New Jewish Books
Illustrator: Menahem Halberstadt When Akiva and his wife Rachel walk past a school one morning, Akiva looks in sadly. Unlike the children, he has never learned to read or write. ‘Wouldn’t you like to...
Lenny lives on the edge of the forest. He spends his days tending his roses, drinking cocoa and practicing for jumping competitions. He can jump further than anyone in the forest; not even the...
Illustrated by Raquel Catalina When Benjy is born, his grandfather, a tailor, gives him a beautiful handmade blanket to keep him warm in his cot. As Benjy grows, he takes his blanket with him...
Eleven-year-old Jacob ‘Cobber’ Stern has the world on his shoulders. He is still grieving for his mother six years after her death; frustrated by his distant workaholic father; abandoned by his best friend Boolkie,...
Ten-year-old Avery Green loves science. He loves football. He is crazy about Star Wars. But Hebrew school? No, thank you. Avery would rather have his arms sliced off with a lightsaber than sit through one...
‘You showed us all what a fantastic big brother you are!’ As Passover draws near, Eitan is excited about singing the Ma Nishtana – the Four Questions – as he does every year on...
Illustrator: Carmel Ben-Ami Translator: Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann ‘You showed us all what a fantastic big brother you are!’ As Passover draws near, Eitan is excited about singing the Ma Nishtana – the Four Questions –...
Once it was a box of shoes, now it’s a box of memories. When Shani is given new shoes for Rosh Hashanah, she doesn’t throw away the old shoebox, she reuses it for different...
