The Book of Life is an interview-format podcast about Jewish kidlit, mostly, with occasional coverage of YA/adult books, music, film and web, established in December 2005. Host Heidi Rabinowitz is a Judaica librarian at Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, FL, and the podcast reveals the backstory of materials that might be found in a synagogue library like Heidi's. As director of the Feldman Children's Library at B'nai Israel, Heidi focuses on material aimed at youth, but the podcast does cover a range of subject matter for all ages. If you are a creator of Jewish books, music, film, or web content, please see our submission guidelines.
Lucky Broken Girl, Letters from Cuba, Tia Fortuna's New
Home, and now, Across So Many Seas. Award winning
author Ruth Behar keeps finding new ways to share her Sephardic and
Ashkenazi Cuban Jewish heritage with us, and it's fresh and
fascinating every time.
In her latest sweeping middle grade novel, Across So Many
Seas, she introduces us to four generations of a Sephardic
family, from the Spanish Inquisition to modern times. Like the
Ladino song woven into the story of each of the 12 year old
protagonists, this book is a poignant and powerful ode to sorrow
and connection and joy.
The Book of Life is an interview-format podcast about Jewish kidlit, mostly, with occasional coverage of Jewish YA/adult books, music, film and web, established in December 2005.
Host: Heidi Rabinowitz
Sponsors: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, Florida & the Association of Jewish Libraries