[ha-Safran] AJL Cataloging Committee Meeting Monday Jan 8

2024-01-05 Thread Daniel Scheide via Hasafran
The AJL Cataloging Committee Meeting is on Monday, January 8th at noon Eastern time, 9 am Pacific, 7 pm in Israel. All are welcome to join. Here is the link and a link to the agenda. Hoping to see you there. Daniel

Re: [ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

2024-01-05 Thread Rebecca Levitan via Hasafran
Joel, Here's a few links I found https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forward.com/culture/558395/james-mcbride-heaven-and-earth-grocery-store/__;!!KGKeukY!zvDT0ZysXFsQrHhlpaqs9c1faqc9inyuhHEsdZuALf1_34qgXdBaYF84eJTCOnobph-JNxnG85pEolYIqSaH1Q$

[ha-Safran] Reviews or commentary on McBride, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"

2024-01-05 Thread Joel Bresler via Hasafran
Hello, can anyone suggest reviews or commentary with a Jewish lens or from a Jewish perspective on James McBride's novel, "Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"? FWIW, it's been named a best book of the year by NPR/Fresh Air, Washington Post, The New Yorker, and Time Magazine. Also one of Barack Obama's