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HALIFAX - Like most volunteers, Marcia Koven sought no credit for starting the Saint John, N.B., Jewish Historical Museum 25 years ago and for fostering it into a model for small, effective museums across Canada.
"I did it because it was fun," she said, expressing awe and disbelief when told she was the 2011 recipient of the Louis Rosenberg Canadian Jewish Studies Distinguished Service Award.
Annually or from time to time, as may be appropriate, the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies presents an award honour-ing an individual, group or institution who has made a significant contribution to Canadian Jewish studies in one or more fields. The award will be presented in Fredericton, N.B., May 29 at the annual conference of the organization, just four days prior to the 25th anniversary dinner of the Saint John museum.
Koven, 84 and still active, is a retired teacher and was a volunteer leader of the museum for more than two decades. She said that she'd go to work every day at...