Join AJL and AJL Canada for an introduction to "L'chaim: The Jewish Letters Project," a newsletter featuring Jewish wisdom letters from around the world. Wed 11/12 1pm PT | 4pm ET More info and registration at jewishlibraries.org/events-calen...

Day 4 of the #AJLCon25 virtual conference - this session - a graduation session - honored those individual who completed the AJL-JTS Certificate Program in Judaica Librarianship. Here are some highlights. Congratulations to all of the graduates from this program. @jewishlibraries.bsky.social

What's AJL been up to recently? At 11am, celebrate the first graduates of the JTS/AJL Certificate in Judaica and Hebraica Librarianship program! And at 1pm, the first cohort of AJL's Developing Leaders Academy will share the services and programs they implemented at their libraries. #AJLCon25

It's the final day of the #AJLCon25 with a full day of sessions! Start your day at 9am EDT with Biblical Archaeology to Spark Curiosity: Introducing Young Readers to Archaeology and History Through Literature OR Institutional and Private Archives and Libraries.

Day 3 of #AJLCon25 is underway! What are you looking forward to today?

Thank you, Sydney Taylor Honor book creators, for a beautiful program with so much focus on hope and resilience. #AJLCon25

Thank you to Deborah Bodin Cohen, Kerry Olitzky, Sammy Savos, and A. R. Vishny for a wonderful presentation on what inspired you and how you brought your 2025 Sydney Taylor Award–winning stories to life! #AJLCon25

So many great recommendations in the session on recent and forthcoming Jewish children's and young adult books! Thanks Heidi, Rebecca, and Talya! #AJLCon25

#AJLCon23 continues today with a packed schedule! Join sessions on cataloging, film and media, and setting up a synagogue library; celebrate the Sydney Taylor Book Awards; explore Yiddish, music, and Yiddish music; hear updates from the NLI and LC; and much more!

Fascinating Shirley Epstein Keynote Address on the Australian Jewish Historical Society by AJHS archivist Sabrina Elias and interns Ailish Schneider, Anna Paradise, and Molly Hayes. A Yiddish-speaking nun and an early feminist riding an ostrich had supporting roles. #AJLCon25

Mazel tov, Marcie Eskin, on receiving the Fanny Goldstein Merit Award! Thank you for everything you do for AJL! #AJLCon25

A wealth of information was presented at the Newcomer's Welcome at #AJLCon25. Key takeaway: Get involved with AJL!

Mazel tov to Hanna Neier, winner of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award for "When You Write Back," which will be published in 2027 by Feiwel & Friends! #AJLCon25

#AJLCon25 is underway, with great title recommendations during "Kiki and Kvetch: Spilling the Tea on Queer Jewish Books for Teens and Adults."

#AJLCon25 starts today, with a full schedule of sessions and meetings. We are so glad to see friends old and new!

#AJLCon25 is next week, with a packed schedule of educational, enriching, entertaining, and fun programming! Don't miss out; visit jewishlibraries.org/2025-digital-conference for more information and to register.

Join us as we celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month. Throughout May, explore and highlight the vibrant history, culture, and contributions of Jewish Americans throughout our nation's history. Spread the word and join in the celebration! #MyJAHM #OurSharedHeritage @weitzmanmuseum

Yiddish in the Americas: Celebrating IWO and YIVO in the Western Hemisphere Mon 3/3/25 noon Eastern Join us in celebrating IWO in Buenos Aires and YIVO in New York, two prestigious institutions cultivating Yiddish cultures in the Americas. Register at jewishlibraries.org/events-calen...

Registration is now open for the 2025 Association of Jewish Libraries Digital Conference, to be held online June 23–26. Visit jewishlibraries.org/2025-digital... to register and for answers to frequently asked questions.

The 2025 Sydney Taylor Blog Tour wraps up today at The Children’s Book Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Thank you to all the authors, illustrators, and hosts! Catch up with any interviews you might have missed at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

Last stop today, Edith Eva Eger, author of THE BALLERINA OF AUSCHWITZ; and Suzy Zail, author of INKFLOWER, Sydney Taylor Notable Books in the Young Adult Category Hosted at www.instagram.com/p/DGBJzT4AZd... View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

Next up: Danielle Sharkan & Selina Alko, Linda Leopold Strauss & Tim Smart, Marc Kornblatt & Nanette Regan, authors and illustrators of the 2025 Notable Books in the Picture Book Category. Host mrschureads.blogspot.com Full schedule jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

The 2025 Sydney Taylor blog tour continues with @adamgidwitz.bsky.social, @dekemoulton.bsky.social, and @deblak1.bsky.social, authors of the Notable Books in the Middle Grade category Host fromthemixedupfiles.com/sydney-taylo... Full schedule jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

Join Cambria Gordon, author of TRAJECTORY, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Young Adult category, on the STBA 2025 Blog Tour! Hosted at www.instagram.com/share/BAE1-f... View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

Next stop: Meet Sacha Lamb, author of THE FORBIDDEN BOOK, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Young Adult category. Hosted at booksandbloomies.wixsite.com/website/post... View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

Up next on the blog tour: A. J. Sass, author of JUST SHY OF ORDINARY, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Middle Grade category. Hosted at bookishlyjewish.com View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

Next up Elisa Boxer & Alianna Rozentsveig, author & illustrator of THE TREE OF LIFE: HOW A HOLOCAUST SAPLING INSPIRED THE WORLD, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book Category Host www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/roo... Full schedule jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

On the blog tour today, meet Vesper Stamper, illustrator of AMAZING ABE: HOW ABRAHAM CAHAN’S NEWSPAPER GAVE A VOICE TO JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book Category. Hosted at jewishbooksforkids.com Full blog tour jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA #jewishbooks

On today's final blog tour stop: @ruthbehar.bsky.social, author of ACROSS SO MANY SEAS, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Middle Grade Category! @etraintalks.bsky.social Hosted at etraintalks.com/sydney-taylo... View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA

Join @joshuaslevy.bsky.social, author of FINN AND EZRA'S BAR MITZVAH TIME LOOP, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Middle Grade Category, on the next blog tour stop. Hosted at bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/p/podcast-fi... View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA

Next up on the blog tour: Sydney Taylor Honor book in the Picture Book category RISING by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy. Hosted at 100scopenotes.com/2025/02/11/s... View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... #STBA

Day 2 of the blog tour begins with Sydney Taylor Honor book in the Picture Book category JOYFUL SONG: A NAMING STORY by @leslea.bsky.social, illustrated by Susan Gal. Hosted at www.hbook.com/story/blogs/... #STBA View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to...

As part of this celebration of the Sydney Taylor Awards, we discuss the only graphic novel to win a Sibert Honor and Sydney Taylor Award! A discussion with Sammy Savos about The Girl Who Sang. @jewishlibraries.bsky.social #sydneytaylorbookaward #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/02/10/s...

Join A. R. Vishny, author of NIGHT OWLS, Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Young Adult category, in today's final stop on the blog tour. Hosted at lgbtqreads.com/2025/02/10/s... #STBA

The blog tour continues with Sammy Savos, illustrator of THE GIRL WHO SANG: A HOLOCAUST MEMOIR OF HOPE AND SURVIVAL, winner in the Middle Grade category. Hosted at afuse8production.slj.com/2025/02/10/s... #STBA

The Sydney Taylor Book Award 2025 blog tour is underway with the winner in the Picture Book category, THE ETROG FROM ACROSS THE SEA, by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen. Hosted at viviankirkfield.com/2025/02/10/s... #STBA

The Sydney Taylor Book Award will be showcasing its 2025 winning, honor, and notable authors and illustrators with a blog tour beginning tomorrow, February 10, through Friday, February 14! Stay tuned. Or check out jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to... for more info.

AJL has announced its Spring 2025 Holiday Highlights, showcasing eight exceptional children's titles that celebrate Shabbat, Purim, and Passover. Mazel tov to the authors and illustrators! See the list at jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/u...

Mazal tov to the 2025 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award! Young Adult: Night Owls by @arvishny.bsky.social, published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 3/3

Mazal tov to the 2025 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award! Middle Grade: The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel with Sammy Savos and Bethany Strout, illustrated by Sammy Savos, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing 2/3

Mazal tov to the 2025 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award! Picture Book: An Etrog from Across the Sea by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen, published by Kar-Ben Publishing, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group 1/3

Mazel tov to the authors of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Honor Books! ~Across So Many Seas by @ruthbehar.bsky.social ~Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by @joshuaslevy.bsky.social ~Just Shy of Ordinary by @matokah.bsky.social ~The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb ~Trajectory by Cambria Gordon 3/3

Mazel tov to the authors and illustrators of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Honor Books! ~Rising by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy ~The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig 2/x

Mazel tov to the authors and illustrators of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Honor Books! ~Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants by Norman H. Finkelstein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper ~Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal, 1/x

Mazel tov to the authors of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Notable Books! ~Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton ~Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz ~Things That Shimmer by Deborah Lakritz ~The Ballerina of Auschwitz by Dr. Edith Eva Eger ~Inkflower by Suzy Zail /

Mazel tov to the authors & illustrators of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Notable Books! ~Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah by Linda Leopold Strauss, ill. by Tim Smart ~. Katz and Me by Marc Kornblatt, ill. by Nanette Regan ~Sharing Shalom by Danielle Sharkan, ill. by Selina Alko 1/2

Congratulations to all the 2025 AJL Jewish Fiction Award honorees! More about the winning and honor books at jewishlibraries.org/jewish-ficti...

Mazel tov to Shelly Jay Shore, whose novel, Rules for Ghosting, has been named an AJL Jewish Fiction Honor Book! More about the winning and honor books at jewishlibraries.org/jewish-ficti...

Mazel tov to Joan Leegant, whose story collection Displaced Persons was named an AJL Jewish Fiction Honor Book!