i'm rabbi eric weis and honored to be your host this morning. the world is so complex and one of the ways we are able to xer act with the complexity is developing the simple art of reading. the way in which we are able to interact in the world by what we learn from what we read. we would like to invite you into a wonderful conversation with vivian who is the program coordinator for pj library and howard freed man who is the director of the jewish library here in san francisco welcome. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> let's jump in what is pj library pj stavendz for pajamas and it provides free jewish books and music to kids in the bay area starting at six months through the age of 8. we also have another program that's relatively new in our community called pj our way which or chapter books and graphic novels also free with jewish content for kids 9 to 11 years of age. >> fantastic. is pj library just a local program or something that -- >> it's actually an international program. it was started here in the u.s. but it currently is in 12 d