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Feb 2011 3

Calling All Children’s Book Authors!

Years ago, long before I had really thought about having children of my own, I began collecting children’s books. Not just the ones that had been my own favorites—Where the Wild Things Are, Corduroy and the All-of-a-Kind Family series—but also the new ones that cleverly and entertainingly subverted the dominant heterosexist paradigm.

View the original at Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Calling All Children’s Book Authors!
Jan 2011 4

Synagogue youth group joins cause to fight bullying

After the publication of my article about three Jewish youth movements standing up against bullying, Alicia Zimbalist, public relations manager for the Foundation for Jewish Camp, notified me that her organization had joined the cause as well.

View the original at examiner.com
Synagogue youth group joins cause to fight bullying
Nov 2010 12

Gay Teen Documentary “Hineini” Sparks Discussion at Kaplan JCC

Shulamit Izen wanted to connect her identity as a lesbian and her identity as a proud Jew. The result was a film chronicling her struggle.

View the original at New Jersey Jewish Standard
Gay Teen Documentary “Hineini” Sparks Discussion at Kaplan JCC