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The pairing for Toldot is all about family - Elyssa Freidlands JACKPOT SUMMER

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November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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SISTERS OF FORTUNE by Esther Chehebar is the Jewish fiction book I saw receive the most promo this year. It’s an important first - a trad pub book set in the contemporary Syrian Jewish community. Did it live up to the hype? Read the review to find out!

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A pink and white striped background with the cover of sisters of fortune on it.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Looking to fill your “has a dragon” bingo square? We got you!

Did we miss a Jewish book with a dragon? Share in the comments!

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Red background. In the top right corner is a black silhouette of a dragon. Below in black text it reads here be (Jewish books with) dragons. Below are two rows of book covers. The books are: a dragon called spark, sacred monsters, the lost ryū, Anya and the dragon, the eight knights of Hanukkah, Kalyna and the soothsayer, a dragon for Hanukkah, and the Last Tsars dragons.
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Had a great time today at the Jewish book council pop up! Can you guess which two books from the stack I got to take home?
Stack of books - sisters of fortune, the gossip columnists daughter, we would never, Mrs lillienblums cloud factory, I wanted to be wonderful A typewriter and a Jewish book month 100 logo house on a table of books A close up of the Jewish book month 100 cardboard house
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Happy Jewish Book Month 100! To celebrate we’ve got a bingo card to be completed with Jewish books over the next 30 days!

Need help deciding how to fill in your squares? Comment and we can give you a rec!

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A four by four square bingo card. Top row reads from right to left : romance, book in translation, Hanukkah themed, 2025 debut Second row: biography or memoir, science fiction, seen on Instagram, has a dragon Third row: orthodox rep, author with your initials, one word title, middle grade Bottom row: queer rep, young adult, Sephardic or Mizrahi rep, pink cover.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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She’s done it again! In Beinoni author Mari Lowe brings us another gripping MG with orthodox Jewish rep. This time with magic! Check out the review so you’ll be up to speed when we post our author interview!

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A red background with a copy of Beinoni on it.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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For Vayera, w think To & Fro makes a great companion read. Two stories in one - each with its own cover- the packaging is almost as clever as the stories. Read our thoughts on its link to the paraha on the blog.

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November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Check out our review of Ilana Kurshan’s memoir CHILDREN OF THE BOOK in which she links the process of reading to her children to the Torah cycle.

There’s also a giveaway happening on our insta.

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A copy of children of the book on a kids bookshelf. Behind it are copies of frog and toad, elephant and piggie, one fish two fish, beezus and Ramona, and Ivy and Bean
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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It’s that time again! When I try to convince you that everyone on your gift list would appreciate a Jewish book. Bluesky won’t let me put all the pictures in one, so come check out to the comments for the rest. Books in the alt text.

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Annual Hanukkah gift guide! The Baker of Lost Memories by Shirley Russak Wachtel The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan As A Jew by Sarah Hurwitz Bedtime Stories for Strong Jewish Girls by Melanie Goldberg Silver illustrated by Jess Goldsmith Twinkle, Twinkle Hanukkah by Talia Benamy with art by Aura Lewis A Dragon Called Spark by lily Murray illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman The Keeper of Stories by Caroline Kusin Pritchard and illustrated by Selina Alko Golem Crafters by Emi Watanabe Cohen Honey and Me by Meira Drazin Beinoni by Mari Lowe One Little Goat by Dara Horn illustrated and Theo Ellsworth The Art of Exile by ANdrea Max Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb Courage to Dream by Neal Shusterman and Andrés Vera Martínez
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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The week, for lech lecha, we’re taking about moves. Physical, spiritual, or both as is the case in @abbywhitewrites.bsky.social ‘s YA DJ Rosenblum Becomes the GOAT

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Arch or words saying “reading the Torah with bookishkyjewish” subtitles “parshat lech lecha” and underneath on the right is a Torah scroll. On the eft is a copy of DJ rosenblum becomes the GOAT
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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In YOU’LL DO author Marcia A. Zug reviews reasons other than love that have brought people to marriage, including fascinating real world examples. It will totally change your views on marriage as a romantic institution.

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A floral wedding canopy border with a copy of you’ll do beneath it. An engagement ring and bride sketch sits below it.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Check out our Parshat Noah thoughts, including a special lesson from the raven which is featured in poet Zilka Joseph’s SWEET MALIDA.

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Torah scroll on left, a copy of sweet MALIDA on the right.
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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2025 debuts!
I’m going to use my characters for tags. Books listed in the alt text.

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Two rows with the covers of: Alice Rue Evades the Truth by Emily Zipps The Art of Exile by Andrea Max Cammy SItting Shiva by Cary Gitter D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. The Elysium Heist by Y.M. Resnik Feast and Famine by Carina Finn Fine I'm A Terrible Person by Lisa F. Rosenberg Hopelessly Teavoted by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff The Maiden and her Monster by Maddie Martinez Rise Up! by Rachel C. Katz, illustrated by Sophie Bass Trial Run by S.M. Levine Twinkle, Twinkle, Hanukkah by Talia Benamy And then in middle it says “2025 Jewishdebuts”
October 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Check out our review of Rènee Rosen’s Let’s Call Her Barbie to learn why reading the cover is important.

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Hot pink background. Center is a copy of let’s call her Barbie and the bottom right corner has an even hotter pink Barbie silhouette
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I am shocked I got it up by Thursday, but check out our first Torah post discussing Genesis/Bereishit and the worlds first couple and well as Today, Tonight, Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon.

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Title: reading the Torah with BookishlyJewish pars hat Bereishit On the right a copy of today tonight tomorrow, on the left a Torah scroll
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I realize it’s an awkward day to be making this announcement, but hopefully our new initiative can celebrate us ALL being able to read the Torah together. This one’s a little complicated, so please check out the explanatory blog post.

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A Torah scroll with a yad pointer and the text reading the Torah with with BookishlyJewish
October 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Our third sukkot pick is MIXED-UP MOONCAKES by @ericalyons.bsky.social @christinamatula.bsky.social and illustrated by @tracysubisak.bsky.social

Celebrating both sukkot and the mid autumn festival.

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Inside a sukkah, a hand holds up a copy of mixed up mooncakes.
October 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Our second sukkot pick, THE GRIFFIN SISTERS’ GREATEST HITS by @jenniferweiner.bsky.social encapsulates so much of what it is to be a woman today. With fun band references. Check out our review!

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A keyboard with a copy of the griffin sisters greatest hits on top of it
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Sukkot starts tonight and for most yeshiva day schools it’s a looong vacation. So our first sukkot pick is a YA that I would ah e loved as a teen. @andreamax.bsky.social ‘s THE ART OF EXILE

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A city street with a wrought iron fence and in front of it, in a close up, a copy of The Art Of Exile.
October 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I recommend Sarah Hurwitz’s AS A JEW for everyone, whether you’re Jewish or not. I am so grateful to her for expressing these thoughts more articulately than I can.

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Sefarim shank with a hand holding a copy of As A Jew in front of it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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ON BEING JEWISH NOW features 75 contributors reflecting on their Jewish experience. There are Jews of very different backgrounds and observances and it was eye opening to hear from them. You don’t have the new Jewish to read this.

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September 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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During the Days of Awe BookishlyJewish focuses on books that support personal growth. Liel Leibovitz’s HOW THE TALMUD CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE has many positive lessons for modern life, but also took my Daf Yomi learning to the next level. Check out the review!

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A page of Talmud with the cover of how the Talmud can change your life on top of it.
September 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Monday Night starts the Jewish High Holiday Season. Check out our list of books featuring Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot.

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A flat lay of the following books surrounded by pomegranates: D. J. Rosenbaum Becomes the G. O. A. T. By Abby White Repairing the World by Linda Epstein The Magical Imperfect by Chris Baron Late Night Love by Chayla Wolfberg Food For the Spirit by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr Kissing Ezra Holtz and Other Things I did For Science by Brianna Schrum The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by @Sarah Kapit Soon by You by Dahlia Adler Mixed-Up Mok cakes by Erica Lyons, Christina Matula and Tracy Subisak The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari Lowe On Repentance and Repair by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg The Last Words We Said by Leah Schier I Kissed A Girl by Jennet Alexander How To Find What You’re Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker Home for the Challah Days by Jennifer Wilcke
September 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Check out our review of Gayle Forman’s MG novel NOT NOTHING which invites you to be your best self.

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A copy of NOT NOTHING nestled amongst white cushions.
September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Check out our review of Lisa F. Rosenberg’s novel FINE I’M A TERRIBLE Person for some thoughts on how the content differs from the cover and what random passerby thought of the title.

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Wood floor, grey wall, a copy of Fine I’m A Terrible Person propped up against them.
August 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM