Re: [ha-Safran] Why not add, or switch to, reviewing manuscripts? - attn. Heidi Estrin

[Heidi Estrin]

Hi Yoel,
What an interesting idea! I'm not sure if AJL is set up to handle such a thing, 
but I'll definitely bring it up to our leadership council.
Thanks for thinking outside the box,
Heidi

From: Yoel Sheridan [mailto:yoel...@inter.net.il]
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 2:10 AM
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Subject: Why not add, or switch to, reviewing manuscripts? - attn. Heidi Estrin

Dear Heidi

Since writing to you about your podcast 'Enough with the Holocaust Books', when 
I suggested that AJL could by-pass mainstream channels and offer reviews of 
independently published books in subjects of their choice, I have had an 
additional thought that I would like to share with you.

As you know only too well, the fast development of the digital age is forcing 
libraries to face difficult decisions as to their future function in society 
and sadly some libraries are even facing extinction. Libraries rely on 
mainstream publishers who determine which book to publish, primarily by its 
commercial value, and then determine its popularity by the extent of their 
promotional activity. In these matters libraries exert little or no influence.

I venture to suggest that an organization of libraries such as AJL, could exert 
its collective latent purchasing power on the publishing industry by focusing 
on independent authors who are currently being wooed by the print-on-demand and 
other publishers, who print, but often do not effectively promote, the books 
they publish.

AJL could commission, and/or offer to review, manuscripts on subjects of AJL's 
choosing, giving a guarantee to purchase after publication (at a discounted 
price) a pre-determined number of books (a reasonable print run?), that meet 
pre-determined standards. Authors who will have that guarantee can then either 
approach mainstream or other publishers with a guarantee of your backing, or 
self-publish with extra confidence.

At the moment AJL provides a service of reviewing books and awarding authors 
that have already been published. Why not add, or switch to, reviewing 
manuscripts and so influence the nature and quality of the books on library 
shelves?  Income can be generated by charging authors a reasonable review fee.

Libraries and authors are today, the two weakest links in the publishing world. 
Joined together, the links will be exponentially stronger.

Just a thought!

Shalom and best wishes

Yoel Sheridan
Israel
yoel...@inter.net.il
www.tenterbooks.com

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Re: [ha-Safran] [Kidlitosphere] RE: Podcast: Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children!

[ellada]

Hi. I see this discussion about Holocaust books as very positive and 
enlightening. The notion of the range of Judaica books opens us all to 
possibility and availability. Let us join together and explore!

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 8, 2015, at 9:07 AM, Heidi Estrin he...@cbiboca.org [Kidlitosphere] 
>  wrote:
> 
> Dear Evelyn,
> 
> While the title of the episode is provocative, I hope that if you listen all 
> the way through you will hear that our discussion is not actually dismissive 
> of Holocaust books. What we are really critiquing is the imbalance between 
> Holocaust books and books on other subjects, within the genre of Jewish 
> children’s literature. The panelists and I all felt that we wanted to bring 
> this imbalance to light, and to highlight non-Holocaust titles because the 
> spotlight is so very much pointed at Holocaust books, sometimes to the 
> exclusion of other topics. I do apologize for any distress the podcast may 
> have caused you.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Heidi
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: heim...@aol.com [mailto:heim...@aol.com] 
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 10:03 PM
> To: sst...@huc.edu; Heidi Estrin; hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu; 
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> jewishbookmarket...@yahoogroups.com; CBISTAFF
> Cc: ep2...@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Podcast: Enough with the Holocaust Books for 
> Children!
> 
>  
> 
> I have a great  deal of difficulty with this discussion. There is never too 
> much Much discussion at the appropriate time about the Holocaust. ENOUGH WITH 
> THE HOLOCAUST. is offensive to me and hurtful it sounds like an annoyance > 
> My name is evelyn Pearl I am a bookseller I specialize in Judaica and the 
> Holocaust books.I send my catalogues all over the world. I lost a large part 
> of my family.during the holocaust. I was in europe in 1941 as a very young 
> child. I have heard quite a few people also say it is difficult to listen to. 
> Well can you imagine if you lost family in the holocaust. I think that is 
> quite a bit more difficult. It should never be forgotten
> 
>  
> 
> In a message dated 12/2/2015 12:03:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> sst...@huc.edu writes:
> 
> Yasher Koach! Heidi, I always enjoy your podcasts, but this one was in a 
> class by itself. A really great, thoughtful (and lively) conversation!
> 
>  
> 
> Sheryl
> 
>  
> 
> p.s. I would add Confessions of a closet Catholic to the list of books.
> 
>  
> 
> From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On 
> Behalf Of Heidi Estrin
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 1:53 PM
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> Subject: [ha-Safran] Podcast: Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children!
> 
>  
> 
> The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi 
> Estrin, features a long and juicy virtual panel discussion about the 
> Holocaust’s place in Jewish children’s literature. It’s called “Enough with 
> the Holocaust Books for Children!” Listen and see if you agree! Then check 
> out The Book of Life’s site for a long list of suggested titles for kids and 
> teens.
> 
>  
> 
> You can hear the podcast online at: 
> http://www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2015/12/enough-with-holocaust-books-for-children.html
>
> 
>  
> 
> Please feel free to share this link with friends, colleagues, and other 
> Jewish literature and education fans!
> 
>  
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
>  
> 
> Heidi Estrin
> 
> The Book of Life
> 
> www.bookoflifepodcast.com
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 
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[ha-Safran] Why not add, or switch to, reviewing manuscripts? - attn. Heidi Estrin

[Yoel Sheridan]

Dear Heidi

 

Since writing to you about your podcast 'Enough with the Holocaust Books',
when I suggested that AJL could by-pass mainstream channels and offer
reviews of independently published books in subjects of their choice, I have
had an additional thought that I would like to share with you. 

 

As you know only too well, the fast development of the digital age is
forcing libraries to face difficult decisions as to their future function in
society and sadly some libraries are even facing extinction. Libraries rely
on mainstream publishers who determine which book to publish, primarily by
its commercial value, and then determine its popularity by the extent of
their promotional activity. In these matters libraries exert little or no
influence.  

 

I venture to suggest that an organization of libraries such as AJL, could
exert its collective latent purchasing power on the publishing industry by
focusing on independent authors who are currently being wooed by the
print-on-demand and other publishers, who print, but often do not
effectively promote, the books they publish. 

 

AJL could commission, and/or offer to review, manuscripts on subjects of
AJL's choosing, giving a guarantee to purchase after publication (at a
discounted price) a pre-determined number of books (a reasonable print
run?), that meet pre-determined standards. Authors who will have that
guarantee can then either approach mainstream or other publishers with a
guarantee of your backing, or self-publish with extra confidence. 

 

At the moment AJL provides a service of reviewing books and awarding authors
that have already been published. Why not add, or switch to, reviewing
manuscripts and so influence the nature and quality of the books on library
shelves?  Income can be generated by charging authors a reasonable review
fee. 

 

Libraries and authors are today, the two weakest links in the publishing
world. Joined together, the links will be exponentially stronger. 

 

Just a thought!  

 

Shalom and best wishes 

  

Yoel Sheridan

Israel

yoel...@inter.net.il  

www.tenterbooks.com   

 



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Re: [ha-Safran] Podcast: Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children!

[Heidi Estrin]

Dear Evelyn,
While the title of the episode is provocative, I hope that if you listen all 
the way through you will hear that our discussion is not actually dismissive of 
Holocaust books. What we are really critiquing is the imbalance between 
Holocaust books and books on other subjects, within the genre of Jewish 
children’s literature. The panelists and I all felt that we wanted to bring 
this imbalance to light, and to highlight non-Holocaust titles because the 
spotlight is so very much pointed at Holocaust books, sometimes to the 
exclusion of other topics. I do apologize for any distress the podcast may have 
caused you.
All the best,
Heidi


From: heim...@aol.com [mailto:heim...@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 10:03 PM
To: sst...@huc.edu; Heidi Estrin; hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu; 
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Podcast: Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children!

I have a great  deal of difficulty with this discussion. There is never too 
much Much discussion at the appropriate time about the Holocaust. ENOUGH WITH 
THE HOLOCAUST. is offensive to me and hurtful it sounds like an annoyance > My 
name is evelyn Pearl I am a bookseller I specialize in Judaica and the 
Holocaust books.I send my catalogues all over the world. I lost a large part of 
my family.during the holocaust. I was in europe in 1941 as a very young child. 
I have heard quite a few people also say it is difficult to listen to. Well can 
you imagine if you lost family in the holocaust. I think that is quite a bit 
more difficult. It should never be forgotten

In a message dated 12/2/2015 12:03:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
sst...@huc.edu writes:
Yasher Koach! Heidi, I always enjoy your podcasts, but this one was in a class 
by itself. A really great, thoughtful (and lively) conversation!

Sheryl

p.s. I would add Confessions of a closet Catholic to the list of books.

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Of Heidi Estrin
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Subject: [ha-Safran] Podcast: Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children!

The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi 
Estrin, features a long and juicy virtual panel discussion about the 
Holocaust’s place in Jewish children’s literature. It’s called “Enough with the 
Holocaust Books for Children!” Listen and see if you agree! Then check out The 
Book of Life’s site for a long list of suggested titles for kids and teens.

You can hear the podcast online at: 
http://www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2015/12/enough-with-holocaust-books-for-children.html

Please feel free to share this link with friends, colleagues, and other Jewish 
literature and education fans!

Enjoy!

Heidi Estrin
The Book of Life
www.bookoflifepodcast.com




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[Shmuel Ben-Gad]

This is the first I have heard of it.

http://bit.ly/1XYQsjR

-- 
Shmuel Ben-Gad,
Gelman Library,
George Washington University.

"'Still,' said Harriet, 'they have a sort of idealism...'
"'Yes, indeed," Guy laughed, rising to his feet.  'If they come to power,
the same crimes will be committed, but only for the best possible reasons.'"
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Re: [ha-Safran] Feeding the hungry

[Jane Morrison]

Hanukkah Cookies with Sprinkles by David Adler is about a girl who sees a man 
who takes some fruit being given away by a store and starts to think about how 
lonely and hungry he might be and it goes from there.

Thanks,

Jane Gabovitch Morrison
Librarian
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck
600 W. 70th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 253-3441
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"Saying you don't need a librarian because you have the Internet is like saying 
you don't need a math teacher because you have a calculator." -Unknown


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Our religious school theme next Sunday is ma'achil r'eivim, the mitzvah of 
feeding the hungry.  Does anyone have some suggestions for children's books 
about that?

I have "Its a...its a Mitzvah" but that's all so far.  Thank you in advance for 
any ideas!

Susan Woitte
Temple Israel
Tulsa, OK

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Re: [ha-Safran] Why not add, or switch to, reviewing manuscripts? - attn. Heidi Estrin

[Aileen Grossberg]

Yoel,

I am chairperson of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Competition. This annual 
competition is open to authors-unpublished in the genre of literary fiction for 
ages 8-13.

We evaluate manuscripts that are submitted to the committee. These manuscripts 
must adhere to a set of criteria that include literary excellence and Judaic 
relevance.

As part of the prize for winning the competition, the winning manuscript  is 
submitted to an experienced literary agent (a member of AJL) for an evaluation.

Many of the submitted manuscripts have been published. 

While there is no requirement on subject, many of the manuscripts deal with 
unique aspects of
the Holocaust: people , settings, or experiences that have not been treated in 
books for children.

However, most of the submissions are either only tangentially connected to or 
have nothing to do with the Holocaust or what I call the sacred H of Jewish 
children's books:  heroes, holidays and Holocaust.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a market for many if these worthy 
potential books.

I question if AJL can financially support a publishing program although the 
idea is certainly worthy.

Aileen Grossberg


> On Dec 8, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Yoel Sheridan  wrote:
> 
> Dear Heidi
>  
> Since writing to you about your podcast ‘Enough with the Holocaust Books’, 
> when I suggested that AJL could by-pass mainstream channels and offer reviews 
> of independently published books in subjects of their choice, I have had an 
> additional thought that I would like to share with you.
>  
> As you know only too well, the fast development of the digital age is forcing 
> libraries to face difficult decisions as to their future function in society 
> and sadly some libraries are even facing extinction. Libraries rely on 
> mainstream publishers who determine which book to publish, primarily by its 
> commercial value, and then determine its popularity by the extent of their 
> promotional activity. In these matters libraries exert little or no 
> influence.  
>  
> I venture to suggest that an organization of libraries such as AJL, could 
> exert its collective latent purchasing power on the publishing industry by 
> focusing on independent authors who are currently being wooed by the 
> print-on-demand and other publishers, who print, but often do not effectively 
> promote, the books they publish.
>  
> AJL could commission, and/or offer to review, manuscripts on subjects of 
> AJL’s choosing, giving a guarantee to purchase after publication (at a 
> discounted price) a pre-determined number of books (a reasonable print run?), 
> that meet pre-determined standards. Authors who will have that guarantee can 
> then either approach mainstream or other publishers with a guarantee of your 
> backing, or self-publish with extra confidence.
>  
> At the moment AJL provides a service of reviewing books and awarding authors 
> that have already been published. Why not add, or switch to, reviewing 
> manuscripts and so influence the nature and quality of the books on library 
> shelves?  Income can be generated by charging authors a reasonable review fee.
>  
> Libraries and authors are today, the two weakest links in the publishing 
> world. Joined together, the links will be exponentially stronger.
>  
> Just a thought! 
>  
> Shalom and best wishes
>   
> Yoel Sheridan
> Israel
> yoel...@inter.net.il
> www.tenterbooks.com
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Re: [ha-Safran] Feeding the hungry

[Lisa Silverman]

Doing a search on our catalog I came up with these titles of interest:







1. Maribeth Boelts, and Noah Jones.

Those shoes.   Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2009, c2007.



Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to 
have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale 
in a thrift shop and decides to buy them even though they are the wrong size.



2. Lois Brandt, and Vinicius Vogel.

Maddi's fridge -- Brooklyn, NY : Flashlight Press, 2014.



Maddi's fridge is almost empty, while Sophia's fridge is full of food. How can 
Sophia help her friend Maddi without breaking her promise not to tell anyone?



3. DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan.

Uncle Willie and the soup kitchen -- N.Y : Morrow Junior Books, 1991.



A boy spends the day with Uncle Willie in the soup kitchen preparing food for 
the hungry.



4. Michael J Rosen.

The Greatest table -- a banquet to fight against hunger / Michael J Rosen. -- 
San Diego, CA : Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1994.



Collection of remarkable art by 16 children's book illustrators inspired by a 
poem of grace and thanksgiving.



5. Dale Gottlieb.

Seeing eye Willie / Dale Gottlieb. -- N.Y : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.



A young child gives her own imaginary explanation of how a homeless person came 
to be the way he is.



6. Deborah Lakritz, and Mike Byrne.

Joey and the giant box / Minneapolis : Kar-Ben Publishing, 2015.



With the help of his friends--and one large discarded box--Joey turns his love 
of collecting into a tzedakah, or act of charity, for the local food pantry.



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Our religious school theme next Sunday is ma'achil r'eivim, the mitzvah of 
feeding the hungry.  Does anyone have some suggestions for children's books 
about that?



I have "Its a...its a Mitzvah" but that's all so far.  Thank you in advance for 
any ideas!



Susan Woitte

Temple Israel

Tulsa, OK



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Re: [ha-Safran] Why not add, or switch to, reviewing manuscripts? - attn. Heidi Estrin

[Patricia Givens]

PJ Library might be a resource or model, when it comes to publishing small 
quantities of Jewish books.

From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Aileen 
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Why not add, or switch to, reviewing manuscripts? - 
attn. Heidi Estrin

Yoel,

I am chairperson of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Competition. This annual 
competition is open to authors-unpublished in the genre of literary fiction for 
ages 8-13.

We evaluate manuscripts that are submitted to the committee. These manuscripts 
must adhere to a set of criteria that include literary excellence and Judaic 
relevance.

As part of the prize for winning the competition, the winning manuscript  is 
submitted to an experienced literary agent (a member of AJL) for an evaluation.

Many of the submitted manuscripts have been published.

While there is no requirement on subject, many of the manuscripts deal with 
unique aspects of
the Holocaust: people , settings, or experiences that have not been treated in 
books for children.

However, most of the submissions are either only tangentially connected to or 
have nothing to do with the Holocaust or what I call the sacred H of Jewish 
children's books:  heroes, holidays and Holocaust.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a market for many if these worthy 
potential books.

I question if AJL can financially support a publishing program although the 
idea is certainly worthy.

Aileen Grossberg


On Dec 8, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Yoel Sheridan 
> wrote:
Dear Heidi

Since writing to you about your podcast ‘Enough with the Holocaust Books’, when 
I suggested that AJL could by-pass mainstream channels and offer reviews of 
independently published books in subjects of their choice, I have had an 
additional thought that I would like to share with you.

As you know only too well, the fast development of the digital age is forcing 
libraries to face difficult decisions as to their future function in society 
and sadly some libraries are even facing extinction. Libraries rely on 
mainstream publishers who determine which book to publish, primarily by its 
commercial value, and then determine its popularity by the extent of their 
promotional activity. In these matters libraries exert little or no influence.

I venture to suggest that an organization of libraries such as AJL, could exert 
its collective latent purchasing power on the publishing industry by focusing 
on independent authors who are currently being wooed by the print-on-demand and 
other publishers, who print, but often do not effectively promote, the books 
they publish.

AJL could commission, and/or offer to review, manuscripts on subjects of AJL’s 
choosing, giving a guarantee to purchase after publication (at a discounted 
price) a pre-determined number of books (a reasonable print run?), that meet 
pre-determined standards. Authors who will have that guarantee can then either 
approach mainstream or other publishers with a guarantee of your backing, or 
self-publish with extra confidence.

At the moment AJL provides a service of reviewing books and awarding authors 
that have already been published. Why not add, or switch to, reviewing 
manuscripts and so influence the nature and quality of the books on library 
shelves?  Income can be generated by charging authors a reasonable review fee.

Libraries and authors are today, the two weakest links in the publishing world. 
Joined together, the links will be exponentially stronger.

Just a thought!

Shalom and best wishes

Yoel Sheridan
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[ha-Safran] Responses to Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children

[Heidi Estrin]

I am amazed at how much conversation is being generated by The Book of Life 
Podcast's episode "Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children" (see 
http://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2015/12/enough-with-holocaust-books-for-children.html).
 Most the conversation took place by email or Hasafran, but I've added the 
comments to the blog so everyone can follow the discussion. It's generated lots 
of creativity already. Keep it up, everyone!
Thanks so much for being part of the conversation,
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Re: [ha-Safran] Heidi's article on Multicultural Kid Blogs

[Sussman, Joanna]

Lovely article, Heidi. Thank you for including Kar-Ben titles; and especially 
nice to see books on diversity within the Jewish community, too ;-)

Happy Hanukkah,
Joni


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And I'm adding my kvelling! Yishar Koach, Heidi - this is a beautiful blog!
yaffa
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Subject: [ha-Safran] Heidi's article on Multicultural Kid Blogs

I am proud to share with you my guest post on the Multicultural Kid Blogs site, 
where I was invited to write an article about Hanukkah for a general audience. 
Because diversity is the theme of the site, I wrote about diverse 
representations of Judaism in children's Hanukkah books. You can see my article 
here: http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2015/11/27/hanukkah-books-diverse-dozen/

Kvelling!
Heidi

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[ha-Safran] Heidi's article on Multicultural Kid Blogs

[Heidi Estrin]

I am proud to share with you my guest post on the Multicultural Kid Blogs site, 
where I was invited to write an article about Hanukkah for a general audience. 
Because diversity is the theme of the site, I wrote about diverse 
representations of Judaism in children's Hanukkah books. You can see my article 
here: http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2015/11/27/hanukkah-books-diverse-dozen/

Kvelling!
Heidi

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[Weisman, Yaffa]

And I'm adding my kvelling! Yishar Koach, Heidi - this is a beautiful blog!
yaffa
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Subject: [ha-Safran] Heidi's article on Multicultural Kid Blogs

I am proud to share with you my guest post on the Multicultural Kid Blogs site, 
where I was invited to write an article about Hanukkah for a general audience. 
Because diversity is the theme of the site, I wrote about diverse 
representations of Judaism in children's Hanukkah books. You can see my article 
here: http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2015/11/27/hanukkah-books-diverse-dozen/

Kvelling!
Heidi

Heidi Estrin
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[ha-Safran] Holocaust books

[Donald Weinshank]

Decades ago, our younger son summed up the issue thusly:
.
"If the Holocaust is THE reason for being Jewish, it is the strongest
possible reason to convert."

We must never forget the Holocaust  but never fail to imbue our children
with the joy and love and challenge and relevance of our Tradition. Let's
hear it for books with these foci.




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[ha-Safran] Hebrew noun flashcards

[F. Phred]

A religious school Hebrew teacher is looking for intermediate level (paper) 
Hebrew noun flashcards, something between the big picture,  toddler ones and 
the small, multiple word description ones (which don't work in the classroom 
setting). 
Suggestions?-Thanks
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Yasher koach, Heidi - great article!!


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I am proud to share with you my guest post on the Multicultural Kid Blogs site, 
where I was invited to write an article about Hanukkah for a general audience. 
Because diversity is the theme of the site, I wrote about diverse 
representations
 of Judaism in children’s Hanukkah books. You can see my article here: 
http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2015/11/27/hanukkah-books-diverse-dozen/
 
Kvelling!
Heidi
 
Heidi Estrin
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