New Jewish Books
Illustrator: Anita Barghigiani Inspired by the true story of the friendship between Rembrandt and Rabbi Menashe Ben Israel. Painting scenes from Bible stories is Rembrandt’s passion. Many of his Amsterdam neighbors are Sephardic Jews,...
Illustrator: Isabel Muñoz The true story of Jason Schachter McKinney. Jason has a big voice. He sings everywhere―until a whisper runs through his Jewish day school: Jason is Black. Is he really Jewish? “Can I be...
Illustrator: Elisa Vavouri Rain in the morning makes Kai say, “That’s not what I want!” After school, he wants to read stories with Bubbe, but she isn’t there. “That’s not what I want!” says...
Illustrator: Taia Morley “Una merenda azeremos,” Abuela says to her grandson. “But I don’t understand,” says the boy. “It means ‘we will cook together’ in our secret language,” says Abuela. That evening, Mamá explains...
Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust In some ways, Adele, Barney, Eric, Ernie, Frank, Judy, Magda, Rodi, and Ruth had little in common. They were born in different European countries and came...
Illustrator: Gabby Grant Silas and Great-Grandma Faye always end their video calls with “See you soon!” Great-Grandma Faye says that Havdalah, which separates Shabbat from the rest of the week, is like saying “See...
Illustrator: Shirley Waisman Every morning, Baila klops (Yiddish for “bangs”) on all the village doors to wake people up so they get to synagogue on time. At each house she sings, “Get up! It’s early, but...
Illustrator: Juliana Oakley Based on the true story of luthiers who repair Holocaust-era violins. Papa plays beautiful music on the violin, sometimes quick and lively and sometimes slow and sorrowful. But one night, there...
Illustrator: Stacey Dressen McQueen Papa has promised to bring home a perfect etrog for Sukkot from his journey across the sea. Rachel and Abe go to the docks every day to wait for his...
Illustrator: Amanda Quartey When Althea Gibson first dreamed of joining the big American tennis leagues, she was denied because she was Black. Angela Buxton dreamed of joining the best tennis clubs in Britain, but...
