The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)

By Heidi RabinowitzReligion & Spirituality Arts Books Judaism

The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly) episodes

December 03, 2017 The Many Faces of the Pirkei Avot
Group interview with Jessica Deutsch, creator of The Illustrated Pirkei Avot: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Ethics, and with Lois Shenker and Rabbi Eve Posen, co-authors of Pirkei Imahot: The Wisdom of Mothers, the Voices of Women.

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24 min
November 15, 2017 Tasa's Song
An interview with Linda Kass, author of Tasa's Song, plus the music inspired by the book, composed by Charles Weatherbee and performed by the Carpe Diem String Quartet.
17 min
October 26, 2017 The Yiddish Book Center
Interviews with Lisa Newman, Communications Director, and Christa Whitney, director of the Wexler Oral History Project, both at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA.
29 min
September 03, 2017 My Jewish Year
An interview with Abigail Pogrebin about her book chronicling her exploration of all 18 Jewish holidays in one year.

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19 min
August 14, 2017 The Language of Angels
An interview with author Rich Michelson about The Language of Angels: a Story about the Reinvention of Hebrew.

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24 min
August 14, 2017 Back to School with Behrman House
Vicki Weber of Behrman House tells us all about the past, present, and future of the 96 year old publisher of Jewish educational materials, just in time for back-to-school.

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22 min
July 31, 2017 The Last Shepherd
The Last Shepherd (Evil Sun Productions) is a Hebrew-language indie comedy adventure scifi fantasy film with elements of Jewish mysticism and kabbalah. Several of the film's creators Skyped with The Book of Life.

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27 min
June 07, 2017 Shalom, Salaam
Yaffa and Fatima, Shalom Salaam by Fawzia Gilani-Williams is the picture book we all need right now. It depicts a loving friendship between two women, one Jewish, one Muslim.

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18 min
June 05, 2017 The Six-Day Hero
Author Tammar Stein tells us about her middle grade novel, The Six-Day Hero, about the Six-Day War in Israel, 1967. bookoflifepodcast.com
16 min
May 26, 2017 PJ Our Way
PJ Our Way is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation that offers free chapter books to Jewish families with middle grade readers. I spoke to director Catriella Freedman to learn how it works.

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25 min

About The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)

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The Book of Life is an interview-format podcast about Jewish kidlit, mostly, with occasional coverage of Jewish YA/adult books, music, film and web, established in December 2005.