The Book of Life

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST     |   BUY THE BOOK     🕮    Yaffa and Fatima, Shalom, Salaam by Muslim author Fawzia Gilani-Williams takes an old Jewish folktale and turns it into a story of cross-cultural friendship. I spoke to Fawzia by Skype at her home in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Here are a few of the websites and books Fawzia mentioned during our conversation: DiscoverIslam.com 1001inventions.com Find some of Fawzia's own stories at IslamicTimelessTales.com   What Islam Is All About by Yahiya Emerick The Complete Idiot's Guide to Islam by Yahiya Emerick   Islam: Its Meaning and Message by Khurshid Ahmad CREDITS: Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel   Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries   Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band   Facebook: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast  Twitter: @bookoflifepod Support The Book of Life by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/bookoflife Your

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST    |    BUY THE BOOK     🕮    I almost didn't read The Six-Day Hero because I usually don't like war stories. But I'm glad I tried it because once I started, I couldn't put it down.  I also got interested because another podcast guest, Catriella Freedman , had mentioned to me that this book was vetted by the kids of PJ Our Way, and that their feedback affected the final book.  So for several reasons, I was eager to talk to author Tammar Stein . CREDITS: Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel   Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries     Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band     Facebook: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast    Twitter: @bookoflifepod   Support The Book of Life by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/bookoflife !   Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com or call our voicemail number at 561-206-2473.

I'm trying to create a comprehensive list of kidlit (picture book through YA) that showcases diversity within the Jewish community. Here is my working list; if you are aware of additional titles please post a comment or send me an email . I've also created a sortable LibraryThing list , but a few of my titles are missing from their database. I admit that I've approached this an in "Ashkenormative" way by using the label [Sephardic] but not [Ashkenazi]. Let me know if you think I should use both. And let me know if you think I should be using additional labels such as [Mizrahi].  Any opinions on the label [ Latinx ]? Is there anything else that you think I've mislabeled? Are there additional labels you think I should use? FYI, I have not read all of these books and can't vouch for them.  This list is alphabetical by author, with diversity subject headings in brackets after each entry. [Adoption] [Asian] [Asian/Jewish] [Black] [Black/Jewish] [Di