| The
nascent collection of Israeli-American archival
and library material at UCLA’s Young Research
Library received a boost recently, thanks
to a donation of printed items that trace the history
of Israeli-American community in Los Angeles.
The
donation, by publisher and community activist Amnon
Peery, includes yearbooks, calendars and
docments depicting the formative period of the community,
and providing historical perspective to researchers
and students interested in this highly entrepreneurial,
socially mobile, and diverse ethnic group.
UCLA
Middle East bibliographer David Hirsch
said that the new materials will enrich the budding
collection of primary sources available at the library.
“The materials provided by Mr. Peery will help document
the social and cultural activities of the Los Angeles
Israeli community,” Hirsch said, “and in conjunction
with the numerous Israeli newspapers already held
by our library should provide an excellent resource
for research by UCLA students and scholars.”
Peery
hopes that the donated materials will also serve
as a legacy to the community’s American-born second
generation. “My concern,” said Peery, ”is to preserve
local literary material in Hebrew for future generations
of Israeli Americans -- after all, this is their
heritage." Peery added that unfortunately much literary
and historical material of the Israeli community
in Los Angeles has been lost over the years, which
adds a sense of urgency to his mission.
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