Bullard Community Library Receives Grants of Jewish Materials

The Bullard Community Library is pleased to announce the award of grants from the Tocker and the Aytz Chaim Foundations of books, and additional books and DVD's focused on Jewish life and culture from "Learn Israel."

The collection, with materials for all ages, is part of projects whose objective is to increase public awareness of Judaism and the story of Israel. Among the books in the collection is "I Am Jewish," a tribute to Daniel Pearl.

It commemorates the life of Pearl, a newspaper correspondent abducted and killed in Pakistan in 2002.

To celebrate his life, many well-known people, including Larry King, Harold Kushner, Senator Diane Feinstein, and Elie Wiesel, write of what being Jewish means to them.

Other books in the collection include "Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr." and the "Jewish Community," "Hannah Senesh: Her Life and Diary," "The Case for Israel," and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jewish History and Culture," as well as other titles.

Five books for children and youth include Does God Hear My Prayer?, What You Will See Inside a Synagogue, and Because Nothing Looks Like God.

Bete'avon! a collection of recipes from Sisterhood Agudas Achim in Austin, includes a large number of Jewish holiday dishes. The five hundred plus recipes in the book were reviewed to comply with kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws. "We are delighted to make these informative

and inspirational materials available to the people of Bullard and the surrounding communities," said library director Debbie Brown. "The library looks for just such opportunities to promote intercultural awareness and understanding, and to expand our current collection."

All the books and DVD's are now available for check-out.

They are displayed in the Cameron Room at the library on display furniture from International Library Furniture, Keene, Texas, through a joint grant with the NorthEast Texas Library System.