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LINES FROM THE LIBRARY
By Ellen G. Cole, Librarian
THE YEAR’S BEST JEWISH CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Here is news to shake your Purim grogger! On the way to the shpiel,
I heard the Association of Jewish Libraries proudly announce its
coveted Sydney Taylor Book Awards for 2011 for the most distinguished
contributions to Jewish children’s literature. Winners are a calming tale
of tikkun olam, an imaginative graphic novel and a suspenseful family
drama.
The 2011 Younger Readers’ gold medal winner is Gathering Sparks by
Howard Schwartz, illustrated by Kristina Swarner. Good deeds bring
peace to our world in this moving picture book which gives a new
interpretation to the vessel holding light.
The Older Readers’ Category gold medalist is Hereville: How Mirka
Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch. In his exciting tale, a headstrong girl
balances daring deeds, fantasies and Jewish observance.
Dana Reinhardt captures the Teen Readers’ gold with The Things a
Brother Knows. A military hero returns home; he refuses to re-engage
with his family; his younger brother fears he will never again be normal.
There are nine Honor and 27 Notable Books. Picture Book honors
include Modeh Ani, Emma’s Poem, and the re-illustrated Cakes and
Miracles. Older Readers’ honors
are Resistance, One is Not a Lonely
Number and Black Radishes. Teen
Honors are Hush, Once and Life,
After.
Winners receive a cash prize from the
estate of Sydney Taylor, author of the
All-of-a-Kind-Family series, at the AJL
convention in Montreal in June. Taylor’s
success created American Jewish children’s
literature. Librarian Ellen Cole recommends these special books.
Winners, honors, notables and All-of-a-Kind-Family series are in the
new Library for you.
Library Hours
Tuesday: 2:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Thursday: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
MARCH MEMORIAL PLAQUES
MARCH 4
Bud Blitzer
Gary Allen Brodsky
Samuel E. Goldstein
Harry Gordon
Daniel Gregory Hinden
Henry Kolb
David Levich
Louis Levitz
Abraham Pinchasi
Boris Posner
Samuel Sax
Jerome Spatz
Sol E. Ziskind
MARCH 11
Minnie Freeman
Lillian R. Goldman
Anna Goodman
Isaac Harris
Rose Jacobs
Lawrence Allan Joseph
Samuel Kaminker
Charne Kodimer
Cpl. Michael Allan Marshall
Hyman Miller
Fanny Roth
Jacob Sands
Tillie Walter
MARCH 18
Herman J. Bayless
Morris Brounstein
Morris Fabrick
Harriet Jacobs
Abraham Jaloff
Zerlina N. Katz
Harold Kreisberg
Morris H. Leinow
Abe Levatter
Adele Levine
Augusta Miller
Dr. Louis Shapiro
Morris Silverstone
MARCH 25
Morris Avidon
Rita B. Clayman
Paul Freedberg
Anna Freidson
Jean Hildegard Gerber
Hannah Morton Glassman
Dina Goldfarb
Helen Gootkin
Arthur Maschkowski
Lillian Needelman
Muriel Pines
Herbert Polinsky
Leah Rector
Ida Sands
Isaac Joseph Slott
Betty Soskin
LIFECYCLES
MILESTONES: Mazel Tov to Melissa and Saul Brand on the birth of their daughter; Eryn and Ryan Kilstein on the birth of their daughter; Alie and Daniel
Lapidus on the birth of their daughter; Deborah and Marc Lepp on the birth of their daughter, granddaughter to Ellen and Marshall Cole; Azi and Ernest
Vojdani on the birth of their son.
SYMPATHY: We would like to express our sympathy to the following Temple members and their families on the recent loss of their loved ones:
Michael Eisenberg on the loss of his father, Richard; Marc O’Krent on the loss of his stepfather, Irv York; Margie Schwartz on the loss of her husband, Arthur;
Michael Sanders on the loss of his mother, Rose; Martha Sklar on the loss of her cousin, Moises Spil; Suzy Stone on the loss of her aunt, Connie Shuster.
SPEEDY RECOVERY: The following Temple members or their loved ones have been ill and we want to wish them well: Frank Cahn; Doron Baruch;
Stella Kleinrock; Lori Krop; Liz Pollak; Fern Schiff; Lorraine Trogman.
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MARCH 2011