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Dear Congregants,


I am pleased to share with you that the
Feinberg Library continues the process of
updating its collection and welcomes your
suggestions. We house a collection of Judaica: children’s literature, adult fi ction, holiday books, halakhah guides, Israeli history, memoirs and more.

The Feinberg Library offers:
• Over 10,000 volumes of Jewish books
• The Clara Weitz Large Print & Audio Collection
• Music and the Susan B. Axelrod Video Collection
• A self-check-out system.
• A professional librarian.
• Monthly adult book discussion group.
• Ongoing relationship with the Nursery and Religious Schools; classes welcome in the library.
• Cart of children’s books in the Sanctuary every Shabbat.
• The Clara Weitz Research Center with a
computer/printer available for the use of the CMT staff and Religious and Nursery School teachers and staff.

Please come into the Library and choose some of your “old favorites.” We have many available by familiar authors such as Chaim Potok and Herman Wouk for you to read and enjoy again.

Myrna Cohen - Library Chair

 

Library News

We have voice mail! You can now reach the library, along with the other departments at Mishkan Tefi la, even if no one is there – nights, weekends, whenever. Our extension is 3231. Call the main number, 617-332-7770, and follow the prompts. I promise to call back within two business days.

 

Library Book Club
Our Book Club meets in the library on the third Thursday of every month at 1:00pm. Bring a dairy, parve or kosher lunch at 12:30 if you like, to enjoy with our beverages and great conversation. On March 20, we’ll discuss Tongue of the
Prophets, Robert St. John’s riveting biography of Eliezer Ben- Yehuda, whose efforts were largely responsible for turning
Hebrew from something known only to scholars to the vibrant language of modern Israel. Come even if you haven’t read the
books. Please bring your ideas for books we can read at future meetings; we decide together on future selections.

 

Holiday Notebooks
Look for a loose-leaf binder on the coffee table as each holiday approaches. It contains little known facts gleaned online about the holiday, its history, and tips for celebrating it - plus games and puzzles for students and adults.
Come and see us…I’ll be here on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons after 1:30pm. If you want to see me at another time about a book you want or services you’d like to have the library work on for you, please call me at x3231 or email me at librarian@mishkantefi la.org to make an appointment, and I’ll be happy to accommodate you.

New Titles

If you’re looking for a book with a Jewish theme – or one by a Jewish author such as Alan Dershowitz or Allegra Goodman – look for it here fi rst. If you don’t see it, ask us to order it. We’re open to anything connected with Jewish culture.

Among our recent additions:
• Robin and Mel Shuman donated Sir Martin Gilbert's beautiful The Jews in the Twentieth Century: An Illustrated History. Whether you read it in depth or just scan the pictures, you’re sure to learn something.
• The Rabbi's Wife: The Rebbetzin in America, by Shuly Schwartz, highlights the contributions of rebbetzins since the beginning of the last century. And for a more humorous fi ctional take on the subject, we have Naomi Ragen’s new Saturday’s Wife.
• Need a presidential fi x between the primaries and the conventions? Check out David Dalin's The Presidents of the United States and the Jews.
• The newest addition to our Bar/Bat Mitzvah collection is Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah: Planning the Perfect Day by Amy Nebens. From the religious aspects to photographers, entertainment, and thank-you notes, it has a wealth of knowledge and ideas.

And check our recent acquisitions for older children and young
adults, including The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden, Julia’s
Kitchen, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

 

Come and See Us

I’ll be here on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons after 1:30pm. If you want to see me at another
time about a book you want or services you’d like to have the
library work on for you, please call me at x3231 or email me at
librarian@mishkantefi la.org to make an appointment, and I’ll be
happy to accommodate you.

 

Barbara Mende

Librarian

 
  300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617.332.7770