(I used to volunteer in our synagogue library, and that was one of the things that most distressed me - almost all the YA books were problem books and the problem was that the protagonist was Jewish. I found myself thinking, "Wow, with all this dreary stuff, how are we supposed to expect our teens to think positively about being Jewish?")
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Mon, Jul. 16th, 2007 03:51 pm (UTC)(I used to volunteer in our synagogue library, and that was one of the things that most distressed me - almost all the YA books were problem books and the problem was that the protagonist was Jewish. I found myself thinking, "Wow, with all this dreary stuff, how are we supposed to expect our teens to think positively about being Jewish?")