The Book of Life

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST     |    READ THE TRANSCRIPT     🕮    Like so many of you, I am devastated by the suffering and loss of life in Israel and in Gaza, inflicted by the terrorism of Hamas, so I'm interrupting our regular schedule to bring you additional content related to the war in Israel and Gaza. This conversation with Yael Levy , Chava Pinchuck , and Marjorie Gann is about the need for children's literature related to Israel and the challenges that make it hard to get that literature published.  LEARN MORE ABOUT PUBLISHING AND ISRAEL: "Publishers Against the People of the Book" in The Washington Examiner Backstory of Once More With Chutzpah , "This moving tale about an Israel youth trip sparked outrage before it even came out" in Kveller Lists of biased books and recommended books from CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis Annotated Bibliography of Children's and YA Books o...

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST     |    READ THE TRANSCRIPT     |    DONATE TO MAGEN DAVID ADOM     🕮    On October 7, 2023, the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war, the terrorist group Hamas launched a brutal attack against Israel, murdering and kidnapping civilians young and old as well as striking military targets on multiple fronts. At the time of writing, Israel is at war. With Israel on my mind and in my heart, I went back and listened to Tammar Stein's 2017 interview on The Book of Life about her middle grade novel, The Six-Day Hero , which is about the 1967 Six-Day War. I thought you might like to hear it too. FYI, in 2020 Tammar published a companion book, Beni's War , about the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Both books are excellent.  I left the original "tune in next time" teaser on the end of the recording because I found it moving. It was Fawzia Gilani-Williams, author of Yaffa and Fatima,...

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LISTEN TO THE PODCAST     |    READ THE TRANSCRIPT        🕮    E Train is the powerhouse 12-year-old behind the podcast, YouTube channel, and website E Train Talks, and he's recently formed his own nonprofit. This Jewish tween is a remarkable literacy advocate who's doing so much good in the world. LEARN MORE: E Train Talks: Website , YouTube channel , Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Podcast E Train's GoFundMe Book Fairies E Train's Tikkun Olam suggestion: Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong podcast from American Public Media  A Double Helping of Babka interview about two babka-related picture books It's Banned Books Week (October 1-7, 2023) BOOKS MENTIONED: Daniel's Story by Carol Matas The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow The Assignment by Liza Wiemer The True Adventures of Gidon Lev: Rascal, Holocaust Survivor, Optimist by Julie ...