I did JUST SAY NO! and I hope everyone else will, as well. Lois Ruby Congregation Albert/Albuquerque, NM L OIS RUBY www.loisruby.com Author of ... Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits, and Doll Graveyard (now on the Oklahoma Sequoyah list!) Watch for my new ebooks, too!
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Kiron" <ki...@pobox.upenn.edu> > To: "Amy Turim" <amytu...@rcn.com>, "Heidi Rabinowitz" > <heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org> > Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu > Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 9:31:11 AM > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision > Dear Amy and Heidi – thank you both and to Heidi in particular. How ironic > and disturbing that a publishing house founded by a Jew should be publishing > a book by someone who espouses such odious views. I agree that this is not > an issue of free speech but of choosing whether to help distribute and > legitimize such views and to profit off of them. > Just say no! > Arthur > From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+kiron=pobox.upenn....@lists.osu.edu] > On Behalf Of Amy Turim > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2017 12:31 PM > To: 'Heidi Rabinowitz' > Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision > Thank you, Heidi, for bringing this to our attention (No, I hadn’t heard > about it) and for rallying us to use our voice – collectively and > individually. > This is one of the best ways to express our values as Jews, as librarians, > and as Americans. > Thanks to your leadership, my email is en route . > Bravo, Heidi! > Amy Turim > Temple Emanuel, Kensington, MD > From: Heidi Rabinowitz [ mailto:heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org ] > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 1:27 PM > To: Hasafran < hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > > Subject: [ha-Safran] Simon and Schuster's horrible decision > Dear Safranim, > Perhaps you've heard in the news that Simon and Schuster has offered Milo > Yiannopoulos a book deal through their conservative imprint, Threshold. He > is an anti-Semitic, misogynist, bigoted, neo-Nazi "troll" whose goal in life > is to harass people. He was the one who abused black Ghostbusters actress > Leslie Jones so badly that Twitter actually banned him. > While he has a right to free speech, that does not include book deals. In my > opinion, this book deal legitimizes his message of hate and gives him a > wider platform for it. I feel that S&S should be aware that some of its > customers are disgusted by their poor decision, so I emailed them. If you > agree, I encourage you to email, write, or call to tell them so. > Threshold Editions > General phone 212-698-7006 > General fax 212-698-2858 > Jennifer Robinson, VP, Director of Publicity > gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com > Or > Corporate Communications > General phone 212-698-7033 > General fax 212-698-7035 > Adam Rothberg, VP, Director of Corporate Communications > corporate.communicati...@simonandschuster.com > Or > Carolyn Kroll Reidy, CEO and President, Simon and Schuster > 212-698-7000 > carolyn.re...@simonandschuster.com > Here's what I sent to Jennifer Robinson, Dir of Publicity at S&S, > gallerypublic...@simonandschuster.com > Dear Ms. Robinson, > As a librarian for 20 years and an advocate of free speech, I must > nevertheless protest your rewarding Milo Yiannopoulos's hateful, bigoted, > abusive behavior with a book deal. The public needs to hear less from this > horrible man, not more. I am ashamed of S&S for helping him to spread his > messages of hate. I certainly will not be purchasing this book, and I'm sure > many of my colleagues feel the same way. I urge you to cancel this book > deal. In America's current atmosphere of divisiveness and emboldened hate > speech, it is time to cultivate an atmosphere of tolerance and kindness > rather than fan the flames by amplifying the voices of the so-called alt > right. > I hope you will seriously consider the consequences to our society of giving > hate speech a legitimate platform. > Thank you for your attention, > Heidi Rabinowitz > Librarian, Boca Raton, Florida > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > __ > 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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