The Complicated Matter of the American Jewish Faith

In Sheldon Oberman's children's book "The Always Prayer Shawl," a grandfather passes on his tallit to his grandson along with the sage advice, "Some things change and some things don’t." At public readings, Oberman wore his grandfather's tallit, which had inspired the story. When a non-Jewish author told him that she wished she could tell stories the way he did, he placed the tallit on her shoulders and told her, "You can! You can do it."