Hi Steven, Here's a book about two women, I'm not sure of the grade level.
Haviva Ner David, *Hope Valley* https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bedazzledink.com/store/p140/Hope_Valley_-_epub.html__;!!KGKeukY!zKWi14ajdPJsGmaPHFz2KJ0f5JJm1sh1Ex5bp-jY_O8lPAHT6SfC9qbMPPeJv891XqA_E_lXfNKsvaq9jLOsrN7rd6VEXA$ Set against the backdrop of the Galilee in Northern Israel right before the 2nd Intifada in the year 2000, *Hope Valley* is the story of two women, one Jewish-Israeli and one Palestinian-Israeli, who come together to form the unlikeliest of friendships. Tikvah, a fifty-two-year old artist originally from Long Island, is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and was raised in a loveless and lifeless household. Ruby, a world-renowned Palestinian-Israeli artist, has come home to her childhood village from a life abroad to be treated for her worsening cancer. While the valley itself separates the segregated villages in which the two women live, this physical divide is symbolic of something much greater—the political enmity that has defined the history of two nations in this troubled land and which has led to parallel cultures with little meaningful interaction between them. Tikvah’s and Ruby’s stories are about both the strength and fragility of family ties, the power that trauma and fear has in shaping our lives, the vicissitudes of marriage and the glorious meaning of friendship. Their lives tap into the primal need for connection, as well as the rich and transformative bonds that can be formed from serendipitous encounters. Best, Rachel Rachel L. 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On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Hasafran mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran__;!!DaRZpAeNFA!cKOrFgxGPcpHtsp7Y21s6K7Zs7KU_JWtBZKmduvhy7S01K-kgCTIDtEWiREz2PSiOTCZnFpy183XD0fpEsO3Rsi1XazNbRM73QuP_A$ > [lists[.]osu[.]edu] > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Hasafran digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Suggestions appreciated (Glaser, Steven) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:07:47 +0000 > From: "Glaser, Steven" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ha-Safran] Suggestions appreciated > Message-ID: > < > ds7pr01mb78309e706f8bd921936248c8eb...@ds7pr01mb7830.prod.exchangelabs.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear Colleagues, > > My son is in the 7th grade and his social studies class is profiling > examples of females (women or girls) who have exhibited courage while > living under an oppressive regime. Among the reading list is a book by a > young Palestinian woman named Ahed Tamimi whose book "They called me a > Lioness" details her personal story of Palestinian resistance to Israeli > oppression on the West Bank. This is the same young woman who slapped an > Israeli soldier filmed in a video that went viral. > > The book paints a very harsh and sympathetic picture of Palestinian life > on the West Bank perpetrated by Israeli settlers, the IDF, and the Israeli > government. Ms. Tamimi advocates non-violent resistance. No doubt this > girl has suffered and there is much injustice being inflicted on > Palestinians, but the book is completely subjective and paints Zionists as > racist, pro-apartheid, land stealing Jews with a few exceptions who have no > rights to the land (West Bank and Israel proper). > > I stated my strong objections in a letter to the teacher a few days ago > and this morning met with him and the principle to discuss the problem. > They were most reasonable but unfortunately, bias has already been > established among the students. The teacher has plans to show the class a > documentary on the founding of the state of Israel, the origins of the > dispute, a documentary on Hamas including what happened on October 7th, and > a show on PBS Frontline about the conflict. He welcomes a book that the > class could read that is pro-Zionist that also displays female courage. > > I would welcome some suggestions. 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