Rabbi Jack Shlachter spent a half-hour with the board discussing ways to improve the participation of our membership.  We thank the rabbi for his well prepared ideas.

A new feature, now available in the "Library Catalog" section of our website, is a downloadable file in PDF format containing the holdings of the LAJC library.  If you know what you want, you can determine if the library owns it before you leave home.  The file is viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader and may be searched with that program.

Thank you to Eli Ben-Naim, once again, for getting a new microwave for our kitchen.

Eli Ben-Naim has another movie upcoming as announced.  The feature is the “Band’s Visit,” and will be shown on January 14 at 7:00 PM.

Many LAJC members have attended the Albuquerque event, “A Taste of Honey.”  This year’s version will be on February 12, 2012.  You can get the information you need at http://www.jccabq.org/main/display_pdf.php?event_id=393.  A registration form is at this site.  I went last time and found it a great use of my time.

Bev Cooper is planning a joint Hadassah/LAJC event featuring Sandra K. Toro, author of “By Fire Possessed,” a story about the Jews during the Inquisition.  The program plus book signing will be on February 26 at 2 PM.  Save the date and watch for more announcements! 

Bev and I will be traveling from January 7-29, so please contact vice president Terry Goldman during this time if you need something.

Best wishes to you and yours,

Martin Cooper