Once again, it’s May, and School Library Journal appears to be facing their annual conflict about Heritage Months. In May, Jewish and Asian Americans share the month. That is absolutely appropriate. Both groups are featured, as only one prominent example, on the New York Public Library’s website. April was both Poetry Month and Arab American … Continue reading Jewish American and Asian American Heritage Month
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Yom HaShoah
Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust – by Doreen RappaportCandlewick Press, 2012 Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the Jewish calendar. It seems almost redundant to point out that high-quality educational materials for young readers about this tragedy are essential. Now, as fewer survivors are here to tell … Continue reading Yom HaShoah