Thank you, Heidi, for the amazing podcast! It was great to hear you lead the conversation about such a timely and important topic and I loved hearing your guests give their very thoughtful and thought-provoking comments. Also, source notes were extensive and very helpful. Not only what to look for but also what to avoid purchasing. I am one of the very few Jewish librarians actively involved with NJASL, NJ Assoc for School Libraries. I am often asked for recommendations for Jewish books for the public school libraries. While there is a fair amount on an array of topics, there are too few about Israel. Keep up the great work. Esther Schnaidman
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:02 PM <hasafran-requ...@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Send Hasafran mailing list submissions to > hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > hasafran-requ...@lists.osu.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > hasafran-ow...@lists.osu.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Hasafran digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Book of Life podcast "We Need Israel Books" (Heidi Rabinowitz) > 2. Lovely essay about books during the conflict posted by the > Jewish Book Council (Shirazi, Gail) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 15:30:30 -0400 > From: Heidi Rabinowitz <bookoflifepodc...@gmail.com> > To: Hasafran <hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu>, SFAJL > <sf...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [ha-Safran] Book of Life podcast "We Need Israel Books" > Message-ID: > < > caeogw4v-9skr4caj-wzvt0hsf5joq2sd7fbuftxo5k8i0jv...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Safranim, > > Once again, I'm interrupting my regular podcast schedule to bring you > additional content related to the war in Israel and Gaza. This conversation > with Yael Levy < > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yaellevymedia.com/__;!!KGKeukY!x8z1YazzbcjunR6cF9tlyC0LsjBO3HrIdN9bpsXXaY-es85r96NAysI6p9s-MPmRjsEG5GYvrfw9Q4-V52Vj7feV2adN6ZaCGX0VRYJkD_E$ > >, Chava Pinchuck > < > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lifelibrary-ksp.blogspot.com/__;!!KGKeukY!x8z1YazzbcjunR6cF9tlyC0LsjBO3HrIdN9bpsXXaY-es85r96NAysI6p9s-MPmRjsEG5GYvrfw9Q4-V52Vj7feV2adN6ZaCGX0VDOxmlbI$ > >, and Marjorie Gann > < > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.camera.org/camera-author/gann-marjorie/__;!!KGKeukY!x8z1YazzbcjunR6cF9tlyC0LsjBO3HrIdN9bpsXXaY-es85r96NAysI6p9s-MPmRjsEG5GYvrfw9Q4-V52Vj7feV2adN6ZaCGX0V77cReRM$ > > is about the need for > children's literature related to Israel and the challenges that make it > hard to get that literature published. You can listen to it, and find very > extensive show notes, at > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2023/10/we-need-israel-books.html__;!!KGKeukY!x8z1YazzbcjunR6cF9tlyC0LsjBO3HrIdN9bpsXXaY-es85r96NAysI6p9s-MPmRjsEG5GYvrfw9Q4-V52Vj7feV2adN6ZaCGX0VOfW-MlE$ > . You'll > find a transcript, too. I think it's an important conversation, so please > share it, and feel free to leave comments on the blog or to email me if you > have thoughts on the topic. > > Am Yisrael Chai, > Heidi > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/hasafran/attachments/20231022/d73cad75/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:57:04 +0000 > From: "Shirazi, Gail" <g...@loc.gov> > To: "hasafran@lists.osu.edu" <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > Subject: [ha-Safran] Lovely essay about books during the conflict > posted by the Jewish Book Council > Message-ID: <63cfcd580cb64814b5eacc0dd40a1...@loc.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > If you missed this uplifting essay below, it?s worth a read. Praying for > peace. Gail > ?ESSAY > Bread, Books, and Perseverance > Jonathan Yavin< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/jonathan-yavin__;!!KGKeukY!0XInvNM1mNCI7DiyrDcPetfMNa94PbsMQt2EblTjAmwrf__xv2UppRAkVDzq1aZ9_HZqlOTLBhFEHaVM$ > > > > October 18, 2023 > [cid:image001.png@01DA057E.20824F40] > ? > ? > ? > This piece is one of an ongo?ing series< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/with-tag/3361__;!!KGKeukY!0XInvNM1mNCI7DiyrDcPetfMNa94PbsMQt2EblTjAmwrf__xv2UppRAkVDzq1aZ9_HZqlOTLBpwMGxlc$ > > that we will be shar?ing in the com?ing days from Israeli authors and > authors in Israel. > It is crit?i?cal to under?stand his?to?ry not just through the books that > will be writ?ten lat?er, but also through the first-hand tes?ti?monies and > real-time account?ing of events as they occur. At Jew?ish Book Coun?cil, we > under?stand the val?ue of these writ?ten tes?ti?mo?ni?als and of shar?ing > these indi?vid?ual expe?ri?ences. It?s more impor?tant now than ever to > give space to these voic?es and narratives. > A. The Mall > This is a sto?ry of a bro?ken birth?day par?ty, an admirable and > mali?cious bread mak?er, and a library put togeth?er from scratch in less > than twen?ty-four hours. This is under no cir?cum?stance a sto?ry about the > worst ter?ror attack Israel has ever suf?fered; it?s not about the > per?pet?u?al?ly scorched sights of hor?ror, nor is it about the inabil?i?ty > to inhale and exhale, or the con?stant feel?ing that we, Israelis, are all > going to die in the next few days. It?s not a sto?ry of rage, not about a > kind word one may say to a pan?icked stranger in a super?mar?ket. It might > be just about the per?fect response to the ques?tion ??how are things?? > when it?s pre?sent?ed in Israel at this time. > Two days pri?or to the hell?ish, night?mar?ish attack in the west?ern > Negev, I was in the local mall in Givatay?im (a town next to Tel Aviv) with > my ten-year-old child, Enoch. We were look?ing for a big-enough birth?day > present for my wife. Like all men in this predica?ment, I felt com?plete?ly > lost. Final?ly, the idea of a bread mak?er hit me and we went and got it. > We bought her two more small presents as insur?ance against > dis?ap?point?ment and head?ed towards the last hours of life as we knew it. > We were hap?py. About a week from that day, we were sup?posed to fly out > on our first fam?i?ly vaca?tion abroad to the isle of San?tori?ni in > Greece. Enoch has an acute milk aller?gy, and we nev?er dared going abroad > with him. But we had final?ly come to the real?iza?tion that life can?t be > run by fear. Now it sounds iron?ic but at this time every?thing in Israel > sounds iron?ic, hit?ting these keys sounds iron?ic, so does breathing. > B. The Attack > We woke up to the wail?ing of sirens and dashed to the safe room. I was > clos?ing the win?dow, a heavy rolling met?al plate across a dou?ble-glazed > win?dow. It?s usu?al?ly Enoch?s room and so my wife, Rav?it, was bring?ing > in our oth?er two chil?dren, our daugh?ter Sivan and our youngest son > Maayan. I rushed to the steel door, flung it shut and locked it firm?ly. We > have nine?ty sec?onds till Hamas?s mis?siles hit our town, but we are in > the safe room in about twen?ty. We are well-drilled. > Home?land secu?ri?ty says wait ten min?utes before it?s safe to come out; > we wait?ed eight because we?re rebel?lious by nature. Watch?ing the liv?ing > room TV after?wards we real?ized it?s not safe, it?s not going to be safe > for a long time, and it was nev?er safe. > C. Bal?loons > The scale of the tragedy was slow?ly unrav?el?ing through?out the day. > Rage, fear, help?less?ness, accom?pa?nied by repeat?ed dash?es into the > safe room. The kids decid?ed to stay there and as evening fell, we filled > bal?loons with air for the dec?o?ra?tions for my wife?s birth?day par?ty, > the next day. What a day to cel?e?brate. Mechan?i?cal?ly, my wife was > bak?ing a cake, because I?m a dis?as?ter at bak?ing. Final?ly, the eldest > hit the hay, and there were just the two of us. > I poured us some whiskey and made a toast for the ones mur?dered and those > kid?napped and those fight?ing for us. My wife sat down, eyes mis?er?ably > glued to the screen. I was hang?ing ??Hap?py Birth?day? rib?bons all over > the house. At mid?night, I poured us anoth?er drink and said ??L?chaim?? to > life. ??Hap?py birth?day?, I stu?pid?ly added. > D. The Cake > There was a lot of hid?ing from the kids to do. No school today, we > announced and, aston?ish?ing?ly, they did?n?t seem upset. We brought in the > cake, and my wife blew out the can?dles and I just don?t know how she did > it, because air did?n?t seem to come out of her lips. I?m sor?ry we have a > war on your birth?day, I said. ??It does?n?t mat?ter,? she replied, ??it?s > not impor?tant.? Then she opened up the presents. She was very hap?py, all > things con?sid?ered, with the new bread maker. > E. The Bread Maker > We baked the first loaf togeth?er, and it came out shrunk?en yet tasty. > From that moment on we made exper?i?ments that ulti?mate?ly yield?ed the > per?fect bread. We looked at the news on the TV when the kids were in the > safe room and bread was in the mak?ing. We were mea?sur?ing olive oil when > sirens came. We were adding water when rumours of rape were turn?ing into > facts. We were care?ful?ly adding yeast when the first tid?ings of babies > being behead?ed arrived. We were bak?ing real?ly good bread; I made one > with chestnuts. > I did more stuff. I went to give blood. They said: sir, we?re > ful?ly-booked for the next three days, the line is stretch?ing out to the > street. I did count?less pro-bono Zoom shows for kids and lec?tures for > adults. I applied for a firearm license. I vol?un?teered for the > neigh?bor?hood watch. I asked my old com?mand?ing offi?cer to redraft me to > my reserve unit, from which I was dis?charged at forty as is typ?i?cal. I > was ready to dri?ve a tank again, if nec?es?sary. I was in a rage. > None of this hap?pened. Our flight was final?ly can?celed about > forty-eight hours before take?off, so that gave me some blessed > bureau?cra?cy to sink into. Can?cel?ing the hotel reser?va?tion, the car > rental, the trav?el insurance. > And I baked bread. Bread is life, bread is the future. I kept going to the > store to get flour. There was a siren when I was wait?ing in line and one > of the women start?ed yelling and cry?ing. ??We have nine?ty sec?onds, > ma?am, come with me to the safe room,? I said. ??Oh, I?m sor?ry,? she said > mor?ti?fied, ??I?m from the south. We only have fif?teen seconds.? > F. The Library > I had an idea about books. Before Octo?ber 7 we escaped our lives with > social media; after Octo?ber 7 we escape social media back into our lives. > And our lives aren?t pret?ty, so our minds real?ly have nowhere to hide. > Books are the per?fect escape. Always, and now more than ever. Like bread, > books are also our future and our past. Books are our soul?s bread. > I want?ed to orga?nize a dona?tion of chil?dren?s books, for the > thou?sands of fam?i?lies who were evict?ed from their homes in the > war?zone. They were all put into hotels in safer regions of Israel, some > got there bare?foot, with not so much as a clean pair of under?wear. Then I > saw that iCast, an audio?books com?pa?ny in Israel, was giv?ing away the > books they?ve already record?ed for the evac?uees. I went to their > head?quar?ters, got two big crates of books and made a few phone calls. It > turned out my child?hood neigh?bor, Shirly, is help?ing out refugees from a > moshav called Shoke?da, who were evac?u?at?ed to a hotel in the moshav > where she lives, Neve Ilan, about twen?ty miles west to Jerusalem. > G. The Disappointment > ?What?s in there?? inquired the lady in charge of the refugees? sup?plies > at the hotel. Books, I said. ??Books, huh?? She nod?ded skep?ti?cal?ly. ??I > don?t expect they?ll be in a read?ing mood right now.? Well, that took the > air out, I was in this Mes?si?ah mood of sav?ing their spir?its, bring?ing > these poor des?o?lat?ed peo?ple the bread of the soul and so on. ??Just put > them in the Carmel lounge, that?s where they?re hanging.? > I pulled the trol?ly to the Carmel lounge. A teenag?er came towards me. > ??What?s in here?? she asked in an eager trea?sure-hunt?ing tone. ??Books,? > I replied sheep?ish?ly. ??Oh, thank God! Books!? she said happily. > The Carmel lounge was filled with moms and infants and the unmis?tak?able > scent of dia?pers in need of change. Donat?ed clothes, toys, and a > clut?tered dis?ar?ray of items so dense we did?n?t even know where the > crates could go. We just moved some emp?ty baby strollers. Frankly, I just > want?ed to leave. You hear about evac?uees on the news, but see?ing the > real?i?ty is different. > Shirly sent me a pic?ture after two hours. All the books were labeled with > the name of Shoke?da, the moshav of the evict?ed peo?ple, very neat?ly > placed on a book?shelf unit some?one had donat?ed. These peo?ple did not > have a home to come back to yet, but they already had a library. > H. The Per?fect Answer > I texted one of my old army bud?dies a few days ago. I asked: ??How are > things?? He replied: ??Tol?er?a?ble?. I thought that?s the per?fect answer > for this ques?tion. That, and bread baking. > The views and opin?ions expressed above are those of the author, based on > their obser?va?tions and experiences. > Sup?port the work of Jew?ish Book Coun?cil and become a mem?ber today.< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/support__;!!KGKeukY!0XInvNM1mNCI7DiyrDcPetfMNa94PbsMQt2EblTjAmwrf__xv2UppRAkVDzq1aZ9_HZqlOTLBjTkWC1v$ > > > Jonathan Yavin is an Israeli nov?el?ist and writer for chil?dren and YA. > So far, he has writ?ten 17 books that were trans?lat?ed into sev?er?al > lan?guages. His book ??Pump?kin the Kit?ten? entered many edu?ca?tion?al > pro?grams as a text?book and sold over 200 thou?sand copies. The Amer?i?can > edi?tion of this book, along with the Amer?i?can edi?tion of ??A Night at > the Play?ground?, were pub?lished In the USA 2023 (Gefen Pub?lish?ers, > Ohio-Jerusalem). In 2012, Yavin was award?ed the Prime Min?is?ter Levi > Eshkol Prize for Writ?ers and in 2006, his chil?dren book ??Oh, Broth?er? > received the Israeli Muse?um Prize for Illus?tra?tion (art by Gilad > Sof?fer). 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