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Author: Aileen Grossberg

Aileen Grossberg, a professional librarian, is a long-time congregant and serves as volunteer librarian for Shomrei's Lampert Library. The library, one of the best-kept secrets at Shomrei is used by the Rabbi, congregants, students and teachers of the JLC (Hebrew School) and Preschool. It's a tremendous resource completely supported by your donations and gifts. Aileen also heads the Shomrei Caterers, the in-house food preparation group. Can there be any better combination…good food and good books!
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Celebrating Pride Month

June is Pride Month. Jews have been at the forefront of human rights. So it’s no surprise that Jews were also very much involved in rights for LGBTQ+ people.

To mark this month, I’ve chosen four books that either discuss LGBTQ issues from a Jewish point of view or center on Jewish characters. In our library there are many other books related to LGBTQ+ issues. (more…)

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Commemorating Flag Day

June 14 is Flag Day commemorating the adoption of the American flag on June 14, 1777. However, despite attempts to make the day an official holiday (Lincoln, Wilson, and others) it was not officially set until 1949 under President Harry S. Truman. The day was established simply to honor and recognize the flag.

To mark this year’s celebration, the Lampert Library is highlighting the following book:

Rubin, Susan Goldman. The Flag with fifty-six stars: a gift from the survivors of Mauthausen  who were liberated by U.S. soldiers in the spring of 1945. In gratitude the survivors fashioned a flag out of scraps of fabric but overestimated the number of stars. A heart-warming thoughtful appreciation of our nation’s flag and the impact it had 80 years ago. This is a picture book but is of interest to  all ages including adults.

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