Hand in Hand by Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum
Illustrator: Maya Shleifer Separated from her family, Ruthi struggles to find hope in this universal story of loss and love, by holding tight to a childhood promise.
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How It’s Made: Hanukkah Menorah by Allison Ofanansky
How is a menorah made? Why does it have nine branches? What is Hanukkah, anyway? Meet the people who make different menorahs, and find out how an ancient Jewish tradition is celebrated. What are...
Hannah’s Hanukkah Hiccups by Shanna Silva
Illustrator: Bob McMahon It’s Hanukkah, and Hannah Hartman can’t stop Hiccupping! Her neighbors try to help by sharing their sometimes silly, always fun, remedies: “Drink pickle juice backwards,” says Mr. Brown, while Señora River...
American Golem: The New World Adventures of an Old World Mud Monster by Marc Lumer
One day, a kid arrives in America. Everything here is big, and crowded, and strange, and scary! He creates a golem, an old-country mud monster, to protect him from the kids next door. But...
Roller-Coaster Grandma: The Amazing Story of Dr. Ruth by Ruth K. Westheimer
Mark Simmons, illustrator; Ann D. Koffsky, editor This graphic novel-style autobiography for ages 8-12 depicts the ups and downs of Dr. Ruth’s life from her escape from the Nazis at age 10 aboard a...
Regina Persisted: An Untold Story by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Illustrator: Margeaux Lucas From a young age, Regina Jonas loved to read stories from the Bible. She loved to read Hebrew. She wanted to be a rabbi. There had never been a woman rabbi...
French Toast Sundays by Gloria Spielman
Illustrator: Inbal Gigi Bousidan When Mina s beloved Grandma dies, nothing feels right anymore. People come to visit. Mina just hides up in the big old oak tree. But the stories she hears about...
We Are Jewish Faces by Debra B. Darvick
From the review: “Bubbe faces, Zayde faces, brother, sister, friendship faces, faces of all races and places, we are Jewish faces.” Debra Davick has adapted her simple poem from I Love Jewish Faces (URJ...
Judah Maccabee Goes to the Doctor: A Story for Hanukkah by Ann D. Koffsky
Illustrated by Talitha Shipman More than anything, Judah wants to be a good big brother to his baby sister, Hannah. He even uses his new Maccabee shield to protect her from danger! On the...
