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dam is a Jewish boy in marched into Poland, the two venerate the memory of their so
Russia who chops wood, friends were separated. Jerzy, cruelly killed co-religionists and
rides in a wagon and gets who was Jewish, would escape compatriots and also this place
his eggs from a chicken. with his father into Russia, where of worship, which the invaders
His name is Adam, the boy's they were promptly put into a la- destroyed," the pope wrote back.
"I embrace with deep reverence
grandfather says, because "you bor camp.
Karol entered the Catholic all those whom you are remem-
are named after my grandfather
bering this day (of the dedica-
whose name was Adam. He was seminary.
Before they parted, the two tion)."
named after his grandfather's
our new books are of special
grandfather whose name was met for one last time in 1938 in
interest to Jewish women.
Adam. That way there will al- Wadowice.
Women of the Word:
"See you soon," Jurek said.
ways be an Adam."
Jewish Women and
Lolek replied: "Yes, sure, I'll
Some things will always be the
same, the grandfather tells the come and look you up in Cracow." Jewish Writing (Wayne State
boy in The Always Prayer The friends would not see each University Press) features 17 es-
Shawl (Boyds Mills Press). But other for another 50 years, and says that focus on the achieve-
by then much had changed in ments of Jewish women writers
"some things change."
from the Renaissance to the mod-
their lives.
Things are about to change.
Jurek survived the war and be- em era.
There is a revolution in Rus-
Contributors include New
sia, and Adam's family decides to came an engineer.
York University Asso-
immigrate to the United
ciate Professor Yael
States. Adam's grandfa-
Feldman, who writes
ther will stay behind.
on "Feminism Under
As the family leaves,
Siege: The Vicarious
the grandfather gives the
Selves of Israeli Women
boy a gift.
Writers"; the Universi-
"My grandfather gave
ty of Delaware's Jewish
me this prayer shawl," he
studies program direc-
says. "Now I am giving it
tor, Sara Heller, who
to you."
considers "Memory and
"I am always Adam
Testimony of Women
and this is my always
Survivors of Nazi Geno-
prayer shawl," the boy re-
cide"; Drew University
sponds. "That won't
Professor Janet
change."
THE SIMPLE AND
Burstein, on "Mother at
In the United States,
EXTRAORDINARY STORY Of
the Center: Jewish
Adam marries and has
POPE JOHN PAUL II AND
American Women's
three children of his own,
HIS JEWISH SCHOOL FRIEND
Stories of the 1920s";
who then have children,
and Mt. San Antonio
too. When his grandson
College Professor Nor-
comes to visit, Grandfa-
ma Fain Pratt, whose
ther Adam tells him the
essay is "Culture and
story of the "Always
Radical Politics: Yid-
Prayer Shawl." He says,
dish Women Writers in
"Now it is mine. And
America, 1890-1940."
someday I will give it to
The book considers
you. It has changed many
the poetry and prose
times...But it is still my
written by Jewish
Always Prayer Shawl."
women in the 19th and
Written by Sheldon
20th centuries, and also
Oberman, The Always
examines how male au-
Prayer Shawl — winner
thors, from the Middle
of the 1994 National Jew- G1AN FRANCO SVIDERCOSCH1
Ages to the present,
ish Book Award for chil-
Lolek became Pope John Paul have written about Jewish
dren's picture books — features
women.
illustrations by Ted Lewin, au- II.
Letter to a Jewish Friend
The collection is edited by Ju-
thor of I Was a Teenage Profes-
(Crossroad) tells the story of dith Baskin, chairman of the de-
sional Wrestler.
erzy ("Jurek") Kluger and Lolek's and Jurek's friendship partment of Judaic studies at the
Karol ("Lolek") Wojtyla and their reunion in 1989. They State University of New York at
were best friends. They were reunited when Mr. Kluger Albany and author of Pharaoh's
played hockey, swam and wrote the pope with news that Counsellors: Job, Jethro and Bal-
went to dances together, and of- the Wadowice synagogue, de- aam in Rabbinic and Patristic
ten studied at each other's homes stroyed by the Nazis, had been Tradition.
rebuilt and was about to be
Reading Ruth: Contempo-
in Wadowice, Poland.
rary Women Reclaim a Sa-
Everything changed with the rededicated.
"Tell all who are gathered cred Story (Ballantine), edited
Nazis.
As Hitler came to power and there that, together with them, I by Judith Kates and Gail Twer-

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