One Night, One Hanukkah Night by Aidel Backman
One night, one light One shining Hanukkah light In the great silver menorah The same menorah that shone in Bubby and Zaidy’s house so long ago now glistens in a modern home. Children sing...
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Getting Good at Getting Older by Richard Siegel, Laura Geller
Illustrator: Paul Palnik We transformed society in the 60’s and 70’s, through the civil rights movement, the evolution of feminism, and the sexual revolution. We raised our voices, refused to sit down, and in...
Union Made: Labor Leader Samuel Gompers and his Fight for Workers’ Rights by Norman H. Finkelstein
Born in England, Samuel Gompers grew up watching his father roll cigars, and at 10 years old, started rolling them himself. After immigrating to the United States, Gompers soon discovered his vocation to fight...
Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land by Amos Oz
Translator: Jessica Cohen From the incomparable Amos Oz comes a series of three essays: on the universal nature of fanaticism and its possible cures, on the Jewish roots of humanism and the need for...
Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Dali, The Marx Brothers and the Greatest Movie Never Made by Josh Frank
Grab some popcorn and take a seat…The curtain is about to rise on a film like no other! But first, the real-life backstory: Giraffes on Horseback Salad was a Marx Brothers film written by...
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come by Sue Macy
Illustrator: Stacy Innerst Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind...
Four Rabbis at Lunch: Candid Conversations Among American Clergy by Dov Peretz Elkins
Many people want to know what rabbis talk about when they know that no layperson is listening. Four Rabbis At Lunch eplicates some of these intimate – no laypersons present – conversations by listening...
Super Jake and the King of Chaos by Naomi Milliner
When life revolves around stressed-out parents and ER visits for his special needs little brother Jake, eleven-year-old Ethan escapes to a world of top hats, trick decks, and magic wands. When he hears of...
It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories by Laura Silverman, Katherine Locke
A Jewish boy falls in love with a fellow counselor at summer camp. A group of Jewish friends take the trip of a lifetime. A girl meets her new boyfriend’s family over Shabbat dinner....
The Elephant in the Sukkah by Sherri Mandell
Illustrator: Ivana Kuman Henry, once a happy circus elephant, feels lonely and sad at the farm for old elephants, where nobody wants to hear him sing. One evening, he follows the sound of music...
