[ha-Safran] More about mainstream kidlit with Jewish characters

2016-06-12 Thread Heidi Rabinowitz
When I asked for titles of kidlit/YA with Jewish characters in non-Jewish books, I got quite a few answers, listed below. A few of those answers are "too Jewish" to count IMHO, but mostly they were the kind of thing I was looking for: characters who happen to be Jewish in a story which does not

[ha-Safran] Talmud editions and encyclopedias

2016-06-12 Thread Fred Lerner
Can anyone tell me whether the following are regarded as authoritative works, or if they have been superseded by more recent publications: The Talmud, with English translation and commentary, edited Rabbi Dr. A. Zvi Ehrman. Jerusalem: El-‘Am - Hoza’a Leor Israel, 1982. (we have six volumes; wer

Re: [ha-Safran] [Kidlitosphere] Mainstream Kidlit/YA books with Jewish protagonists

2016-06-12 Thread Ruth Feldman
Sorry for the self-promotion, but there are my two books, /Blue Thread/ and /The Ninth Day/. A companion novel with a Jewish protagonist of color is coming out in February 2017 (/Seven/ /Stitches/. All are published by Ooligan Press and available through the usual bookstores (and Amazon) althou