[ha-Safran]: Award suggestion

2009-02-14 Thread EGensler
A 94 year-old man has recently had a book of his short stories published by Syracuse University Press. How can we bring the book to the attention of Jewish book award judges? Any suggestions? I will pass them along to the person who asked me. Thanks for your help. Elana Gensler AJL Recording

[ha-Safran]: THE PINK TRIANGLE

2009-02-14 Thread Amy Turim (Temple Emanuel Librarian)
I can't quite determine how to catalog this important book, the self-proclaimed first comprehensive book to appear in English on the fate of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. Certainly it should be under HOLOCAUST, but are there any suggestions as to the subject breakdown within that category? Amy

Re: [Hasafran] Kanada

2009-02-14 Thread Bernard Katz
Eva Wiseman is a scholar of children's literature (she earned her MA in ) and an award winning author. She has written other books for children and young people with Holocaust themes, such as My Canary Yellow Star (2001) and No One Must Know (2004). When Kanada (2006) was reviewed by Naomi

Re: [Hasafran] The Lemon Tree

2009-02-14 Thread Lee Jaffe
I responded earlier to Liz with some concerns which I can share in more detail here. I'm planning to visit Israel in a couple of months and, typical librarian, I am reading as much background material as I can. Another member of my tour group recommended The Lemon Tree. I bought a copy and