[ha-Safran] Multicultural stories
To Eileen Polk, Dear Eileen, In The Bride Who Argued with God; Tales from the Treasury of Jewish Folklore, compiled and edited by Hava Ben-Zvi (Vallentine Mitchell, 2011) you will find another version of Feathers: Cruel words and feathers: A Yom Kippur tale. This book may be of interest to your college teacher, since the source notes list parallel tales in many cultures. __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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There are several Jewish versions of the Gingerbread Man: Matzo Ball Boy by Lisa Shulman Runaway Dreidel by Leslea Newman The Runaway Latkes by Leslie Kimmelman There's also The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah by Leslie Kimmelman, obviously a take on the old fashioned Little Red Hen. There's Five Little Gefiltes by Dave Horowitz, similar to the nursery rhyme Five Little Ducks. Hope that helps, Heidi Estrin Feldman Children's Library Congregation B'nai Israel Boca Raton, FL From: Eileen Polk [mailto:ep...@tbeonline.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 4:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at
a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s
story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my
sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does
anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank
you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
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FYI It's the Cow in the Kitchen Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Haviva Peters pete...@ramaz.org wrote: The Wise Shoemaker of Studena by Syd Lieberman is the story of a wise Jewish shoemaker in Hungary who is invited to the wedding of the richest merchant in Budapest but is turned away because of his clothes. The Hungry Coat by Demi tells a similar story that takes place in Turkey. (This is not a Jewish story.) Hope this helps. Haviva Donin Peters Librarian Ramaz Lower School 125 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 (212) 774-8000 ext. 5938 pete...@ramaz.org From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Rose Myers Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 11:28 AM To: Eileen Polk; hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories OOH! I know this! I do a lot of programs with many versions of the same basic story. Here are some of them: Note that the first set includes a bibliography of retellings of Could Anything Be Worse?, my favorite version of the story because the pictures show the family preparing for Shabbat---which is a spiritual/psychological/perceptual change, but not a physical/actual/real one. Mind over Matter / Nothing Happens The outward situation of the characters is the same at the beginning as at the end, yet something has happened to make this a satisfying story. · Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina A peddler, unable to sell the caps he carries on his head, naps against a tree. When he wakes up, he discovers that monkeys in the tree have taken all but one of his caps. Yelling at them does no good; but when he throws his cap down, they imitate him and he retrieves his caps and returns to town. Nothing happens: his goal was to sell caps and he does not. Note that there are other stories and images about monkeys and peddlers: The Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, has a beaker (the Monkey Cup). The Cleveland Museum of Art has the Peddler Goblet(link does not work). · Could Anything Be Worse? by Marilyn Hirsh When a man complains to his rabbi that his house is too noisy and crowded, the rabbi keeps telling him to invite in more animals and people until, at last, when the rabbi tells him to have them all leave the man thanks the rabbi for making his house so quiet and roomy. Nothing happens: the man's house is just as noisy and crowded at the end as it was at the beginning. Mind over Matter Bibliography There are many versions of this story. Always Room for One More and Rainy Morning celebrate the growing number of guests. Could Anything Be Worse? A Yiddish tale retold and illustrated by Marilyn Hirsh, Holiday House, New York, 1974 [Pequot Library] It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish folk tale retold and with pictures by Margot Zemach, A Sunburst Book/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, © 1976, Sixth printing 1997. [A Caldecott Honor Book] [Dinosaur's Paw] Terrible, Terrible: A Folktale Retold by Robin Bernstein, Pictures by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki, Kar-Ben Copies, Inc., Rockville, MD, © 1998 [Summary: In this contemporary retelling of the classic Jewish folktale, a rabbi advises a blended family how to deal with their overcrowded house.] [Rabbi is a woman; the family decides to keep their pets indoors instead of in the yard.] It Could Always Be Worse, A Treasury of Jewish Folklore: Stories, Traditions, Legends, Humor, Wisdom and Folk Songs of the Jewish People Edited by Nathan Ausubel, Crown Publishers, New York, © 1948, 1957 Such a Noise!: A Jewish Folktale Retold by Aliana Brodmann, Illustrations by Hans Poppel, Translated by Aliana Brodmann and David Fillingham, A Cranky Nell Book, Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Brooklyn, New York, © 1989 [Fairfield Public Library, Main Branch, J398 B] [Translation of: Ein wunderlicher Rat; Summary: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.] [one page is out of order; Rabbi and farmer lack headcoverings; pictures too frantic for my taste] A Big Quiet House: A Yiddish Folktale from Eastern Europe retold by Heather Forest, Illustrated by Susan Greenstein, August House Little Folk, Little Rock, Arkansas, © 1996 [Pequot Library, J398.2 For ENF] [Summary: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a man goes to the wise old woman who lives nearby for advice.] [interesting About the Story at end] It's Too Noisy! By Joanna Cole, illustrated by Kate Duke, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, © 1989. [Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield Woods Branch, J398 C] [Summary: Unable to stand his noisy and overcrowded home any longer, a farmer goes to the Wise Man for advice.] [the farmer has pigs] Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Simms Taback, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, © 1967 [Trumbull Library, E2 McGov
Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories
Good morning, Eileen, There is also the story where parts of the body argue about which is most important . It appears as The Great Debate in Peninnah Schram's Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another and in the picture book Milk of a Lionness by I.B. Singer, and then as an African tale (where a stomach also participates in the arguing), What is the most important part of the body?, in Julius Lester's How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? There are also several versions of The Magic Pomegranate (Jewish, also in Peninnnah's book) which helps to heal the princess. Eric Kimmel has a picture book version from the Middle East called The Three Princes, where the healing fruit is an orange. And then, in working on my new guide to Latin American folklore, I came across another. There's a variant of Howard Schwartz's Cottage of Candles from Mexico, *La Madrina Muerte = Godmother Death,* Olga Loya, *Momentos Mágicos = Magic Moments*. Plus several versions of the youngest brother who brings back healing leaves to cure his father's blindness, but is killed by his jealous brothers. Let me know if that's one you'd like. Warmly, Sharon On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Eileen Polk ep...@tbeonline.org wrote: Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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Hiya all you out-doorsy Lag bOmer-ites SherylStahl wrote: ...a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was too small I have the Spanish translation of the Caldecott Honor 1977: It Could Always Be Worse 1976, by Margot Zemach (Siempre Puede Ser Peor, spanish translation 1991 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LCCC#91-34878). Here in misnomer-ed Sunny Spain, I read this book about once a week just to keep my brain in focus. Better than aspirin. * * Amazon info: * *Age Range:*3 - 8 years * *Lexile Measure:*650L(What's this? http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374436363/ref=as_sl_pd_tf_lc?tag=creativejui0c-20camp=14573creative=327641linkCode=as1creativeASIN=0374436363adid=0B400REBHJW0RRQH5EQBref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.creativejuicesbooks.com%2Fit-could-always-be-worse.html#) * *Series:*Michael Di Capua Books * *Paperback:*32 pages * *Publisher:*Square Fish; Reissue edition (September 1, 1990) * *Language:*English * *ISBN-10:*0374436363 * *ISBN-13:*978-0374436360 * *Product Dimensions:*8.3 x 0.2 x 9 inches * *Shipping Weight:*4.8 ounces Besos de Valencia Alba Toscano Sinagoga La Javurá __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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I know a story, but unfortunately I don't remember the names. There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger! I've seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic wise man. Sheryl Sheryl Stahl Senior Associate Librarian Frances-Henry Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion 3077 University Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-765-2127 sst...@huc.edu www.huc.edu/research/libraries From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Eileen Polk Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories
Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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Thanks to Marcia Tatz Wollner for reminding me of the name of the story It could always be worse / by Margot Zemach That led me to other versions Kumak's House: A Tale of the Far North / by Michael Bania Arab version http://mocomi.com/mullah-nasruddin-the-crowded-home/ Too Much Noise (Sandpiper books) Paperback - April 27, 1992 by Ann McGovern Sheryl From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Stahl, Sheryl Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 2:39 PM To: Eileen Polk; hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories I know a story, but unfortunately I don't remember the names. There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger! I've seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic wise man. Sheryl Sheryl Stahl Senior Associate Librarian Frances-Henry Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion 3077 University Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-765-2127 sst...@huc.edumailto:sst...@huc.edu www.huc.edu/research/librarieshttp://www.huc.edu/research/libraries From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Eileen Polk Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edumailto:hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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In tribute to Marcia Brown who recently passed away, I can't help but think how much I love reading her telling of Stone Soup and then reading Stone Soup and Matzoh Balls with my students. On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Eileen Polk ep...@tbeonline.org wrote: Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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The story Stone Soup is found in many cultures, including ours. I just did a quick peek at Amazon and found many versions. The book Sheryl is talking about is Could Anything Be Worse? I know of two Jewish versions of it, the other called It Could Always Be Worse, I think. I'm sure this has a generic version as well. Go for it, Eileen! Cheers, Lois L OIS RUBY www.loisruby.com Author of ... Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free The Secret of Laurel Oaks Rebel Spirits and The Doll Graveyard (now in Scholastic Book Fairs!) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER #LoisRubyWriter - Original Message - From: Sheryl Stahl sst...@huc.edu To: Eileen Polk ep...@tbeonline.org, hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 3:39:22 PM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names. There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger! I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic wise man. Sheryl Sheryl Stahl Senior Associate Librarian Frances-Henry Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion 3077 University Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-765-2127 sst...@huc.edu www.huc.edu/research/libraries From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Eileen Polk Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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A generic version of It Could Always be Worse is A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson. Sincerely, Joel Tuchman From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+joel.tuchman=outlook@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Eileen Polk Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 1:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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Another Jewish version of Stone Soup is Bone Button Borscht by Aubrey Davis. - Original Message - From: Danielle Winter springlibrar...@gmail.com To: Eileen Polk ep...@tbeonline.org Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 6:10:56 PM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories In tribute to Marcia Brown who recently passed away, I can't help but think how much I love reading her telling of Stone Soup and then reading Stone Soup and Matzoh Balls with my students. On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Eileen Polk ep...@tbeonline.org wrote: Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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Could anything be worse? by Marilyn Hirsch is one version of the story.-Original Message- From: "Stahl, Sheryl" <sst...@huc.edu> Sent: May 6, 2015 4:39 PM To: Eileen Polk <ep...@tbeonline.org>, "hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" <hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories <zzz!--[if gte="" mso="" 9]=""> <zzz![endif]--><zzz!--[if gte="" mso="" 9]=""> <zzz![endif]--> I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names. There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger! I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic wise man. Sheryl Sheryl Stahl Senior Associate Librarian Frances-Henry Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion 3077 University Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-765-2127 sst...@huc.edu www.huc.edu/research/libraries From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Eileen Polk Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 Daniel D. Stuhlman ddstuhlman at earthlink.net Chicago, IL Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/ __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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I have an old copy of this Yiddish folk tale: *It Could Always Be Worse* A Yiddish folk tale retold and with pictures by Margot Zemach Scholastic Book Services, 1976 Michal Strutin On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Stahl, Sheryl sst...@huc.edu wrote: I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names. There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger! I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic wise man. Sheryl Sheryl Stahl Senior Associate Librarian Frances-Henry Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion 3077 University Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-765-2127 sst...@huc.edu www.huc.edu/research/libraries *From:* Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] *On Behalf Of *Eileen Polk *Sent:* Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM *To:* hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu *Subject:* Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran -- Michal Strutin michalstrutin.com mstru...@gmail.com cell 423-612-8861 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories
Hi Eileen, Raisel's Riddle by Erica Silverman is a Jewish version of the Cinderella story that might work for you. Sheryl Stahl's suggestion of It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach or Could Anything Be Worse by Marilyn Hirsch (two books with rabbis in them) would work if you used one book with the rabbi and another with a wise person (and not a shetl village)--like: It's too Noisy! By Joanna Cole A Big Quiet House by Heather Forest The Little, Little House by Jessica Souhami [cid:image003.jpg@01D0881A.150264B0] Lisa Silverman Library Director, Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library 10400 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 310-481-3215 (direct) 310-481-3218 (main) library.sinaitemple.orghttp://library.sinaitemple.org/ From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+lsilverman=sinaitemple@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Eileen Polk Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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The title of one version is called It could always be worse. There are several other version by different authors. Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Stahl, Sheryl sst...@huc.edu wrote: I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names. There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger! I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic wise man. Sheryl Sheryl Stahl Senior Associate Librarian Frances-Henry Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion 3077 University Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-765-2127 sst...@huc.edu www.huc.edu/research/libraries From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Eileen Polk Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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And a new vewsion of It Could Always be Worse is TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE by Robin Bernstein. Same story but with a woman rabbi and a contemporary blended family. Clare Kinberg, TBE Ann Arbor On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Lisa Silverman lsilver...@sinaiakiba.org wrote: Hi Eileen, Raisel’s Riddle by Erica Silverman is a Jewish version of the Cinderella story that might work for you. Sheryl Stahl’s suggestion of “It Could Always Be Worse” by Margot Zemach or “Could Anything Be Worse” by Marilyn Hirsch (two books with rabbis in them) would work if you used one book with the rabbi and another with a “wise person” (and not a shetl village)--like: *It’s too Noisy!* By Joanna Cole *A Big Quiet House* by Heather Forest *The Little, Little House* by Jessica Souhami *Lisa Silverman* Library Director, Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library 10400 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 *310-481-3215 (direct) **310-481-3218 (main) * *library.sinaitemple.org* http://library.sinaitemple.org/ *From:* Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+lsilverman= sinaitemple@lists.osu.edu] *On Behalf Of *Eileen Polk *Sent:* Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 PM *To:* hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu *Subject:* Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran -- Clare Kinberg __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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Dear Ellen (and Esteemed Colleagues): If you do not own a copy of Sharon Barcan Elswit's The Jewish Story Finder, run and get one. The 2012 edition includes 668 Tales that are listed by subject and source. In Elswit's 2009 edition, there is a list of several versions of The Dream and the Treasure, where a poor man dreams of a treasure. He goes to seek it out, and some kind of guard is there, who tells the man about HIS dream of a treasure buried in a poor man's house. Some Jewish versions: The Dream - Nina Jaffe - The Mysterious Visitor Reb Eisik's Treasure - Ellen Frankel - The Classic Tales The Treasure - Uri Shulevitz The Treasure - Howard Schwartz - Miriam's Tambourine A Secular version: Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share by Kevin O'Malley (Walker and Company, 2007) For the It Could Always Be Worse, I love using Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern. Kol tuv, Kathe Pinchuck Past Chair, Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Association of Jewish Libraries - Original Message - From: Eileen Polkmailto:ep...@tbeonline.org To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edumailto:hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories
One more: Feathers used to illustrate the harms of gossip Forest, Heather. Feathers. Illustrated by Marcia Cutchin. Little Rock: August House Little Folk, 2005. ISBN: 0-87483-755-3. Rhyming text and colorful illustrations teach that hurtful words cannot be taken back easily once they are spoken. The author credits Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev with this tale. Rothenberg, Joan. Yettele's Feathers. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1995. ISBN: 0-7868-2081-0. The town gossip learns her lesson when the rabbi tells her to cut open a pillow and bring him all the feathers. Yettele realized that words cannot be taken back. Waldman, Debby. A Sack Full of Feathers. Illustrated by Cindy Revell. Vancouver: Orca Book Publishers, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-55143-332-5. Yankel loves to go around his village of Olkinik telling stories, often about other people. One day the rabbi gives Yankel the job of putting a feather on every doorstep in the village. Yankel completes this task as he thinks of the stories he will tell his schoolmates. When he returns to the rabbi's house, he is instructed to collect all the feathers and bring them back. As hard as he tries, Yankel cannot do it. From this exercise, Yankel learns that you cannot take back a story once it is told - it goes where it goes, and you cannot say where or how or when. Shabbat Shalom, Kathe Pinchuck - Original Message - From: Eileen Polkmailto:ep...@tbeonline.org To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edumailto:hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
