fbpx
Category

library

Public libraries face crucial funding vote

When Susan Kent was a child in Westchester County, N.Y., she read her way through the public library children’s section and then headed over to the adult books. When the librarian told Kent they were for adults only, she called in her father. “My father came to the library and said, ‘She can read anything she wants,’ ” Kent recalled.

The ‘Chosen’ Ones Across the Street

It has long been a cliché that Los Angeles does not respect the culture of the book. It is true that this town famously eviscerated Faulkner and Fitzgerald, that Hollywood suits to this day treat screenwriters the way Henry VIII treated his wives. Yet, it is also true that Los Angeles has spawned unique brands of literature, such as the hard-boiled detective story.

Schools Work Hard to Make the Grade

The Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School West team labored close to two years on their assignment. They administered surveys, compiled data and poured through reams of material. This homework, however, was completed not by students, but by staff and faculty. And the project was not so much required as extra credit.

Yeladim

Yeladim

Read to Me

You never forget your first, and mine was Milton Steinberg. Not his novel, \”As a Driven Leaf.\” I\’d read that later in life, after my wife, a rabbi, looked at me unbelievingly one day and said, \”You\’ve never read \’As a Driven Leaf?\’\”

New Articles

More news and opinions than at a
Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.