Celebrate and learn more about Jewish culture with these books featuring Jewish traditions and contemporary stories.
Challah Day! by Charlotte Offsay and Jason Kirschner
Follows a family as they make homemade challah bread from the heart. Includes information about challah and a recipe. Ages 3-5.
Bubbe And Bart's Matzoh Ball Mayhem by Bonnie Grubman and Deborah Melmon
Getting ready for Shabbat is always a bit zany, but… flying matzoh balls? Bubbe and her best buddy, Bart, make the perfect matzoh-ball-chasing team in this hilarious counting book. Ages 4-8.
Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen
When the opportunity arises, Shirley, the daughter of immigrants who live above their corner grocery store, turns some overlooked gefilte fish into a marketing strategy that changes the neighbourhood’s flavour. Ages 4-8.
The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero
This supernatural YA read is a good fit for readers who enjoy stories about Jewish heritage, young love and metaphysical elements. It follows a girl's journey to restore a forgotten cemetery and uncover the enchantment of Prague's ghostly past.
See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Barrett Bloom experiences her own Groundhog Day event and has to relive her horrible first day of college experience over and over again. This book fits readers who enjoy likeable characters and reading funny, light-hearted books featuring a strong female lead character.
One Last Shot by Kip Wilson
Enjoy this gripping coming-of-age historical fiction novel in verse about Gerda Taro, a vibrant, headstrong photojournalist passionate about capturing the truth amid political turmoil. For readers of historical fiction or those interested in photojournalism, this book is for you!
To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People by Noah Feldman
Legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a wide-ranging interpretation of Judaism in its current varieties. How do Jews today understand their relationship to God, to Israel and to each other—and live their lives accordingly?
Defiance, directed by Edward Zwick
Defiance tells the tale of three Jewish brothers who narrowly escape certain death at the hands of the Nazis, subsequently vowing to avenge the deaths of their loved ones by doing battle against the forces that seek to exterminate their entire race.
