Presented by Bindlestiff Books

Sunday, November 15, 12 – 2:00pm

Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World
A discussion with author Homa Sabet Tavangar

Packed with resources, activities and ideas, Growing Up Global is a book that parents, grandparents, caregivers, and teachers can turn to again and again for inspiration as they strive to open the minds of children everywhere. Derived from the author’s own experiences traveling with her three daughters, Growing Up Global offers compelling reasons why we should bring the world into our homes, and practical steps to help us do it with grace and ease.

Please join us to hear from Growing Up Global author Homa Sabet Tavangar in a family-friendly environment. We are also pleased to welcome Jay Sand, leader of the popular “All Around This World” music classes for kids, who will lead us in song before Homa’s talk begins.

To read more about the book, visit www.growingupglobal.net, or check out an article in this week’s University City Review with info about the book and suggestions for children in West Philadelphia.

A free event. Families welcome. Books and snacks (suitable for lunchtime) available for purchase. For more information, e-mail bindlestiff.events@gmail.com or call 215-222-2432.

Reviews of Growing Up Global:

“An intelligent, thoughtful guide for developing a global orientation in children, and an encouraging book for a multicultural world!”
– Terri Morrison, co-author of Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands

“Tavangar’s stellar ideas for deepening children’s understanding of—and comfort with—every culture on the planet are a must in today’s increasingly borderless world. This is a book for every family on the planet.”
– Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of Does Anybody Else Look Like Me?

By the way, here's our class schedule for November 2009

Co-sponsored by Kol Tzedek West Philadelphia Synagogue and Bindlestiff Books

Tuesday, July 9, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Philadelphia author Warren Hoffman will read from and discuss his new book, The Passing Game: Queering Jewish American Culture. Hoffman’s book explores queer Jewish identity in 20th-century American literature, drama and film. Hoffman examines pre-Stonewall Jewish literature, including the 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch, the cross-dressing films of Yiddish actress Molly Picon, and several short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. He also analyzes the English-language novels The Rise of David Levinsky (Abraham Cahan), Wasteland (Jo Sinclair), and Portnoy’s Complaint (Phillip Roth). Hoffman highlights the ways in which the characters in these canonical texts attempt to “pass” as white, straight, and American in the early and mid–twentieth century.

Questions? Contact socialjustice@kol-tzedek.org.

By the way, here's our class schedule for May 2009