I agree. "Jewish content minimal", don't invite. Content, not religion of
author, is what counts!
BTW, when I took over our synagogue library, I spent way too much time weeding
out fiction that had been donated and added to the collection just because
"Author Smith is Jewish"or "but a Jewish caracter appears on page 241". Our
collection development policy now says "Jewish or Judaism-related content". I
called the large, weeded titles heap the "incidental Jewish walk-on"
collection.
From:Amalia Warshenbrot <amalia...@att.net>
To: Barbara Mende <barb...@moosehill.com>
Cc: Hasafran <hasaf...@lists.osu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Non-Jewish speakers
I am I the minority. It is the contents that matters not the religion of the
author. According to the author the Jewish contents is minimal. I prefer books
that teach about our religion, culture, History, current issues Israel etc.
Amalia
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On Jan 9, 2014, at 7:19 PM, Barbara Mende <barb...@moosehill.com> wrote:
Just one more voice echoing this sentiment, and being shocked that we'd exclude
a non-Jewish author. Think how we'd feel if it were the other way around.
>
>
>Barbara
>Congregation Mishkan Tefila
>Chestnut Hill, MA
>
>________________________________
> From: Andrea Rapp <anrapp2...@yahoo.com>
>To: Hasafran <hasaf...@lists.osu.edu>
>Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 6:28 PM
>Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Non-Jewish speakers
>
>
>
>Absolutely, Lois is right. It's about the content, not the author.
>Would we exclude award winning writers of Jewish literature like James
>Carroll (Constantine's Sword) or David Wyman ( Abandonment of the Jews)?
>
>Sent from my iPad mini
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>
>
>On Jan 9, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Lois Ruby <loisr...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>I'm stunned by the notion that Rachel's committee would object to having this
>non-Jewish (and worthy) author speak. Yes, we need to support our local Jewish
>authors. In fact, my library committee is sponsoring its second Author Panel
>wherein local Jewish authors who write on mostly secular topics discuss their
>work. However, a library represents first and foremost the literature, not the
>author. Let's look at it from a different perspective. I am a Jewish author,
>and I am currently invited to speak at two Catholic schools. They apparently
>don't feel they need to support only Catholic writers. So, I say invite Grace
>Tiffany and promote it robustly!
>>
>>
>>LOIS RUBY
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>>From: "Rachel Haus" <rhaus_...@yahoo.com>
>>>To: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
>>>Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 9:41:20 AM
>>>Subject: [ha-Safran] Non-Jewish speakers
>>>
>>>
>>>Dear Hasafranim,
>>>
>>>
>>>We have a respected professor and historical novelist in town -- Grace
>>>Tiffany -- who just wrote a book called Paint set during the Shakespearean
>>>era, the protagonist being a part Jewish, part Italian female poet.
>>>According to the author herself, the Jewish content is minimal. However, she
>>>also wrote an earlier book, based on The Merchant of Venice called The
>>>Turquoise Ring, which is primarily Jewish.
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm considering inviting her to speak, but one member of my library
>>>committee suggested that, as a Jewish institution, it would be best to
>>>support Jewish authors exclusively. Such a thing never occurred to me; to
>>>me, as long as the scholarship and perspective is sound, then the author
>>>should have something of great value to impart.
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm curious as to what others have done and considered regarding non-Jewish
>>>speakers.
>>>
>>>Rachel Haus
>>>Library Director
>>>Congregation of Moses Library
>>>Kalamazoo MI
>>>rhaus_...@yahoo.com
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