at the
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, featuring a presentation by
two leading intellectuals on one of the most contentious and
perplexing issues in contemporary culture: Faith, Politics, and the
Jews: An Exchange Between Hillel Halkin and Anne Roiphe.M. The highly prestigious Barbara Jordan Media Awards are presented annually
to outstanding communicators for accurate and progressive portrayals of people
with disabilities.
"We are thrilled that Pearl Cleage's newest book is the first selection of
The ESSENCE Book Club Recommended Read program ," said Bass.

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KORET JEWISH BOOK AWARDS -- PROGRAM SCHEDULE
APRIL 11, 2005, 7 P.
KANBAR HALL, JCCSF

PROGRAM

Faith , Politics, and the Jews: An Exchange Between Hillel Halkin and
Anne Roiphe

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

Biography, Autobiography, and Literary Studies

A Tale of Love and Darkness, Amos Oz David Biale, jury chair
Translated from the Hebrew by Nicolas Emmanuel Ringelblum
de Lange (Harcourt, Inc. The award ceremony,
sponsored by the Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities, will
be held in Dallas on April 27, 2006.

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Halkin, an Israeli, is a distinguished translator and a frequent
contributor to Commentary and The New Republic.newscom .com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051027/NYFNSD01-b )
Tacos Anyone?/ Alquien Quiere Tacos? is a story about a four year old boy
with autism and his older brother.95

Tacos Anyone? An Autism Story Book Two/ Alquien Quiere Tacos? Una
Historia de Autismo Libro Dos ISBN 1-933319-02-X hardcover price $16. Jones are among the
dozens of authors who launched their writing careers in the pages of the
magazine."
Details about other components of the yearlong campaign, including a
parent 's challenge to read to their children and ways to support public
libraries, will be announced in the coming weeks.

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For credentials, please contact Susan Wolfe, Director of
Communications at Koret Foundation Funds, 415-882-7740 or
swolfe@koretfoundation.
There are very few book awards that recognize authors who increase public
understanding and awareness about the difficulties and potentials of children
with autism spectrum disorders.com .C."
The main element of the campaign is The ESSENCE Book Club Recommended Read
program, one of the largest book clubs of its kind. The
Essence Best-Sellers List, which appears each month in the magazine and
on-line, is the foremost measure of book sales within the African American
community. For more information about
The ESSENCE Book Club Recommended Read program, see the upcoming March 2006
issue of ESSENCE magazine or visit http: //www.

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Roiphe, a well-known American novelist, wrote Secrets of the City and
the widely discussed , fictional exploration of American Jewish
Orthodoxy, Lovingkindness.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051027/NYFNSD01 -a
http://www. ESSENCE editors will also provide
online discussion questions and reader guidelines about the featured book. He is an award-winning writer and editor, with an extensive
background in publishing covering books, lifestyle and popular culture.

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ADVISORY/Press Credentials Available for Koret Jewish Book Awards Ceremony

AUSTIN, Texas, First time author, Marvie Ellis,
is the honored recipient of the 2005, Barbara Jordan Media Award (special
contribution by an individual ) for her children's book, Tacos Anyone? An
Autism Story Book Two/ Alquien Quiere Tacos? Una Historia de Autismo Libro
Dos.

ESSENCE Announces ESSENCE Book Club Recommended Read Program and Launches National Reading Campaign

This important campaign is an opportunity to affect large-scale
progress. Book Club members will
receive a monthly e-mail containing details of the most recent book selection,
links to exclusive author forums, interactive internet chats, chapter
previews, upcoming book news and prizes. In
addition, each selected title will feature The ESSENCE Book Club Recommended
Read logo on the book's cover, which will be sold in bookstores throughout the
country.

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She also performs readings of her books at elementary schools
(call publisher for more information). Throughout the year,
ESSENCE will select a recently released, classic fiction or non-fiction title
by an African-American author to be highlighted.

ABOUT ESSENCE:
With more than seven million readers, ESSENCE is the preeminent lifestyle
magazine for African American women.

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He is the author of
Letters to an American Jewish Friend, and Across the Sabbath River. Norton + Company) advisory board chair
Daniel E.newscom.speechkidstexaspress .

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com. Bass and photographer and artist Karen Pugh coauthored
In Our Own Image: Treasured African-American Traditions, Journeys and Icons
(Running Press, 2001).

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Presentation of the awards will follow the program, with
presenters and recipients offering brief remarks. "The Book Club
provides a key place for the African American community to share its thoughts
about the books that inspire them the most.

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m. Appropriate for pre-k thru 5th
grade, Ellis' books are highly recommended for elementary schools and public
libraries. Congratulations, Marvie Ellis, on this well
acknowledged award! Books are available on Amazon.

About the Author: Marvie Ellis owns a private pediatric speech -language
and occupational therapy practice (Speech Kids, P. Individuals can sign-up by logging on to http://www.essence.

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written in English and Spanish on the same page as the illustrations ,
depicting multiculturally diverse characters. Published by Essence Communications Inc.

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Publishing Writers/Religion Writers/Assignment Desks/News Editors
ADVISORY.org

Editors note: Credentialing information only.

Children's Autism Author to Receive Distinguished Barbara Jordan Media Award

April also celebrates the 35th
Anniversary of National Autism Awareness Month.
The first selection is New York Times best-selling author Pearl Cleage's
newest book, Baby Brother's Blues (One World /Ballantine Books, $24. He is also the author of Like A Mighty Stream, The
March on Washington, August 28, 1963 (Running Press, 2002).

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W.-Round Rock, TX) and is an
educational consultant with universities , Head Starts, and school systems
nationally. Terry McMillan, Gloria Naylor and Edward P. He has
also written and edited for a number of publications including The New York
Times, O: The Oprah Magazine , Publisher's Weekly, The Washington Post, Time
Out New York, Brooklyn Bridge, Entertainment Weekly and BET Weekend, where he
was a founding editor.com.,
it is the leading source of cutting-edge information relating to every area of
African American women's lives. For more than 35 years, ESSENCE has celebrated
personal achievement, chronicled social movement, documented struggles,
showcased beauty, defined and set trends.

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Zipperstein,
(W. Koshland Professor of
Jewish Culture and History
Co-Director, Taube Center for Jewish
Studies, Stanford University

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Tim Bradford Alana Newhouse, jury chair
Arts + Culture Editor, Forward

CLOSING REMARKS

Tad Taube, President
Koret Foundation Funds

Published in July 2005 by Speech Kids Texas Press, Inc. The far-reaching
campaign is designed to inspire adults, teens and children to read more ,
underscore the importance of parents reading to their children, and to
stimulate public support for libraries that are sorely lacking resources in
urban areas.95). Since its
inception, ESSENCE has been the leading portal of introduction for emerging
African American literary talent, celebrating established authors and
reflecting publishing trends within the African American community.

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W. Ellis ' books help educators, parents and siblings of
children with disabilities to understand the dynamics of various communication
delays. Also, the recently announced ESSENCE Short Fiction Contest received
more than 2,000 entries from regions as far as Africa and Japan.

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University of California, Davis
Children's Literature

The Cats in Krasinski Square, Karen Hesse Roni Schotter, jury chair
Illustrated by Wendy Watson (Scholastic) Author, children's books

Fiction

The Persistence of Memory, Tony Eprile Daphne Merkin, judge
(W.com and on the publisher's
website: http://www. Cleage
is also the lead author profile in ESSENCE's upcoming March 2006 issue, which
goes on sale February 7.

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The therapist teaches the older brother how
to play with his younger brother, making sibling time fun again.

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With both a Bachelor's and a Master's
degree in communication, she is eminently qualified to discuss communication
issues in young children.

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History

Mothers and Children: Jewish Family
Life in Medieval Europe, Elisheva Carlebach, jury chair
Elisheva Baumgarten (Princeton Professor of History, Queens College
University Press) and the Graduate Center, CUNY

Philosophy and Thought

Wrestling with God and Men: Ellen M . NEW YORK, ESSENCE magazine will launch The ESSENCE
Book Club Recommended Read program and a national reading campaign.
"Reading strengthens education," said Angela Burt-Murray, editor-in -chief
of ESSENCE magazine, the preeminent lifestyle magazine for more than seven
million African -Americans.
Patrik Henry Bass, books editor for ESSENCE magazine, has been an integral
part of this evolution and thus has become the voice of African American
literature.

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Keisha 's Doors: An Autism Story Book One/ Las Puertas de Keisha: Una
Historia de Autismo Libro Uno ISBN 1-933319-00-3 hardcover price $16. It was
announced today by Angela Burt-Murray, editor-in-chief of the preeminent
magazine for more than seven million African Americans. "Education increases achievement and impacts social
change.essence.

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Umansky, jury chair
Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition , Carl and Dorothy Bennett
Rabbi Steven Greenberg (University Professor of Judaic Studies ,
of Wisconsin Press) Fairfield University

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The Five Books of Moses, Robert Alter Steven J.
(Round Rock, TX) and illustrated by Jenny Loehr , Tacos Anyone?/ Alquien Quiere
Tacos? has received acclaimed reviews from many experts in the field of
children's disabilities. This book has already been nominated for the 2006
Dolly Gray Children 's Developmental Disabilities Literature Award along with
Ellis' first autism book, Keisha's Doors: An Autism Story Book One/ Las
Puertas de Keisha: Una Historia de Autismo Libro Uno.
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ESSENCE is the authority on African American literature .

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----Press credentials are now available for the
Koret Jewish Book Awards ceremony Monday, April 11, 7 p.