--- Ann Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well said, Yaffa. I would add that we would also be > compromising the "J" > if we don't define Jewish life and identity in a > broad, inclusive way.
Perhaps, we need to once again define the ages-old question "What is a Jewish book?" Maybe we could even convince an AJL-er or two to present a session at convention on "New Frontiers in Jewish Literature", discussing new types of Jewish books which may tend to get neglected or ignored. ******* re : representations of intermarriage I have about a dozen categories of "Jewish comics" in my private collection. The category which contains comics that I have a strong dislike for are in the category "Relationships". It's bad enough that most comic / graphic novel stories involving a Jew also involve a relationship with a non-Jew (as if it was too difficult to write a story about a Jewish couple). However, when the issues of inter-dating / intermarriage are over-simplified and misrepresented, that's just unacceptable to me. While I am an admirer of the late Will Eisner and while I think that _Dropsie Avenue_ is one of his best works, there is a scene in that book that irks me. A Jewish guy is shown marrying an Italian-Catholic woman and the ceremony is co-officiated by a priest and a rabbi. While I have seen such representations in movies and television shows, I have yet to hear of any actual real-life instance of a rabbi agreeing to marry a couple, along with a chaplain of another faith. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson Toronto, Canada Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
