Yes, that was it—Two Truths in My Pocket! Thank you! Dina. Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 17, 2018, at 2:34 PM, Lois Ruby <loisr...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Could the book Dina's talking about be mine? TWO TRUTHS IN MY POCKET came out > about 35 years ago, edited by the incomparable Deborah Brodie, who is no > longer with us. > >> On April 17, 2018 at 7:50 AM Dina Tanners <dina...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Erika, >> Thanks so much for bringing this very important speech/article by Kathrine >> Locke to our attention. I almost skipped over it until I read Amalia's >> email in which she said that ithis article was important for all of us to >> read. There is a strong need for many diverse books for Jewish teens to >> read. It was also shocking to read about books by non-Jews about Jews that >> border on anti-Semitism and show an ignorance of Judaism in their content. >> >> About 30 years ago there was a thin volume of stories for Jewish young >> adults dealing with issues that diverse teens face. Unfortunately, I cannot >> remember its name. But since then, I have not seen anything similar. There >> were also books about Jews with diverse backgrounds, but few authors have >> continued in that vein. I'm heartened by the book with a collection of >> diverse short stories that Kathrine will help publish. >> >> My somewhat secular grandchildren have gotten a number of PJ Library books >> that focus on holidays and have too many on Hanukkah, for example. PJ >> Library in Hebrew has a lot of books on values that I hope will be >> translated into English.. >> >> A while ago, I started a Hasafran discussion on the lack of good biographies >> on Israelis, especially very little on women and non-Ashkenazis. The >> discussion continued for a while. I did contact a publisher of a number of >> Jewish books to see if they were interested in an idea that an Israeli >> friend and I brainstormed. I hope to hear back. >> >> It also was disheartening to see in print something I had figured out: that >> the topic "Holocaust" most interests publishers. >> >> It would be wonderful if a group of us could work together to come up with >> ideas....of look at Israeli children's books and see if there is value in >> publishing them in English and seeing if a publisher might be interested. >> >> >> >> Dina Tanners >> Seattle >> >> >> >>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 4:42 AM, Erika Dreifus <edrei...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Shalom, chaverim: >>> >>> Just wanted to bring this text, a version of a recent speech by Sydney >>> Taylor honoree Katherine Locke, to the list's attention: >>> >>> https://medium.com/@Bibliogato/thinking-jewish-childrens-literature-in-a-time-of-antisemitism-c77e4b00392c >>> >>> All best, >>> Erika >>> >>> -- >>> Erika Dreifus | Writer. Poet. Publicist. Resource Maven. >>> (w) http://www.erikadreifus.com >>> (t) http://twitter.com/erikadreifus >>> (f) http://facebook.com/erikadreifusauthor >>> >>> >>> __ >>> 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 >>> >> >> __ >> 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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