The Miracle Seed

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    🕮   The Miracle Seed is Martin Lemelman's nonfiction graphic novel about how modern science brought the Judean date palm back to life after a thousand year extinction. We met in person at the local public library's recording studio to talk about his book, his art, and the truly amazing story of how seeds found at an archaeological dig at Masada in Israel were able to be germinated after centuries, and about the significance of the Judean date palm in Jewish history.

LEARN MORE:

• Martin Lemelman's websites TwoCentComics.com and LemelmanArt.com
  
• The Arava Institute
• Graphic novel about Martin's mother: Mendel's Daughter
• Graphic memoir: Two Cents Plain: My Brooklyn Boyhood
• Book and film: The Tattooed Torah
• Another recent Israel-related interview: Noa Nimrodi on Not So Shy 
  

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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