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The Jewish Picture Books Everyone’s Talking About

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish children's picture books have seen a resurgence, offering a diverse range of stories that celebrate Jewish traditions, resilience, and multicultural experiences. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityJewish TraditionJewish CommunitiesJewish Children's BooksHanukkahCultural HeritageMulticulturalismPicture BooksEddie JacobsonFanny Goldstein

Places mentioned

Kansas City, Missouri, United States
"Harry (the future President Truman) and Eddie (Eddie Jacobson, child of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania) were lifelong friends from Kansas City, Mo."
Tororo, Uganda
"Inspired by Nambis own childhood in the Abayudaya Jewish community in the hilly Mbale District in Eastern Uganda, where her family cultivated arabica coffee beans, this vivid picture book captures the rhythms of farm life"
Antwerp, Belgium
"Years later, after traveling the world as a performer and exploring his spirituality, Jason finds his way back to Judaismdrawn one Friday evening by the sound of prayers at an old synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium."
Cuba
"Romi and her grandmother, who is a seamstress, live together in a Jewish community in Cuba."

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