Tag: Pirkei Avot

Violence, Loss and Healing—Emily Barth Isler’s “Aftermath”

Yona Zeldis McDonough

I love showing a roadmap to forgiveness in the book. In a story that shares more than enough examples of how life can be horribly unfair and sad, I want kids to see examples of how things can go well or be done helpfully. How things can go right.

The Feminist Who Illustrated “The Wisdom of the Fathers”

Eleanor J. Bader

“People have asked me why, as a feminist, I made a book about male wisdom. It’s a good question, but I think we have to deal with things we find uncomfortable in our traditions.”