The Very Best Sukkah

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    🕮    The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda is Shoshana Nambi's debut picture book. She is a member of the Abayudaya, the Jewish community of Uganda, and is in the U.S. studying at Hebrew Union College to become the country's first female rabbi. This delightful story, rich with authentic detail, was named to the Association of Jewish Libraries' Fall 2022 Holiday Highlights list. We bring you this interview just in time for Sukkot, which takes place October 9-16, 2022. 

LEARN MORE:

• Buy The Very Best Sukkah
• Kalaniot publisher website 
• Shoshana Nambi's online lecture for Congregation Am Haskalah
• Illustrator Moran Yogev's Instagram
  
• Smithsonian album Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda
• February 2009 Book of Life interview with Rabbi Gershom Sizomu
  
• Tikkun Olam suggestion: support Kulanu.org 

CREDITS:

• Produced by Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
• Co-sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries
• Sister podcast: Nice Jewish Books
• Theme Music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
• Facebook Discussion Group: Jewish Kidlit Mavens
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