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Marcie Eskin

Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah/NSS Beth El
Wilmette/Highland Park, IL
Websitehttps://bhbe.org
I have been working as a synagogue librarian for the past 24 years. My institutions are Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah in Wilmette, IL, and North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in Highland Park,  IL. I am currently the AJL Conference Registrar.
Sunday, June 23
 

7:00pm PDT

Meet & Greet Hotel Lobby & Bayside BarGail Shirazi
 
Monday, June 24
 

11:00am PDT

Keynote Address and Lunch: “Memory in the Archive: The Many Lives of Historical Material” Bayside BallroomTessy Schlosser Presburger • Michelle Margolis

3:00pm PDT

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

6:00pm PDT

Pizza Dinner Bayside Ballroom

7:30pm PDT

Movie Screening: To the Ends of the Earth: A Portrait of Jewish San Diego Point LomaIsaac Artenstein • Bill Lawrence • Joellyn Zollman, Ph. D • Denise Ross
 
Tuesday, June 25
 

8:00am PDT

Book Discussion: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Bayside BallroomPaula Breger (she/her)

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

11:30am PDT

AJL General Membership Meeting and Installation of the 2024–2026 Board Point LomaMichelle Margolis

12:30pm PDT

Lunch and the Presentation of the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award Bayside BallroomRachel Leket-Mor • Gail Shirazi

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

6:30pm PDT

Awards Banquet Bayside BallroomRebecca Levitan • Jeremiah Aaron Taub
 
Wednesday, June 26
 

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)

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

12:30pm PDT

Lunch & Feinstein Lecture: “The Distortion of Knowledge on Wikipedia” Bayside BallroomShira Klein • Sean Boyle

2:30pm PDT

Optional Tour Meet in Hotel Lobby