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Cameron Samuels, a Jewish college student and book-access activist, discusses the impact of their Texas high school's challenge to "Maus" at a Senate hearing on book bans, Sept. 12, 2023. (C-SPAN Screenshot via JTA)
September 13, 2023, 11:06 am
‘Maus,’ Nazis and Shylock references make appearances at US Senate book ban hearing
Debate comes as ‘parents’ rights’ groups challenge thousands of books in school libraries, saying that they’re not appropriate for children
By Andrew Lapin
American author Bernard Malamud, author of 'The Fixer,' in August 1980. (Nancy R. Schiff/Getty Images via JTA)
August 19, 2023, 3:23 am
How a US school district put a contested Bernard Malamud classic back on the shelves
On an oft-unseen battlefield of the culture war over books in states and school districts around the country, there are panels of judges that may feel more like a book club
By Andrew Lapin
Ivie Szalai speaks against students reading 'The Fixer' at a Beaufort County school board meeting at the Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts in South Carolina, June 27, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 3, 2023, 11:43 pm
Year after ban, US school district to bring back novel about antisemitic blood libel
South Carolina district originally pulled ‘The Fixer’ by Jewish author Bernard Malamud after concerns by conservative group Moms for Liberty over ‘controversial’ content
By Andrew Lapin
Ivie Szalai speaks against students reading 'The Fixer' at a Beaufort County school board meeting at the Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts in South Carolina, June 27, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 21, 2023, 9:38 pm
US school district removes classic novel ‘The Fixer,’ about a 1911 blood libel
Jewish author Bernard Malamud’s book on antisemitism has been challenged before and led to a Supreme Court decision on book bans. Now, a South Carolina mom wants it gone again
By Andrew Lapin and PHILISSA CRAMER
People leaving the venue that hosted the Moms for Liberty meeting argue with demonstrators in Philadelphia, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
July 9, 2023, 4:24 am
How a US Jewish group and the right-wing Moms for Liberty shared a conference hotel
When the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs learned the conservative group supporting book bans would share their space, it was too late to change plans – but cooler heads prevailed
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The Bible is read aloud at the Utah Capitol, November 25, 2013. (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)
June 22, 2023, 8:51 pm
Utah school district returns the Bible to its shelves after ban sparked outcry
Davis School District rules that text is age-appropriate, after it was banned last month amid Republican push to get ‘sensitive material’ out of student libraries
By SAM METZ
'Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation.' (Courtesy: Anne Frank Fonds via JTA)
June 17, 2023, 6:20 am
Amid push to ban books in US schools, some call new Anne Frank graphic novel ‘porn’
As a movement to police kids’ literature becomes a political force that may impact the 2024 election, the famous Holocaust diary is the subject of a growing number of controversies
By Andrew Lapin
Artwork from Art Spiegelman's 'Maus.' (Courtesy/Pantheon & Schocken Books)
June 15, 2023, 7:50 pm
Missouri school district to debate ban of ‘Maus’ over potential ‘sexual material’
Art Spiegelman, author of Holocaust graphic novel, leading fight against possible move at district of 6,000 students: ‘Book burning leads to people burning’
By Andrew Lapin
The Bible is read aloud at the Utah Capitol, Monday, November 25, 2013. The Bible has been banned at elementary and middle schools in the Davis School District north of Salt Lake City, after a review committee decided it wasn't age appropriate 'due to vulgarity or violence.' (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
June 3, 2023, 12:44 pm
Utah district bans Bible in schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’
Complaint filed in apparent protest after previous books were barred, leading to removal of the Bible from Davis District elementary and middle schools
By SAM METZ
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