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Best regards, Izzy cohen.i...@gmail.com On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <hasafran-requ...@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Send Hasafran mailing list submissions to > hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > hasafran-requ...@lists.osu.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > hasafran-ow...@lists.osu.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Hasafran digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Comic versions of torah/bible (Rachel Haus) > 2. Re: Comic versions of torah/bible (Toby Harris) > 3. Re: Comic versions of torah/bible (Anna M Levia) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:21:47 +0000 (UTC) > From: Rachel Haus <rhaus_...@yahoo.com> > To: "hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" > <hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu> > Subject: [ha-Safran] Comic versions of torah/bible > Message-ID: <1456272397.2909354.1490286107...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Hasafranim, > A congregant lost a book from the 70s -- In the Beginning: The Comic-Strip > Bible by Iva Hoth. To replace it, with something I found that is a newer > (1998) edition of the same book, but I worry about Christian content, and > thought it might be nice to find something more updated. > Can anyone recommend a torah or tanach for teens and/or older kids in > comic or graphic format that would be acceptable in a Conservative > synagogue library? What I've found doesn't quite hit the mark. For > instance,? > > The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament (Brick Bible > Presents)?by?Brendan Powell Smith?, though cute, depicts God as an old man > with a beard. ?We could make it fly, but I'm wary theologically. > > https://smile.amazon.com/Brick-Bible-Spin-Testament- > Presents/dp/1616084219/ref=pd_sbs_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1& > refRID=BQDAE2W4YNRFY98PP98F > > > > The Comic Torah: Reimagining the Very Good Book?by?Aaron > Freeman?(Author),?Sharon Rosenzweig?(Illustrator), is way too irreverent, > and kind of icky. > https://smile.amazon.com/Comic-Torah-Reimagining-Very- > Good/dp/193473053X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1490284331&sr=8-2& > keywords=comic+strip+torah > > Any thoughts? > Thanks, > Rachel HausLibrary DirectorCongregation of Moses Fisher LibraryKalamazoo > mirhaus_...@yahoo.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/ > attachments/20170323/aff77b68/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:06:00 +0000 > From: Toby Harris <thar...@tdhs-nw.org> > To: Rachel Haus <rhaus_...@yahoo.com>, "hasafran@lists.osu.edu" > <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Comic versions of torah/bible > Message-ID: > <CY4PR11MB13519D674197AD649CB7737CF63F0@CY4PR11MB1351. > namprd11.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Kids? Cartoon Bible, by Chaya Burstein > > https://www.amazon.com/Kids-Cartoon-Bible-Chaya-Burstein/ > dp/0827607296/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1490292283& > sr=1-1&keywords=kids%27+cartoon+bible > > Toby Harris, Librarian > Temple De Hirsch Sinai > 206-693-3379<tel:206-693-3379> Seattle > 425-559-2578<tel:425-559-2578> Bellevue > http://lib.tdhs-nw.org<http://lib.tdhs-nw.org/> for library hours, > programs and CATALOG > [2017_PEPS_eSig_REVISED_DATES] > [2017_ShabbatSalons_eSig]<http://www.templedehirschsinai.org/> > [2016_SundayStudy_eSig_REV]<http://www.tinyurl.com/tdhsadultedu2016> > [2017_ShirHadash_eSig] > > From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of > Rachel Haus > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:22 AM > To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > Subject: [ha-Safran] Comic versions of torah/bible > > Dear Hasafranim, > > A congregant lost a book from the 70s -- In the Beginning: The Comic-Strip > Bible by Iva Hoth. To replace it, with something I found that is a newer > (1998) edition of the same book, but I worry about Christian content, and > thought it might be nice to find something more updated. > > Can anyone recommend a torah or tanach for teens and/or older kids in > comic or graphic format that would be acceptable in a Conservative > synagogue library? What I've found doesn't quite hit the mark. For instance, > > The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament (Brick Bible Presents) by > Brendan Powell Smith<https://smile.amazon.com/Brendan-Powell-Smith/e/ > B001K7RTV0/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1> , though cute, depicts God as an > old man with a beard. We could make it fly, but I'm wary theologically. > https://smile.amazon.com/Brick-Bible-Spin-Testament- > Presents/dp/1616084219/ref=pd_sbs_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1& > refRID=BQDAE2W4YNRFY98PP98F > > The Comic Torah: Reimagining the Very Good Book by Aaron Freeman< > https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1? > ie=UTF8&text=Aaron+Freeman&search-alias=books&field- > author=Aaron+Freeman&sort=relevancerank> (Author), Sharon Rosenzweig< > https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&text=Sharon+ > Rosenzweig&search-alias=books&field-author=Sharon+ > Rosenzweig&sort=relevancerank> (Illustrator), is way too irreverent, and > kind of icky. > https://smile.amazon.com/Comic-Torah-Reimagining-Very- > Good/dp/193473053X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1490284331&sr=8-2& > keywords=comic+strip+torah > > > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Rachel Haus > Library Director > Congregation of Moses Fisher Library > Kalamazoo MI > rhaus_...@yahoo.com<mailto:rhaus_...@yahoo.com> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/ > attachments/20170323/554ca6c3/attachment.html> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image001.png > Type: image/png > Size: 113987 bytes > Desc: image001.png > URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/ > attachments/20170323/554ca6c3/attachment.png> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image002.png > Type: image/png > Size: 111735 bytes > Desc: image002.png > URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/ > attachments/20170323/554ca6c3/attachment-0001.png> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image003.png > Type: image/png > Size: 139975 bytes > Desc: image003.png > URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/ > attachments/20170323/554ca6c3/attachment-0002.png> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image004.png > Type: image/png > Size: 103627 bytes > Desc: image004.png > URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/ > attachments/20170323/554ca6c3/attachment-0003.png> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:15:13 +0000 > From: Anna M Levia <amle...@stanford.edu> > To: "hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu" > <hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu>, Rachel Haus > <rhaus_...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Comic versions of torah/bible > Message-ID: > <MWHPR02MB28799975A6518B6BF8B149ACCC3F0@MWHPR02MB2879. > namprd02.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Rachel, > > He hasn't done any more books of the bible, but The Book of Genesis > Illustrated by R. Crumb is really something. > > Anna > > > Anna M. Levia<http://library.stanford.edu/people/amlevia> > > Assistant Curator, Judaica & Hebraica Collections<http://library. > stanford.edu/guides/jewish-studies-resources> > > Interim Bibliographer, Linguistics<http://library.stanford.edu/guides/ > linguistics> > > Green Library 321 > > 557 Escondido Mall > > Stanford, CA 94305-6004 > > 650-736-1306 > > ________________________________ > From: Hasafran <hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Rachel Haus < > rhaus_...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:21:47 AM > To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > Subject: [ha-Safran] Comic versions of torah/bible > > Dear Hasafranim, > > A congregant lost a book from the 70s -- In the Beginning: The Comic-Strip > Bible by Iva Hoth. To replace it, with something I found that is a newer > (1998) edition of the same book, but I worry about Christian content, and > thought it might be nice to find something more updated. > > Can anyone recommend a torah or tanach for teens and/or older kids in > comic or graphic format that would be acceptable in a Conservative > synagogue library? What I've found doesn't quite hit the mark. For instance, > > The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament (Brick Bible Presents) by > Brendan Powell Smith<https://smile.amazon.com/Brendan-Powell-Smith/e/ > B001K7RTV0/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1> , though cute, depicts God as an > old man with a beard. We could make it fly, but I'm wary theologically. > https://smile.amazon.com/Brick-Bible-Spin-Testament- > Presents/dp/1616084219/ref=pd_sbs_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1& > refRID=BQDAE2W4YNRFY98PP98F > > The Comic Torah: Reimagining the Very Good Book by Aaron Freeman< > https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1? > ie=UTF8&text=Aaron+Freeman&search-alias=books&field- > author=Aaron+Freeman&sort=relevancerank> (Author), Sharon Rosenzweig< > https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&text=Sharon+ > Rosenzweig&search-alias=books&field-author=Sharon+ > Rosenzweig&sort=relevancerank> (Illustrator), is way too irreverent, and > kind of icky. > https://smile.amazon.com/Comic-Torah-Reimagining-Very- > Good/dp/193473053X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1490284331&sr=8-2& > keywords=comic+strip+torah > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Rachel Haus > Library Director > Congregation of Moses Fisher Library > Kalamazoo MI > rhaus_...@yahoo.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/ > attachments/20170323/72724f25/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > __ > 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 > SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Hasafran Digest, Vol 272, Issue 4 > **************************************** >
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