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Sweet Tamales for Purim

Barbara Bietz, John Kanzler (illus.)

Essay

Wonder and Marvel: Women and the Art of Shavuot

Emily Schneider

May 27, 2020

Ezra’s BIG Shabbat Question

Aviva L. Brown, Anastasia Knavaliu (illus.)

Essay

Exodus 2020, a Corona Passover

Chef Rossi

April 8, 2020

Essay

Waiting for Elijah: Passover In Times of Adversity in Children’s Picture Books

Emily Schneider

April 8, 2020

From the Journal

The World of Egyptian Jewish Literature

Jean Naggar

April 4, 2020

Essay

A Brief History of the Haggadah

Martin Bodek

April 3, 2020

Excerpt

Excerpt: Feeding Women of the Bible, Feeding Ourselves

Lainie Cadry

March 9, 2020

Essay

Hidden Heroine: Queen Esther in Children’s Books

Emily Schneider

March 9, 2020

Excerpt

Excerpt: Eat Something

March 2, 2020

A Persian Princess

Barbara Diamond Goldin, Steliyana Doneva (illus.)

Who Will Ask the Four Questions

Naomi Ben-Gur, Carmel Ben-Ami (illus.), Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann (trans.)  

News

2019 National Jewish Book Award Auction

February 19, 2020

Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen

Recommended Reading

New Year for the Trees: A Children’s Reading List for Tu Bishvat

Anna Caplan

February 3, 2020

The Jewish Cookbook

Leah Koenig, Julia Turshen (fwd.)