A Blogger on Books

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
July 15, 2009

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/588/a-blogger-on-books

Excerpt:

In the Year 2109: Will Books Be Found in a Museum or a Library?

I recently spoke to the Association of Jewish Librarians of the New York metropolitan area. I did so at the Park East Synagogue, on a gloriously sunny day in Manhattan. Surrounded by glass walls of books, and the occasional sounds of happy children, I knew that I would be with cultured, cultivated people and I therefore decided that I could not just present a standard lecture on The New Anti-Semitism, the title of my 2003 book.

Starving Jews in Nazi ghettoes kept their libraries open; they continued to check books out and bring books back. I decided that I had to talk about books. After a kind introduction by Roz Friedman, President, AJL-NYMA (Association of Jewish Libraries-New York Metropolitan Area), here's a bit of what I said.

Thank you so much for inviting me to speak here.

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