Sunday, February 23, 2014

Diary: Brainstorming

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Haggadah Diary: If you like Dry Bones you're going to LOVE the Dry Bones Haggadah. But our challenge is to get the word out! So we did some brainstorming and decided to turn the job over to Mr. Shuldig and his dog Doobie. If you're a friend or a fan please help us. Share or forward this to YOUR friends. Oh, and don't forget to press the Red Button.

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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Diary: Lost in Translation

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Haggadah Diary:Above is a the ad we did for our Haggadah. "We" means me and the LSW (Long Suffering Wife). A huge amount of work went into the creation of this Haggadah, and in the ad we had to translate what we had done into a few words. But "translation", according to an email we just received from an otherwise satisfied customer, is what's missing from our advertising. :
". . . a piece of advice: the store and website do not discuss the translation issues. It is critically important as you know so well. I had to do web searching to find out more about this aspect of the project. I learned a lot about your challenges and how you addressed the thorny issues of Halachic authenticity as well as the modern issues of removing/reducing gender bias -- both critical aspects which must be addressed simultaneously to make it as inclusive and timeless as possible. I read how much effort you invested into the accuracy of the translation. This info should be highlighted in your store. There is practically no mention of it. Why not? Its an important selling point. Okay, that's my 2 agorot.
Thanks,"
(name withheld)

Explanation about the above: Folks who buy the Dry Bones Haggadah are like part of our family. They feel free to give us helpful advice. Which the LSW and I really appreciate.

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Wednesday, November 06, 2013

04 Peek Inside Banner

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The Peek Inside Banner
Having the Haggadah text framed by Dry Bones cartoon commentary was my idea. But then the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) who is a well-known Tel Aviv painter, and Kim (our talented graphic artist/book designer) got their hands on my work, Kim compulsively tweaking the balance of the parallel Hebrew and English texts and, consulting with the LSW on color selection with the goal of making each page-spread a coherent work of art.

So I've decided that at the Dry Bones Haggadah booth at the upcoming GA we should have a giant banner to give folks a peek at the inside pages. The banner is now being printed as I write this.:









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This is Haggadah Diary Episode 04

Click for Haggadah Diary Episode 03

Click for Haggadah Diary Episode 02

Click for Haggadah Diary Episode 01



To Be Continued . . .
You can get your set of haggadahs (in plain brown boxes) in one of two ways. One, online at the http://store.drybones.com and two, at our booth at the upcoming General Assembly of the Jewish Federations to be held in Jerusalem on Nov 10-11.





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