50 Years On, Learning and Leisure at Jewish Libraries
A lot has changed since 1972, when Time magazine declared Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger as “Men of the Year,” the first video-game console (which displayed three square dots and a single line) was released, and the PC was still five years in the future. And 50 years later, the comforting hush of the library, the exhilarating smell of freshly printed books, and the magical promise of wisdom and adventure on every page are as appealing as ever.
