In her latest Hasafran posting, Clare has noted that she values fairness and
balance. Yet, of 24 works of fiction that she has either suggested on Hasafran
or used with students at the synagogue she works in, only two, in my opinion,
have balance and are fair to Israel. The other 22 are
Dear Hasafranim,
In response to my query into whether anyone knows of a gender-neutral tanach,
many people asked me for the name of the gender-neutral chumash that I
mentioned in my previous email. I am happy to share that (though that must mean
that no one knows of a similar tanach out there
Andrea,
Someone else asked me a similar question, so I'll answer here for everyone.
My session with them was the 4th or 5th of a six week class taught by our
rabbi. He is using the Israel-Palestine for Critical Thinkers video series.
http://www.forcriticalthinkers.com/the-videos. I had sat in on
Clare, I am not sure I understand. Are you saying that the students had read
all 13 of the books you listed, including longer titles like Checkpoints, and
Habibi? I also want to ask: do you feel the students were *knowledgeable*
enough about the history and background to evaluate these
Dear Safranim,
The Love Your Neighbor series of anti-prejudice booklists is now complete! It
is our hope that non-Jewish children exposed to these stories will develop a
friendly attitude towards Jews in real life, inoculating them against
anti-Semitism.
You can help us make this happen!
The Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from
across the blogosphere, has been posted for December. Our host this month
is the blog Book Q's with Deborah Kalb, at
https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2018/12/december-2018-jewish-book-carnival.html
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We are seeking
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