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[ha-Safran] Christian content in bible stories

2017-08-02 Thread rhaus_...@yahoo.com
Dear Hasafranim, Does anyone know if books by Dennis Jones, such as Noah and God's Great Promise: Biblical Values (I Can Read!) or by Zondervan have obvious Christian content that would make them objectionable in a Conservative synagogue library? Thanks, Rachel HausLibrary DirectorCongregation of

Re: [ha-Safran] Christian content in bible stories

2017-08-02 Thread Lisa Silverman
Rachel, Sinai Temple owns the David, Noah, Daniel, and Moses titles in the “I Can Read” series of Bible stories by Dennis Jones, and when I was there we considered them ok for a conservative synagogue. I would guess that certain ones by Zondervan are also ok, because the Sperber Library owns one

Re: [ha-Safran] Christian content in bible stories

2017-08-02 Thread Michael Kahn
Aren't there enough books by Jewish authors? MIchael Kahn On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 6:44 PM, Lisa Silverman wrote: > Rachel, > > Sinai Temple owns the David, Noah, Daniel, and Moses titles in the “I Can > Read” series of Bible stories by Dennis Jones, and when I was there we > considered them ok fo

Re: [ha-Safran] Christian content in bible stories

2017-08-02 Thread Michael Kahn
I am sorry but the idea of Christian books being used by synagogues bothers me so much. I don't me any offense to anyone. Page 6 of Noah and G-d's Great Promise says that Noah lived in the desert. I've never heard that before. Why give a foothold to an a minister devoted to spreading Christianity?

Re: [ha-Safran] Christian content in bible stories

2017-08-02 Thread Henry Hollander
Without addressing the issue of children’s books by Christian publishers for use in Jewish libraries I offer a simple answer to the simple question below: No, there are not enough children’s books from Jewish sources. And certainly there are not enough good ones (and very few great ones). The ma