I forgot two other anthologies...
Strange Kaddish : tales you won't hear from Bubbie. edited by Clifford Lawrence Meth and Ricia Mainhardt. Morristown, NJ : Äardwolf Pub., ©1996.
Stranger Kaddish. edited by Jim Reeber and Clifford Lawrence Meth. Morristown, NJ : Aardwolf Pub., ©1997.
Lee -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Fantasy/Sci FI Books for middle readers & YA Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:06:10 -0700 From: Lee Jaffe <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] It didn't occur to dip into my list of anthologies to answer your question until I saw Jeannine's note below. In addition to the three she mentions ... People of the Book: A decade of Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy. edited by Rachel Swirsky & Sean Wallace. [Rockville, Md.?] : Prime Books, ©2010. With Signs & Wonders: an international anthology of Jewish fabulous fiction. edited by Daniel M. Jaffe. Montpelier, Vt. : Invisible Cities Press, ©2001. Yene Velt : The Great Works of Jewish Fantasy and Occult. compiled, translated, and introduced by Joachim Neugroschel. New York : Stonehill Pub. Co., ©1976, 1987 The Dybbuk and the Yiddish imagination: a haunted reader. edited and translated from the Yiddish by Joachim Neugroschel. Syracuse, NY : Syracuse Press, 2000 Rabbinic fantasy. editor Mark Jay Mirsky ; special editor David Stern. New York : City College of New York, Dept. of English : Persea Books [distributor], 1983. Rabbinic fantasies : imaginative narratives from classical Hebrew literature. edited by David Stern and Mark Jay Mirsky ; translations by Norman Bronznick ... [et al.]. Yale Judaica Series, v. 29. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998. "Published 1990 by the Jewish Publication Society." I can't tell from here whether all (or any) of the above include material appropriate to your age range. Here are a couple of other titles that occurred to me ... Avram Davidson - various collections The Red Magician by Lisa Goldstein - two spell-casting rabbis and a golem duke it out in a E. European village on the eve of the Holocaust; Goldstein has other fantasy stories - recommended by Michael Chabon in an exchange about Jewish fantasy writing. The Golem's Mighty Swing - a graphic novel mentioned during the earlier exchange about Jews and sports Stardust by Neil Gaiman - (spoiler alert) aside from an explicit sex scene near the beginning of the story, this a great fantasy story for younger readers by a Jewish SF writer. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov - another golem retelling Some good fantasy by Jewish writers with no discernable Jewish content ... Summerland by Michael Chabon Codex, The Magicians, The Magician King by Lev Grossman - Lee Lee Jaffe Planning & Assessment Librarian Mathematics • Applied Mathematics & Statistics Philosophy • Theater Arts • Jewish Studies 2290 McHenry Library University of California Santa Cruz, Calif. 95064 831-459-3297 [email protected] http://people.ucsc.edu/~ldjaffe/ On 8/6/12 11:38 AM, Jeannine Davidson wrote:
Hi Rachel, Have you ever read "Wandering Stars" and "More Wandering Stars"? They are edited by Jack Dann and were first published in 1974. The short stories were first published in 1974. I bought my copy when I was a teen (Oops I'm showing my age!) and still love it. All of the authors are Jewish science fiction/fantasy writers. The books recently came back into print. The other book that I enjoy with creepy tales is "Lilith Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural". I don't think it will satisfy the Harry Potter crowd, but who could replicate Harry Potter. Focus audience: Maybe 13 and up; definitely for High School and up. Jeannine Schiffman Davidson Head of Adult Services Northville District Library Northville, Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Haus" <[email protected]> To: "Hasafran" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 10:32:48 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Fantasy/Sci FI Books for middle readers & YA Dear Hasafranim, I've been struggling to find books of Jewish content (more than simply a character with a Jewish name) for the age 9-13 set, specifically fantasy and sci fi. My own 11 yr old daughter loves the stuff, devouring 300-400 page books in days. I know of a few books, like The Inquisitor's Apprentice by Chris Moriarty, the Cure by Sonia Levitin, The Remarkable Invention That Saves Zion by Yehudit Stupniker. I've bought all that I can find that are age appropriate, (I've found a few for older teens, but that is not currently my focus). Any recommendations for this age group that would satisfy the "Harry Potter" mind-set, but Jewish? Also, another question: Has anyone read any of the Promise of Zion series by Robert Elmer? On their face, the books seem like a good fit for middle readers, but Elmer, I understand, is a Christian writer, so I'm wary. Anything objectionable? Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI [email protected] __ 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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 [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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 [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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