[ha-Safran]: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Post

[Barbjon2]

Hi Friends,

Thought you might be interested in my recent post about the inner 
workings of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee.

For Your Consideration - The Truth About Sydney Taylor Book Award Submissions.

www.BarbaraBBookblog.blogspot.com

Check it out if you are interested in the topic.

Thanks,

Barbara B


Barbara Bietz
Like a Maccabee (Yaldah, 2006)
Member, Sydney Taylor Book Award
Association of Jewish Libraries
www.BarbaraBietz.com
www.BarbaraBBookblog.Blogspot.com


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RE: [ha-Safran]: BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BIBLICAL DAILY LIFE

[Stahl, Sheryl]

I happened to have 3 at my desk for a similar reference question

Daily life in Bible times / ed. James Packer, Merrill Tenney, William
White
Daily life in Biblical time / Oded Borowski
Social world of ancient Israel 1250-587 BCE / Victor H. Matthews, Don
Benjamin

We have many other works in our catalog under Sociology, Biblical
http://10.1.2.14:8000/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?sessionid=2009082612365421563
&skin=LA&lng=en&inst=consortium&conf=.%2fchameleon.conf&sourcescreen=INI
TREQ&scant1=sociology,%20biblical&scanu1=21&elementcount=1&t1=sociology,
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h=AUTHID&authid=328772&authidu=21

Sheryl

Sheryl Stahl
Senior Associate Librarian
Frances Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
3077 University Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
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Re: [ha-Safran]: BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BIBLICAL DAILY LIFE

[Linda P Wulf]

Great book for kids up to about age 11, with MANY illustrations, is
"Biblical Times" (in the "If You Were There" series),
published by Simon and Schuster in 1996.




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RE: [ha-Safran]: BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BIBLICAL DAILY LIFE

[Shlomit Blum]

Hi Rivkah,

Enjoy!


Borowski Oded, Daily Life in Biblical Times (Adults)

Broida, Marian, Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors - An Activity
Guide (Mixed)

Dayan, Moshe, Living with the Bible (Mixed)

Sherman, Josepha, Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel (Children)

Be'eri Ze'ev, HaChayim B'Eretz-Israel B'Tkufat HaMikrah (Hebrew, Mixed)

Herzog, Chaim and Gichon, Mordechai, Battles of the Bible (Adults,
Teens; this book is also available in Hebrew - Milchamot HaT'nach)

A., ed. Roitman, A Day at Qumran: The Dead Sea Sect and Its Scrolls
(Mixed; this book is also available in Hebrew)

Shlomit Blum
Bureau of Jewish Education Peninsula Learning Resource Center | Director
5150 El Camino Real, D-14| Los Altos, CA  94022 | www.bjesf.org
Tel 650.938.1843 /Fax 650.938.1847 | sb...@bjesf.org
Simply visit http://plrc.bjesf.org and start browsing!




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Re: [ha-Safran]: BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BIBLICAL DAILY LIFE

[Basya Karp]

These titles illustrate daily life during the period of Tanach.


Deutsch, Yosef.  Let My Nation Descend; Let My Nation Go; Let My 
Nation Live; Let My Nation Serve Me.  (teens to adults)

Wieder, Joy Nelkin.  The Secret Tunnel. (grades 3-4)



Basya Karp, Librarian

Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls

Brooklyn, New York

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[ha-Safran]: Holocaust memoir-A Child Alone

[e.benzvi]

A Holocaust Memoir: A child alone.



Eva's Journey: A Young Girl's True Story by Hava Ben-Zvi (iUniverse, 
$11.95, ISBN 0-595-30750-7), available from the publisher iUniverse, 
Amazon.com, Barness & Noble, from the author:e.ben...@worldnet.att.net.



An authentic, eyewitness story of growing up in Poland during the 
Holocaust years. A primary document and a memoir  of childhood, 
adolescence and youth, true in fact and feeling.  A tale of danger, 
fear, courage, hope and resilience. In later years Hava became the 
director of the Jewish Community Library in Los Angeles.



Praise for Eva's Journey: A Young Girl's True Story.



"No fiction could match the excitement of this real-life tale of 
suspense and survival… Eva Bromberg has the misfortune of coming into 
adolescence just as the Nazis invade her homeland… The focus is on 
the combination of luck and Eva's amazing presence of mind that 
allowed the Jewish teen, alone, to evade capture by the Nazis for 
four years in occupied Poland and Russia. Eva's Journey is a glorious 
story of a resilient spirit triumphant over some of the worst human 
savagery our world has endured.

Ben-Zvi tailors her novella-length narrative to young teens, students 
who are near the age she was when she began her 'journey'. She 
includes a simple time-line of World War II and a bibliography about 
children who endured other atrocities such as American slavery and Hiroshima.

Eva's Journey is not just a lesson in history; it is a terrific read 
that belongs in every public and school library. For Hava Ben-Zvi is 
not just an educator and a terrific writer. She is Eva Bromberg- the 
girl who lived.

-Irene  McDermott, author of The Librarian's Internet 
Survival Guide and Reference/System Manager, San Marino Public 
Library, California.





"Intimacy is the hallmark of this Holocaust memoir.  AJL member Hava 
Ben-Zvi survived the Holocaust on her own as an orphaned, spunky, 
resourceful teenager. Her new book, set in Poland and Israel, moves 
chronologically through life-threatening dangers of Nazi hegemony, 
then Communist domination… Her father is shot. Blonde twelve-year-old 
Hava turns to friends and orphanages, which in turn find farm 
families to shelter her. She hides in plan sight, and with luck makes 
it. Jumping from a Soviet work train, she returns to Poland and 
eventually, post-war, reaches Israel. She finds her mother through a 
newspaper add!

…Hava confines her emotions in a spare, swiftly moving, first person 
narrative. Pen and ink line drawings, and maps, the kind a child 
might sketch, add appeal to the dramatic, sad, hopeful story. A 
family photograph gallery enhances the succinct epilogue .

This riveting page-turner of a survivor's tale understands it is 
speaking to young readers several generations after the events. Frank 
and from peers' point of view, it successfully connects with history 
and hope. Recommended for all schools and synagogues libraries. Grades 5-9".

   Ellen G.Cole, 
Temple Isaiah. Los Angeles, California. Association of Jewish 
Libraries Newsletter.



"I was very moved and often teary-eyed as I read this story of the 
survival of this incredible child."

- Tami Cutler, Elementary school Teacher, Duarte, California.



" I read the whole story, and it was excellent. I feel that it makes 
a significant contribution to the literature reflecting Jewish 
history and experience of that period, and would be useful to schools 
and historical and cultural organizations. I got quite caught up in 
the story, and thought it had a lot of feeling."

- Kay Haugaard, Professor of Creative Writing, Pasadena City 
College, California and author of No Place.



For more information check the author's website: http://e.benzvi.home.att.net

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[ha-Safran]: 30 YouTube Videos of Adon Olam

[Jacob Richman]

Hi Everyone!

I collected links to 30 different YouTube videos featuring the
song Adon Olam. The address is:

http://www.jr.co.il/videos/jewish-videos.htm#adonolam

Enjoy!
Jacob


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[ha-Safran]: "Rebecca Rubin" author, Jacqueline Dembar

[Ann Abrams]

Greene speaking Sept 14
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  Author Jacqueline Dembar Greene will speak about American Girl's 
newest historical character, Rebecca Rubin, Monday Sept 14, Natick, MA, USA


FYI for those in the Massachusetts neighborhood:

http://www.cjp.org/page.aspx?id=204415


Ann Abrams, Librarian

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
Temple Israel
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Boston, MA 02215
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[ha-Safran]: 09-10 Book Group Reading Lists for AJL website

[Alison Epstein]

Shalom all,
Its time once again to compile book group reading selection lists for 
the AJL website.
Please submit your lists to me at librar...@harshalomdurango.org by 
September 15 so I can get them to the site.

Please use the general bibliographic format as shown on the website 
link below (don't worry about formatting the text).
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/resources/bookclub_lists08.htm

Thanks alot, and I look forward to sharing all of our reading selections!
L'Shana Tovah
Alison Epstein

Alison Epstein, Librarian

Congregation Har Shalom
6410 County Road 250
Durango, CO 81301
970-946-8992
970-385-7987 (fax)

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[ha-Safran]: Book Release Noah Alper from Noah's Bagels

[Schoen Books]

>Attached is the Press Release for
>Noah & Dean­Bagels & Beans!
>Doing Business Ethically
>
>with portraits of Noah & Dean
>
>--
>Jane Trigère
>Schoen Books
>Old Firehouse
>7 Sugarloaf Street South Deerfield, Massachusetts 01373 USA
>(413)665-0066
>j...@trigere.com
>www.schoenbooks.com
>see also: www.JHSWM.org

-- 
Kenneth Schoen, SCHOEN BOOKS...specializing in:
Judaica, the Holocaust, modern European history,
psychoanalysis, and scholarly books in general.

http://www.schoenbooks.com
see also: www.jhswm.org
and also: www.trigere.com
Seven Sugarloaf Street
South Deerfield, MA. 01373
(413) 665-0066

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ken Schoen
413-665-0066; k...@schoenbooks.com

Noah & Dean­Bagels & Beans! Doing Business Ethically
Northampton, MA – Aug 19, 2009 –
Noah Alper, founder of Bread & Circus (now Whole Foods), as well as 
Noah's Bagels in California, and
Dean Cycon, local founder of Dean's Beans will discuss ethical 
business practices.  Noah will read from his new book Business 
Mensch: Timeless Wisdom for Today's Entrepreneur.  Here's an 
opportunity to mix traditional business concepts with the idea of 
tikkun olam (repairing the world), organic and kosher, observing the 
Sabbath, treating employees respectfully, and chutzpa!

  This event will take place on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 7:00 
PM in the social hall at Congregation B'nai Israel, 253 Prospect 
Street, Northampton, MA. It is sponsored by the Schoen Books of South 
Deerfield.


Noah says: Adhering to Jewish values in business should lead only to 
doing the right thing: serving the community, treating employees and 
customers with fairness and respect, dealing honestly and openly and 
helping those in need.
Why does this system sometimes fail­and recently in such a dramatic 
and public ways?

Living ethically must be done proactively. For instance, every time a 
decision comes up that may in any remote way be questionable, we must 
immediately "observe" ourselves as if being judged in a court of law. 
Before an action is undertaken, we must ask ­ is this the right thing 
to do? Could there be ramifications that result in my action being 
misinterpreted by others and therefore creating unwanted consequences?

Dean says: I wanted to prove that business can be a meaningful 
vehicle for progressive, values-based social change and still be 
profitable. Also that Dean's Beans is a means for me to manifest my 
core Jewish beliefs in tikkun olam and the path of mitzvot.

Books available for sale at the reading:
Noah's book Business Mensch: Timeless Wisdom for Today's 
Entrepreneur  www.businessmensch.net
Dean's book Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade 
Coffee  www.deansbeans.com

Contact: Ken Schoen, Schoen Books, purveyors of fine scholarly 
out-of-print Judaica.  www.schoenbooks.com
Old Firehouse, 7 Sugarloaf St. South Deerfield, MA 01373   (413) 665-0066
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[ha-Safran]: Source for posters for a synagogue library

[Rosalind Reisner]

I'm looking for a source to purchase posters to fill up some very 
bare walls--children's content, holidays, etc. I know about the 
Jewish Book Month posters from the Jewish Book Council.
Thanks!
Roz Reisner



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[ha-Safran]: In English: La Javura (Spain) in Germany via

[ALBA TOSCANO]

SKYPE for kabalat shabat
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Some people use organs for music in schul or drive their cars to 
schul. We here in the Sinagoga La Javura use Skype to bring music and 
the world into our delightfully cozy, 45 square foot sinagoga. No 
matter how you slice it, books are the key; Skype is just another 
tool that in time will be replaced by something bigger and more 
electronically glitzy. But books don't run on electricity nor do they 
break down unless you use them for a marshmallow roast.

I just came back from Paideia...
www.paideia-eu.org
...which is the European Jewish Yeshiva in Stockholm (Sweden).  You 
all must consider giving Paideia a try, especially their 10-day 
Incubator Program which helps you develop programs, write proposals 
and contact the foundation with the bucks that might be able to put 
some reality into the project.

While I was in Sweden, I tried to talk about this kind of out-reach, 
but most people just don't get it. So! Given that a Blog and a couple 
of photos will probably speak louder than a thousand b'zillion words, 
here is an example of  how La Javura and SKYPE work to bring people 
and kabalat shabat closer to each other.

Alex, his mom Tanya Smolianitski were also in Sweden at Paideia. They 
joined La Javura for kabalat shabat on Friday, August 21.
http://zusya.blogs.com/zusya/2009/08/schabbat-im-21-jahrhundert.html

The week before, rabi Daniel Katz, an american who has lived and 
worked in Germany for a dozen years, joined us here in La Javurá and 
the experience was just as delightful as when the Smolianitski's 
participated with La Javura this last week. Alex and Tanya read the 
different sections of the service in hebrew, russian or german and 
had their turn at reading the parasha ha-shuva from their chumash in 
whatever language they felt the most comfortable in.

If you look very closely at the picture on Alex's Apple computer you 
will see three girls, members of La Javura: Sol, Mónica and Elene. 
The other 5 that were present are out of videocam range as is also 
the one person calling from Barcelona on the speaker-telephone 
(obviously!). You can see a part of the La Javura library with the 
bulletin board next to it with all sorts of trash, announcements, 
book borrower cards, and sundry junk hanging on it.

Towards the end of the service, which lasts about 3hours, Miriam 
Sugiyama, born in Brasil, who is married to a Valencian guy (and 
together run a shop that sells Japanese products) brought us the 
sushi that did not sell during the day. They only sell sushi that 
Miriam makes herself, fresh daily. They give all the rest away at the 
end of the work day. Not only that but Miriam came by La Javura on 
her way home to drop off the sushi and wave to everyone, including 
the Smolianitski family.We especially enjoyed the photo tour that 
Alex gave us of the new kindergarten, their shul, and the 
neighbourhood where they live while we sat there eating sushi.

In the lovely Smolianitski studyroom you can see Mr Smolianitski 
sitting behind the computer screen. You can see Tanya's hand on the 
book (in this larger-sized photo)...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smolianitski/3847607149/sizes/l/
...and Alex is obviously taking the picture. On Sunday, 23 august, 
Alex sent me the above link to his blog that high-lights the SKYPE experience.

Though I hope all the Spanish didn't put them off too much, I 
recognize that the greatest barrier to success and full enjoyment 
with Skype is not the geographical distance barrier at all

but the language barrier.  If all the translating became a bit 
cumbersome, I do hope that Alex and Tanya might consider using Skype 
to do kabalat shabat with Russian/German speaking persons as well as 
come back soon to be with La Javura.

Except for the fact that I still nd a media mixer, more 
electronically sohpisticated everything and fewer random wires in my 
life, aire conditioning would also come in handy. We were all using 
Spanish handheld-fans trying to keep the 39ºC heat circulating. In 
Sweden there may be Green-Winter and Grey-Winter but here in Valencia 
we only have Hot and Much Hotter.

Compared to putting up with the heat, Skype is the easy part.

I hope everyone's summer is rounding out nicely
Besos de Valencia
Remember the tour's on me
Alba Toscano (Sulam 23)
Sinagoga conservador "La Javuva" (56 individuals, count 'em)
http://www.uscj.org/world/valencia
SKYPE: albatoscanovalencia
calle Urugua

[ha-Safran]: FS: 4 essential Jewish Lit Translations

[Henry Hollander]

Offered for sale as a package these four volumes (three from the Yale 
series of classic Jewish literature in translation and one 
competitor) as a series. There are two volumes of Golem tales. Both 
include Yudl Rosenberg's version. They have different translators and 
notes and one includes additional versions of the Golem legend.

Price for the package $40.00 postpaid with in the US. $65.00 postpaid 
outside of the US. Libraries and institutions will be billed. 
Individuals must prepay. Email or call 415-831-3228.

THE BOOKS

Manger, Itzik. "The World According to Itzik: Selected Poetry and 
Prose." New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 2002. ISBN: 
0-300-09248-2. Octavo in dust jacket, xlvi, 249 pp., notes. 
Hardbound. Very Good. Translated and edited by Leonard Wolf, with an 
Introduction by David Roskies and Leonard Wolf (36883)

Neugroschel, Joachim, edited and translated by. "The Golem: A New 
Translation of the Classic Play and Selected Short Stories." New 
York, W.W. Norton, 2006. First Edition. ISBN: 978-0-393-05088-2. 
Octavo in dust jacket, xiv, 254 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. Contents 
are "The Golem ot The Miraculous Deeds of Rabbi Leyb," Yudl 
Rosenberg, "Yiddish Folktales and legends of Old Prague 
(Selections)," S. Bastomski, "The Golem," Dovid Frishman and "The 
Golem," by H. Leivick.The Rosenberg and Leivick plays are works of 
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[ha-Safran]: Truman and Israel (Book Review)

[David Elazar]

Safranim shalom:

For your information.


A SAFE HAVEN   Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel  By Allis 
Radosh and Ronald Radosh
Illustrated. 428 pp. Harper/ HarperCollins Publishers. $27.99

Zionist in the White House   By Jonathan Tepperman  Published: July 
23, 2009 (book review)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/books/review/Tepperman-t.html?ref=review

and here's where the Radoshes make their contribution ­ is just 
how hard Truman had to work to get there, battling enemies, allies 
and many in his own administration to make certain that Israel made 
it to independence with American backing.  This meant that on 
taking office, Truman had to deal with a tangle of contradictory 
commitments. He also had to face down two implacable opponents of 
Jewish statehood: Great Britain, the colonial power in Palestine, and 
his own State Department, which bitterly opposed granting the Jews a 
homeland. 

Authors' letter to the editor:   Truman and Israel   Published: August 14, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/books/review/Letters-t-TRUMANANDISR_LETTERS.html?scp=1&sq=jewish%20or%20israel&st=cse.While
 
Truman's Christian Zionism, rather mainstream at the time, mighthave 
given him a sense of the appropriateness of the Jews' return to 
theirancient homeland, he never officially used this as an argument. 
Rather, herelied on the legitimacy of Jewish claims to a state in 
Palestine based ontheir historic connection to the land. He also 
pointed to the 1917 BalfourDeclaration, later incorporated into the 
Palestine Mandate that Britainreceived from the League of Nations 
after World War I. Every president fromWilson to Roosevelt had given 
support to this goal, and it was adopted atboth the Democratic and 
Republican Party conventions in 1944. Becausesupport for Jewish 
immigration into Palestine and the realization of aJewish state in 
Palestine were embraced by both parties, political factorshave to be 
taken into account in understanding Truman's actions.Al!
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Facebook

[Judy Greenblatt]

I too, have had trouble getting on to Facebook, though fortunately 
I've get to crash.  Think I'll let it rest for a while.

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RE: [ha-Safran]: Facebook

[Miller, Philip]

In connection with this, on Monday I received a message on Facebook from
a childhood friend whom I have known on Facebook since Day One.

The message contained a link and read, "Hey, Phil - Check this out!
Bob"

Unsuspecting, I clicked on it and my filters caught it as a virus.

Before deleting it, I sent Bob a message - and he replied that he had no
idea what I was talking about!

Rita is right - Be very careful!

Phil



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[ha-Safran]: Jewish community in Rotterdam

[gloria jacobs]

My son is living and working in Rotterdam for a few months and has 
been trying to make connections with the Jewish community for Rosh 
Hashanah and Yom Kippur.. I am wondering if anyone can help connect 
him.  So far, it seems that the main community is in Amsterdam.

Thanks
Gloria

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Re: [ha-Safran]: Why Be Social? podcast series

[Susan Dubin]

Thank you, Heidi. This is a great resource.
Susan Dubin
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Albero Nar Scholarship 2009

[Susan Dubin]

Thank you for posting a notice about your research project. It should 
be of great interest to AJL members.Would you be interested in 
submitting the paper to the Association of Jewish Libraries' journal, 
"Judaica Librarianship" and sharing the information with our membership?
Sincerely,
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Max Said Yes reviewed in the Forward

[Susan Dubin]

I will second that! Abigail is a brilliant librarian and she and her 
husband have written a completely delightful book. Good timing with 
the Woodstock movie coming out!
Go, Abigail!
Suzi Dubin
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Re: [ha-Safran]: Books to recommend

[Barbara Mende]

I hope that people who answer will post to the list.

Thanks!
Barbara

On Aug 20, 2009, at 1:04 AM, Joel Tuchman wrote:

Hi All,
I was asked to send this question to the list for someone
else.  Please respond to me off list.

HI,
Can you please recommend books for 1st grade boys who easily
read above grade level,
or direct me to where I can learn more about this?

I'm an independent educator in Manhattan & direct a private
after school program that meets in families' homes. I have a beginning
group of (7) 1st grade boys that attend a Manhattan independent
(private) school. They're very bright & are already reading above a 1st
grade level. I'm most interested in fiction & folklore. The parents
are more interested in the history, ethics & culture of Judaism vs
ritual & practice.

Any direction you can provide will be greatly appreciated - Many
thanks!


Sincerely,
Joel Tuchman
Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library, Los Angeles
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[ha-Safran]: Jewish books for advanced readers (boys) in first grade

[Linda P Wulf]

"The Always Prayer Shawl" by Sheldon Oberman
 >From Publishers Weekly
Oberman's ( Lion in the Lake ) simply told and moving story invokes the
power of tradition. Adam is a Jewish boy growing up in czarist Russia, where
his grandfather, also named Adam, teaches him the importance of Jewish
beliefs and customs, stressing that "some things change and some things
don't." Without distancing the reader, comparisons crystallize the
differences between Adam's time and the present: "When Adam went for eggs,
he did not get them from a store. He got them from a chicken. When Adam felt
cold, he did not turn a dial for heat. He chopped wood for a fire." When
Adam and his parents emigrate, Adam's grandfather gives his prayer shawl to
the boy, who responds with a promise: "I am always Adam and this is my
always prayer shawl. That won't change." In America, Adam learns to live,
dress and speak differently. The prayer shawl changes, too--first the fringe
is replaced, then the collar and finally the cloth. But, as Adam is to
explain to his own grandson, "It is still my Always Prayer Shawl." As a
tender conclusion brings Adam's spiritual life full circle, Lewin
underscores the cyclical theme by picturing the grandson as very like the
young Adam. His realistic watercolors dynamically depict the Old World in
black and white, changing to color as Adam grows up, and his affecting
portraits match the quiet passion of Oberman's prose. Ages 7-up.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.

 >From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3-When Adam, a young boy growing up in Czarist Russia,
emigrates to the United States with his family, his grandfather gives him
the prayer shawl that his grandfather had given him. Throughout his life,
Adam continues to wear and repair the shawl, hanging on to his grandfather's
statement that "'Everything about it has changed. But it is still my Always
Prayer Shawl. It is just like me. I have changed and changed and changed.
But I am still Adam.'" He explains to his own grandson the story behind the
shawl, and the young boy pledges to carry on the tradition of naming a son
Adam and passing the heirloom on to him. The book effectively illustrates
how different life was for a child growing up in Russia than it is for
modern children. The major theme that some things change while others never
do is worth exploring, but the story leaves little to the imagination and
hammers the message home. Non-Jewish children may wonder what makes the
prayer shawl so special; Oberman never explains its use in worship. Lewin's
paintings feature gracefully drawn figures that look especially good at a
distance. But at times, the pictures fail to convey the full range of
emotion described in the narrative, such as in the scene in which Adam says
good-bye to his grandfather. Additionally, it seems almost arbitrary that
the black-and-white illustrations change to lushly colored watercolors when
Adam becomes an adult. When books about family traditions, especially those
of Jewish people, are needed, this one will suffice, with the help of an
adult who can answer the anticipated questions.




"When Shlemiel went to Warsaw" by I.B. Singer (Newberry Honor Book)
or "Stories for Children" by Singer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

"Brothers, A Hebrew Legend" by Freedman

"Brainteasers from Jewish Folklore" by Kaye

"As Big as an Egg" by Rochel Sandman - easy reading but good on the ethics
part



Best wishes,
Linda Press Wulf (not a librarian but an author who enjoys the Hasafran
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