Mazel Tov! Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library

The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and Nextbook, a gateway to Jewish literature, culture and ideas, have selected 34 public and academic libraries to receive grants to host Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature programs. The Oklahoma City Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library is representing Oklahoma.

Based on the Let's Talk About It reading and discussion model pioneered nationally by ALA starting in 1982, Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature features four new themes exploring Jewish literature and culture. Participating libraries will each host a five-part scholar-led discussion series featuring one of the four new themes: Your Heart's Desire: Sex and Love in Jewish Literature; Demons, Golems, and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination; Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming; and A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World.