy Sack, who retired from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in mid-2024, provided critical copyediting assistance for one of the articles and guidance regarding another. Paula Breger (Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill, Massachusetts), Josh Shelly (Potsdam University Library), and Amanda Widom (JDC Archives) have commendably assisted with copyediting of the rest of the articles. Shoshana Traum and Anthony Catanese helped with proofreading some of the articles. Special thanks are due to Aaron Taub and Zachary Baker for their good advice, and to Yossi Galron for his practical help with the many Yiddish Romanization challenges and several bibliographical conundrums. In addition to copyediting, Josh Shelly also advised me regarding open access best practices, hence the addition of copyright information on each of the articles. Thank you, all! JL’s editorial board expresses its gratitude to Dr. Ariann Stern and Haim A. Gottschalk who have generously established the Manfred Gottschalk Judaica Librarianship Endowment to support the publication of JL in memory of Manfred Gottschalk. On behalf of the JL editorial board, I offer our heartfelt and manifold thanks for securing the future of AJL’s peer-reviewed journal! The next issue of the journal, dedicated to Canadian collections, is guest-edited by Nadav Sharon (University of Toronto Libraries) and Hannah Srour-Zackon (Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Archives, Montreal, Quebec). Starting in that next issue, Katalin Rac of Emory University Libraries will join JL as editor of the book review section. Thank you, Nadav, Hannah, and Katalin! JL 23 Table of Contents: 1. Leket-Mor, Rachel: Editor’s Note.” 2. Farack, Bettina: “The End of a Library: The Wartime Fate of the Library of the Berlin Higher Institute for Jewish Studies.” 3. Halpern, Stefanie: “The Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections Project: A Case Study.” 4. Cohen, Nathan: ”Bibliyoṭeḳn: Yiddish Popular Book Series, 1890–1939.” 5. Cohen, Avaha and Ester Taga: “Authority Work as Memorial to the Victims of October 7th and the Swords of Iron War at the National Library of Israel.” 6. Frankel, Ellen: “Publishing the Holocaust: An Inside View from the Editorial Trenches.” 7. Heenk, Liesbeth, and Rachel Leket-Mor: “ On Publishing Holocaust Memoirs: An Interview with the Founder of Amsterdam Publishers, Liesbeth Heenk.” 8. Heuberger, Rachel: “The Freimann Square in Frankfurt am Main: Honoring Therese and Aron Freimann.” 9. Barsky, Zvi: “Jewish Immigrant Booksellers from Germany and Central Europe in Palestine, 1933–1939.” 10. Shelly, Joshua: “Schicksale und ihre Bücher: Deutsch-jüdische Privatbibliotheken zwischen Jerusalem, Tunis und Los Angeles” (book review). 11. Levi, Amalia: “The Cairo Genizah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt: The History and Provenance of a Jewish Archive” (book review). 12. Margolis, Michelle: “JS/DH: Books and Computing.” 13. Kunst, Konstanze: “Scatter of the Literature.” 14. Sclar, David: “A Personal Reflection on the Life and Work of Menahem Schmelzer (1934–2022).” 15. Weinberg, Bella Hass: “A Tribute to Dr. Marcia (Weiss) Posner (1931–2023).” Please don’t hesitate to contact me for any questions or discussing contributions to the journal. Happy Hannukah/ New Year’s, Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor, Librarian Curator, Open Stack Collections, IsraPulp Collection Affiliate, Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Maghrib Studies Arizona State University Library ORCID<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-8097__;!!KGKeukY!z3ImBSz0aS1d2Qa1uvXojXd54QWe1pPgdlAxdzm7GjuRevyRrJDF3XY7jrM9mwMWJL8LXTy2wxjbasYhoLgs9dl2NGh43HgSMoFJPsa_xAw$ > Editor, Judaica Librarianship (2012–Present) Association of Jewish Libraries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ajlpublishing.org__;!!KGKeukY!z3ImBSz0aS1d2Qa1uvXojXd54QWe1pPgdlAxdzm7GjuRevyRrJDF3XY7jrM9mwMWJL8LXTy2wxjbasYhoLgs9dl2NGh43HgSMoFJzc0UP3U$ I acknowledge that Arizona State University is built upon the traditional homelands of the Akimel O'odham and Pee-Posh peoples.
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