Need to Read: January 27
Adult Fiction
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(JTA) – A Florida school district is heading to court in a closely watched legal challenge to its decision to remove more than 1,600 books, including Anne Frank’s original diary.
The case in Escambia County is one of several currently unfolding against local and state book-ban laws — and is not the only one to involve Jewish books.
Meet Bruce Friedman, a Jewish father in Florida who has successfully pushed his public school to remove "Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation" and has challenged hundreds of other books.
Bruce Friedman is one of the most prolific book challengers in the country. He's not the only Jew in this fight.