The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi,...
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Welcome to Chanu-Con! by Beth Rodgers
Illustrator: Howard Fridson Join Max and his sister Lila as they navigate their synagogue’s Chanukah extravaganza, “Chanu-Con!” Their day’s highlights include making a human menorah, dipping Chanukah candles, tasting latkes and Chanukah treats, and...
The Miracle of Hanukkah by Malachy Doyle
The Miracle of Hanukkah is the perfect picture book to introduce children to the story and traditions of Hanukkah, with text by award-winning author Malachy Doyle and stunning, colourful illustrations from Christopher Corr, the...
25 Years Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Brandenburg by Nicola Galliner
The Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Brandenburg (JFBB) began with 8 films in 1995, thus filling a gap in the cultural landscape of the Berlin and Brandenburg region. Twenty-five years later and with more...
Goodnight Bubbala by Sheryl Haft
Illustrator: Jill Weber In the small blue room there was a bubbala, and a little shmatta, and then—oy vey!—came the whole mishpacha! This zesty parody of one of America’s favorite picture books offers a...
My Spiced Kitchen: A Middle Eastern Cookbook by Yaniv Cohen
Delight your senses and excite your palate as Yaniv Cohen, aka The Spice Detective, leads you on a culinary tour through the exciting world of Middle Eastern spices–including turmeric, cumin, sumac, za’atar, clove, cardamom,...
Noah and the Eight Trucks of Hanukkah by Nancy Rips
Illustrator: Marina Saumell Noah is a young boy who loves Hanukkah, but his favorite thing in the whole world is trucks. Why aren’t they part of the Hanukkah celebration? In this story, Noah devises...
Birthright: Poems by Erika Dreifus
The poems in Birthright embody multiple legacies: genetic, historical, religious, and literary. Through the lens of one person’s experience of inheritance, the poems suggest ways in which all of us may be influenced by...
The Hanukkah Fable of Little Dreidel and Silver Menorah Dyslexic Edition by Sylvia Rouss
Illustrator: T L Derby Every fable has a moral. On the last night of Hanukkah, a little dreidel learns the important lesson that true happiness comes from just being yourself. The plain wooden dreidel...
The Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Translator: Sondra Silverston Nofar is an average teenage girl—so average, in fact, that she’s almost invisible. Serving customers ice cream all summer long, she is desperate for some kind of escape. One afternoon, a...
