Dreaming at Sea
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 5/27/2021 to
Life Events
37 Days at Sea: Aboard the M.S. St. Louis, 1939 tells the story of Jewish passengers aboard the luxury ship, The M.S. St. Louis, fleeing Nazi Germany. The story, told from the perspective of twelve-year-old Ruthie Arons, is written in prose that captures the fragility of her family’s limbo, Ruthie is both a playful child and a keen observer of the shifting dynamics of the larger world around her....
People Plan, and God Laughs. We Should Laugh Too
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 5/20/2021 to
A year ago, Covid-19 turned the world upside down. We retreated into our homes and schools, stores locked their doors, and the streets were suddenly empty. Human right activist and former politician Natan Sharansky understands isolation, fear and uncertainty more profoundly than most of us....
Mount Sinai—The Little Mountain That Could
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 5/13/2021 to
Shavuot
When the Israelites reached Mount Sinai, where Moses famously received the Ten Commandments, they were at a spiritual and existential juncture....
Happy Mother’s Day (And Don’t Forget To Call!)
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 5/6/2021 to
Jewish Values
The “Jewish mother” is a cultural icon. Her overbearing love
and constant fretting over her children are staples of late-night comedy. If
the Jewish mother stereotype tells the story of Jewish assimilation in America,
it casts women as secondary
Shalom, Salaam: A Message of Peace
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 4/29/2021 to
Once upon a time, in the Land of Milk and Honey, there lived
two neighbors named Yaffa and Fatima. Although they came from different
religious backgrounds, in many ways their lives were similar. They both prayed,
although Yaffa prays in the
We Shall Overcome in Hebrew is Anu Nitgaber
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 4/22/2021 to
Jewish Values
At the end of the 19th century, just two generations away from
slavery, a girl blessed with a talent for singing was born in Philadelphia. Her
name was Marian Anderson and she was musically gifted, but she was Black. Time
and time again she had
West Bloomfield author tackles racism in children's book 'The Singer and the Scientist'
Posted by Kurt Anthony Krug - Special to The Detroit News on 4/7/2021 to
Behind the Scenes: The Woodcarver's Daughter part 2
Posted by Yona Zeldis McDonough on 3/31/2021 to
Yona Zeldis McDonough shares her favorite scene from her newest novel The Woodcarver's Daughter
Behind the Scenes: The Woodcarver's Daughter part 1
Posted by Yona Zeldis McDonough on 3/29/2021 to
Through an email interview with Kar-Ben's Marketing Manager, Yona Zeldis McDonough shares some insight into the inspirations, process, and thoughts on her novel The Woodcarver's Daughter. She was born in Hadera, Israel, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Educated at Vassar College and Columbia University, she is the author of eight novels for adults and 30 books for children. Her short fiction, essays, and articles have appeared in many national and literary publications. She is the fiction editor of Lilith Magazine, a feminist, Jewish magazine.