Stunning.Beautifully written and illustrated. A wonderful journey of reading to take as a child or adult. It is on my list of Christmas gifts to give this year. Lovely!
Learn the many names of the full moonsMy kids liked picking out the unique names of the moons. The Wolf Moon was an instant favorite. They also liked how the illustrations matched up with the words – they felt it helped them better understand the meaning. For example, they’d never heard of a sturgeon before, much less the Sturgeon Moon, but the illustrations made it clear. I learned alongside them – the names are so fun!
Loved this book!This is wonderful book! I bought it to read with my grandkids and I know that they will love it. The poetry matches the beautiful illustrations. Loved it to the moon and back. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)
Beautifully illustrated and written -- not just for kids!Verse about each of each full moon in the annual cycle, tying each to the earthly events that gave that full moon its name! The beautifully drawn pictures are great for any age, but the up-beat and light-hearted stanzas are fun, and interesting ! (Come on, how many of us adults know all of their names, and why!)
My 4-year old loves this book!This book is wonderful! I look forward to reading it every month with my daughter to learn about the names of each moon. We just read it around the blue moon! She loves the rhymes and the beautiful drawings. Just bought a few to send to a few friends of mine, too. Highly recommend!
Perfect for children ages 3-5This is a sweet book that young children will enjoy as they learn about the full moon! Excited to read it to my students and to my grandson!
Jewish Woman, Spring 2004“A book that teaches and inspires … Newcomers and veterans of the campaign against abuse will appreciate Kaufman’s book for its thorough overview of the subject and its insightful analysis of current needs … Her book challenges us to roll up our sleeves and get busy.”
The Berkshire Eagle“In Sins of Omission (Kaufman) artfully blends sharp research skills with a comprehensive understanding of complicated social, religious and legal factors, and, as a gifted writer, offers a lucid, inviting – and unsettling – scholarly study … Kaufman brings a painful topic to the forefront. Her unwavering single-issue focus speaks articulately, passionately and professionally … Sins of Omission will hopefully stir many to action.”
Jewish Book World“Sins of Omission The Jewish Community’s Reaction to Domestic Violence is an important book with a compelling portrayal of spousal abuse towards women in Jewish homes … [it] is a powerful book that is well researched and finely written. It is a subject that we as Jews must, as individuals, and ultimately as a community, understand and confront.”
www.myjewishbooks.com“Published a few days prior to Yom Kippur 5764, this is a unique and compelling investigation of the Jewish community’s reaction – or non-reaction – to domestic violence. Concerned with the sins of the community more than the sins of the abuser, Carol Goodman Kaufman finds that … rabbis and community leaders are not doing enough and are not informed enough to help the abused women in their congregations get the support, protection, and guidance they need … The author takes a hard look at the Jewish community, its rules, regulations, and followers, and discovers the ways in which it helps and hinders victims of abuse.”
Publishers Weekly“There are few statistics about the incidence of domestic abuse within the Jewish community, but industrial and organizational psychologist Kaufman underscores that it does exist and that it must be acknowledged and dealt with openly within the framework of Jewish tradition. Covering the subject from sociological, religious and legal viewpoints, supplemented by an exhaustive analysis of interviews with survivors, rabbis and lay leaders in the Boston area … the case studies humanize the problem, and this work brings into the open this sadly neglected issue within the Jewish community.”
Carol Diament, Ph.D.“We have known for some time that Jewish men do in fact abuse their wives and children. Thanks to Carol Goodman Kaufman, we now also know that the Jewish community responds in a most shameful way. Sins of Omission reminds us of our responsibility towards others – and if we refuse to help our neighbors, we are guilty of a very grave sin indeed.”