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Jewish Children's Book about Interfaith Families
Notable Book for Younger Readers - Association
of Jewish Libraries A PJ Library Selection
from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation
A Jewish picture book by Deborah Bodin Cohen addressing
interfaith family issues and questions with love and sensitively.
Why can’t you be Jewish
like me? Why can’t I be Christian like you? a young Jewish girl asks her non-Jewish grandfather. In answer, her grandfather tells her the biblical story of Jethro, Moses’ non-Jewish father-in-law,
whose relationship with his grandson Gershom is a model of love and respect. With warm watercolor artwork and a gentle storyline, Papa
Jethro sensitively looks at the issue of interfaith families and reminds us that the Bible has timely lessons for every
generation.
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| Artist Jane Dippold painted the soft and loving watercolors in Papa Jethro. |
"A welcome choice for the many children in
similar situations." Booklist
"...provides a gentle reminder that interfaith families
have been part of Jewish tradition from the beginning....the overall feeling is one of tenderness and love between grandparents
and grandchildren, past and present." InterfaithFamily.com
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