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Board
Board members are elected to their positions; Council members and non-voting positions that report to Council are appointed by the President or by Division Presidents.
President  Dina Herbert National Archives and Records Administration Alexandria, VA e-mail: dina.herbert@gmail.com | Vice President/President-Elect  Kathleen Bloomfield 1240 Oakmont Road, Unit 52-i Seal Beach, CA 90740 |
Past President  Amalia Warshenbrot Charlotte, NC | |
RAS Vice President Amalia S. Levi Unit 22, Porters Gate Porters, St. James e-mail: amaliasl@gmail.com | SSC President  Emily Bergman Temple Sinai of Glendale Freedman Library Temple Sinai of Glendale Glendale, CA 91202-1697 e-mail: emilyannebergman@gmail.com |
SSC Vice President Ellen Share Washington Hebrew Congregation 8409 Victory Lane Potomac, MD 20854 Fax: 301 354 3200 e-mail: eshare@whctemple.org | Parliamentarian  Joy Kingsolver Shel Silverstein Archives , IL |
VP for Membership Sharon Benamou UCLA 11020 Kinross Ave. P.O. Box 957230 Los Angeles, CA 90095 e-mail: benamou@library.ucla.edu |
Council (includes Board members)
| Council | |
AJL News & Reviews General Editor  Sally Stieglitz Long Island Library Resources Council Bellport , NY 6316751570 e-mail: sstieglitz@lilrc.org | Continuing Education Chair |
HaSafran Moderator | Judaica Librarianship Editor |
Local Conference Chair (2019) | Local Conference Chair (2019)  Lisa Silverman Sperber Community Library Los Angeles , CA 310-440-1264 e-mail: Lisa.Silverman@aju.edu |
Organization-Wide Conference Chair Lisa Silverman Sperber Community Library Los Angeles , CA 310-440-1264 e-mail: Lisa.Silverman@aju.edu | Member Relations The Member Relations Committee seeks to strengthen AJL by relationship-building and community-building among the membership. Member Relations also oversees AJL’s Mentoring program. |
Member-at-Large  Rebecca Levitan Baltimore County Public Library Baltimore , MD 4104872937 e-mail: ralevitan@gmail.com | Member-at-Large  Daniel A. Scheide Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton , FL (954) 475-8451 e-mail: dascheide@gmail.com |
Publications Chair  Laura Schutzman Hebrew Academy of Nassau County Kew Gardens Hills , NY (410) 967-5531 e-mail: laura.schutzman@gmail.com | Webmaster  Sheryl Stahl Hebrew Union College-JIR Long Beach , CA |
Positions Reporting to Council (non-voting)
| Positions Reporting to Council | |
Accreditation Committee Chair | Advertising Chair |
Reference & Bibliography Awards Committee Chair | ALA Liaison |
ATLA Liaison Sheryl Stahl Hebrew Union College-JIR Long Beach , CA | Cataloging Committee Chair |
Librarianship and Education Committee The Librarianship and Education Committee develops and promotes specialized courses (online and/or in person) for individuals interested in Judaica librarianship, both those in library school and those seeking continuing education. | Conference Proceedings Compiler Elana Gensler West Hempstead Public Library West Hempstead , NY (516) 486-1132 e-mail: Egensler@aol.com |
Conference Stipends Chair The Conference Stipends Committee reviews applications requesting financial support to attend the annual conference. The Committee awards stipends comprised of Judy R. Cohn, EBSCO, and Littauer Grant funds on the basis of eligibility criteria described under Conference Stipends and Scholarships. Lenore M. Bell USA Holocaust Memorial Museum Falls Church , VA (703) 615-0559 e-mail: lbell@ushmm.org | Groner-Wikler Scholarship Committee Chair  Emily Bergman Temple Sinai of Glendale Glendale , CA (818) 244-2501 e-mail: emilyannebergman@gmail.com |
Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Chair The Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee is charged with annually selecting the winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and with implementing the process by which the winners are selected, publicized, and presented. Rebecca Levitan Baltimore County Public Library Baltimore , MD 4104872937 e-mail: ralevitan@gmail.com | Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Chair The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Competition Committee is charged with annually selecting the winners of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award and with implementing the process by which the winners are selected, publicized, and presented. Committee members review and evaluate manuscripts submitted by authors for the award. Members of the committee must be members of AJL and must have broad knowledge of Judaic children's literature as well as experience in writing evaluative reviews. Author applicants must be unpublished in the genre of middle grade fiction. Fan & Hyman Jacobs Library Oheb Shalom Congregation South Orange , NJ 973-762-7067 e-mail: library@ohebshalom.org |
Jewish Fiction Award Committee The AJL Jewish Fiction Award for adult readers. The AJL Jewish Fiction Award was established in 2017 with generous underwriting from Dan Wyman Books. All works of fiction with significant Jewish thematic content written in English--novels, short story and flash fiction collections--by a single author published and available for purchase in the United States during the award year are eligible for the award. Jewish thematic content means an extended grappling with Jewish themes throughout the book, including Judaism, Jewish history and culture, Jewish identity, etc. | |
Past Presidents
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2016-2018 |
Amalia Warshenbrot |
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2014-2016 |
Yaffa Weisman |
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2012-2014 |
Heidi Rabinowitz Estrin |
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2010-2012 |
James P. Rosenbloom |
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2008-2010 |
Susan Dubin |
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2006-2008 |
Laurel Wolfson |
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2004-2006 |
Ronda Rose |
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2002-2004 |
Pearl Berger |
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2000-2002 |
Toby Rossner |
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1998-2000 |
David Gilner |
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1996-1998 |
Esther Nussbaum |
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1994-1996 |
Zachary Baker |
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1992-1994 |
Ralph Simon |
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1990-1992 |
Linda Lerman |
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1988-1990 |
Marcia W. Posner |
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1986-1988 |
Edith Lubetski |
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1984-1986 |
Hazel Karp |
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1982-1984 |
Philip E. Miller |
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1980-1982 |
Barbara Y. Leff |
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1978-1980 |
Harvey Horowitz |
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1976-1978 |
Margot Berman |
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1974-1976 |
Leonard Gold |
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1972-1974 |
Anne Kirshenbaum |
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1970-1972 |
Nathan Kaganoff |
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1969 |
Mae Weine |
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1968 |
Charles Berlin |
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1967 |
Jacob Dienstag |
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1966 |
Herbert Zafren |
