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2009.11.11 Need book club ideas? Check out the book club reading lists on the AJL web site. 2009.09.15 New benefit for AJL members: Some issues of the AJL Newsletter are now available to members only as searchable pdf files on the AJL website. Issues from Nov/Dec 2007 through Nov/Dec 2008 are posted and the plan is to post an updated file every time a new print issue is available. The two most recent issues will continue to be available in print only and will be mailed to all AJL members. Thanks to Nancy Sack for facilitating this. To access the issues online on the AJL website, click on Publications and then AJL Newsletter. You will be prompted for your username/id which can be found on your AJL membership card. If you can't locate your membership card, email Laurie Haas, VP for Membership at lhaas@torahacademy.org. 2009.06.30 More conference news: The blog of the 2009 AJL Convention is now available at http://ajl09.posterous.com/. Whether you'll be attending the convention or not, the blog is a great place to see what's going on, learn from the event, and share thoughts. Many members of AJL's Council and Committees will be posting to the blog, and everyone is welcome to add their own comments. You can subscribe to the blog by email if you register (for free) at http://posterous.com/main/register?flow=subscribe. It'll ask you to create your own free Posterous blog as you sign up. Don't worry, if you don't want a blog you'll never have to use it, it's just part of the sign up process. Alternatively, you can subscribe by RSS, or you can simply visit the blog website at http://ajl09.posterous.com whenever you like, without signing up for anything at all. Looking forward to a great convention in Chicago! Heidi Estrin heidi@cbiboca.org 2009.06.22 Going to the AJL conference? Bring your T-Shirts! As posted to ha-Safran: Several years ago I initiated a "Hebraica/Judaica T-shirt lunch" when AJL convention attendies wore T-shirts with some Hebrew words or Judaica related topic on it. This was fun, but somehow discontinued. Lately I was asked by some members who had fond memories of this if it can be revived. The Program committee agreed, but I didn't see it on the program. So, let's do it during the Monday lunch and have some laughs. Anything goes, from your JCC, synagogue, Hillel or Hebrew class T-shirts to ones with slogans and ads in Hebrew. Rachel Simon 2009.06.21 Members of the faith community may be interested in this event. Note that Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, Temple Israel Minneapolis, is one of the speakers: Called to be a Faithful Minnesota: A Witness of Lament Tuesday, June 30, 10:30 - 11:30 AM State Capitol, St. Paul Minnesota people of faith are gathering for a witness of lament on the morning of Tuesday, June 30 to beg Governor Tim Pawlenty not to abandon the health of Minnesota's citizens, especially those most in need. At the end of the legislative session the governor vetoed funds for health insurance for 30,000 extremely vulnerable Minnesotans. Now his unallotment plan accelerates these health care cuts by two months. He also plans to unallot emergency assistance and services to children, families and people with disabilities. As people of faith we want to send the message that this is not the Minnesota we are called to be. It is against the teachings of all our religious traditions. We want to remind Governor Pawlenty that he is governor of all the people and plead for his care for all. Join us for this rally: Gather at Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill, 105 University Avenue, St. Paul , by 10:15 am. We will stage in congregational groups and process in a somber, funeral-like procession beginning at 10:30 am. Please wear black and bring old flowers and notes to the governor expressing your faith-based concern about these budget decisions. We will process down Martin Luther King Blvd , cross and gather on the South steps of the Capitol. Please deposit your flowers and cards in the baskets provided. Speakers will include Bishop Peter Rogness, Saint Paul Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America; Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, Temple Israel Minneapolis; and the Rev. Alfred Babington-Johnson of the Stairstep Initiative, as well as the Rev. Peg Chemberlin, Executive Director of the Minnesota Council of Churches and Rev. Grant Abbott, Executive Director of the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches. A delegation will deliver the cards and letter to the Governor's office. TO THE GOVERNOR: TAX OUR POCKETBOOKS, NOT OUR SOULS 17 June 2009 Minneapolis Star-Tribune To the Editor: Governor Pawlenty's announced cuts in Minnesota's Health and Human Services programs amount to nothing less than a "tax" on the soul of all Minnesotans. Our state's essential identity is built on the notion of care for the poorest and the most vulnerable. We are not a "survival-of-the-fittest" state where the strong and the powerful rise at the expense of all others. We have always chosen, instead, to act with the knowledge that "we're all in this together," that none of us can really prosper unless the basic needs of all are provided for. The Governor's unallotment proposals, which directly affect the homeless, the sick, and the disabled, serve to erode this long-standing and vital foundation of our identity. He has chosen to burden us all - "tax" us, if you will - with the weight of knowing that we have not lived up to our higher aspirations and our deeper sense of what is right. Many of us would far prefer to have our pocketbooks taxed . . . not our basic values. The Rev. Dr. James Gertmenian Plymouth Congregational Church 1900 Nicollet Avenue Minneapolis , Minnesota 55403 612-871-7400 2009.06.16 The annual Association of Jewish Libraries convention is coming up soon. If you'll be there, plan to attend the chapter relations sessions: The Chapter Relations Committee Wants You! Do you belong to an AJL chapter? Do you wish there were an active chapter in your area? Do you need ideas to keep your chapter active? Join Chapter Relations Coordinator Irene K. Seff and your Chapter colleagues during Convention late evening meetings. We will: • Network—meet other chapter officers and members from around the country in an informal setting • Exchange ideas for successful programs and chapter “survival tips”—(please bring copies of publicity materials to share) • Tell the Chapter Relations committee how we can help you • Hear about Regional Reps, Regional Conferences, and expanded Chapter support. Sunday, July 5 (immediately following Keynote. Abt 9 p.m.) Monday, July 6 (immediately after movie, abt 10 p.m.) Please check the Conference program for meeting locations If you can’t attend either of these meetings, we’d still love to hear from you! Email us with comments, ideas, suggestions, anytime, at: Irene: Irene@theseffs.net or Roz: Roz@thereisners.net Chapter Relations, co-chairs |
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