Could the book Dina's talking about be mine? TWO TRUTHS IN MY POCKET came out about 35 years ago, edited by the incomparable Deborah Brodie, who is no longer with us.
> On April 17, 2018 at 7:50 AM Dina Tanners <dina...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Erika, > Thanks so much for bringing this very important speech/article by > Kathrine Locke to our attention. I almost skipped over it until I read > Amalia's email in which she said that ithis article was important for all of > us to read. There is a strong need for many diverse books for Jewish teens > to read. It was also shocking to read about books by non-Jews about Jews > that border on anti-Semitism and show an ignorance of Judaism in their > content. > > About 30 years ago there was a thin volume of stories for Jewish young > adults dealing with issues that diverse teens face. Unfortunately, I cannot > remember its name. But since then, I have not seen anything similar. There > were also books about Jews with diverse backgrounds, but few authors have > continued in that vein. I'm heartened by the book with a collection of > diverse short stories that Kathrine will help publish. > > My somewhat secular grandchildren have gotten a number of PJ Library > books that focus on holidays and have too many on Hanukkah, for example. PJ > Library in Hebrew has a lot of books on values that I hope will be translated > into English.. > > A while ago, I started a Hasafran discussion on the lack of good > biographies on Israelis, especially very little on women and non-Ashkenazis. > The discussion continued for a while. I did contact a publisher of a number > of Jewish books to see if they were interested in an idea that an Israeli > friend and I brainstormed. I hope to hear back. > > It also was disheartening to see in print something I had figured out: > that the topic "Holocaust" most interests publishers. > > It would be wonderful if a group of us could work together to come up > with ideas....of look at Israeli children's books and see if there is value > in publishing them in English and seeing if a publisher might be interested. > > > > Dina Tanners > Seattle > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 4:42 AM, Erika Dreifus <edrei...@gmail.com > mailto:edrei...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > Shalom, chaverim: > > > > Just wanted to bring this text, a version of a recent speech by > > Sydney Taylor honoree Katherine Locke, to the list's attention: > > > > > > https://medium.com/@Bibliogato/thinking-jewish-childrens-literature-in-a-time-of-antisemitism-c77e4b00392c > > > > https://medium.com/@Bibliogato/thinking-jewish-childrens-literature-in-a-time-of-antisemitism-c77e4b00392c > > > > All best, > > Erika > > > > -- > > Erika Dreifus | Writer. Poet. Publicist. Resource Maven. > > (w) http://www.erikadreifus.com > > (t) http://twitter.com/erikadreifus http://twitter.com/erikadreifus > > (f) http://facebook.com/erikadreifusauthor > > http://facebook.com/erikadreifusauthor > > > > > > __ > > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the > > individual author > > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish > > Libraries (AJL) > > ================================== > > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > > mailto:hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click > > here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: > > galro...@osu.edu mailto:galro...@osu.edu > > Ha-Safran Archives: > > Current: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > Earlier Listserver: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > > -- > > Hasafran mailing list > > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu mailto:Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > > > > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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