Israel May Have Secured Temporary Quiet in Gaza. But for How Long?
Hamas might think it’s won this round.
July 23, 2018
Can Children’s Books Ever Do Justice to the Holocaust?
Jane Yolen’s Mapping the Bones.
In surveying literature for children about the Shoah, Ruth Franklin holds up Jane Yolen’s The Devil’s Arithmetic (1988) and Briar Rose (1992) as some of the best books in the genre, and compares them with such far less successful attempts as John Boyne’s popular The Boy in Striped Pajamas (2006). Yolen has recently written a third such book, Mapping the Bones, which, unlike her previous two, does not begin with a child encountering grandparents who are survivors. Franklin writes:
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To Combat the Muslim Brotherhood, the U.S. Should Focus on Qatar and Turkey
The Brotherhood’s branches have the same goals but separate tactics.
Even Countries That Oppose Israel Diplomatically Engage in Open Military Cooperation
Not a single country pulled out of a military exercise because of the presence of the IDF.
Can Children’s Books Ever Do Justice to the Holocaust?
Jane Yolen’s Mapping the Bones.
Understanding the “High Places” That So Aggravated Biblical Prophets
Hills? Mounds? Platforms?