Banned Book Bingo shines spotlight on censorship

Jews for a Secular Democracy will be calling out literary censorship Sunday, Nov. 23, when it brings Banned Book Bingo to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill.

As part of the Jewish Women and Religious Freedom in Pittsburgh Project, the event will use a parlor game to make a serious point — that a surge in banned and challenged books at public schools and libraries over political and religious ideologies is an ever-increasing threat to First Amendment rights.

The family-friendly bingo will be free and open to the public, with registration required.

“It will be fun-heavy with a dash of education,” said Jews for Secular Democracy national director Katie Reiter, of Tucson, Arizona. “We want to put the issue of book bans in front of people, especially young families, in an easy, accessible way.”

Read the full article at the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle.