On Writing for Children & Other People by Julius Lester

Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world. Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Germany, invented his blue jeans in 1873. The words “…give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” on the Statue of Liberty were written by Emma Lazarus, a Jew. The Salk vaccine entered widespread use in the U.S. Millions and millions of people worldwide have been spared the ravages of poliomyelitis - including paralysis and even death - thanks to research conducted by Jewish scientist Dr. >Īlthough Jews are less than two-tenths of one percent of the world’s population, more than 20% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. To learn about these and many more AmazingJews, watch a compilation put together by in 2015 and posted on YouTube. We knew you could guess… all of them are (or were) Jews! Inventor of the mobile phone, “Father of the Internet,” inventor of the video game cosole, inventor fo the laser, inventor of the gramophone, creator of the Barbie Doll, creator of the cruise ship, “Father of Immunology,” inventor fo the modern condom (!), a prime minister of the U.K., a three-time prime minister of France, a president of Switzerland and the primary financier of the American Revolution? Watch Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester”. Watch “Storytelling: A Way to Know Ourselves”. Watch “The Jewish Americans - Julius Lester”. Learn more about Julius Lester on Wikipedia.

We extend a deep trust to someone when we say, ‘I’m going to tell you something I’ve never told anyone.’ Sharing stories creates trust because through stories we come to a recognition of how much we have in common.” The extent to which others know us is determined by the stories we choose to share. We have stories we love to tell and stories we have never told anyone. Quotes: “Each of us is comprised of stories, stories not only about ourselves but stories about ancestors we never knew and people we’ve never met. In 1982, Lester - whose maternal great-grandfather was a Jew - converted to Judaism. In addition to teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for 32 years, he was a civil rights activist, photographer, and musician who recorded two albums of folk music and original songs. 18, 2018) was an author of books for both children and adults.

On Writing for Children & Other People by Julius Lester