Association of Jewish Libraries 2024 Conference San Diego

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Association of Jewish Libraries 2024 Conference San Diego

8:30pm PDT

Hospitality Suite Open Harborview Room (Fifth Floor)

9:30am PDT

Session I -- From Reactive to Proactive: Supporting Jewish Creators and Curators with PJ Library Point LomaPatrick Coyle • Chana Stiefel • Alli Thresher

1:15pm PDT

Session II -- See, Do, Teach: Real World Ideas for Your Library Point LomaSidura Ludwig • Susan Helen Dubin • Judy Petersen • Elysa Keshen • Kathryn Hall, M.D. Session II -- Uplifting Mizrahi and Sephardic Voices CabrilloCambria Gordon • Shanah Khubiar • Annette Y Goldsmith

2:45pm PDT

Break --

3:00pm PDT

Session III -- Roundtables for Schools, Synagogues, Centers, and Public Libraries (SSCPL) Bayside BallroomRebecca Levitan

4:44pm PDT

Session IV -- Can You See Me Now? Middle Grade Fiction for Contemporary Jewish Kids Point LomaStacy Nockowitz • Deborah Lakritz • Noa Nimrodi • Jessica Fink

4:45pm PDT

Session IV -- Book Club Facilitators' Roundtable CabrilloLivia Thompson • Sarah Feldman • Stacey Weinberg

9:00am PDT

Session V -- Recommended Recent & Forthcoming Jewish Children’s and Young Adult Books Point LomaHeidi Rabinowitz • Talya Sokoll • Rebecca Levitan • Arlene Ratzabi

10:45am PDT

Division Meeting -- Schools, Synagogues, Centers, and Public Libraries (SSCPL) Point LomaRebecca Levitan

2:00pm PDT

Session VI -- One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor Point LomaRichard Michelson • Jo Taylor Marshall • Laura Schutzman

3:00pm PDT

Meet the 2024 Sydney Taylor Award Winners Point LomaAviva Rosenberg • Elana K. Arnold • Tziporah Cohen • Richard Ho • Joshua S. Levy • Mari Lowe • Susan Lynn Meyer • Deke Moulton • Noa Nimrodi • Aden Polydoros • Lynn Scurfield • Neal Shusterman • Elissa Brent Weissman

9:00pm PDT

Happy Hour -- Jewish Kidlit Mavens Facebook Group Bayside Bar

8:30am PDT

Session VIII -- Recommended Reads from the AJL Jewish Fiction Award Committee Point LomaSarah Feldman • Rena Citrin • Dina Herbert • Paula Breger (she/her)

9:00am PDT

Session VIII -- We Contain Multitudes: Intersectionality in Jewish Books CabrilloEmily Barth Isler • Chris Baron • Arthur A. Levine • Emi Watanabe Cohen • Behrman House/Apples and Honey Press

10:45am PDT

Session IX -- Uniting Together: Using Universal Jewish Themes, Values and Mitzvot Across the Calendar Point LomaLiza Wiemer • Michal Babay • Lisa Gerin • Lauren Kerstein • Charlotte Offsay • Ellen Leventhal • Martha Simpson