Comments on: Books ~ Ten on My MUST READ List ~ http://www.thethoughtvox.com/?p=3639 Thinking is Free Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:33:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Pamela Detlor http://www.thethoughtvox.com/?p=3639&cpage=1#comment-26288 Pamela Detlor Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:28:35 +0000 http://www.thethoughtvox.com/?p=3639#comment-26288 Hi Brad, The awesome things about books is that they don't care if you are a guy or girl - they speak to who they speak to :) "The Kite Runner" is a brilliant book. I loved and related to the characters - and MOST of the major characters are boys & men. Thanks for your comment and stopping by :) Pam Hi Charles, You've said so much - and all I can do is agree. I've checked out your site! Best of luck to you with your writing! Pam Hi Brad,
The awesome things about books is that they don’t care if you are a guy or girl – they speak to who they speak to :) “The Kite Runner” is a brilliant book. I loved and related to the characters – and MOST of the major characters are boys & men. Thanks for your comment and stopping by :)

Pam

Hi Charles,
You’ve said so much – and all I can do is agree. I’ve checked out your site! Best of luck to you with your writing!

Pam

]]> By: Charles Weinblatt http://www.thethoughtvox.com/?p=3639&cpage=1#comment-26286 Charles Weinblatt Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:12:56 +0000 http://www.thethoughtvox.com/?p=3639#comment-26286 Sometimes authors use a novel or screenplay to support political or social beliefs; or to cry out for morality and ethical principles. This is no more clearly evident than with Holocaust books and films. Whenever we stand up to those who deny or minimize the Holocaust, or to those who support genocide we send a critical message to the world. We know from captured German war records that millions of innocent Jews were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany - most in gas chambers. Despite this knowledge, Holocaust deniers ply their mendacious poison everywhere, especially with young people on the Internet. Holocaust books and films help to tell the true story of the Shoah, combating anti-Semitic historical revision. And, they protect vulnerable future generations from making the same mistakes. I wrote Jacob's Courage to promote Holocaust education. This coming of age love story presents accurate scenes and situations of Jews in ghettos and concentration camps, with particular attention to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. It examines a constellation of emotions during a time of incomprehensible brutality. A world that continues to allow genocide requires such ethical reminders and remediation. Many authors feel compelled to use their talent to promote moral causes. Holocaust books and movies carry that message globally, in an age when the world needs to learn that genocide is unacceptable. Such authors attempt to show the world that religious, racial, ethnic and gender persecution is wrong; and that tolerance is our progeny's only hope. Viewing the Holocaust through the eyes of young lovers represents a unique and emotionally penetrating analysis of Jewish life during the Shoah. Called, "Gut wrenching and heart rending" Jacob's Courage allows the reader to comprehend the terror experienced by Holocaust victims on a personal level. Yet, it also reveals the triumphant spirit of humankind and demonstrates how ordinary people can perform extraordinary acts of courage when the lives of loved ones are in danger. Charles Weinblatt Author, "Jacob's Courage" http://jacobscourage.wordpress.com/ Sometimes authors use a novel or screenplay to support political or social beliefs; or to cry out for morality and ethical principles. This is no more clearly evident than with Holocaust books and films. Whenever we stand up to those who deny or minimize the Holocaust, or to those who support genocide we send a critical message to the world.

We know from captured German war records that millions of innocent Jews were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany – most in gas chambers. Despite this knowledge, Holocaust deniers ply their mendacious poison everywhere, especially with young people on the Internet. Holocaust books and films help to tell the true story of the Shoah, combating anti-Semitic historical revision. And, they protect vulnerable future generations from making the same mistakes.

I wrote Jacob’s Courage to promote Holocaust education. This coming of age love story presents accurate scenes and situations of Jews in ghettos and concentration camps, with particular attention to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. It examines a constellation of emotions during a time of incomprehensible brutality. A world that continues to allow genocide requires such ethical reminders and remediation.

Many authors feel compelled to use their talent to promote moral causes. Holocaust books and movies carry that message globally, in an age when the world needs to learn that genocide is unacceptable. Such authors attempt to show the world that religious, racial, ethnic and gender persecution is wrong; and that tolerance is our progeny’s only hope.

Viewing the Holocaust through the eyes of young lovers represents a unique and emotionally penetrating analysis of Jewish life during the Shoah. Called, “Gut wrenching and heart rending” Jacob’s Courage allows the reader to comprehend the terror experienced by Holocaust victims on a personal level. Yet, it also reveals the triumphant spirit of humankind and demonstrates how ordinary people can perform extraordinary acts of courage when the lives of loved ones are in danger.

Charles Weinblatt
Author, “Jacob’s Courage”
http://jacobscourage.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Brad http://www.thethoughtvox.com/?p=3639&cpage=1#comment-26284 Brad Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:00:50 +0000 http://www.thethoughtvox.com/?p=3639#comment-26284 Love what you said about, Virginia Woolf. I feel the same way, and I'm a boy. I think I may have to try Fall on Your Knees Now too. Love what you said about, Virginia Woolf. I feel the same way, and I’m a boy. I think I may have to try Fall on Your Knees Now too.

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