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Fanny Goldstein Merit Award
With the advice of the AJL Board and Council, the Life Membership and
Fanny Goldstein Award Committee selects AJL members to be honored at
the national convention. Contact: Elizabeth
Stabler.
The Fanny Goldstein Merit Award, named for the librarian, social activist
and founder of National Jewish Book Month, is bestowed in recognition
of loyal and ongoing contributions to the Association and to the profession
of Jewish librarianship.
Born on May 15, 1895 [some sources say 1888], Fanny Goldstein devoted her life to books and community. She was the first female Judaica librarian and the first woman to direct a branch library in Massachusetts, where she was head of Boston's West End Branch for many years. A prominent figure in the Boston Jewish community, she is best known as the founder of Jewish Book Week, which began when Goldstein organized a display of Jewish books at the Boston Public Library in 1925.
Award
winners
2008: Fred Isaac
2007: Ellen G. Cole
2006: No award given
2005: Libby K. White
2004: Linda R. Silver
2003: Cheryl Banks, Nancy Sack
2002: Joseph Galron
2001: Susan Dubin
2000: Frances Wolf
1995: Sylvia Avner (deceased), Lillian Schwartz
1994: Adaire J. Klein
1993: Edith Lubetski
1992: Bella Hass Weinberg, Marcia Posner, Irene Levin-Wixman (deceased),
Hazel Karp, Barbara Y. Leff
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