If you are wondering why there are no 2011 titles in the
Valuesfinder, it's because the transition to AJL's new website has
created several problems for the Valuesfinder, the worst of which is
that it has not been possible to add anything new titles, book
awards, news, etc. for at least 6
The approach of Tu B'Shivat is a very good time to help re-plant the
Carmel Forest, which was devastated by a ferocious forest fire
slightly over a month ago. On the Jewish National Fund website is
this announcement:
At this time, all tree donations will support the rebuilding of the
Carmel
Mazel tov twice to Anne Dublin, author and co-editor of AJL Reviews
for Children and Teens, on being honored by both the Sydney Taylor
Book Award committee and the Jewish Book Council for her book, THE
ORPHAN RESCUE (Second Story Press). THE ORPHAN RESCUE, which was
reviewed in the Nov/Dec
On Sunday afternoon, AJL's Greater Cleveland Chapter had its annual
Jewish Book Month Tea. Abraham Socher, the editor of the Jewish
Review of Books and director of the Jewish Studies Program at Oberlin
College was the speaker and his talk, with lively discussion
afterwards, inspired me to
A Hanukkah Noel by Sharon Jennings (Second Story Press) will be
reviewed in the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of the AJL Newsletter and not
recommended. It is about a Jewish child's longing in celebrate
Christmas. She finally gets her wish. And, oh yes, she lights a
Hanukkah menorah, too.
Linda
The Greater Cleveland chapter's annual book and film lists for Jewish
Book Month are now posted on the AJL-GCC blog and on Facebook. One
list is for adults and the other is for children and teens. All of
the titles are from 2010. Soon, these lists will also be posted on
the AJL website,
In answer to Shmuel Ben-Gad's query:
All of Uri Orlev's books, including those about the Shoah, are
written in Hebrew and translated into English. So are Gila Almagor's
Under the Domim Tree and Tamar Bergman's Along the Tracks. There are
other translated books originally written by
There are several points to be made in answer to the question about
evaluating Holocaust literature for children posted on HaSafran:
1)AJL has several bibliographies of Holocaust literature for children
posted on its bibliography bank atwww.jewishlibraries.org.
2)The Jewish
Pardon me if I kvell. My new book, BEST JEWISH BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
AND TEENS: A JPS GUIDE has just been published by The Jewish
Publication Society. It consists of about 1,000 recommended
annotated titles for preschool through high school, organized in
chapters by subjects. The subjects
If you are looking for new and recent children's books about the Fall
holidays, I've compiled a list that is posted on Facebook and on the AJL blog.
Linda R. Silver
AJL Newsletter Reviews for Children and Teens
AJL Jewish Valuesfinder
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights, OH
It's no news that Norman G. Finkelstein is an anti-Zionist crack
pot. But what does an ALA promotion of his book, plus another one
about the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla by the same
publisher, say about ALA? Could it be that the American Library
Association has never repudiated its
What is the definition of a historic Jewish children's book.
Linda R. Silver
AJL Newsletter Reviews for Children and Teens
AJL Jewish Valuesfinder
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
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As a post-script to Dan Rettberg's excellent advice about what to
look for in duplicate copies, the illustrator is also very
important. Different editions of a book can have different
illustrators and you would want to save all of them.
Linda R. Silver
AJL Newsletter Reviews for Children
Andrea Rapp and Fred Isaac both write about old, or is it historic?,
children's books. Deciding which category describes a book is one of the
first steps in determining what to do with it. Age alone doesn't determine
historic value and current library thought has it that old books on the
shelf
The book review editors of the AJL Newsletter, Anne Dublin, Merrily
Hart, Daniel Scheide, and Linda Silver want to express our
appreciation to Libby White for her many and substantial
contributions to AJL, especially for the masterful editing of the
Newsletter that she did for many years
Does anyone know of a source of information human or otherwise
about early Jewish children's books in Yiddish or German? Thanks!
Linda R. Silver
AJL Newsletter Reviews for Children and Teens
AJL Jewish Valuesfinder
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
The Jewish Valuesfinder, www.ajljewishvalues.org, includes many
stories about Israel for young children. Here are some (not all) of them:
MY COUSIN TAMAR LIVES IN ISRAEL by Michelle Abraham Shapiro. Very easy.
IT'S ISRAEL'S BIRTHDAY by Ellen Dietrick. Very easy.
BEHOLD THE TREES by Sue
Today's People of the Books ended with this statement: Nonfiction
Monday is a moving meme headquartered at Picture Book of the Day (
http://6traits.wordpress.com/nonfiction-monday/ ) and hosted this
week at Charlotte's Library. (http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/ )
Does anyone have any
The children's book about Israel that was mentioned on HaSafran is
not entitled The Wailing Wall. It's The Waiting Wall. A description
of it can be found at www.ajljewishvalues.org
Linda R. Silver
AJL Newsletter Reviews for Children and Teens
AJL Jewish Valuesfinder
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook
Here are some suitable for teens from the Valuesfinder, in addition
to Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi:
Along the Tracks by Bergman
The Man from the Other Side by Orlev
The Island on Bird Street by Orlev
Tropical Secrets by Engle
Emil and Karl by Glatshteyn
Once by Morris Gleitzman
The best source for finding Jewish stories on particular subjects or
themes is THE JEWISH STORY FINDER by Sharon Barcan Elswit.
Linda R. Silver
AJL Newsletter Reviews for Children and Teens
AJL Jewish Valuesfinder
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
WHERE IS YONKELA? is by Marilyn Hirsh, published by Crown in
1969. Marilyn Hirsh's papers are in the de Grummond Collection,
McCain Library and Archives, USM Libraries, The University of
Southern Mississsippi, Collection Number DG0457.
According to WorldCat, WHERE IS YONKELA is owned by 92
READ ON
LIFE STORIES: READING LISTS FOR EVERY TASTE by AJL member,
Rosalind Reisner, gets special notice in the RA (Reader's Advisory)
section of Booklist, March 1, 2010. The glowing review by Ann Welton
describes the writing as stylish, attention-grabbing prose that
could pretty much sell
My best to all three new members of the committee and thanks to those
going off. Those of us in in Cleveland's AJL chapter are especially
happy to see that one of our members, Aimee Lurie, is on the
committee because Cleveland has always had an important presence on
it, with not only members
Eat less, count calories.
For reducing a library collection, two fairly recent, AJL guides may
be useful. They are Merrily Hart's CREATING A COLLECTION: A RESOURCE
BOOKLIST FOR A BEGINNING JUDAIC LIBRARY, 5th Edition and JEWISH
CLASSIC FOR KIDS by Linda R. Silver. Both are listed and are
Books about daily life in biblical times. Most are listed in the
Jewish Valuesfinder, http://www.ajljewishvalues.orgwww.ajljewishvalues.org:
THE ANCIENT ISRAELITES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: AN ACTIVITY GUIDE by
Marian Broida (Elem - Middle School)
ALEXANDRA'S SCROLL by Miriam Chaikin
Readers of HaSafran with better memories than mine have identified
the title of the book I was looking for is MY SPECIAL FRIEND by
Floreva G. Cohen, photographs by George Ancona, published by the
Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York in 1986.
Thanks to everyone who replied.
Linda
I am trying to remember the title of a children's
book about two boys, one of whom is mentally disabled, who help lead
Shabbat services in their synagogue. It is illustrated with black
and white photographs. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Linda R. Silver
AJL
? Do we really need to have it in print anymore?
This seems like something that the Newsletter editors and AJL's Publications
VP among others should be involved in researching and presenting as a
recommendation to Council.
Linda Silver
Co-Editor, Reviews of Books for Children and Teens
AJL
The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Ann Laurel Carter will be reviewed in the
May/June 2009 issue of the AJL Newsletter. This is the title that Andrea
Rapp mentioned in her recent HaSafran message.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights,
Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story by Abigail Yasgur and Joseph Lipner will
be reviewed in the May/June 2009 issue of the AJL Newsletter.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
I am looking for titles of books for children or teens that deal with
contemporary political conflicts other than the Arab-Israeli conflict. This
would include but wouldn't necessarily be limited to Iraq, Afghanistan, the
Kurds, Northern Ireland, India-Pakistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, Sudan, and South
Elvina's Mirror by Sylvie Weil will be reviewed in the May/June 2009 issue
of the AJL Newsletter.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
mailto:silve...@roadrunner.comsilve...@roadrunner.com
www.ajljewishvalues.org
Kathe Pinchuck sent me this link because she knows my thoughts about book
reviewing: http://lu.com/ranews/winter2009/cords.cfm
I think it's worth posting on HaSafran so that others interested in book
reviewing - or who actually write reviews - can read it, too.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values
December 29, 2008 CONTACT: Lindsay Chall
800-328-4929, ext. 385
lch...@lernerbooks.com mailto:lch...@lernerbooks.com
MINNEAPOLISLerner Publishing Group is shocked and disappointed to learn
that the widely publicized Holocaust love story of Herman and Roma
Rosenblat, which inspired the children's
They're back! The Greater Cleveland chapter's annual lists of noteworthy
new books for kids and adults are now posted on the AJL website at
www.jewishlibraries.org. Pictured on the adult list are AJL-GCC members
Nina Rosner and Marcia Klein. On the kids' list, chapter member Aimee Lurie
is
Interesting reading:
http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/august-september-2008/the-role-of-today
-s-librarian.html
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.ajljewishvalues.org
www.neal-schuman.com
Here are some children's books related to the subjects of the
environment, ecology, and sustainability. More information about
them can be found at www.ajljewishvalues.org.
From AJL's Jewish ValuesFinder
AuthorTitle
Alexander, Sue Behold the Trees
Biers-Ariel, Matt Seven Species, The:
A review of CHECKPOINTS by Marilyn Levy, published by JPS, will be in the
Sept/Oct. 2008 issue of the AJL Newsletter. It would be a good idea to
read the review before you make a selection decision.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University
I am looking for the source of the quotation: Trust not the teller but the
tale. It may be by D. H. Lawrence. I would like to see how it appears in
context. Thanks.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual
The book entitled Checkpoints, written by Marilyn Levy and published by JPS,
will be reviewed in the Sept/Oct 2008 issue of the AJl Newsletter.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author
and are not
The most current - and perhaps the final - convention program has been
posted on the AJL website by our webmaster extraordinaire, Nancy Sack.
Please check it out at www.jewishlibraries.org and remember, when you
actually get to the convention, to consult your program book for any last
minute
Andrea Rapp of Wise Temple in Cincinatti and the AJL Newsletter's leading
reviewer of books about Israel and the Middle East for children and teens
gave the session you are remembering. She has also written articles on the
subject. Her email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linda R. Silver
The
MY GUARDIAN ANGEL by Weil is an outstanding book but it is set in France,
not Spain, and takes place during an earlier time period. BOY FROM SEVILLE
is not a very good book, as most reviews have indicated. That is why it is
not in the Valuesfinder, which only includes recommended titles.
Of the titles mentioned below, only Golden Windows by Geras is set in
Israel, as the sender of the message herself observes. The books by
Konigsberg and Merrill are good reading but they are both set in the United
States and have nothing to do with Israel.
Julie Moss's query was
Two more titles that are older but still timely and interesting are
Other Sandals by Watson
Smoke Over Golan by Ofek
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.ajljewishvalues.org
www.neal-schuman.com
Recommended for seventh graders:
Out of Many Waters by Jacqueline Denbar Greene
Blood Secret by Kathryn Lasky
Two books about Shmuel Ha Nagid by Aryeh Mahr
Secrets in the House of Delgado by Gloria Miklowitz
More information about each title can be found in the Jewish
Valuesfinder,
Samir and Yonatan by Carmi
Dog of Knots by Kaplan
Duel by Grossman
Under the Domin Tree by Almagor
Look in the Jewish Valuesfinder, www.ajljewishvalues.org, for more
information about each book. I think that Running on Eggs is a bit too old
for fourth graders.
Messages and opinions
You can now make your hotel reservations for the 2008 convention online. Go
to the Convention 2008 page at www.jewishlibraries.org and at the bottom of
the page you will find a link to reservations at the Cleveland Marriott
East.
Linda R. Silver
The Jewish Values Finder
AJL Newsletter
c/o 3729
An updated convention program is now posted on the AJL website:
www.jewishlibraries.org.
Linda R. Silver
Program Coordinator
2008 AJL Convention
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Forgive me for kvelling, but my new book has just been published! It's
entitled THE JEWISH VALUES FINDER: A GUIDE TO VALUES IN JEWISH CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE, copyright 2008 and published by Neal-Schuman. You can find it
on Amazon and on the publisher's website: www.neal-schuman.com. A
Mazel tov to our wonderful Adaire Klein for an honor well-deserved!
Linda
Linda R. Silver
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)
These reviews of the book that Haviva Donin Peters asks about will appear in
the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of the AJL Newsletter:
Hampton, Wilborn. War in the Middle East: A Reporter's Story: Black
September and the Yom Kippur War. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2007.
112pp. $19.99. ISBN -10:
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I think that cost cutting is a symptom of the problem but
not the problem
itself. Almost every non-profit and public organization
As the article that Suzi Dubin posted on HaSafran
summarizing the results
of research into school library effectiveness over a period of years shows,
all of the studies demonstrate that school libraries positively affect
student learning. That's the good news. The bad news is that none
An article by Andrea Rapp, AJL's foremost reviewer of books about Israel and
the Middle East, is posted on the Reform Judaism website. In the print
edition, it will be illustrated with a biased against Israel cartoon, from a
Jr. High textbook.
HaSafran never fails! There were many replies to my question about the
origin of the two brothers story and the majority opinion is that is
probably Arabic, rather than Jewish, in origin, with a Jewish variant not
appearing until the 19th century. Thanks to everyone from the US, Canada,
Spain,
The story about the two brothers who look after one another
and on whose
land, in recognition of their good deeds, Solomon built the Temple, is a
staple of Jewish children's literature. It is usually attributed to
midrash. Does anyone know of a precise source for the story, whether
From AJL's Valuesfinder, www.ajljewishvalues.org, here is a list of new and
recommended Hanukkah books for children. More information about them can be
found in the Valuesfinder by doing a subject search for Hanukkah, limiting
it to 2007.
Bubbie and Zadie Come to My House for Hanukkah by Daniel
There are 6 titles in the World Almanac Library of the Middle East Series
and they will all be reviewed in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of the AJL
Newsletter. They are all acceptable, with the caveat that there are errors
in them that a knowledgeable librarian or teacher will need to point out to
the
The following titles are a selection from the Jewish Valuesfinder,
www.ajljewishvalues.org. Most are individual stories; some are collections
that include Sukkot stories. The annotations will make it clear which is
which. More stories, including ones for preschool, will be found by
visiting the
The Power of Song and Other Sephardic Folktales by Rita Roth (JPS 2007) will
be reviewed in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of the AJL Newsletter. It will also
be included in the list of notable books for children and teens that the
Cleveland Chapter is compiling for Jewish Book Month this year. That
Very few proposals have been submitted so far so I am
posting the call for
papers as a reminder. (Note that my email address has changed.) Please
consider a session you or someone you know might present and send me an
abstract, as specified below. We are particularly interested in two
The closing of libraries affiliated with bureaus of Jewish
education has
been going on for at least several years. It is not surprising if you look
at the Jewish education literature, from which you will conclude that Jewish
libraries do not exist. There is virtually no recognition of
For a list of recent and recommended (i.e., relatively accurate and
unbiased) books about Israel, go to the Valuesfinder,
www.ajljewishvalues.org. Click on Search. In the subject field, type in
Israel. In the publication date field below, select the year that you want.
If you want to
I compared the 1972 article on children's literature with the one in the new
EJ and was very disappointed. Nothing has been changed or added, which
means that most, if not all, of the article is out-of-date and incomplete.
There is, for example, no mention of the Sydney Taylor Book Award or any
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
Association of Jewish Libraries
43rd Annual Convention
Cleveland, Ohio
June 22 - 25, 2008
The Association of Jewish Libraries, Inc. will hold its 43rd annual
convention at the Cleveland Marriott East in suburban Cleveland on June 22 -
25, 2008.
The convention blogs have been helpful but several of us have tried to post
comments to no avail. How do we know our user names and passwords? For all
the hype, the Internet 2.0 can be very annoying and a detriment, not a help,
to communication!
Linda
Linda R. Silver
AJL Newsletter
AJL
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send you a copy. If you would like an annotated list of adult
books, please contact Wendy Wasman, at
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Linda Silver
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and paper copies have both
disappeared; does anyone have one or know of where I might get one?
(I already checked the FAQ on the AJL website.)
Thanks.
Linda Silver
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in the first post which, in typical blog fashion, is
actually the last one listed on the blog
(newest posts are first).
Linda Silver
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL
The Jewish Valuesfinder,
http://www.ajljewishvalues.orgwww.ajljewishvalues.org, lists many
Jewish folktales. I've sent Lisa Katz, who asked for suggestions, a
few via the Valuesfinder Book Bag. Another outstanding source for
finding Jewish folktales is the aptly named and thoroughly
, such
as Feldheim, Hachai, Judaica Press, and Mesorah, in the Publishers
field. You will find quite a few titles to put in the bookbag and
print, with annotations.
The Valuesfinder's search function has not been working properly
for a while but the search described above is possible to do.
Linda
I am looking for the mailing address and website address of Targum
Publishing. Thanks.
Linda Silver
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL
Book Awards in several categories,
the Koret Award and the Once Upon a World Award.
Linda Silver,
Valuesfinder Editor
Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author
and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL
. Does anyone know of a
source for finding all the books that won it?
Linda Silver
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL
I am looking for a complete list of all of the books that have
won National Jewish Book Awards for children and teens but haven't
been able to locate one. Does anyone know if such a list exists and
how one finds it? Thanks.
Linda Silver
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. It sets a standard for all AJL publications and
publicity efforts to emulate!
Linda Silver
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL
As far as I know, new subscriptions and renewals to CLCD are still
handled by Barbara Sutton, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linda Silver
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and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish
There is an excellent and up-to-date list of recommended children's
books on the ADL website, called Jewish Stars, and edited by AJL's
own Rachel Kamin. It is also available on the AJL website.
Linda Silver
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As we do every year, AJL's Greater Cleveland chapter has compiled
lists of notable books and non-print materials in honor of Jewish
Book Month 2006. They will be posted on the AJL website soon. Any
AJL member is welcome to use them as they see fit.
Linda Silver
Messages and opinions
Jewish Book Month is sponsored by the Jewish Book Council and it
occurs the month before Hanukkah. Since Hanukkah starts on Dec. 15
this year, Jewish Book Month probably starts on or around Nov.
15. The Jewish Book Council doesn't post information about it on
their website and usually
Posted on behalf of Sharona Tel-Oren:
I would like to call your attention to a well-loved historic Hebrew
children's classic which I have recently translated into English and
published, as well as rereleasing it in the original Hebrew. It was one of
the earliest books for the young that was
. Each
book must be judged on its own merits.
The Jewish ValuesFinder lists a few books with the subject:
comparative religion. They are recommended on their individual
merits, not as part of a series.
Don't look for series, look for individual titles.
Linda Silver, Editor
Jewish
on this convention deserve a huge
THANKS!! What a class act!!
Linda Silver
Former SSC President
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, focused
on their own state or region.
Linda Silver, Librarian
JECC
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Below is a message to librarians, media specialists, and educators
that author/illustrator Patricia Polacco has posted. It has been -
and deserves to be - widely disseminated. Polacco's website contains
some additional comments about this disturbing issue.
Linda Silver, President
SSC
I want to call your attention to two book lists for kids that are in
AJL's Bibliography Bank. They were compiled at the Ratner Media
Center and are meant to be used for summertime leisure reading
recommendations. Last year's is called Paperbacks for Campers'
Backpacks and this year's is Play
library issues are
welcome. This blog came about as the result of a class in classic
Jewish children's books sponsored by the Jewish Education Center of
Cleveland and AJL-GCC. Another result of the class is a forthcoming
new AJL publication - watch for it!
Linda Silver, President
AJL-GCC
Jewish source that indexes or
categorizes by motif single illustrated books so you'd be breaking
new ground. The ValuesFinder's annotations might be of help. Do a
subject search for folklore at www.ajljewishvalues.org. Contact me
directly if I can be of more help. Good luck!
Linda Silver,Editor
No One Must Know, suggested by Margo Gutstein in answer to a Hasafran
query, is a children's book by Eva Wiseman, published in 2004 by
Tundra Books. The main character is a teenage Canadian girl who has
never been told by her parents that they are Jews and Holocaust
survivors. It is in the
. Thanks!
Linda Silver, Editor
Jewish Values Finder
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hearts and minds so we have to assume (and
hope) that parents and teachers will do their part to teach the full
history of Israel and Zionism. Our job is to provide the resources
for them to do it and including Three Wishes in library collections,
in my opinion, is part of that job.
Linda Silver
-Semitism: Shylock's Daughter by Miryam Pressler
Israel: Light Years by Tammar Stein
Grade 12
Holocaust: Night by Elie Wiesel
Holocaust: The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick. (Short story
available in Out of the Whirlwind: A Reader of Holocaust Literture
edited by Albert H. Friedlander)
Linda
Committee. Mazel tov to Rachel and her husband!
Linda Silver, Pres.
SSC
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We want to buy the DVD or video of an MTV production called I'm
Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the
Holocaust' (2005). Does anyone know where we can get it? Thanks.
Linda R. Silver, Librarian
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland
2030 S. Taylor Rd.
Cleveland Hts., OH
Regarding Susan Dilles's request for titles of Jewish mysteries,
Chapter 2 of Rosalind Reisner's book, Jewish American Literature: A
Guide to Reading Interests, includes a chapter on Jewish mysteries
and thrillers.
Linda R. Silver, Librarian
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland
2030 S.
For the second year in a row, a book written by an SSC member has
received Honor Book status from the Sydney Taylor Book Award
Committee. Anna Olswanger's Shlemiel Crooks is an honor book for
younger readers and I'm sure that everyone who has read it and
delighted in its Yiddish tam joins me
I am very sorry to tell you that Bertha Loeb, the mother of our dear
friend and colleague, Jean Loeb Lettofky, has died. Mrs. Loeb's
funeral was today and the burial will be tomorrow - Friday, Dec. 30 -
in Paramus, NJ.
Linda Silver, Pres.
AJL-Greater Cleveland Chapter
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