Welcome

Association of Jewish Libraries-Canada

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Photographer: Paul Terefenko.

ABOUT US

OUR MISSION

The Association of Jewish Libraries is an international professional organization that fosters access to information and research in all forms of media relating to all things Jewish.

AJL-Canada promotes Canadian-Jewish literature, history, and scholarship and provides a community for peer support and professional development.

Our members work in Jewish day schools, Holocaust libraries, community centres, academic and public libraries. We all share a passion for Jewish books and learning.

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Membership means more than just books. It’s about belonging to a community of learners, thinkers, and book lovers.

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MEET THE TEAM

Anne Dublin

Membership Chair and Newsletter Editor

Says that she came to library work “through the back door”. For over twenty-five years, Anne was a teacher of French and English . . .

Marjorie Gann

Programs Chair

Is a retired teacher and a writer of non-fiction books for middle grade and young adult readers.

During her long teaching career in the Maritimes . . .

Caroline Ingvaldsen

Secretary-Treasurer

Was the first in her family
to be born in Canada. She was raised in Toronto in a Yiddish-speaking, strictly secular home.

Caroline worked for . . .