Notes from Around the Web: Literary Links for Shabbat
Shabbat shalom.
Shabbat shalom.
Paul Zakrzewski has many literary talents, and to his collection of authorial skills he has recently added digital storytelling. An early result: this short video essay, “A Wrinkle in Time.”
As Paul explains:
This short video essay covers a trip to Poland I took with my wife and 13-month-old son. That was in July 2008.
We spent a week with Genia Olczak, who was my dad’s nanny before WWII and hid him and several other Jewish family members during the Holocaust.
The film was made in a workshop sponsored by the Center for Digital Storytelling in April 2011.
Genia passed away in September 2008, a month after our trip. She was 95.
Shabbat shalom!
“The very best Israel education that money can buy will not assuage [American rabbinical students’] profound sense of estrangement from this country as long as this Jewish state of ours refuses to accept their status as rabbis and legitimize the Judaism of their congregants. As with diplomacy, good pedagogy is no substitute for good policy.”
–David Breakstone
See the full, truthful, and sadly important editorial via eJewish Philanthropy.
Today’s the 15th of the month, which means that the latest edition of the Jewish Book Carnival is now online. Hosted this month by the Jewish Book Council, the Carnival is a great resource for anyone interested in Jewish books (and/or seeking blogs where such books are routinely featured).
Peruse, comment, and enjoy!