This month we’re talking about the TN school ban of Maus, and other attempts to limit education around difficult or uncomfortable subjects like the Holocaust and slavery.
And for our second segment we’re, oof, we are getting ready for pesach and thinking about some Seder topics we are (and aren’t) excited to discuss at our Seders.
Book bans
The Fight Over ‘Maus’ Is Part of a Bigger Cultural Battle in Tennessee by Stephanie Kasakove in the New York Times
Why a school board’s ban on ‘Maus’ may put the book in the hands by Rachel Treisman in NPR
Book bans have reached levels not seen in decades — but nationwide activism to oppose them is growing, too by Heather Hollingsworth, Hillel Italie in PBS NewsHour
Seder topics
20 Table topics for your seder from Camp Beber
Four more questions for the Passover seder from Temple Aliyah
Questions for the seder table from Bet Am Shalom
10 Great Discussion Topics for Your Passover Seder from Reform Judaism
Endorsements
Group endorsement: Jews on Film podcast
Miriam endorses These Precious Days by Ann Patchett in Harpers, the 100th birthday of the bat mitzvah (https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/through-instagram-ceremony-and-celebration-synagogues-in-new-york-city-and-beyond-mark-the-centennial-of-the-first-bat-mitzvah/) and Turning Red
Zahava endorses the book Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, which Tamar has endorsed before, and the Rainbow Plant Life vegan cooking website/youtube channel/newsletter/instagram Tamar endorses Normal Gossip podcast, Torah Time podcast, and His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent. By SI Rosenbaum in Input Magazine
