Re: [ha-Safran] Response to Robby, Majorie and Andrea re books on Israeli-Palestinian conflict for children and teens

2018-12-17 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
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

[ha-Safran] Curator of Judaica U of MIchigan

2018-11-29 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/165690/irving_m._hermelin_curator_of_judaica?utm_source=Indeed_medium=cpc_campaign=Indeed=IwAR28fMlgG4zD9oKMK0diplNuY8cFYaXTBDlTUmHGb_afvUNb-da7WOOOAHw -- Clare Kinberg __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are

[ha-Safran] Entire library of Jewish children's books in very good condition

2018-11-29 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Hi Hasafran, Recently a Reform congregation closed and donated to my library at Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor over 200 Jewish children's books. I've been going through them and it is an excellent, up to date collection. My library is also excellent and up to date. I could keep these books, but

Re: [ha-Safran] Books on the Israel-Palestinian conflict

2018-12-04 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
"Balanced" books may be hard to find, but books from different perspectives that invite discussion are available. Here's a beginning list: http://reframingisrael.org/2015/02/literature/ On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:45 PM Dina Tanners via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Hello, > A friend

[ha-Safran] New haggadah for families with young kids

2019-02-17 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Hi all, I'm writing to recommend a new book by an author local to me in Ann Arbor. I think it is beautiful and quite well done. In *Haggadah Regatta*, two kids and a crew of shoes sail the Haggadah Regatta under a Matzah Ball Moon. Everyone on the little matzah raft gets into the act in this

[ha-Safran] minutes from meetings of the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum, early 20th cnetury

2019-06-13 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Hi all, When I was in school (Wayne State U) for my MLIS (2008-2011), I came across a resource that had the minutes from the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum. I found a note in the minutes that referred to my great aunt, Mary Kinberg. She was born in 1897, her mother died in childbirth and she was

[ha-Safran] New children's book

2019-10-01 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Hi, Aviva Brown's biracial family wasn't reflected in Jewish children's books, so she wrote a book to change that https://www.greensboro.com/life/faith_and_values/her-biracial-family-wasn-t-reflected-in-jewish-children-s/article_21541ccb-c03f-5552-9145-95e0e118b263.html? -- Clare Kinberg,

[ha-Safran] Family picture books for discussing anti-Semitism

2019-10-28 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Hi all, Our congregation is thinking about a family program for parents to discuss how to talk about anti-Semitism to young kids. I'm looking for picture books that might be helpful to the parents. Any suggestions? -- Clare Kinberg, Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor MI __ Messages and opinions

[ha-Safran] Picture books to help parents talk about anti-Semitism with their children

2019-10-28 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Hi everyone, Thank you for the suggestions that came in. Based on the "Jewish Values Finder," Amazon search, my own brainstorming, and combing through our library holdings, I came up with the following 15 books to offer to our rabbi to think about for his presentation to parents. He specifically

[ha-Safran] press on Sydney Taylor and AJL Fiction Awards

2020-02-27 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Hi Hasafran, Please see page 29: https://washtenawjewishnews.org/PDFs/WJN-03-20-web.pdf Thanks to everyone on the committees for their work. -- Clare Kinberg, Temple Beth Emeth Library, Ann Arbor __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not

Re: [ha-Safran] question about popular adult book _A Woman is No Man_ (prompted by middle grade book postings)

2020-01-14 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Jonina, et all, I haven't read Etaf Rum's book, but your query raises a similar response from me as the question regarding middle school books on Israel/Palestine, which is that the subjective experience of Jews and Palestinians in the region over the past 100 years has been so different as to be

[ha-Safran] Third Seder: An Online Yiddish Cultural Celebration

2020-04-15 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Chag Sameakh Pesach, friends, Wanted to make sure that all of us have this link to the wonderful presentation: The Third Seder: An Online Cultural Celebration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLNiDXDMAVg=youtu.be=IwAR02C4pR77oBzZ0K74NGY4eoa281cHl0mtIJqQruYZYxcCSvdDnHBzheDKA Enjoy! -- Clare

Re: [ha-Safran] short Holocaust novel

2020-04-23 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
I suggest Adam and Thomas by Aharon Applefled https://www.sevenstories.com/books/3978-adam-and-thomas On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 7:46 PM susan levin via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > I'm looking for recommendation for a short Holocaust novel, 4-6 chapters, > to share with 5-7th

[ha-Safran] Jewish children's books on democracy and voting

2020-08-21 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Hi Jewish librarians, I just received a query that I'm hoping you can help me with. I am putting together a list of books based on this query from a patron: "I'm reaching out to see if you have any suggestions about books or other media about Jewish people and voting - why we vote, history of

[ha-Safran] Fwd: Seeking titles of Controversial Books on Arab-Israeli Conflict

2020-08-26 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Dear Marjorie Gann, I appreciate your close look at books for young readers about Israel and the Palestinian people, and your invitation to comment. In my work as librarian at Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor, I have curated a collection of books for young Jewish people that includes diverse

Re: [ha-Safran] books by people of color

2020-06-24 Thread Clare Kinberg via Hasafran
Brettschneider, M., Bruder, E., & Le Roux, M. (2019). *Africana Jewish Journeys*. M. Brettschneider, E. Bruder, & M. Le Roux (Eds.). Brettschneider, M. (2016). *Jewish Feminism and Intersectionality*. Brettschneider, M. (2015). *The Jewish Phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Politics of