We get to meet the authors of Benny Feldman’s All-Star Klezmer Band at our next BeJewcy Book Club meeting! (I’ve actually met them before and they are WONDERFUL!)
Benny Feldman’s All-Star Klezmer Band is so warm and funny it’s the best kind of cozy. This middle-grade novel by authors Allison Marks and Wayne Marks celebrates Jewish music and Jewish identity, friendship, and the messy, courageous journey of trying to figure out who you are in the world.
Spill the JEWce, my online Jewish YA book club, welcomed teacher, librarian, and author, Kyle Lukoff, to join our circle in September. If you are in a position to welcome and pay an author to come and speak with your community of kids, teens, or adults online or in person, I 10/10 recommend bringing Kyle to talk about his book, A World Worth Saving. Kyle Lukoff joined our circle with warmth, presence, and curiosity. He modeled what it means to listen deeply and respond with heart. Face to face experiences with authors change everything.
Read MoreIf your YA reader is looking for a book to read over the High Holidays this year, I have one to recommend. It’s got golems. It’s got sheydim. It’s got this Jewish trans kid who isn’t always sure the world is worth saving, but he and his friends are going to try to save it anyway.
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