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Jackie Ben-Efraim is originally from Washington, D.C. where she volunteered in the school library in lieu of gym class.
Jackie attended Columbia-JTS Joint program for undergraduate studies and also earned her library degree at Columbia University. During her studies, she interned at YIVO, organizing their clippings file which is similar to a collection at her current job.
In 2008 Jackie started work at American Jewish University as the Special Collections Librarian where she catalogs and mounts exhibits with materials in the Lowy-Winkler Family Rare Book Center in addition to overseeing digital collections.
Jackie has been an active member of AJL since her first day on the job at AJU. Jackie serves on the annual conference committee and manages ads in AJL’s publications. Cur