Beautiful post. I’ve been writing about my spiritual awakening as I first started to write in support of Israel and the Jewish people and now am figuring out if and how I may convert.
How difficult would it be to get the book re-titled (as it should be): Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Jewish Girl. She may have been almost non-observant, but she WAS Jewish.
My daughters' did have the fortunate circumstance to have the novel as required reading in grade 7. While I remember being that age, attending a jewish school and first reading the diary, it was especially thrilled to see that my daughters had it on their book lists in their non-jewish school. I grateful for the book as it allowed for the start of the many discussions I was able to have with my daughters, to educate them about the horrors of The Holocaust, as well as introduce them to their family's heritage.
I frequently make comments in this site based on my personal experience which I perceive as possibly a universal
Truth could be found.
Before 10/6 I tried to add books to our county library system on Jewish history and antisemitism. I offered to purchase them for the library system, but alas if the book is more than 10 years old they don’t want to buy it. The Diary of Anne Frank was refused even though they accepted books on the African American experience prior to 10 years before.
I quickly recognized that antisemitism had spread faster than I could catch it. Then war broke out. And not only Anne Frank’s history was gone but also mine. She has a great lesson to teach but who will listen today?
There are still lots of tourists lining up to see the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, but only because it is listed in The Lonely Planet. I wonder how many of them would take the time to read this well written article.
Just truly beautiful! I am not Jewish but I read her book at sixteen, the same age she was when she wrote it. I have always felt a link to God through her writing! I would thank her many times over for her wonderful words. The words that always stick in my mind are “ in spite of everything, I still believe people are good at heart” The appalling things happening in Gaza and the abuse of the hostages are an echo of her dreadful nightmare. They need to fought on every front. I believe we, as humans, need to seek God in order to deal with this evil against humanity!
Beautiful post. I’ve been writing about my spiritual awakening as I first started to write in support of Israel and the Jewish people and now am figuring out if and how I may convert.
How difficult would it be to get the book re-titled (as it should be): Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Jewish Girl. She may have been almost non-observant, but she WAS Jewish.
A very insightful article, taken from an angle not previously seen.
My daughters' did have the fortunate circumstance to have the novel as required reading in grade 7. While I remember being that age, attending a jewish school and first reading the diary, it was especially thrilled to see that my daughters had it on their book lists in their non-jewish school. I grateful for the book as it allowed for the start of the many discussions I was able to have with my daughters, to educate them about the horrors of The Holocaust, as well as introduce them to their family's heritage.
I frequently make comments in this site based on my personal experience which I perceive as possibly a universal
Truth could be found.
Before 10/6 I tried to add books to our county library system on Jewish history and antisemitism. I offered to purchase them for the library system, but alas if the book is more than 10 years old they don’t want to buy it. The Diary of Anne Frank was refused even though they accepted books on the African American experience prior to 10 years before.
I quickly recognized that antisemitism had spread faster than I could catch it. Then war broke out. And not only Anne Frank’s history was gone but also mine. She has a great lesson to teach but who will listen today?
There are still lots of tourists lining up to see the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, but only because it is listed in The Lonely Planet. I wonder how many of them would take the time to read this well written article.
Just truly beautiful! I am not Jewish but I read her book at sixteen, the same age she was when she wrote it. I have always felt a link to God through her writing! I would thank her many times over for her wonderful words. The words that always stick in my mind are “ in spite of everything, I still believe people are good at heart” The appalling things happening in Gaza and the abuse of the hostages are an echo of her dreadful nightmare. They need to fought on every front. I believe we, as humans, need to seek God in order to deal with this evil against humanity!