Temple Emanu-El

Library Committee

The Engel Library Fund made a few purchases this summer. You may enjoy reading them and reading them to your children.

All our new purchases will be marked with a new book sticker and will be on top of the ﬁrst shelf in the library. Check out procedures are listed at the main desk.

Happy Reading!

The Jewish Cultural Tapestry by Steven Lowenstein
Erika ’s Story by Ruth Vander Zee
Yiddish with Dick and Jane by Weiner &Davilman
Witness by Karen Hesse
Chains around the Grass by Naomi Ragen
The Ladies Auxilliary by Tova Mirvin
I have lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Anne Frank In the World by The Anne Frank House
Understanding the Holy Land by Mitch Frank
Ellis Island-Cornerstones of Freedom by Conrad Stein
Hostage to War by Tatjana Wassiljewa
After the Holocaust by Howard Greenfeld
Hanukkah a Counting book by Emily Sper

O Jerusalem by Jane Yolen
Fire ﬂies in the Dark by Susan Rubin
Jerusalem by Deborah Ken
If your Name was changed at Ellis Island by Ellen Levine
Latkes and Applesauce by Frank Manushkin
It ’s Hanukkah by Jeanne Modesitt
Rosh Ha Shanah and Yom Kippur by Dana Rau
Chanukah by Dana Rau
The Five People you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Secret Seder by Doreen Rappaport

Reviewer's Corner

Periodically,a member of our congregation will review a book of general interest and that book will be available from the Engel Library. This month ’s reviewer is David Landau.

Natasha By David Bezmozgis
This is a book of short stories about a Jewish family Leaving Russia and settling in Toronto,Canada. The cast of characters elicits laughs and tears as the family journeys in their new found home.
Though just 147 pages,this work has received numerous prestigious recognitions.This copyright 2004 volume is available in hardback at our Engel Library.

Want to celebrate a Simcha or remember someone?

For a Donation of $20 to the Engel Library Fund,a nameplate can be placed in the front cover of a book in honor of or in memory of your loved one.This is a wonderful way to provide a lasting memorial and help us replace our older books.

All contributions to the Library Fund are used exclusively for the purchase of books and other multi-media for our library.

Have some Jewish music cd ’s you no longer need?

Why not help the Engel Library expand its collection? Your donation would head us in the right direction. As always,you may choose to make a contribution to the Library Fund to remember someone special. If you’d like for your donation to be used for the purchase of a cd, just let us know.

Please stop and visit our newly organized library. We are beginning to enter all our books into our new computer system and we have many interesting books! For more information please contact Barbara Capper at library@ourtemple.org.