[etni] Re: Books for Israel thanks YOU.
- From: "Israel Action" <israelactionmdsc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 16:30:49 +0000
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To the wonderful and dedicated teachers at ETNI -
I hope that our good friend, Lauren Ornstein, won't mind my responding to
herkind words concerning the Myrtle Wreath Award given by the Hadassah
Greater Washington D.C. Chapter to the Books for Israel Project. As some of
your are probably already well aware, "B4i" is at this point an
international, all-volunteer, grassroots effort and we are grateful to the
Greater Washington D.C. Hadassah Chapter for their recognition. Awards are
always nice to receive, in particular as they bring increased credibility,
which, in turn, we use as the only form of currency this grassroots project
owns to interest hopefully a wider circle of synagogues, churches, community
centers, schools and individual book donors to join us from all over the
U.S., England and -- we hope someday soon! -- Canada and Australia as well.
However, awards can also be "not" nice -- or perhaps a better word is
inadequate -- in the sense that they name individuals as the representatives
of the effort they seek to acknowlege. It is absolutely true that my dearly
beloved sister, Jade Bar-Shalom, co-founded this effort with me in 2002. It
is also absolutely true that without the hours of work put into the Project
each week by my brother-in-law, Ilan Bar-Shalom, the Project would be
largelywithout the crucial voice that its website provides, that it would
have many less schools participating in it, as it is through his direct
efforts that the recruitment and technical inclusion (by way of web and
e-mail assistance) that of a number of our school clusters has been made
feasible, and that some of the snarls it has encountered would never have
been made straight, as Ilan, besides being our completely indispensable web
designer, is also our completely indispensable lead troubleshooter. It is
also absolutely true that without the excellent and wonderful efforts of the
English teachers of Israel who have stepped forward to join us and who have
put in their time, energy and talents to "bootstrap" their schools and their
regions along, making English literature more accessible to their students
and the students of schools in their areas, this whole thing would be a nice
idea with no place to call home.
And our home is Israel. Wherever our donated books come from, New York, New
Jersey, Greater Washington, Arizona, Florida, Colorado, Idaho,
Massachusetts,London -- they are sent with love, as a material manifestation
that there are a lot of people outside our little country who understand and
appreciate your efforts, who understand what the people of Israel are going
through and want to help, and who understand and appreciate how difficult it
is for teachers to teach and students to learn when budgets are low and the
threat level high. We are with you, and we thank you for all that you do.
All the best - and be safe - Rena Cohen
International Coordinator, Books for Israel Project
>From: "Lauren Ornstein" <laurie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>CC: "Israel Action" <israelactionmdsc@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "b4i books"
<b4i2002@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Books for Israel >Date: Sat, 8 May 2004
06:37:26 +0200 >>My congragulations to Jade Bar-Shalom and Rena Cohen who
have received the Myrtle Wreath Award for their Books for Israel Project.
Theaward ceremony took place in Washington, D.C. this week. >Jade and Rena
have done fantastic work together to enrich our local school libraries. No
less important is the positive press they've brought to this country and
cross-cultural ties between communities ..all through books! Thank you both
for your hard work! >Lauren Ornstein
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