Library Book Sale
9.30am-12 noon
Wednesday 22 February
The Gura Family Memorial Library is pleased to announce a
book sale. We invite you to come and browse, meet with other book lovers and
pick out the best bargains in town. You can choose from non-fiction, the
ever-popular novels, mysteries and other assorted delights at a fraction of
the cost you would pay in stores. Every shekel you spend enriches your home
library while helping our organization and its library.
Gura
Family Memorial Library
The refurbished Gura Family Memorial library holds over 6000 books and is
one of the main attractions at our centre. The books are mainly paperback
fiction and ensure that our members always have a good read on hand. There
is also a large selection of audio books in the Sectar Hall.Over twenty
years ago the late Sol Gura walked into the AACI offices. At that stage the
library was just a shelf of books in the main hall. Sol donated the funds in
memory of his late father Nathan Gura to make the library in the room it is
today.
Sol frequently made donations to the Nathan Gura library which enabled us to
build up the shelves and stocks of books. As the library grew so did the
numbers of our members who use it. In 2004 we received a generous donation
from the Sol & Esther Gura Memorial Fund of the Los Angeles Jewish
Foundation which enabled us to completely refurbish the library. Since it’s
refurbishment the number of readers has almost doubled. The Gura family’s
generosity has enriched the lives of so many English speakers in Netanya.
Beit Oleh America Netanya AACI is very proud to house the Gura Family
memorial library.
The library is staffed totally by volunteers and is open Sunday to Thursday
morning 8.30am to 12.30am
Library Hours
We have received a request to open the Gura Family Memorial library one
afternoon or evening a week for our members who are working and can’t get to
the AACI during the day. In the past, when the library was open in the
evening, we found very few members took advantage of the service. If you
would like us to offer this service, again please send an e-mail to
rachel@netanyaaaci.org.il
Mobile
Book Service
We are
very proud of the service we have introduced for our members who cannot
manage the access to our building. Our book mobile (instead of you coming to
our library, the library comes to you once a month) has been very warmly
received.
To
sign up for this service, please call our offices (8330950 and ask for Joan.
As
this program expands, we also need more friendly volunteers to join our team
- we especially need drivers.
To
volunteer, please contact our
coordinator Annette Gordon.