Corrections to text of Rereading Exodus along the Anacostia — for both e-book (PDF) and print editions, CMCB 2022. Thank you for your patience with these errors.
Many of the errors/oddities are missing punctuation or spaces or minor typos leaving no doubt as to meaning; some are less obvious misspellings or substantive omissions — most often because text was accidentally cut in formatting. In addition, sharing here some post-publication updates.
If further typos or oddities or errors are located, or there is an update needed, please advise songeveryday@gmail.com.
Updates to published text
p.48, CMCB Bookshop update
Jewish Virtual Bookstore, previously housed on CMCB Bookshop, moved to SpatzReads
p.63, image-related update
One of the four women pictured, Elaine Reuben (left), died on Jan 6, 2024 ; see obituary. Her memory continues for a blessing, and her presence is missed in and outside Jewish communities.
p.125, image/map update:
Good Hope Road was renamed in November 2023 to honor the late mayor, councilmember, and activist Marion Barry Jr. (1936-2014, z”l). The intersection of Barry and MLK avenues in Southeast — where We Act Radio and the neighboring GoGo Museum and Pocket Lounge are still located — is greatly changed from photos and descriptions included in the book, p.124-130. Recent images are coming soon; meanwhile, this photo shows another stage in the transformation:
Substance missing or wrong:
p. 12, end of second full paragraph:
…as well as Sefaria a Jewish site with a wealth of resources.
[“site” missing]
p.24, first bullet point:
Much of the drama, in popular tellings and in the Bible itself, and a great deal of the emotional energy is around getting out of the Narrow Place;
[“emotional energy” clause missing]
p. 32, directly before box:
Working through this book, alone or in a community, is one way of creating a new, shared experience.
[end of sentence missing]
p.68, second paragraph of 2014:
…Michelle Obama said last April
[“said” missing]
p.79 quotation:
…The outraged white citizen had been sincere when he snatched the whips from the Southern sheriffs…White American left the Negro on the ground…
— Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, MLK (1967)
[ellipsis missing; citation missing author]
p.82, above photo:
…but it’s important to guard against dangerous side-effects of this rewriting of history to erase periods of “not knowing.”
[“word here” was place-holder for unfinished thought]
p.101, quotation paragraph 1:
Bordering the charts about antisemitism and Jews are a series of contradicting assertions we wrestle with when talking about Jews, antisemitism, and racial capitalism. Each set of statements is illustrated as two overlapping circles, to represent that the two statements can seem opposing, but are both true.
[some text was duplicated; full text on JFREJ website]
p.110, paragraph 6:
…So, attributing a plague to disrespect is making a strong statement about how the pairs failed one another.
[failed, not filed]
p.127, second paragraph of “Collective Community Space” section:
…Years of collective work transformed an eyesore and health hazard into a meeting and performance space, full of artwork, plants and a beehive.
[“artwork, plants and beehive” fell off page in formatting]
Missing punctuation or space, minor typos:
p.24, first paragraph
…a predetermined destination…
[errant article, “a”]
p.63, last sentence of Case 1:
…soul crushing.
[“g” and period missing]
p.77 in box
…(about a Sunday activity, BTW) as precedent.
[replacing “precedence.”].
p.82, possessive missing: third full paragraph should say “Ayanna Long’s movie”
p.89, quotation citation: publishing data omitted; see page 196 for full citation
p.180, second paragraph of “we counted 41”:
What happens in the long run
[“the” was duplicated]
p.195, box:
…view our safety as State-protected, regardless…
[errant hyphen in “protected”]
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