Mixed-Up Mooncakes

Children's Books

Matula, Christina

Lyons, Erica

Literature & Fiction

Quill Tree Books

Featuring the other side of the Hannukah story, A Chariot of Fire follows the Bene Israel community, as they flee Israel to find a new home in India. Two thousand years ago, a ship sailed east, alone on an endless sea. The people onboard were fleeing the same war that the Maccabees fought in the ancient land of Israel. They took with them their faith and their traditions, knowing they would sail for more than a year. When a great storm crushed their boat on the shores of India, only a few survived. Some say the prophet Elijah plucked them from the sea. But they were welcomed by the people of the new land. They survived and adapted, with new spices for their food and new clothing and culture to borrow, but never strayed from their faith. They say Elijah came back down from Heaven in a chariot of fire, to praise this community, the Bene Israel of India for their strength, and their belief. Here, for all to share, is their story.

On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel

Levine Querido

Review\nBreathtaking and powerful. Shows the universality of the quarantine experience. --Heidi Rabinowitz and Susan Kusel, The Book of Life Podcast\nA young girl practices the Four Questions on her apartment balcony in Jerusalem and finds a way to bring the neighbors together for Passover even during the separation of a pandemic.\nExcerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.\nIt was the year the singing stopped. 
The streets across Jerusalem were silent. 
the Western Wall plaza was empty. 
the shops on Jaffa Road were shuttered. 
To stay safe form a bad virus, everyone stayed home. 
School closed and synagogue was canceled too. 
Playdates ended. Purim was barely there. 
Passover, Mira thought, would be different too.

Alone Together on Dan Street

Holidays & Celebrations

Apples & Honey Press

When young Saliman's family left Yemen in 1881 to move to Jerusalem there were so many things they could not take along. Promising to remember it all, even the names of each their goats and the color of their fur, he clutched his memory stone, a piece of his house that he kept in his pocket, as a way to keep Yemen in his heart. Saliman and the Memory Stone is a fictionalization of the real emigration of hundreds of Yemeni Jews to Jerusalem. Saliman might be leaving home, but he will always have his memories of Yemen. And even when they are without, he is reminded that he has everything he needs in his heart and in his community.

Saliman and the Memory Stone

Zhen Yu and the Snake

Kar-Ben Publishing ®

Counting on Naamah: A Mathematical Tale on Noah's Ark

Intergalactic Afikoman

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