#ashkenormative — Public Fediverse posts

"For more than two decades, #PJLibrary has mailed free #Jewish #childrensbooks to families around the world. Today, it distributes roughly 670,000 #books monthly in more than 40 countries. According to #AlisaKoyrakh, the organization’s director of books, those stories have historically reflected a familiar slice of Jewish life.

“There are just a lot of #Ashkenormative #stories out there—a lot of stories about #Yiddish, the #LowerEastSide and immigration from Eastern #Europe,” #Koyrakh said. “Those are all really important stories. But we saw gaps. It was kind of obvious.”

The #Sephardic Stories Initiative intends to fill those gaps, bringing together Sephardic and #Mizrahi #writers for a year of workshops, editorial mentorship and critique from their peers."

https://forward.com/culture/841487/pj-library-sephardic-stories-initiative/

"For more than two decades, #PJLibrary has mailed free #Jewish #childrensbooks to families around the world. Today, it distributes roughly 670,000 #books monthly in more than 40 countries. According to #AlisaKoyrakh, the organization’s director of books, those stories have historically reflected a familiar slice of Jewish life.

“There are just a lot of #Ashkenormative #stories out there—a lot of stories about #Yiddish, the #LowerEastSide and immigration from Eastern #Europe,” #Koyrakh said. “Those are all really important stories. But we saw gaps. It was kind of obvious.”

The #Sephardic Stories Initiative intends to fill those gaps, bringing together Sephardic and #Mizrahi #writers for a year of workshops, editorial mentorship and critique from their peers."

https://forward.com/culture/841487/pj-library-sephardic-stories-initiative/

@littlemiao @spinner @rabbinathan I think it’s basically pickled herring. We all know whitefish! #Ashkenormative

@littlemiao @spinner @rabbinathan I think it’s basically pickled herring. We all know whitefish! #Ashkenormative