![]() Ernest Shackleton's third Antarctic expedition sailed from London. Shelf wear, covers grubby, nibbled, previous owners signature on front end cover, age toning to pages. Original cloth covers in unclipped dust jacket. ![]() Readers Union Book Club Edition 269 pages, illustrated 8 b/w photographs, double page map in text. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Category: Arctic & Antarctic Exploration. A remarkable story of beating all the odds. This has become one of the epic small boat voyages of all time, but it was to be the end of August before the remaining survivors could be rescued from Elephant Island. From the island Shackleton, with a crew of five others, left on April 24 to sail one of the small boats to South Georgia, which they reached on May 10. Their journey took from Christmas 1915 to April 1916. This was the beginning of a struggle for survival, with 28 men with three small boats striking out by sledge and boat across the hazardous Weddel Sea for Elephant Island. His ship was the Endurance, but little did her complement know that their own Endurance would be tested to the full after the ship was trapped in the ice in the Weddell Sea late in 1915 and had to be abandoned. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. In Gaza, about 1.9 million people have been displaced as a result of Israeli attacks, with health officials saying the death toll has now surpassed 16,200 and the ground situation is turning increasingly "apocalyptic," according to the UN.Cloth. 7, which killed about 1,200, mostly civilians, with evidence suggesting rape and sexual abuse of Israeli women and around 140 people still being held in captivity, according to Israel Defense Forces. Jewish communities around the globe will celebrate Hanukkah in the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel on Oct. Stavans describes Jewish heritage as “the sum of the many diasporas that Jews live in.” Therefore, it’s incumbent upon them “to open up those diasporas through storytelling.” “I want readers to see the reality of a Mestizo culture because there are Jews in Mexico who are Mestizos, Jews who are White, and Jews who are Black as well.” When Stavans created the story for “The Mexican Dreidel,” he wanted to make sure that young readers could see illustrations of a diverse Jewish community in Mexico. Using Hanukkah to shine a light on others And his book introduces both the trompo and the dreidel to show how toys can help children connect with their heritage and build strong friendships at early ages.įor Jewish children specifically, the dreidel reminds them of the miracle of Hanukkah - each side of the toy has a Hebrew letter, and together these four letters form an acronym that translates roughly into English as “A big miracle happened here.” Stavans said many children in Mexico play with trompos (colorful plastic or wooden spinning tops that have a metallic tip) during the Christmas season. ![]() “Every night, cousins would come to our house, or we would go to our grandmother’s house to play dreidel and have a piñata - this is a tradition in Mexico that both Jews and non-Jews have in their holidays.” We had latkes, which are potato pancakes that you eat with sour cream and applesauce,” he recalled. It tells the story of a magical wooden dreidel (a four-sided spinning top) that a Jewish grandmother gifts to her grandson in an unnamed Mexican town.įor Stavans, who grew up in Mexico speaking Spanish and Yiddish, the Jewish Festival of Lights reminds him of the ways that his family kept their Jewish heritage alive in Mexico. Stavans recently co-authored a children’s Hanukkah book, “The Mexican Dreidel,” with Linda Elovitz Marshall. “Hanukkah reminds us that as we go from one diaspora to another, we can get inspiration from moments of resistance in the past to continue our story.” "The Mexican Dreidel" tells the story of a magical wooden dreidel, or spinning top, that a grandmother gives her grandson in a Mexican town. ![]() "Whether it is now, when antisemitism is rising, or in the past, during the Holocaust, or even further back, during the Spanish Inquisition, Hanukkah is a reminder that we have to find a way to endure,” Stavans said. As Jewish families gather to celebrate the eight days of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights can deliver a powerful message of endurance during difficult times, according to Mexican American author and scholar Ilan Stavans. ![]()
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