Slavin Library to close

Published on March 20, 2013

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles announced plans on March 14 to close the Slavin Children’s Library, which is located in the lobby of its Wilshire Boulevard building, to make room for an expansion of the Zimmer Children’s Museum. The space will become the new Slavin’s Children’s Center.

In Every Generation: Remaking The Szyk Haggadah [VIDEO]

By Jared Baker
Published on May 16, 2012

Oh Carnival Cruise Line, how I wish you’d step up to the rest of them…

By Julia Bendis
Published on July 18, 2011

Public libraries face crucial funding vote

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on February 22, 2011

When Susan Kent was a child in Westchester County, N.Y., she read her way through the public library children’s section and then headed over to the adult books. When the librarian told Kent they were for adults only, she called in her father. “My father came to the library and said, ‘She can read anything she wants,’ ” Kent recalled.

L.A.’s Jewish Community Library Likely to Move

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on March 15, 2009

Briefs: Seeds of Peace extends past Summer; BBYO offers cash incentive for summer camps

Published on February 28, 2008

Education briefs.

Briefs: Espere la Luz in Mojave, Alonim campers step up to help, kids library returns

Published on August 2, 2007

Community briefs.

Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad; ‘West Bank Story’ screening

By Keren Engelberg
Published on March 1, 2007

Calendar of Events in Los Angeles.

7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on August 31, 2006

7 Days in the Arts.

The ‘Chosen’ Ones Across the Street

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on April 27, 2006

It has long been a cliché that Los Angeles does not respect the culture of the book. It is true that this town famously eviscerated Faulkner and Fitzgerald, that Hollywood suits to this day treat screenwriters the way Henry VIII treated his wives. Yet, it is also true that Los Angeles has spawned unique brands of literature, such as the hard-boiled detective story.

Class Notes: Library’s PR Prize

By Julie G Fax
Published on June 30, 2005

Class notes

Schools Work Hard to Make the Grade

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on February 17, 2005

The Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School West team labored close to two years on their assignment. They administered surveys, compiled data and poured through reams of material. This homework, however, was completed not by students, but by staff and faculty. And the project was not so much required as extra credit.

Yeladim

By Abby Gilad
Published on November 18, 2004

Yeladim

Read to Me

By Rob Eshman
Published on November 11, 2004

You never forget your first, and mine was Milton Steinberg. Not his novel, "As a Driven Leaf." I'd read that later in life, after my wife, a rabbi, looked at me unbelievingly one day and said, "You've never read 'As a Driven Leaf?'"

Delivery for Your Brain

By Leora Alhadeff
Published on March 25, 2004

Need an amazing challah recipe? Want a book on Jewish history for your child's report? How about a film for the next holiday? Well, now you can order in.

The Circuit

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 9, 2003

The Circuit

Dr. Louis Shub

Published on March 20, 2003

Dr. Louis Shub is credited with building the UJ's library from a modest collection to one of the largest collections of Judaica on the West Coast, distinguished for its holdings in Jewish history, the Middle East and Israel, rabbinical literature and Hebrew fiction and literature.

The Last Jew

By Andrew Muchin
Published on January 16, 2003

The train stopped at a country town, and the conductor asked if Rosenbush was Jewish. Hearing that he was, the conductor told Rosenbush that nearby Demopolis was home to several Jewish businessmen.

Check Out the Library’s New Digs

By Michael Aushenker
Published on December 19, 2002

Sally Hyam didn't mind working on her birthday. A librarian for the last 19 years at the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles (JCLLA), Hyam was actually delighted that some 40 visitors were checking out books and videos at the opening reception celebrating the library's new location in The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles building at 6505 Wilshire Blvd.

Protocol

By Michael Aushenker
Published on December 12, 2002

Rules of etiquette suggest that one must whisper in a library. But for the Jewish Community Library of Greater Los Angeles, that rule is just the beginning.

The library recently held its culminating ceremony for a group of youngsters enrolled in its Children's Etiquette and Social Grace class. This is the first time that the institution has sponsored such a class.

The idea developed after the library director Abigail Yasgur and children's director Sylvia Lowe, children's librarian, enrolled their respective youngsters in an etiquette class.

"Libraries are not just about the books," Lowe said. "They're becoming meeting places for people in the community."

The Circuit

By Michael Aushenker
Published on January 24, 2002

Circuit News.

Hidden Stacks

By Sheldon Teitelbaum
Published on May 31, 2001

Read any good Hebrew books lately?

If you live in the Valley -- we'll assume you read Hebrew -- you'll most likely have picked up the latest Ram Oren techno-thriller or Naomi Ragen frummie-potboiler at the recently opened Steimatzky bookstore on Ventura Boulevard near Corbin.

Long Overdue

By Michael Aushenker
Published on July 15, 1999

Abigail Yasgur has a vision for the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles.

Have Library, Must Travel

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 17, 1999

To reach David Hirsch's narrow, cluttered office at UCLA, you traverse bare, labyrynthine corridors in the basement of the University Research Library.

ArtsThe Year’s Best Jewish Children’s Books

Published on April 2, 1998

Last month,the Association of Jewish Libraries announced the winners of its Sydney Taylor Award for this year's most distinguished contributions to Jewish children's literature.