Heidi Estrin's Page

I know that many of you are involved in a wide variety of Jewish projects and organizations. Because of that, I want to pass along this info from the Association of Jewish Libraries (I volunteer with them quite a bit) about a great publicity opportunity. If you have a Jewish product or service to sell or a Jewish project or organization to promote this may be a useful thing for you. Please share the info below with colleagues, too. -- Thanks! Heidi Estrin

The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJ… Continue

The Association of Jewish Libraries has launched a podcast, available at www.jewishlibraries.org/podcast! To celebrate, AJL is offering a drawing for a set of five Jewish-interest books. To be entered in the drawing, just forward or post the press release below. Good luck!

ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES LAUNCHES PODCAST

For more info, contact:
Heidi Estrin, AJL PR Chair
heidi@cbiboca.org

For immediate release--November, 2008

Author talks, lectures on Jewish literature, panel discussions, an… Continue

The Book of Life podcast will host a LIVE call-in show on Thursday, February 7, 2008 , 3-4pm Eastern Time! The theme of our discussion will be "Funny, That Book Doesn't Look Jewish" - in other words, the age-old question of what makes a book Jewish. Our special guest will be Pamela Ehrenberg, author of the middle-grade n

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I am pleased to announce that the winners of the 2008 Sydney Taylor Book Award have been selected! The Sydney Taylor Book Award recognizes the best in Jewish literature for children and teens.

The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers:
The Bedtime Sh'ma: A Good Night Book by Sarah Gershman with illustrations by Kristina Swarner (EKS Publishing)

The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers:
The Entert

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Tomorrow (November 21, 2007) I will be holding a Library Blogathon at www.cbiboca.blogspot.com. I'll spend the day blogging to raise money for my library, the Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel in Boca Raton. While I don't expect non-members to contribute money, I'd love it if you'd post a comment! Check on the blog between 9am-6pm to see all sorts of fun library-related interviews, videos, music, and more.