tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111375769586013316.post8130469476146037972..comments2023-05-14T06:27:25.797-07:00Comments on Adventures in AliyahLand: Lost in Translation: The Giving TreeTziviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828930310967808828noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111375769586013316.post-63790123289473967632014-01-18T10:12:48.981-08:002014-01-18T10:12:48.981-08:00Bracha: Interesting. Don't know enough about...Bracha: Interesting. Don't know enough about the background to the book to know what Shel Silverstein's intention was. In this view, it doesn't matter what the gender of the tree was, I suppose... :-)Tziviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828930310967808828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111375769586013316.post-7183046986719490952014-01-17T06:40:03.665-08:002014-01-17T06:40:03.665-08:00http://saloona.co.il/066154873/?p=32http://saloona.co.il/066154873/?p=32CyclicalObsessivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033256837303141752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111375769586013316.post-23029015163775114792014-01-16T00:49:16.727-08:002014-01-16T00:49:16.727-08:00If this book is about a mother-child relationship,...If this book is about a mother-child relationship, it is about extremely unhealthy over-sacrifice on the part of the mother and extreme greed and lack of feeling on the part of the child. I have always viewed it as a book about the environment. It's bad enough in that context - I wouldn't want to touch it in the context you suggest!Brachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867581872280487691noreply@blogger.com