The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)
By Heidi Rabinowitz
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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.
Host: Heidi Rabinowitz
Sponsors: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, Florida & the Association of Jewish Libraries
| Episode | Date |
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A Special Message from Heidi (A High, a Low, a Call to Action)
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May 28, 2025 |
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#JAHM Throwback: The Book of Life in America, 2006
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May 18, 2025 |
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Mendel the Mess-Up
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May 04, 2025 |
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A Feather, A Pebble, A Shell
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Bonus: Next Year at the White House
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Dara Horn's One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Night Owls: Jewish Paranormal Romance Adventure!
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Finn & Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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2025 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed!
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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The Bubbe of Them All: Kar-Ben Publishing
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Cheering On Jewish Books
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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A Very December 25th Hanukkah
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Celebrate Jewish Book Month 2024
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Creature Double Feature Part II: Dragons & Golems with Emi Watanabe Cohen
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Creature Double Feature Part I: Vampires & Werewolves with Deke Moulton
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Festive Friends Part I: Teshuvah and Apologies with Gayle Forman & Marjorie Ingall
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Festive Friends Part II: Asian Jewish Kidlit with Mixed-Up Mooncakes
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Our Jewish Emotional Support Books
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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The Mitzvah of Voting, Encore
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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The State of Middle Grade
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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"Espionage! Secrets! Suspense!" Holocaust Books with Adam Gidwitz & Steve Sheinkin
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Joyful Song: Lesléa Newman & Susan Gal
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Across So Many Seas, with Ruth Behar
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May 01, 2024 |
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Project Shema
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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The Miracle Seed
|
Mar 01, 2024 |
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The 2024 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed
|
Jan 22, 2024 |
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The Artists Against Antisemitism
|
Dec 18, 2023 |
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Hanukkah Upside Down
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Two Tribes
|
Nov 01, 2023 |
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We Need Israel Books
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Am Yisrael Chai: Tammar Stein
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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E Train Talks
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Two New Years
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Friends for Levine Querido Online Auction
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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The Jake Show
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Levine Querido and the 100K Books Challenge
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Pride Month Special with A.J. Sass
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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A Sky Full of Song
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May 01, 2023 |
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A Walk on the Jewish Side
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Shoham's Bangle
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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The 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed!
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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When the Angels Left the Old Country
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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It's Always a Party with a Sephardi
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Orthodox Excellence
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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The Very Best Sukkah by Shoshana Nambi
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Some Kind of Hate
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Detour Ahead
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Catnip for Librarians: Smart Kids Talk About Books
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Zay Getray Zikh Aleyn, or You Be You: The Kid's Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Unite Against Book Bans
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Wayward Creatures
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May 01, 2022 |
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Passover! "Holiday Highlights"
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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The Unfinished Corner
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Good Grief
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Blog Tour 2022: The Sydney Taylor Book Award
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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The 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Holiday Heroes
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The Way Back
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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Little Free Libraries & Read In Color
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Family Stories with the Foers (Live Show)
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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The New Queer Conscience
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Not Your All-American Girl
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May 10, 2021 |
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Through the Window: Brave with Beauty
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Vaccines Then & Now: The Polio Pioneer
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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The Passover Guest
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Little Jews of Color in Ezra's Big Shabbat Question
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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The 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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The Mock Award Bloggers Speak!
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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The Sydney Taylor Shmooze
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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The Puppy Test
|
Dec 18, 2020 |
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City of Light
|
Dec 06, 2020 |
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Anya's Dragons and Nightingales
|
Nov 09, 2020 |
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The Mitzvah of Voting, Part 3
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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The Mitzvah of Voting, Part 2
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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The Mitzvah of Voting, Part 1
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Pond Life
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Honey on the Page
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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A Place at the Table
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Video Episode: Artist Patricia Portillo
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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No Vacancy
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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The Bubbes and the Zaides
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Through the Window: Lee Wind
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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A Ceiling Made of Eggshells
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May 17, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Parenting on a Prayer
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Gluskin Family History
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Beyond the Ghetto Gates
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: All the Horrors of War
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Birthright
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Hebrew Roots, Jewish Routes
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: You Are Not What We Expected
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Welcoming Elijah
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Worse and Worse on Noah's Ark
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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No Entry (Books in the Time of Coronavirus)
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Family Meeting
|
Mar 23, 2020 |
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No Steps Behind
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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The 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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A Bisl Yiddish
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Hanukkah with Noshy Boy & Friends
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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A Field Guide to Jewish Kidlit
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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The 100 Most Jewish Foods
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Honeycake, a Jewish Magazine for 2-6 Year Olds
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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Nancy Churnin, Biography Queen
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Bonus: Let's Play Superfight!
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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Live Show!
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Sister Religion/Sister Kidlit
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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Notes from a Young Reader
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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A Cage Without Bars
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Craig Taubman & Mostly Kosher
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May 31, 2019 |
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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
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May 01, 2019 |
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The Length of a String
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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The Kosher Baker
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Craig Taubman Is Coming To Town
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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Fania's Heart
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Meet Me at the Well
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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The 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed!
|
Jan 23, 2019 |
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Beyond the Holocaust and Holidays
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Jan 06, 2019 |
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Stand Up: Social Justice Storytime
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Dec 16, 2018 |
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All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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The Missing Voices of Moe and Mo
|
Nov 06, 2018 |
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Light the Menorah!
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Oct 14, 2018 |
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The Girl with the Red Balloon
|
Oct 14, 2018 |
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Barbara Bietz and The Sundown Kid
|
Oct 01, 2018 |
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American Golem
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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Social Justice and Jewish Children's Books
|
Aug 12, 2018 |
|
2018 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
|
Jan 08, 2018 |
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Teaser: The 2018 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
|
Jan 04, 2018 |
|
Grand Finale
|
Dec 14, 2017 |
|
The Many Faces of the Pirkei Avot
|
Dec 03, 2017 |
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Tasa's Song
|
Nov 15, 2017 |
|
The Yiddish Book Center
|
Oct 26, 2017 |
|
My Jewish Year
|
Sep 03, 2017 |
|
The Language of Angels
|
Aug 14, 2017 |
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Back to School with Behrman House
|
Aug 14, 2017 |
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The Last Shepherd
|
Jul 31, 2017 |
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Shalom, Salaam
|
Jun 07, 2017 |
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The Six-Day Hero
|
Jun 05, 2017 |
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PJ Our Way
|
May 26, 2017 |
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Almost a Minyan
|
May 16, 2017 |
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Mamaleh Knows Best
|
Apr 30, 2017 |
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Kasper Mutzenmacher's Cursed Hat
|
Apr 25, 2017 |
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Serendipity's Footsteps
|
Apr 18, 2017 |
|
The (Unofficial) Harry Potter Haggadah
|
Apr 03, 2017 |
|
Call Me Ishmael.com
|
Mar 20, 2017 |
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Mark Your Calendar
|
Mar 12, 2017 |
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Honey and Me
|
Feb 28, 2017 |
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Unorthodox, Live
|
Feb 17, 2017 |
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Another Me
|
Feb 03, 2017 |
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Everybody Says Shalom
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Jan 27, 2017 |
|
The Inquisitor's Tale
|
Jan 18, 2017 |
|
The 2017 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
|
Jan 13, 2017 |
|
Adam & Thomas
|
Jan 08, 2017 |
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The Sunset Gang
|
Dec 19, 2016 |
|
Dreidels on the Brain
|
Dec 05, 2016 |
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Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed
|
Nov 21, 2016 |
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I Dissent
|
Nov 09, 2016 |
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Once in a Lifetime
|
Oct 31, 2016 |
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Fascinating
|
Oct 21, 2016 |
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The Golem
|
Oct 05, 2016 |
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Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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The Hired Girl
|
Aug 31, 2016 |
|
Biblical Wives
|
Jul 27, 2016 |
|
Vox Tablet and Other Podcasts
|
Jul 01, 2016 |
|
The Safest Lie
|
May 31, 2016 |
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Viva Rose!
|
May 06, 2016 |
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More Than Enough
|
Apr 07, 2016 |
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The Yiddish Fish
|
Mar 03, 2016 |
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Hare and Tortoise Race Across Israel
|
Jan 27, 2016 |
|
My Grandfather's Coat
|
Jan 04, 2016 |
|
Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children
|
Dec 01, 2015 |
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Pick a Card, Any Card
|
Nov 16, 2015 |
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Pick a Card, Any Card
|
Nov 16, 2015 |
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Last of the Red Hot Mamas
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Nov 04, 2015 |
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Enchantress
|
Oct 01, 2015 |
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Do the Menschy Thing
|
Sep 04, 2015 |
|
Here is the World of Leslea Newman
|
Aug 03, 2015 |
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Welcome to Kutsher's
|
Jun 15, 2015 |
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Welcome to Kutsher's
|
Jun 08, 2015 |
|
Playing with Matches
|
May 12, 2015 |
|
Carol Matas
|
Apr 16, 2015 |
|
Visible City
|
Mar 11, 2015 |
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The Pat Boone Fan Club
|
Feb 22, 2015 |
|
Good ole Lerner/Kar-Ben!
|
Feb 22, 2015 |
|
Eva Wiseman
|
Feb 22, 2015 |
|
Presses with Alliterative Names
|
Feb 22, 2015 |
|
Diversity in Jewish Kidlit
|
Jan 27, 2015 |
|
The Longest Night
|
Jan 05, 2015 |
|
STORM
|
Dec 03, 2014 |
|
The Nazi Hunters
|
Nov 11, 2014 |
|
Seminar Stories
|
Nov 04, 2014 |
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BEA14 Variety
|
Oct 01, 2014 |
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Never Say a Mean Word Again
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Sep 04, 2014 |
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Jo Joe
|
Jul 21, 2014 |
|
Queen of the Jews
|
Jun 03, 2014 |
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Jews in Texas
|
May 06, 2014 |
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The Legacy of Jewish Swimmers
|
Apr 03, 2014 |
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The Seminar on Jewish Story
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Mar 17, 2014 |
|
The Jewish Comix Anthology
|
Feb 25, 2014 |
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Inspiration Then and Now: Raoul Wallenberg
|
Feb 11, 2014 |
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Hannah's Way
|
Jan 10, 2014 |
|
Canadian Interlude
|
Dec 06, 2013 |
|
Laurel Snyder Redux
|
Nov 06, 2013 |
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Rav Hisda's Daughter
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Oct 02, 2013 |
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Intentions
|
Sep 09, 2013 |
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Whitman's Jewish Picture Books
|
Aug 02, 2013 |
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Zayde Comes to Live
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Jul 08, 2013 |
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The Schmutzy Family
|
Jun 02, 2013 |
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Eugene Yelchin
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May 10, 2013 |
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The Sophie Brody Award
|
Apr 04, 2013 |
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Hava Nagila: The Movie
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Mar 07, 2013 |
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We Are Their Voice
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Feb 19, 2013 |
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Announcing the 2013 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
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Jan 24, 2013 |
|
McFarland: Goyish Name, Jewish Books
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Jan 14, 2013 |
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Rubin & Sharenow: 2012 Sydney Taylor Winners
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Dec 02, 2012 |
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A Song for My Sister
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Oct 03, 2012 |
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Looking For Me in this Great Big Family
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Sep 13, 2012 |
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Reuven Firestone: Jews and Muslims
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Jul 11, 2012 |
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Marc Tyler Nobleman: Biographer of Underdogs
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May 09, 2012 |
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Room Enough for Daisy
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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David Bezmozgis and The Free World
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Dec 03, 2011 |
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Pulani
|
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Write Your Own Megillah
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Oct 03, 2011 |
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Life, After
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Sep 07, 2011 |
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Wherever You Go
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Aug 04, 2011 |
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Noah's Swim-a-thon
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Jul 06, 2011 |
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Double Dip: Rona Arato
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Jun 11, 2011 |
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Tropical Secrets
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May 02, 2011 |
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Yuvi's Candy Tree
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Apr 13, 2011 |
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The Rooster Prince of Breslov
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Apr 03, 2011 |
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Defying Gravity
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Mar 01, 2011 |
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The Year of Goodbyes
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Feb 01, 2011 |
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Hereville
|
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Shalom Sesame
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Dec 01, 2010 |
|
The Canadian Jewish Book Awards
|
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Book Expo 2010: Jewish Presses
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Oct 02, 2010 |
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Book Expo 2010: Kidlit
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Sep 02, 2010 |
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Book Expo 2010: Adults
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Aug 04, 2010 |
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Kathy Kacer
|
Jun 29, 2010 |
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When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans
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Jun 01, 2010 |
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Live from Israel, It's Anna Levine!
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May 04, 2010 |
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So Punk Rock
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Apr 06, 2010 |
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Scribblers on the Roof
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Mar 02, 2010 |
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Save the Deli!
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Feb 08, 2010 |
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The Big Reveal: 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
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Jan 13, 2010 |
|
Jewish Kidlit at 92Y
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Jan 05, 2010 |
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Planet Esme!
|
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Podcasters Across Borders: Alexa Clark
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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Podcasters Across Borders: Hugh McGuire
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Dec 01, 2009 |
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Jewish Book Month's Hot Authors
|
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Pick Up the Phone
|
Nov 14, 2009 |
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Kvetchfessional!
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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Podcasters Across Borders: Connie Crosby
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Oct 20, 2009 |
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Running for My Life
|
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Jacqueline Dembar Greene, In Full
|
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Jacqueline Dembar Greene
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Sep 18, 2009 |
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ForWords Is Back!
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Sep 09, 2009 |
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New Year at the Pier, Take Two
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Sep 04, 2009 |
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New Year at the Pier
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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Why Be Social? Part 4, Create-Consume-Contribute
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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Why Be Social? Part 3, Suggestions
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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Why Be Social? Part 2, Definitions
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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Why Be Social? Part 1, Philosophy
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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Book Expo: Jewish Books for Kids
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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Book Expo: Jewish Authors Etc.
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Jul 27, 2009 |
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Book Expo: Jewish Titles for Adults
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Jul 13, 2009 |
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Mark Blevis, Kidlit Podcaster
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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Book Expo: Jewish Publishers
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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The Red Leather Diary Part 2
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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The Red Leather Diary, Part 1
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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Mitzvah Time: The Bridget Zinn Auction
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May 07, 2009 |
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Sing, Little Birdie
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May 03, 2009 |
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Moses Is Departing Egypt, A Facebook Haggadah
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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Truth or Dare
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Apr 01, 2009 |
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A Civil War Passover
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Mar 18, 2009 |
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Memories of Aranka Siegal
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Mar 03, 2009 |
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Sonia Levitin's Return
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Feb 18, 2009 |
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Black History Month, Jewish Style
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Feb 01, 2009 |
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The 2009 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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Marc Aronson's Unsettled
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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Spin the Dreidel
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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Tribalism
|
Nov 02, 2008 |
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Blog Action Day: Poverty
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Oct 15, 2008 |
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O Canada
|
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Laughing with God
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Sep 02, 2008 |
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2 Jews, 3 Opinions
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Aug 08, 2008 |
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Book Expo, Part 4: The Holocaust
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Jul 22, 2008 |
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Book Expo, Part 3
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Jul 07, 2008 |
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Book Expo, Part 2: Jewish Kids/Teen Books
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Jun 17, 2008 |
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Brand Spanking New, Part 1: Jewish Picture Books
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Jun 06, 2008 |
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See You at Book Expo!
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May 20, 2008 |
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Israel @ 60
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May 01, 2008 |
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Passover Internationale
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Apr 02, 2008 |
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The One with the Mezuzahs
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Mar 02, 2008 |
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Funny, That Book Doesn't Look Jewish
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Feb 11, 2008 |
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Bells & Whistles: How to Call In, Live
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Jan 18, 2008 |
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Empowerment for the New Year
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Jan 08, 2008 |
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Meet Markus!
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Dec 12, 2007 |
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Hooray for Hanukkah!
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Dec 02, 2007 |
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Thanksgiving Shout-Out Special
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Nov 14, 2007 |
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Old Radio and New Media
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Nov 04, 2007 |
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Catch Me a Classic!
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Oct 02, 2007 |
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Seeing Through New Eyes
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Sep 04, 2007 |
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Klezmapalooza!
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Aug 01, 2007 |
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Magic & Mystery
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Jul 02, 2007 |
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Summer Coolness
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Jun 06, 2007 |
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The Book of Life Plays Ball
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May 07, 2007 |
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The Book of Life and the Power of Books
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Apr 12, 2007 |
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Why is this Podcast Different from All Other Podcasts?
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Mar 13, 2007 |
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The Book of Life's Purim Celebration
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Feb 15, 2007 |
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The Book of Life: The Best New Books and Music
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Jan 11, 2007 |
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A Joyous Hanukkah with The Book of Life
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Dec 03, 2006 |
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A Book of Life Addendum
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Nov 19, 2006 |
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The Book of Life Celebrates Jewish Book Month
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Oct 31, 2006 |
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The Book of Life: Past, Present and Future
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Oct 03, 2006 |
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The Book of Life Starts a New Chapter
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Sep 05, 2006 |
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The Book of Life Tells Stories
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Aug 01, 2006 |
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The Book of Life in America, July 2006
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Jul 05, 2006 |
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The Book of Life on Summer Reading, June 2006
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Jun 05, 2006 |
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The Book of Life Gets Caught Reading
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May 01, 2006 |
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The Book of Life on Passover, April 2006
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Apr 02, 2006 |
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The Book of Life on Purim, March 2006
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Mar 14, 2006 |
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The Book of Life on Heroes, February 2006
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Mar 02, 2006 |
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January 2006, The Book of Life on Book Awards
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Jan 26, 2006 |
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The Book of Life, December 2005
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Dec 21, 2005 |