Spinoza’s brilliant Ethics and Theologico-Political Treatise were banned for labeling common Jewish beliefs and practices as superstitious and ignorant and for denying the existence of the biblical God and the divinity of Torah. Read the following books and then judge for yourself whether they should have been banned.- Marilyn CooperĮthics (1677) and Theologico-Political Treatise (1670) Sometimes books written by Jews have been banned by non-Jews in other cases, Jews have censored and repressed the words of other Jews.
At its extreme, this results in books being banned and writers persecuted.
German journalist Heinrich Heine famously wrote, “Where books are burned, in the end, people will also be burned.” This may seem like history, but today there is still tension between the belief that the free and creative expression of ideas is important and the anxiety that ideas are threatening and potentially harmful.
This beautiful book deserves to be reissued and rediscovered. When she asks Sarah to write it for her, the two share a piercing realization: Sarah has never actually heard her grandmother’s name, since everybody calls her Grandma. Her wise grandmother, with whom she spends her days, is wistful she never learned to write her own name. Sarah, living in a Polish village with her large family, longs to be “somebody” and is presented with a rare opportunity for her, a girl, to learn to read and write. This practically forgotten book is a shtetl tale with the very modern theme of female empowerment. Here are five reliable favorites that will enliven storytime at home or in school.- Amy E. But there are some gems that should be read, kept, hoarded if out of print and set aside for the next generation. These days there are an overwhelming number of Jewish picture books, and it can take some dexterity to avoid the vast swamps of kitsch, treacle or outmoded role modeling. Th e books read to you when you are a young child stay with you forever.
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