Association of Jewish Libraries
Conference 2022: Together Again!
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Shalom Safranim and Friends!
Here is your weekly conference update to keep you informed about the upcoming AJL conference, June 27–29, 2022, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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View the preliminary program here.
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Register on our conference webpage; check the instructions to add tours or additional meals to your cart.
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Monday night dinner is not included in conference registration, but you can add a boxed kosher dinner during or after registering. Select "Monday Boxed Kosher Dinner (veggie wrap, chips, fruit, dessert)" via the ticket dropdown menu on the conference webpage.
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Visit the AJL Zazzle store for Conference 2022 T-shirts, mugs, notebooks, and more!
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Reminder: Out of concern for the safety of our conference attendees and guests, everyone attending must be fully vaccinated. You will be asked to show your ID and proof of vaccination at the registration table, so please be prepared (take a photo of your vaccination card, upload it to a vaccination passport app, or bring it with you.)
Meet the Award Winners!
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Meet the 2022 winners of the AJL Jewish Fiction Award and the Sydney Taylor Book and Manuscript Awards! Purchase their award-winning books during the conference at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History store or anytime at the AJL Shop at bookshop.org. Register for our virtual fall session honoring the AJL Judaica Reference and Bibliography Awards. | |
Jewish Fiction Award
Meet the AJL Fiction Award Winners
Monday, June 27, 3:00 pm
Meet Derek B. Miller, winner of the AJL Jewish Fiction Award for his novel How To Find Your Way in the Dark, and honor winner Jai Chakrabarti, author of A Play for the End of the World.
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Sydney Taylor Book Awards
A Fresh Look at Jewish Historical Fiction: The 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners
Tuesday, June 28, 2:00 pm
Susan Kusel and Sean Rubin will discuss their Great Depression–era picture book winner, The Passover Guest; Veera Hiranandani will take us to the turbulent 1960s with middle grade winner How to Find What You’re Not Looking For, and Aden Polydoros will make 1983 Chicago come alive with his young adult winner, The City Beautiful. Jane Yolen, the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work winner and author of the 1988 STBA-winning book set during the Holocaust, The Devil's Arithmetic, will also speak.
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Sydney Taylor Honor Awards
Heroes, Survivors, and Upstanders: The 2022 Sydney Taylor Honor Winners
Tuesday, June 28, 4:30 pm
Celebrate the authors and illustrators of this year’s Honor books. Presenters include Nancy Churnin (Dear Mr. Dickens), Jeff Gottesfeld and Michelle Laurentia Agatha (The Christmas Mitzvah), Leah Scheier (The Last Words We Said), and E. Lockhart (Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero), with video presentations from other honorees.
The Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee members will also booktalk the 2022 Notable titles.
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RAS Awards: The AJL Judaica Bibliography and Reference Awards
Thursday, September 15, 9:00 am PT/noon ET/ 7:00 pm Israel Time (via Zoom)
Please join us on as we celebrate this year’s award winners for outstanding works of Judaica reference and bibliography.
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Bibliography award: Marvin J. Heller, Essays on the Making of the Early Hebrew Book
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Reference award: Eugene M. Avrutin and Elissa Bemporad, eds., Pogroms: A Documentary History
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Honorable mention, Bibliography: Dov Cohen, Thesaurus of the Ladino Book 1490–1960: An Annotated Bibliography (אוצר הספרים בלאדינו 1960-1490: ביבליוגרפיה מחקרית מוער).
Following recognition of the authors, Eugene Avrutin and Elissa Bemporad will discuss their book Pogroms.
Open to the public. Register for this virtual program at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcuivpjgiGtY4wyEaOoHn3dUs8vb-vzLZ
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