Dina,
Is the book of short stories that you were referring to called, *With All
My Heart With All My Mind: Thirteen Stories About Growing up Jewish? *It
was edited by Sandy Asher.
The book has some stories that teens can relate to. It was published in
1999 and we are definitely in need of some
Erika,
I saw the article. It reports on books for adults, I think that recent Israeli
children books are universal and charming, but, I really have not read many. I
hope to hear Chavah Punchuk opinion.
Amalia
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> On Apr 17, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Erika Dreifus wrote:
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> I'm so
I'm so glad that so many people have appreciated Katherine Locke's essay!
Regarding a follow-up comment (I think it was from Amelia?) about
literature in translation--I trust that many list members have already seen
this recent Haaretz piece? (According to the article, the picture isn't
necessaril
Yes, that was it—Two Truths in My Pocket! Thank you!
Dina.
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> On Apr 17, 2018, at 2:34 PM, Lois Ruby wrote:
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> Could the book Dina's talking about be mine? TWO TRUTHS IN MY POCKET came out
> about 35 years ago, edited by the incomparable Deborah Brodie, who is no
> lon
t: Tue, Apr 17, 2018 4:01 pm
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree
Debra, Thank you!!
Your message is a very important one. We did invite some of the editors of PJ
Library at our conference in Charleston SC to find out exactly what their
criteria were and
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree
At the risk of sounding self-promoting, I'm wading into this discussion.
For context, I'm the publisher of "Almost a Minyan," the coming-of-age story of
a young Jewish girl who takes her gr
them,
over and over.
Warmly,
Debra
Debra Winegarten,
Austin, Texas
512-789-5491
www.sociosights.com
www.winegarten.com
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From: Sharon Elswit
To: Erika Dreifus
Cc: Hasafran
Sent: Tue, Apr 17, 2018 1:01 pm
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by
Could the book Dina's talking about be mine? TWO TRUTHS IN MY POCKET came out
about 35 years ago, edited by the incomparable Deborah Brodie, who is no longer
with us.
> On April 17, 2018 at 7:50 AM Dina Tanners wrote:
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> Erika,
> Thanks so much for bringing this very important speech
Thank you so much for sharing this important and insightful perspective, Erika.
Note that the book Locke criticizes, The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die, was reviewed by
Barbara Krasner in the February/March issue of AJL Reviews. See below.
Also, the new teen book that Locke recommends, You’ll Miss Me When
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, w
Erika,
Thanks so much for bringing this very important speech/article by Kathrine
Locke to our attention. I almost skipped over it until I read Amalia's
email in which she said that ithis article was important for all of us to
read. There is a strong need for many diverse books for Jewish teens t
I read with great interest Katherine Locke’s article. I thank Erika for
bringing it to our attention.
A large portion of the Israeli children literature, that was written in the
past decade, is the answer to some of her hopes for books she would love to
read and encourage Jewish and non-Jewis
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