I have not seen the books mentioned in the original post, so I can't comment on their eligibility for an award or their suitability for inclusion in one collection or another on the basis of their particular merits. However, I want to register my opinion that to provide Jewish children with books that reflect their reality, we must be open to stories of interfaith families.
For the last year and a half I have been the coordinator of The Rabbi Morris Goodblatt Academy of the Philadelphia Region of the Rabbinical Assembly. We offer 30 weeks of Hebrew and Judaica instruction to individuals who are interested in conversion within the Conservative movement. Many of our students are engaged. After conversion, they are married with Huppah and Kiddushin. They will, God willing, be blessed with children whom they will raise as Jews. Those children will have one set of grandparents who celebrate Christmas. When one of those grandparents passes away, the Jewish grandchildren will participate in the funeral, burial, and mourning. Not every interfaith family includes an interfaith marriage. Marga ***************************** Marga Hirsch 175 Upland Terrace Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 610.668.9485 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
