Please come in and make yourself comfortable.  Look through a book, read a magazine, peruse our video collection.  Take advantage of this great resource that you have helped to build!  "Read" all about us below.

Our library is a wonderful resource for Temple Emanu-El's children, teens, parents and teachers.  It houses over 1,000 books on a variety of topics, and the Temple Emanu-El Archives.

Our collection consists of a wide-range of Jewish-themed media that includes:  Adult & Children Fiction & Non-Fiction Books, Audio Books, Reference Books, Magazines, and Movie & Music CDs and DVDs.

We are so fortunate to have our library staffed with wonderful volunteers.  But we can use your help, too, to read and review our books for other congregants, make suggestions for books and media that you would like to see as part of our collection, Read-Aloud to our kids, or just lend a hand.

Library Staff*

Valerie Kashtan, Co-Librarian
Anne Kronisch, Co-Librarian

Karen McKay, Volunteer
Susan Hausmann, Volunteer
Jo-el Suroviak, Volunteer

*To contact us, please leave a note in our mailbox, on the Library desk, or just stop by.

We would like to thank the Sisterhood and all who shopped at the book fair in December for providing us with 30 new children's books.  Small book fairs receive the "profit" from their sales in books not cash.  The Sisterhood was generous to let us "shop" the book fair with a portion of their "profit" at the end of the day and to expand our children's collection.  This donation enabled us to expand our holiday themed, biographies, and non-fiction books.  Please stop by and check out the new selections.

There are many ways to make sure our library continues to grow.  Make a donation in honor of a loved one, donate books or funds to assist with the purchase of books, audio books, music or videos -- every donation makes a difference.  The library also accepts donations of gently-used Judaic content books.  Books will be added to the collection at the librarian's discretion, and may be passed along to other book-related charities.   

Library materials may only be borrowed by Temple members except by special arrangement, though others may use materials on site.  Archive materials are available by special arrangement only.

Members should try to plan to borrow materials during Religious School hours (see Library Hours).  When not staffed, members may check out materials according to posted borrowing rules.

Materials may be borrowed for a period of two weeks.

All materials should be left in the Return Box located on the Library counter.

Library materials are arranged in the Card Catalog by author, title and subject if applicable. 

The Library will be staffed during Religious School hours:

Sunday - 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Wednesday - 4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

When not staffed, members may check out materials according to posted borrowing rules.