Seeing Through New Eyes

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     🕮    In this episode of The Book of Life, a show about Jewish people and the books we read, we view the world through new eyes at this season of the Jewish New Year.

> We speak to Mordicai Gerstein, author of The White Ram, a picture book midrash about the sacrifice of Isaac. The White Ram won the National Jewish Book Award and a Sydney Taylor Honor Award.

> We hear from Rabbi Cary A. Friedman, author of Wisdom from the Batcave, about how Batman can teach each of us to live a super, heroic life.

> Musician Yoshie Fruchter describes his CD Beyond the Book, which provides a look into the subconscious of our biblical ancestors.

> Brynn Olenberg Sugarman tells of her picture book Rebecca's Journey Home, which is based on her own daughter's adoption. This book won a Sydney Taylor Honor Award.

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> Don't forget to inscribe yourself in The Book of Life's High Holidays "Book of Life!" Shanah Tovah!

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Background music is provided by The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band.

Books and CD's mentioned on the show may be borrowed from the Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel.