British author Howard Jacobson has an absolutely brilliant piece in the
latest SAPIR:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sapirjournal.org/continuity/2021/11/advice-to-a-jewish-freshman/__;!!KGKeukY!g72g_6XAOAoR1UeT-_YdBjTYbXLAsMcf-cPDxS2Q0hWafervTcy8rxhR1-tlR5YsJCE$
Shabbat shalom to all,
Mazal tov to Sheryl on launching your wonderful new podcast!
Joyce
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of Rachel Leket-Mor via Hasafran
Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 1:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Launches
I agree with Marjorie.
CSP
On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 11:08 PM Marjorie Gann via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Heidi, I did read it , some years ago. I understood where the author was
> coming from, but had a negative reaction nonetheless.
>
> I think it approached Israel as a
Hi Heidi.
Yes, I have read Glidden's book and feel it's appropriate for YA. There is
nothing age-inappropriate, IMHO, in the book (e.g. no scenes of Israeli-Arab or
Israeli-Palestinian violence), no sexual scenes. I'll leave it to you to judge
how much attention span would be needed for such a
I've absolutely agree with Marjorie! I have personal experience... And, yes a
lot of problems... But still there is a luck of objectivity in this particular
book.I did enjoy the language.
Stay safe!
Sincerely,Anna
On Friday, November 5, 2021, 05:08:18 p.m. EDT, Marjorie Gann via Hasafran
I just ordered the book, *Gateway to the Moon*, by Mary Morris from my
public library.
Sounds like a great trip!
On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 5:08 PM Annette Goldsmith via Hasafran <
hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> Safranim, we had a super time and, as Lisa said, learned a lot! If you
> couldn't make
I totally agreed with Annette. It was a marvelous educational experience and
great to meet the other participants. I had a good basic knowledge of the
background of converso Jews, including reading years ago Cecil Roth’s book, A
History of the Marranos— a pejorative term no longer used.
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