Jewish Community Library may shelve books elsewhere
Ortal Klyman reads to her daughter, Leeyah, 2, at the Jewish Community Library on Wilshire Boulevard. The facility is considering moving much of its collection to the American Jewish University on Mulholland Drive in Bel-Air. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
The 19th century “Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus” is housed at the library, currently located in the headquarters of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. The federation says the new location would be more convenient for the majority of the local Jewish population. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Emil Farkas, 62, browses videos at the library, whose collection consists of about 30,000 items, written or created by Jewish authors and artists for a Jewish audience. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
The Talmud, a central text of mainstream Judaism, sits on a library shelf. Some are afraid the community aspect of the library would be lost on a university campus. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
