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Essay

Wan­der­ing Moth­er, Won­der­ing Daugh­ter: Part 3

Ear­li­er this week, Anne Cher­ian wrote about vis­it­ing the syn­a­gogue of the Cochin Jews in India and about her own expe­ri­ences with Judaism. She has been blog­ging…
Anne Cher­ian
September 21, 2012
Cover of Jewish Festivals Throughout the Year
Chil­dren’s
Jew­ish Fes­ti­vals Through­out the Year
Anita Ganeri
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Jew­ish Text
The Mori­ah Haggadah
Avner Moriah, illus.
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Non­fic­tion
This Jew­ish Life: Sto­ries of Dis­cov­ery, Con­nec­tion, and Joy
Debra B. Darvick
Cover of A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home: A Step-by-Step Guidebook With Blessing and Songs, Rituals and Reflections
Non­fic­tion
A Day Apart: Shab­bat at Home: A Step-by-Step Guide­book With Bless­ing and Songs, Rit­u­als and Reflections
Noam Sachs Zion; Shawn Fields-Meyer
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Chil­dren’s
Barn­yard Purim
Kelly Terwilliger; Barbara Johansen Newman, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
A Touch of Chanukah: A Touch and Feel Book
Sylvia Rouss; Boruch Becker, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Lights Out Shabbat
Sarene Shulimson; Jeff Ebbeler, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
The Eli­jah Door: A Passover Tale
Linda Leopold Strauss; Alexi Natchev, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Many Days, One Shabbat
Fran Manushkin; Maria Monescillo, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Rab­bi Rock­et­pow­er in a Tooty-Fruity Tale for Tu Bish­vat: A Juicy Mystery
Rabbi Susan Abramson; Laura Standley, illus.
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Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah!
Olga & Aleksey Ivanov, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
A Sweet Passover
Lesléa Newman; David Slonim, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
What Am I? Passover
Anne Margaret Lewis; Tom Mills, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
The Purim Costume
Peninnah Schram; Tammy L. Keiser, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
A Touch of Passover
Ari Sollish; Boruch Becker, illus
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