Just to clarify, I agree with Linda Silver that James Howe' Kaddish for Grandpa.... is absolutely unacceptable in any Jewish Library for many reasons but particularly because of the very syncretism Eli Wise seems to be referring to when he speaks about assimilation.
When the editor sent me unbound galleys last year I correspondended with her and with Howe. Among other things, I learned that the author, however well-intentioned, has no understanding that using the word "kaddish" in the very same phrase as "Jesus" makes everyone I've shown it actually gasp. Howe hadn't learned enough about Jewish history, I assume, to get it. Shabbat shalom, Liza ===== Elizabeth F. Stabler, Librarian Congregation Emanu-El 1 East 65th Street New York, NY 10021 212 744-1400 Fax: 212 570 0826 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
