Ann Brener follows Omanut Press from its beginning in revolutionary Moscow to its final relocation to Tel-Aviv in 1926, and shows images from some of their rare and beautiful children's books now preserved in the Library of Congress. Shoshana Zlatopolsky Persitz was the 24-year old founder of Omanut Press and its guiding spirit. It is to her that we owe some of the most beautiful books ever printed for children in Hebrew, yet in many ways the story behind their printing is almost as compelling as the books themselves. The lecture is followed by a reading of "Tom Thumb" by Chaim Nahman Bialik, translated from the Hebrew into English. Speaker Biography: Ann Brener is Hebraic area specialist at the Library of Congress. Speaker Biography: Abdulahi Ahmed is a library technician in the Near Eastern section at the Library of Congress. For transcript and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7368

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