Safranim, Recently I purchased 2 fiction books by Orson Scott Card (his name is listed on the Jewish Science Fiction website as an author) for my library. The titles are Sarah and Rebekah. I assumed (without the benefit of looking at a review) that this would be a straightforward purchase. I was mistaken. I have read part of Sarah, and discovered that the book is not appropriate for my synagogue library. The author (if I had done some research, I would have caught this) is Mormon. Abram talks about the King dying and the Son being reborn. The acknowledgements cited books used for his research that I had never heard of. After finding this out, I did a quick search and saw that the author would naturally write a book with the Mormon Church's viewpoint. Needless to say, I am embarrassed that I would have purchased a book (much less 2) that I had not thoroughly researched. The books were written as part o f a trilogy, with Rachel and Leah the last in the series. The books I normally purchase are reviewed by AJL or one of other Jewish sources. I will be donating these 2 books to one of the local Mormon churches. My synagogue could have definitely used the money from these 2 purchases for other titles.
Just thought I'd send a heads up to those who buy fiction books with Biblical Jewish content. Susan Pankowsky West End Synagogue Library Nashville, TN Susan Pankowsky <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
