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Deaf Character Speaks Out

Diverse characters in literature are needed to reflect the reality of the world. Leila Marvi, a deaf character, tells about her role in the Koolura Series.

Mentally Challenged Royalty: YA Fairytales about Mental Disease
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Mentally Challenged Royalty: YA Fairytales about Mental Disease

Books in general and YA books in particular skirt over the issue of mental illness. Author Peter D. Weiler changes this with five poignant fairy tales about mentally challenged royalty.

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Summer 2020 Reading List for Kids

Reading is an important habit to build. In this blog article you will find a list of Summer of 2020 books kids and adults will love.

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Deaf Jews and the Holocaust

On November 9, 2019 Valley Beth Shalom, in Encino, California hosted a program in commemoration of the 81stAnniversary of Kristallnacht entitled “Rescuing History: Kristallnacht and ‘The Holocaust Through the Eyes of Deaf Jews’.” (Kristallnacht was two nights of violence perpetrated against the Jewish communities of Germany and Austria on November 9-10, 1938.) It was a…