[ha-Safran]: Jewish Children's Literature Conference

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From: "Rachel Kamin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [ha-Safran]: Jewish Children's Literature Conference
Dear AJL Friends,

You are all invited to attend the Jewish 
Children’s Literature Conference sponsored by the 
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s 
Alliance for Jewish Education and the Jewish 
Community Center of Detroit on Sunday afternoon, 
November 5, 2006.  See information below.  If 
you’d like to come in from out of town, I’m happy 
to recommend a local hotel and other points of interest.

Rachel Kamin, Director
Temple Israel Libraries & Media Center
5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323
248/661-5700 (phone), 248/661-1302 (fax)
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]


The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s 
Alliance for Jewish Education and the Jewish 
Community Center of Detroit are pleased to 
announce that a Jewish Children’s Literature 
Conference for Educators and Library 
Professionals will be held on Sunday, November 5 
from 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM at The Jewish Community 
Center of Metropolitan Detroit at the D. Dan & 
Betty Kahn Building | Eugene & Marcia Applebaum 
Jewish Community Campus, 6600 W. Maple Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

The conference will begin with keynote speaker, 
Linda Silver who is a nationally known specialist 
in Jewish Children’s Literature.  She will be 
speaking on, “What Fanny, Mamie, Sadie, and 
Sydney Did:  Jewish Books for Jewish American 
Kids”.  Ms. Silver is the editor of AJL’s 
JewishValues Finder, a book reviewer and an 
editor for the AJL newsletter.  She has been 
active in AJL for many years and chaired the 
Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee.

Following Ms. Silver’s keynote address, 
literature discussion groups will analyze books 
of Jewish interest in categories including; Hot 
Topics:  Controversial Jewish Children’s Books, 
What Does Judaism Mean to Me: Struggles with 
Jewish Identity in Middle Grade Novels, Israel 
Themes, and The Diversity of the American Jewish 
Experience.  The discussion groups will be 
followed by an opportunity to hear from Ann 
Stampler, author of Something For Nothing and 
Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost.

The Jewish Community Center hosts the conference 
at the time of their annual Jewish Book 
Fair.  Conference participants will have the 
opportunity to view new Jewish books of interest 
for both children and adults.  Brochures 
detailing the discussion book selections for the 
conference are available upon request.  Attendance at the conference is $5.

More information and a brochure are available by 
calling or e-mailing Rebecca Starr at 
248-205-2531 or <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]




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