The Institute for Curriculum Services does wonderful work in this area. I support this organization with a check regularly, and I recommend making their acquaintance. www.icsresources.org. Aliza Craimer Elias is the Director. ANdrea Rapp, Cincinnati
> On Aug 23, 2020, at 4:04 PM, Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran > <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > > Marjorie, > Thanks for bringing up this painful issue of bias against Israel (and Jews) > that is used in schools. This issue has been brought up in the past and > needs to be revisited. > I hope that AJL with the Anti defamation League and the main Jewish > organizations like URJ and USCJ will contact school Boards and raise > awareness of it. > About 15 years ago my colleague Andrea Rapp wrote an article in Reform > Judaism and Hadassah created a committee for dealing with misinformation > about Israel and Jews alike. > Before I retired (10 years ago) parents brought to my attention two issues > in textbooks one used in a privates school and one in a public school. I > dealt with it with the assistance of our local Rabbi. It needs to be dealt > with locally and nationally. > Thanks again, > Amalia Warshenbrot > > > > > From: Marjorie Gann via Hasafran > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2020 11:46 AM > To: Hasafran (hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu) > Subject: [ha-Safran] Seeking titles of Controversial Books on > Arab-IsraeliConflict > > Hello, Safranim, > > I am working on a presentation -- a spinoff from a session I gave at the 2019 > AJL Conference-- on anti-Israeli propaganda in novels and memoirs for > children and young adults. I am concerned that some books extremely hostile > to Israel may be in use in schools. > > I am aware of one school in the U.S. in which Elizabeth Laird’s A Little > Piece of Ground, with its toxic anti-Israel message and its demonization of > Israeli soldiers, has been used for class study. > > I was wondering if anyone else on this list might be aware of the use of this > or other anti-Israel books in schools (or in public readings for children) in > the U.S. or Canada. Below you’ll find my list of some of the titles which, > following detailed analysis, I’ve found to contain factual errors, > distortions of history, or instances of demonization and stereotyping of > Israel or Israelis. If anyone is aware of the use of any of these books, or > of public controversies surrounding the use of these or any other anti-Israel > books, I’d appreciate your contacting me off-list at marjoriega...@gmail.com. > > Thank you. > > Marjorie Gann > > Children’s and YA Novels or Memoirs which contain distortions of the > Arab-Israeli conflict: > > Elizabeth Laird: A Little Piece of Ground (2003) > > Anne Laurel Carter: The Shepherd’s Granddaughter (2008) > > Deborah Ellis: Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak (2004) > > The Cat at the Wall (2014) > > Cathryn Clinton: A Stone in My Hand (2002) > > Michael Morpurgo: The Kites are Flying! (2009) > > Ibtisam Barakat: “Marked for Destruction,” in several > anthologies > > Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian > Childhood (2007) > > William Sutcliffe: The Wall: A Modern Fable (2013) > > Randa Abdelfattah: Where the Streets Had a Name (2008) > > Naomi Shihab Nye: Habibi (1997) > > Leila Abdelrazaq: Baddawi (2015) > > Anthony Robinson & Annemarie Young: Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under > Occupation (2017) > > Golbarg Bashi: P Is for Palestine: A Palestine Alphabet > Book (2018) > > Leanne Lieberman: The Book of Trees (2010) > > Pamela L. Laskin: Ronit & Jamil (2017) > > > > -- > Marjorie Gann > Latest Book: Speak a Word for Freedom: Women against Slavery > by Janet Willen and Marjorie Gann > Penguin Random House/Tundra, 2015 > > "An inspiring collection of those who have fought and continue to fight > against the evil of slavery and an effectively solemn reminder that slavery > remains a global plague." Kirkus > > "A powerful indictment of human rights abuses and tribute to the women who > have fought them." Starred review, Publishers Weekly > > Five Thousand Years of Slavery, > by Marjorie Gann and Janet Willen > Tundra Books, 2011 > > A 2012 Notable Book for a Global Society, Children's Literature and Reading > Special Interest Group, International Reading Association > > ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year, 2011 Silver Winner, Young Adult Nonfiction > > Visit our website, www.gannwillen.com, to steal a peek at both books! > > __ > 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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