Podcasts

Stay tuned to this blog for links to recordings that were made of some of the sessions at the convention. They are being edited now and will be ready for broadcast in a few weeks.

Wrap-up in the Cleveland Jewish News

Click here and scroll down a bit to see a summary of the convention in this week's Cleveland Jewish News: http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2008/07/03/community/cavalcade/ccav0704.txt

Greater Cleveland Chapter at the Banquet

Members of the AJL - GCC pose at the reception before the Awards Banquet. Photo by Lynn Katz Danzig.

And the pictures just keep rolling in.....

Wendy Wasman, Susan Pankowsky, and Lee Haas are all smiles on the last day of Convention! Photo courtesy of Susan Pankowsky.



Nancy Sack, Daniel Scheide, and Karen Ulric ham it up (above and below). Pictures courtesy of Merrily Hart.

More Cleveland photos

Stephanie Gross posing in front of Mentor van.

2 Saras- a mentor and a mentee, care of Stephanie Gross of Stern College, Yeshiva University

Pictures courtesy of Merrily Hart (captions provided by your friendly blogger, Wendy Wasman)

Linda Silver and Wendy Wasman bookend former GCC member Susan Pankowsky!




The tech-savvy Lettofskys enjoy a little email with their breakfast!




Our fearless Exhibits Chair, Harry Koppel, at his post.

The Marriott's Banquet Manager, Mark, serves up pasta with a smile to Elliot H. Gertel.

Some Greater Cleveland Chapter members watch as our own Jean Lettofsky is honored by Siegal College for her 25 years as Library Director. We are so proud to call her a colleague!

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful convention! More pictures and comments to follow.

Wednesday Morning

Yossi Galron showing a slide during his presentation.

Shuli Berger showing a photo of a cornerstone at Yeshiva University

Elhanan Adler explaining the different participants in the latest project.

Shulamith Berger of Yeshiva University presented the Yeshiva University edifice- the plans, vision and reality. It was rather interesting to see the different architectural influences that were represented in the YU uptown campus in Washington Heights.

Elhanan Adler highlighted the creation and use of a full text archive of Jewish historical newspapers. OCR is about 93% accurate, which is really important to note when looking over materials scanned with this technology.

Yossi Galron showed his lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature - which biographical information regarding authors. Shakepeare is also now included in this online project.