(Press Release)
The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC) announced today that the Aaron Garber Library will be closing at the end of August, making way for a new library space for The Agnon School, and its 340 students.
“The Aaron Garber Library has been an important part of our community,” said Dr. Seymour Kopelowitz, Executive Director of the JECC, noting that the library was formerly part of the Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies, located next to The Agnon School. “We are delighted that The Agnon School will be able to use the library space to benefit a new generation of students.”
In 2012, Case Western Reserve University and Siegal College partnered to create a new adult education initiative, the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at CWRU, and the library’s traffic slowed. The University will now acquire a section of the library’s academic collection to support the Siegal program, including its Hebrew and Jewish Studies divisions. The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland will acquire the Jewish Education collection.
Friends of the Garber Library will continue to host activities that support adult Jewish education in the community.
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