28 years ago we had a 6th Grade textbook from Oxford
University Press in which we found many instances of
antisemitic passages.
The company defended some of the passages as
explaining what Christians thought of the Jews, but
said they would give some thought to revisions for
future editions of the
Posting for a friend. Please contact Dr. Houman Sarshar directly:
"Houman Sarshar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/19/05
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At the close of its ten-year project, the Center for Iranian Jewish Oral
History (CIJOH) is offering to donate a limited number of its latest
publication, Esther's Chil
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From: "Toby Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [ha-Safran]: Bookwhere
Hello:
Im a new librarian, fresh out of school, working
at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle. For those
of you who know Rebecca Alexander, s
There are three titles which have been "tried and true" in our
elementary library:
Firer, Benzion. The Twins. Feldheim Publishers (c1981)
Kosman, Miriam. Family for a While. CIS Publishers (c1993)
Schur, Maxine. The Circlemaker. Dial Books (c1994) ( A student
returned this title this morn
Thanks to Sherry Wasserman for posting on Hasafran the JTA article
about California's rejection of a sixth grade history textbook
program. Biased textbooks, as well as biased trade books, are a
serious problem. However, does anyone know the title of the textbook
published by Oxford University
A gentleman I know has a library of about 156 books, mostly rabbinic
works of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.
There are some Yiddish works and some works of general interest. The
donor prefers to send them to an orhodox institution but, I think,
won't insist on that
Dear Poshi,
Last year all 6th and 7th graders at our school read Jewish books and wrote
reviews. They enjoyed them so much that many of them went on to read each
other's books.
Here is their list of favorites:
Number the Stars-Lois Lowry
Milkweed-Jerry Spinelli
The Cure- Sonia Levitin
Hitler's D
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