A Boy from Baghdad by Miriam Halahmy
“Jews are no longer safe in Iraq. When are you going to get it through your thick head?” It’s 1951, and twelve-year-old Salman Shasha is happy with his life in Baghdad. But trouble is...
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Harry and the Highwire by Julie Carpenter
Houdini’s First Amazing Act Illustrator: Laura Catalán A fun, illustrated story of Harry Houdini’s first trick for young readers. “Julie Carpenter’s inspiring story of Houdini shows how, like him, we can open the locks...
Workitu’s Passover by Ben Hagai, Zahava Goshen
Illustrator: Eden Spivak It is another day at Workitu’s village. As usual, she is awoken by the morning sounds of the village. However, for Workitu, something doesn’t feel right. She knows that today, ahead...
Just One More Thing … and Then Bedtime by Menahem Halberstadt
Translator: Romy Ronen Every night, Dora’s dad puts her to bed, but tonight Dora doesn’t want to go to sleep yet, so instead she decides to ask her dad a question. “Just one more...
Barefoot in the Sand by Havvah Deevon
Illustrator: Rotem TeplowTranslator: Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann When Saul was a little boy, he used to listen to stories about a place called Eretz Yisrael – the land of Israel. Everything he heard inspired him and...
Barefoot in the Sand by Hava Divon
Illustrator: Rotem Teplow Translator: Gilah Kahn-Hoffman When Saul was a little boy, he used to listen to stories about a place called Eretz Yisrael – the land of Israel. Everything he heard inspired him...
The Extraordinary Dreidel by Devorah Omer
Illustrator: Aviel Basil “On Hanukkah, Uncle Haim the carpenter made Gil and Nurit a wooden dreidel. This was no ordinary dreidel.” It is Hanukkah, and brother and sister Gil and Nurit have just been...
Ben’s Bonkers Bar Mitzvah by Ivor Baddiel
Illustrator: Zoom Rockman Ben Jacobs has made a list of everything that could possibly go wrong at his bar mitzvah, but even he didn’t foresee that the shul might disappear just days before the...
The Lost Spy and the Green Dress by Alex Paz-Goldman
For twelve year-old Motti, growing up in Israel in the 1960s, the world is full of mysteries to be solved, while his town is full of spies to be caught. His parents are Holocaust...
Jewish Flavours of Italy: A Family Cookbook by Silvia Nacamulli
“Cooking in itself is a creative and fulfilling activity, and the results of your efforts can satisfy not only your taste buds but also your soul. This is my aim: cooking for the soul.”...
