Dolly Parton, the singer who died on Tuesday, August 25, at age 80 after a brief bout with cancer, was mourned around the world as a stellar songwriter, consummate country hitmaker, savvy entrepreneur, and generous philanthropist. In Jewish circles, she was also remembered as the inspiration for PJ Library, a program that sends free children’s books to Jewish families in order to foster Jewish values and traditions.
When philanthropist Harold Grinspoon launched PJ Library, he took a page from Parton, who had earlier started Imagination Library, a literacy program that mails free children’s books to families across the US. After hearing Parton interviewed about the program, Grinspoon – a philanthropist both in and out of the Jewish community – signed on as a sponsor of the Imagination Library in Western Massachusetts, where he lives.
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