On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:08 PM Lisa Silverman via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Greetings Safranim, > > > > Yikes--A high school senior class in coming in here tomorrow with some > specific requests. We have to field 15 of these types of questions and I > would love to hear from any of you who can lead me to any NOVELS or MEMOIRS > that we can offer to them in regard to these questions: > > > > 1. I am looking for 2-4 fiction books that are written by an > Israeli who experienced the 1948 war that I can use to compare with another > book from after the 1967 war because I want to write about the way Israeli > war victories impact Israeli literature > > > 2. I am looking for 2-4 fiction books that are written by an Jewish > orthodox author, that I can compare with another book from a secular Jewish > author because I want to write about modern 21st century literature written > by religious Jews vs. that of secular Jews. I would define religious Jews > as those who identify as observant and look at Judaism as a religion. I > would define secular Jews as those who identify as Jewish but only as a > nationality. > > Here are some Orthodox authors who have published in the secular press: Naomi Ragen, Rochelle Krich, Ruchama King Feuerman, Yael Levy. If you need Orthodox authors who published through the Orthodox publishing houses (books FOR Orthodox readers), let me know. > > > 3. How did Jews in the different time periods of 19th Century > Europe, World War II and modern day America use literature as a way to deal > with anti-semitism? > > Someone of S.Y. Agnon's novels might work in this category. See > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Yosef_Agnon > > 4. How did Religious and Secular Jews differ in their views of > Israel from the time it was established and the next 20-30 years? How do > Jewish authors display their views on a Jewish Homeland through > their literature? What did Israel represent to each group, as seen through > their literature? > > Someone of S.Y. Agnon's novels might work in this category, too. See > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Yosef_Agnon > > > > Kol tuv, > Chava > > > >
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