Erika, Thanks so much for bringing this very important speech/article by Kathrine Locke to our attention. I almost skipped over it until I read Amalia's email in which she said that ithis article was important for all of us to read. There is a strong need for many diverse books for Jewish teens to read. It was also shocking to read about books by non-Jews about Jews that border on anti-Semitism and show an ignorance of Judaism in their content.
About 30 years ago there was a thin volume of stories for Jewish young adults dealing with issues that diverse teens face. Unfortunately, I cannot remember its name. But since then, I have not seen anything similar. There were also books about Jews with diverse backgrounds, but few authors have continued in that vein. I'm heartened by the book with a collection of diverse short stories that Kathrine will help publish. My somewhat secular grandchildren have gotten a number of PJ Library books that focus on holidays and have too many on Hanukkah, for example. PJ Library in Hebrew has a lot of books on values that I hope will be translated into English.. A while ago, I started a Hasafran discussion on the lack of good biographies on Israelis, especially very little on women and non-Ashkenazis. The discussion continued for a while. I did contact a publisher of a number of Jewish books to see if they were interested in an idea that an Israeli friend and I brainstormed. I hope to hear back. It also was disheartening to see in print something I had figured out: that the topic "Holocaust" most interests publishers. It would be wonderful if a group of us could work together to come up with ideas....of look at Israeli children's books and see if there is value in publishing them in English and seeing if a publisher might be interested. Dina Tanners Seattle On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 4:42 AM, Erika Dreifus <[email protected]> wrote: > Shalom, chaverim: > > Just wanted to bring this text, a version of a recent speech by Sydney > Taylor honoree Katherine Locke, to the list's attention: > > https://medium.com/@Bibliogato/thinking-jewish-childrens-literature-in-a- > time-of-antisemitism-c77e4b00392c > > All best, > Erika > > -- > *Erika Dreifus* | Writer. Poet. Publicist. Resource Maven. > (w) http://www.erikadreifus.com > (t) http://twitter.com/erikadreifus > (f) http://facebook.com/erikadreifusauthor > <http://facebook.com/erikadreifusauthor> > > > __ > 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.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > >
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