The Barbara & Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center
Friday, September 10, 2010
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Library

Stanley S. Zack Library
The Stanley S. Zack Library of the AJCC, which is run by volunteers, contains over 5,000 books and videos on Jewish subjects and keeps expanding by donations and purchasing.


Non-Fiction topics include
• Bible and archeology
• Biographies 
• Education
• History of Zionism
• Israel
• Jewish art & photography
• Jewish cuisine
• Jewish ethics
• Jewish history from ancient to modern times
• Jewish holidays & Holy Days
• Jewish philosophy
• Jewish religion & practices
• Jewish sociology
• Jewish sports
• Literature

Fiction
• Jewish authors
• Jewish topics

Special Section & Collections
• Devoted to the Holocaust and its victims
• Some picturesque and precious books, e.g. Haggadah collection
  Haggadah Collection donated by an Israel-born Hebrew and Judaic studies teacher in Long Beach and Orange County Camilla Shvartz

Reference Section contains
• 42-volume Talmud
• Encyclopaedia Judaica
• 7-volume Dictionary and Thesaurus of Hebrew Language
• Who’s Who in World Jewry
• Dictionaries and information sources , e.g. a Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History.

Video Section
• 
Jewish Heritage Video Collection and others
All movies and audio tapes are available for circulation.

Children's Section
• Jewish holidays and just for fun
• Books and picture books
• Young Reader’s Encyclopedia of Jewish History
• Junior Jewish Encyclopedia
• Jewish tales and stories
The kids can see and read the books in the children’s corner or may check them out. Children should be accompanied by adults.

Periodicals & Magazines
• 
Hadassah
• Lilith
• Commentary
• The Jewish Community Chronicle and others
Donations of used magazines are welcomed

Admission:
FREE

Checkout Policy:
Patrons are allowed to check out any book  or video (except the reference books).
Check out is simple: Clearly write borrowers name, phone number and date and leave the check out card in the in box.
Check out is limited to two weeks.





WANTED!
More used books.
Help us raise the money
for new books!

The Library welcomes donations of any books. The books on Jewish issues will be included in the library’s inventory. The other ones, displayed on book shelves in the lobby next to library entrance and inside Bluberry Hill, are available for sale at a flat rate of 50 cents per book. The raised money - a substantial contribution to the library’s limited budget – will be used to buy new books.
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