Edan Alexander - Israeli - American (dual citizen) 21-yr.-old released hostage met with POTUS & FLOTUS

The believed last living American hostage held

in Gaza since the attacks Oct. 7, 2023

Edan Alexander

met with Trump 2.0 around Noon hour

on Thursday July 3, 2025 in the White House

with FLOTUS Melania (Knauss), Trump's

3rd wife.  Alexander was among 251 hostages

taken 19 months ago, he was released May 12

returned home to New Jersey (town of Tenafly)

to a hero's welcome in previous weeks.  as a

19-year-old when abducted he had volunteered for

the Israeli military and was stationed at a post

near Gaza when the sneak attack/slaughter began

on Oct. 7, 2023.

The number believed as far as remaining hostages is

50

northjersey.com/story/news/Bergen/2025/07/02/

edan-alexander-of-nj-freed-hostage-hamas-meet-trumps

2nd Saturday Book Sale : July 12 NDL (Niles, Michigan) District Library

The Friends of the Library invite you to the

second of three Summer Book Sales (July 12, 2025)

beginning at 11 a.m. as a fundraiser for the

FRIENDS of the Library and the HISTORY CENTER.

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. will also be the fundraiser hours

for the 2nd Saturday in August 2025 (upcoming)

Rucilla Room and Basement Main room (lower level)

Call the Adult Services desk for further information

July 7 - 12 between 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.

269-683-8545

nileslibrary.com

Francisco Garcia-Treto

Rest in Strength!

This professor emeritus of Trinity University in San Antonio, TX

died March 6, 2025 -- chair of the department of religion;

taught courses in the narratives and poetry of the Hebrew Bible

and in biblical Hebrew as well as introductions to Judaism,

Christianity, and Islam.  Author of Of Santos and Saints (on

the Book of Ruth).

Participated with leader Bill Moyers in GENESIS: A living

conversation (PBS program) for session VII : The Test

(on the Akedah [Genesis chapter 22].

Barth - Died April 2, 2024 - age 93 - postmodern novelist, taught at Johns Hopkins University

Professor John Barth, taught creative

writing at Johns Hopkins Univ., Maryland;

Innovative novelist (postmodern) whose darkly comic

and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature.

Author of 20 books including

Giles Goat-Boy

The Sot-Weed Factor

He told others that he felt like

Scheherazade desperately trying to survive

by creating literature.

He took part in Bill Moyers' GENESIS

discussions (Part III : The First Murder) 

alongside Rebecca Goldstein, Mary Gordon,

Oscar Hujuelos, Charles Johnson, Faye

Kellerman, and Burton L. Visotzky.

Brueggemann - died June 5, 2025 (Traverse City, Michigan)

Walter Brueggemann

scholar of prophetic imagination

OBITUARY: CT (Christianity Today)

was 92 at his death in Michigan last month.

The author of more than 100 books was

professor emeritus at Columbia Theological

Seminary, Decatur, Georgia until his retirement

in 2003.  Though ordained, he never served

a church but was much sought after as a preacher

and lecturer.  His 1978 book The Prophetic Imagination

sold more than a million copies and is frequently

used in seminary classes on The Book of the 12

and major prophets (Hebrew Bible).  He was

text-focused and resisted dominant modes of

biblical interpretation in favor of bringing

readers to the Text and to the Word of God.

christianitytoday.com/2026/06/died-walter-brueggemann-

prophetic-imagination-old-testament/

Emmy Nominations 2025

 Mid-July is the time for the Academy of Television

Arts and Sciences to announce the set of nominated

individuals, series, and technical directors / craftspeople:

July 15, 2025 (Tuesday) ahead of the

prime-time presentation (CBS this year)

on September 14, 2025 (Sunday after

60_Minutes).  The summertime presentation

is hosted by Nate Bargatze -- TV morning

shows will be interrupted for that

"Breaking News".

Book Sale - Niles (Mich.) District Library, July 12, 2025 - Saturday 11 a.m. (2-hours only)

2nd Saturdays : July 12 / August 9

2025 Niles Library (Main Str.,

Niles, Michigan (Berrien County)

in the RUCILLA room

(downstairs) - elevator available.

Enjoy your summer reading

with these Library used books

and other materials for sale --

Friends of the Library officers

will sell them to the first who

come, first served.  Shop

early and shop often

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. for above

Saturdays this summer 2025.

nileslibrary.com for details

620 E. Main Street, Niles (Berrien

County Michigan) USA

phone Adult Services for details

269-683-8545