Re: [ha-Safran] Can you help?

I would contact Kevin Young at the Schomburg Library. He edited the recently (2020) published compendium *African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song*. It contains notes on the texts, as well as biographical notes on the poets. Warm regards, Sharon Elswit author of *The Jewish Story

[ha-Safran] A different take on the term antiSemitism

Good morning, I wish none of it were at the forefront of the news now, but the recent *Jewish News of Northern California* included this short article by Loolwa Khazzoom about the advantage for the Jewish community in replacing the word "antiSemitism" with "racism":

Re: [ha-Safran] Call for PAID articles, "Librarian Approved, Kid Tested"

Heidi, Thank you so much for sharing the link to your own creative, far-reaching bibliography of picture books exploring *hakarat hatov - *for the heart-warming fullness felt by both recipient and giver. No better way to stay open to the world. Warm regards, Sharon On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 3:19 PM

[ha-Safran] SF Storytelling program March 3rd

For you or families you know with young children in the San Francisco area, this pilot sharing of Jewish folktales is happening soon at the Jewish Community Library: https://www.jewishlearningworks.org/events/2019/3/3/family-program-storytelling-with-sharon Warm regards, Sharon __ Messages and

Re: [ha-Safran] Jewish scary stories for a five-year-old

orytelling*. *The only other one which comes to mind right now is Dan Bar-El*'s Such a Prince*, a picture book version, a probably more funny than threatening version of "50 Hares and a Princess" in Weinreich's *Yiddish Folktales*, who is given the task to round up the king's hares, or else. Best,

Re: [ha-Safran] "Love Your Neighbor" an AJL book list series

Heidi, This is a wonderful beginning. Thank you. Warm regards, Sharon On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 2:43 PM Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Heidi and the team, > I felt the need for the Love Your Neighbor series of book lists before, > but recent tragic events made

Re: [ha-Safran] looking for a hassidic story

Hello Rayzel, Yes, I've copied entry #538 from *The Jewish Story Finder *with many sources and variations of the trouble story to choice from. Hopefully, you'll be able to track one down. Warm regards, Sharon *The Philosopher on the Roof* Glikl Bas Yuda Leib. In Joachim Neugroschel , *Radiant

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

What a passionate talk from Katherine Locke. Thank you, Erika, for passing it along. I am remembering a non-too-distant AJL session with Jewish publishers where many librarians requested more books which portrayed Jewish protagonists without being solely holiday-centric. Yes, as Katherine says,

[ha-Safran] Looking for a suggestion of a collection of short stories for a women's discussion group

You can also peruse short story collections on the Jewish Book Council website: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/Default.aspx?CCID=14253 D=86704=True=/books-search.html Best, Sharon On Thursdsy, November 30, 2017, Amalia Warshenbrot wrote: > Shalom, > I’m looking for a

[ha-Safran] Mystery book solved

Thank you to everyone who wrote in identifying Ze'ev Raban's Song of Songs. How wonderful to be part of this knowledgeable and caring community! Warm regards, Sharon __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the

Re: [ha-Safran] Heidi joining PJ Library

Dear Heidi, Hearty congratulations, and what an interesting next step. Will you continue to share your enthusiasm with The Book of Life podcasts, too? Warm regards, Sharon On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Heidi Rabinowitz < heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org> wrote: > Hi Safranim, > > > > After

Re: [ha-Safran] AJL Conference 2017: NYC Tips and Tricks

Ah, this is a fine list. If the weather be good, you can't beat the Metropolitan Museum's rooftop exhibit now - Adrián Villar Rojas sculptures in *The Theater of Disappearance*, which ArtNet calls a raucous party, plus the spectacular views from there, and the beauty of then walking in Central

Re: [ha-Safran] Sabbath Spice story

Well, it seems like the door is open for a different try, but in the meanwhile, there's *Too Much of a Good Thing *by Wasserman. Here's the review from Booklist: Gr. 2-3. This lengthy tale from religious writings tells of King Antoninus, who is so taken with the Sabbath when he visits the home

Re: [ha-Safran] Agnon's Goat's Story

And, without illustrations, but also for the elementary set, the last story in Schwartz's book *Next Year in Jerusalem* is the goat tale,"Milk and Honey." Best, Sharon On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Amalia Warshenbrot wrote: > I like it too.My friend, an artist, praised the

Re: [ha-Safran] Indexing, anyone?

Another voice: Subject indexes are really useful if you want to include metadata and creative umbrella groupings, which may or may not be included as separate terms for keyword searching, as well as for any See references. For do-it-yourselfers, I highly recommend Nota Bene, which I've used for

Re: [ha-Safran] grandparents

Greetings, Toby, The moral story which comes to mind first, with ripples of appropriateness as Thanksgiving approaches are the many variants of The Grandfather Who Was Thrown Out of the Sukkah from Barbara Rush's *Book of Jewish Women's Tale*s. Other versions include: The Boy Who Cut an Overcoat

Re: [ha-Safran] Cuban stories

the grass when it refuses and then the stick to beat the goat, etc. Warmly, Sharon Elswit The Jewish Story Finder The Latin American Story Finder The East Asian Story Finder P.S. Please contact me off-list if you are interested in sources for the rooster story or a Cuban romantic tale about two

[ha-Safran] Children's books about God

And don't forget The Princess Who Wanted to See God in Molly Cone's Who Knows Ten? Best, Sharon The Jewish Story Finder P.S. Let me know if you would like some generic titles, too, like Douglas Wood's beautiful picture book Old Turtle. On Monday, October 12, 2015, Roslyn Vanderbilt

Re: [ha-Safran] looking for a page from Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning

Dear Wendy, You are in luck. The story is posted online at Goldie Milgrim's Reclaiming Judaism site: http://www.reclaimingjudaism.org/teachings/sample-story-magic-gourd-story-sukkot-mitzvah-stories-seeds-inspiration-and-learning Best, Sharon Elswit Author of *The Jewish Story Finder* On Fri, Oct

[ha-Safran] : Copyright on Folktales

Good morning, Heather, Folklore is in the public domain, changed by each teller, and so you may create your own version. There is no copyright issue unless you publish or record a version which draws heavily on another person's interpretation. If sharing that variant orally without payment, it is

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

Re: [ha-Safran] Book recommendation

For something totally different, what about E.L. Konigsberg's *About the B'nai Bagels*? Best, Sharon Elswit On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Roslyn Vanderbilt vanderb...@usermail.com wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a 4th/5th grade book group. The group is diverse, and I'd love

Re: [ha-Safran] story

Plus one more - The Purim Trunk in Nina Jaffe's collection of holiday tales, *The Uninvited Guest*, where a husband and wife in Chelm are saving up for hamantaschen. Best, Sharon Elswit On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Toby Harris thar...@tdhs-nw.org wrote: Dear Friends and Colleagues: I’m

[ha-Safran] Re my question

Me, too, following links in Uri's and Amalia's letters. Sharon On Sunday, October 5, 2014, Barbara Leff byl...@socal.rr.com wrote: I have the same problem as Nancy Poole. (I've tried Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Bing) I have a Macintosh OS X 10.9.5 . Barbara Y. Leff 4949 Genesta Ave., #302

[ha-Safran] Why folktales still matter

Welcome back from Houston. Thought you might want to see my new article on the irrepressibility of stories which appeared in *Jewish Book World Summer *2013: http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/_blog/The_ProsenPeople/post/why-folktales-still-matter-the-truth-dressed-up-as-parable/ It also links

[ha-Safran] remembering Markus Zusak's presentation at AJL

years ago, but which now escape me. I would much appreciate if you could share what you remember with me off list. Thank you! Sharon Elswit __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL

[ha-Safran] finding The Jewish Story Finder

I was going to wait until the ebook version was out, too, to let you all know that the 2nd edition of *The Jewish Story Finder* is available (despite the 11/7 date you'll see), but for those who are interested in having a hard copy to get ready for the holidays, Barnes Noble now has it on sale.

Re: [ha-Safran] Story about tolerance?

the waves keep washing away her nest. That's all I could think of right now, except for Bialik's wonderful passage about a person needing to be like a reed with many roots, able to bend. Best, Sharon Elswit, NYC P.S. Many of these will be referenced in the new Jewish Story Finder coming out