The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)

By Heidi Rabinowitz

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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

Episode Date
Across So Many Seas, with Ruth Behar
May 01, 2024
Project Shema
Apr 01, 2024
The Miracle Seed
Mar 01, 2024
The 2024 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed
Jan 22, 2024
The Artists Against Antisemitism
Dec 18, 2023
Hanukkah Upside Down
Dec 01, 2023
Two Tribes
Nov 01, 2023
We Need Israel Books
Oct 22, 2023
Am Yisrael Chai: Tammar Stein
Oct 12, 2023
E Train Talks
Oct 02, 2023
Two New Years
Sep 01, 2023
Friends for Levine Querido Online Auction
Aug 15, 2023
The Jake Show
Aug 01, 2023
Levine Querido and the 100K Books Challenge
Jul 02, 2023
Pride Month Special with A.J. Sass
Jun 01, 2023
A Sky Full of Song
May 01, 2023
A Walk on the Jewish Side
Apr 02, 2023
Shoham's Bangle
Mar 01, 2023
The 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed!
Jan 30, 2023
When the Angels Left the Old Country
Jan 03, 2023
It's Always a Party with a Sephardi
Dec 01, 2022
Orthodox Excellence
Nov 01, 2022
The Very Best Sukkah by Shoshana Nambi
Oct 02, 2022
Some Kind of Hate
Sep 01, 2022
Detour Ahead
Aug 04, 2022
Catnip for Librarians: Smart Kids Talk About Books
Jul 05, 2022
Zay Getray Zikh Aleyn, or You Be You: The Kid's Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family
Jun 15, 2022
Unite Against Book Bans
Jun 01, 2022
Wayward Creatures
May 01, 2022
Passover! "Holiday Highlights"
Apr 03, 2022
The Unfinished Corner
Mar 08, 2022
Good Grief
Feb 22, 2022
Blog Tour 2022: The Sydney Taylor Book Award
Feb 11, 2022
The 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed
Jan 24, 2022
Holiday Heroes
Dec 01, 2021
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero
Nov 01, 2021
The Way Back
Sep 25, 2021
Little Free Libraries & Read In Color
Sep 01, 2021
Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good
Aug 09, 2021
Family Stories with the Foers (Live Show)
Jul 05, 2021
The New Queer Conscience
Jun 13, 2021
Not Your All-American Girl
May 10, 2021
Through the Window: Brave with Beauty
Apr 18, 2021
Vaccines Then & Now: The Polio Pioneer
Mar 18, 2021
The Passover Guest
Mar 07, 2021
Little Jews of Color in Ezra's Big Shabbat Question
Feb 16, 2021
The 2021 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Jan 25, 2021
The Mock Award Bloggers Speak!
Jan 02, 2021
The Sydney Taylor Shmooze
Jan 02, 2021
The Puppy Test
Dec 18, 2020
City of Light
Dec 06, 2020
Anya's Dragons and Nightingales
Nov 09, 2020
The Mitzvah of Voting, Part 3
Oct 13, 2020
The Mitzvah of Voting, Part 2
Oct 13, 2020
The Mitzvah of Voting, Part 1
Oct 13, 2020
Pond Life
Oct 11, 2020
Honey on the Page
Oct 02, 2020
A Place at the Table
Sep 07, 2020
Video Episode: Artist Patricia Portillo
Aug 25, 2020
No Vacancy
Aug 09, 2020
The Bubbes and the Zaides
Jul 19, 2020
Through the Window: Lee Wind
Jun 28, 2020
A Ceiling Made of Eggshells
May 17, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Parenting on a Prayer
Apr 29, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Gluskin Family History
Apr 27, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Beyond the Ghetto Gates
Apr 23, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: All the Horrors of War
Apr 20, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Birthright
Apr 14, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Hebrew Roots, Jewish Routes
Apr 12, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: You Are Not What We Expected
Apr 06, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Welcoming Elijah
Apr 02, 2020
Books in the Time of Coronavirus: Worse and Worse on Noah's Ark
Mar 30, 2020
No Entry (Books in the Time of Coronavirus)
Mar 26, 2020
Family Meeting
Mar 23, 2020
No Steps Behind
Feb 24, 2020
The 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners
Jan 27, 2020
A Bisl Yiddish
Jan 13, 2020
Hanukkah with Noshy Boy & Friends
Dec 15, 2019
A Field Guide to Jewish Kidlit
Dec 02, 2019
The 100 Most Jewish Foods
Nov 18, 2019
Honeycake, a Jewish Magazine for 2-6 Year Olds
Nov 03, 2019
Nancy Churnin, Biography Queen
Oct 15, 2019
Bonus: Let's Play Superfight!
Sep 23, 2019
Live Show!
Sep 16, 2019
Sister Religion/Sister Kidlit
Aug 25, 2019
Notes from a Young Reader
Aug 08, 2019
A Cage Without Bars
Jul 10, 2019
Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back
Jun 13, 2019
Craig Taubman & Mostly Kosher
May 31, 2019
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
May 01, 2019
The Length of a String
Apr 15, 2019
The Kosher Baker
Apr 01, 2019
Craig Taubman Is Coming To Town
Mar 18, 2019
Fania's Heart
Mar 11, 2019
Meet Me at the Well
Feb 07, 2019
The 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, Revealed!
Jan 23, 2019
Beyond the Holocaust and Holidays
Jan 06, 2019
Stand Up: Social Justice Storytime
Dec 16, 2018
All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah
Dec 01, 2018
The Missing Voices of Moe and Mo
Nov 06, 2018
Light the Menorah!
Oct 14, 2018
The Girl with the Red Balloon
Oct 14, 2018
Barbara Bietz and The Sundown Kid
Oct 01, 2018
American Golem
Aug 12, 2018
Social Justice and Jewish Children's Books
Aug 12, 2018
2018 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Jan 08, 2018
Teaser: The 2018 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Jan 04, 2018
Grand Finale
Dec 14, 2017
The Many Faces of the Pirkei Avot
Dec 03, 2017
Tasa's Song
Nov 15, 2017
The Yiddish Book Center
Oct 26, 2017
My Jewish Year
Sep 03, 2017
The Language of Angels
Aug 14, 2017
Back to School with Behrman House
Aug 14, 2017
The Last Shepherd
Jul 31, 2017
Shalom, Salaam
Jun 07, 2017
The Six-Day Hero
Jun 05, 2017
PJ Our Way
May 26, 2017
Almost a Minyan
May 16, 2017
Mamaleh Knows Best
Apr 30, 2017
Kasper Mutzenmacher's Cursed Hat
Apr 25, 2017
Serendipity's Footsteps
Apr 18, 2017
The (Unofficial) Harry Potter Haggadah
Apr 03, 2017
Call Me Ishmael.com
Mar 20, 2017
Mark Your Calendar
Mar 12, 2017
Honey and Me
Feb 28, 2017
Unorthodox, Live
Feb 17, 2017
Another Me
Feb 03, 2017
Everybody Says Shalom
Jan 27, 2017
The Inquisitor's Tale
Jan 18, 2017
The 2017 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Jan 13, 2017
Adam & Thomas
Jan 08, 2017
The Sunset Gang
Dec 19, 2016
Dreidels on the Brain
Dec 05, 2016
Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed
Nov 21, 2016
I Dissent
Nov 09, 2016
Once in a Lifetime
Oct 31, 2016
Fascinating
Oct 21, 2016
The Golem
Oct 05, 2016
Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf
Sep 22, 2016
The Hired Girl
Aug 31, 2016
Biblical Wives
Jul 27, 2016
Vox Tablet and Other Podcasts
Jul 01, 2016
The Safest Lie
May 31, 2016
Viva Rose!
May 06, 2016
More Than Enough
Apr 07, 2016
The Yiddish Fish
Mar 03, 2016
Hare and Tortoise Race Across Israel
Jan 27, 2016
My Grandfather's Coat
Jan 04, 2016
Enough with the Holocaust Books for Children
Dec 01, 2015
Pick a Card, Any Card
Nov 16, 2015
Pick a Card, Any Card
Nov 16, 2015
Last of the Red Hot Mamas
Nov 04, 2015
Enchantress
Oct 01, 2015
Do the Menschy Thing
Sep 04, 2015
Here is the World of Leslea Newman
Aug 03, 2015
Welcome to Kutsher's
Jun 15, 2015
Welcome to Kutsher's
Jun 08, 2015
Playing with Matches
May 12, 2015
Carol Matas
Apr 16, 2015
Visible City
Mar 11, 2015
The Pat Boone Fan Club
Feb 22, 2015
Good ole Lerner/Kar-Ben!
Feb 22, 2015
Eva Wiseman
Feb 22, 2015
Presses with Alliterative Names
Feb 22, 2015
Diversity in Jewish Kidlit
Jan 27, 2015
The Longest Night
Jan 05, 2015
STORM
Dec 03, 2014
The Nazi Hunters
Nov 11, 2014
Seminar Stories
Nov 04, 2014
BEA14 Variety
Oct 01, 2014
Never Say a Mean Word Again
Sep 04, 2014
Jo Joe
Jul 21, 2014
Queen of the Jews
Jun 03, 2014
Jews in Texas
May 06, 2014
The Legacy of Jewish Swimmers
Apr 03, 2014
The Seminar on Jewish Story
Mar 17, 2014
The Jewish Comix Anthology
Feb 25, 2014
Inspiration Then and Now: Raoul Wallenberg
Feb 11, 2014
Hannah's Way
Jan 10, 2014
Canadian Interlude
Dec 06, 2013
Laurel Snyder Redux
Nov 06, 2013
Rav Hisda's Daughter
Oct 02, 2013
Intentions
Sep 09, 2013
Whitman's Jewish Picture Books
Aug 02, 2013
Zayde Comes to Live
Jul 08, 2013
The Schmutzy Family
Jun 02, 2013
Eugene Yelchin
May 10, 2013
The Sophie Brody Award
Apr 04, 2013
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Mar 07, 2013
We Are Their Voice
Feb 19, 2013
Announcing the 2013 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Jan 24, 2013
McFarland: Goyish Name, Jewish Books
Jan 14, 2013
Rubin & Sharenow: 2012 Sydney Taylor Winners
Dec 02, 2012
A Song for My Sister
Oct 03, 2012
Looking For Me in this Great Big Family
Sep 13, 2012
Reuven Firestone: Jews and Muslims
Jul 11, 2012
Marc Tyler Nobleman: Biographer of Underdogs
May 09, 2012
Room Enough for Daisy
Mar 06, 2012
David Bezmozgis and The Free World
Dec 03, 2011
Pulani
Nov 01, 2011
Write Your Own Megillah
Oct 03, 2011
Life, After
Sep 07, 2011
Wherever You Go
Aug 04, 2011
Noah's Swim-a-thon
Jul 06, 2011
Double Dip: Rona Arato
Jun 11, 2011
Tropical Secrets
May 02, 2011
Yuvi's Candy Tree
Apr 13, 2011
The Rooster Prince of Breslov
Apr 03, 2011
Defying Gravity
Mar 01, 2011
The Year of Goodbyes
Feb 01, 2011
Hereville
Jan 10, 2011
Shalom Sesame
Dec 01, 2010
The Canadian Jewish Book Awards
Nov 03, 2010
Book Expo 2010: Jewish Presses
Oct 02, 2010
Book Expo 2010: Kidlit
Sep 02, 2010
Book Expo 2010: Adults
Aug 04, 2010
Kathy Kacer
Jun 29, 2010
When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans
Jun 01, 2010
Live from Israel, It's Anna Levine!
May 04, 2010
So Punk Rock
Apr 06, 2010
Scribblers on the Roof
Mar 02, 2010
Save the Deli!
Feb 08, 2010
The Big Reveal: 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Jan 13, 2010
Jewish Kidlit at 92Y
Jan 05, 2010
Planet Esme!
Dec 11, 2009
Podcasters Across Borders: Alexa Clark
Dec 02, 2009
Podcasters Across Borders: Hugh McGuire
Dec 01, 2009
Jewish Book Month's Hot Authors
Nov 16, 2009
Pick Up the Phone
Nov 14, 2009
Kvetchfessional!
Nov 05, 2009
Podcasters Across Borders: Connie Crosby
Oct 20, 2009
Running for My Life
Oct 05, 2009
Jacqueline Dembar Greene, In Full
Sep 21, 2009
Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Sep 18, 2009
ForWords Is Back!
Sep 09, 2009
New Year at the Pier, Take Two
Sep 04, 2009
New Year at the Pier
Sep 01, 2009
Why Be Social? Part 4, Create-Consume-Contribute
Aug 19, 2009
Why Be Social? Part 3, Suggestions
Aug 19, 2009
Why Be Social? Part 2, Definitions
Aug 19, 2009
Why Be Social? Part 1, Philosophy
Aug 19, 2009
Book Expo: Jewish Books for Kids
Aug 05, 2009
Book Expo: Jewish Authors Etc.
Jul 27, 2009
Book Expo: Jewish Titles for Adults
Jul 13, 2009
Mark Blevis, Kidlit Podcaster
Jun 26, 2009
Book Expo: Jewish Publishers
Jun 22, 2009
The Red Leather Diary Part 2
Jun 02, 2009
The Red Leather Diary, Part 1
Jun 02, 2009
Mitzvah Time: The Bridget Zinn Auction
May 07, 2009
Sing, Little Birdie
May 03, 2009
Moses Is Departing Egypt, A Facebook Haggadah
Apr 08, 2009
Truth or Dare
Apr 01, 2009
A Civil War Passover
Mar 18, 2009
Memories of Aranka Siegal
Mar 03, 2009
Sonia Levitin's Return
Feb 18, 2009
Black History Month, Jewish Style
Feb 01, 2009
The 2009 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Jan 26, 2009
Marc Aronson's Unsettled
Jan 05, 2009
Spin the Dreidel
Dec 01, 2008
Tribalism
Nov 02, 2008
Blog Action Day: Poverty
Oct 15, 2008
O Canada
Oct 02, 2008
Laughing with God
Sep 02, 2008
2 Jews, 3 Opinions
Aug 08, 2008
Book Expo, Part 4: The Holocaust
Jul 22, 2008
Book Expo, Part 3
Jul 07, 2008
Book Expo, Part 2: Jewish Kids/Teen Books
Jun 17, 2008
Brand Spanking New, Part 1: Jewish Picture Books
Jun 06, 2008
See You at Book Expo!
May 20, 2008
Israel @ 60
May 01, 2008
Passover Internationale
Apr 02, 2008
The One with the Mezuzahs
Mar 02, 2008
Funny, That Book Doesn't Look Jewish
Feb 11, 2008
Bells & Whistles: How to Call In, Live
Jan 18, 2008
Empowerment for the New Year
Jan 08, 2008
Meet Markus!
Dec 12, 2007
Hooray for Hanukkah!
Dec 02, 2007
Thanksgiving Shout-Out Special
Nov 14, 2007
Old Radio and New Media
Nov 04, 2007
Catch Me a Classic!
Oct 02, 2007
Seeing Through New Eyes
Sep 04, 2007
Klezmapalooza!
Aug 01, 2007
Magic & Mystery
Jul 02, 2007
Summer Coolness
Jun 06, 2007
The Book of Life Plays Ball
May 07, 2007
The Book of Life and the Power of Books
Apr 12, 2007
Why is this Podcast Different from All Other Podcasts?
Mar 13, 2007
The Book of Life's Purim Celebration
Feb 15, 2007
The Book of Life: The Best New Books and Music
Jan 11, 2007
A Joyous Hanukkah with The Book of Life
Dec 03, 2006
A Book of Life Addendum
Nov 19, 2006
The Book of Life Celebrates Jewish Book Month
Oct 31, 2006
The Book of Life: Past, Present and Future
Oct 03, 2006
The Book of Life Starts a New Chapter
Sep 05, 2006
The Book of Life Tells Stories
Aug 01, 2006
The Book of Life in America, July 2006
Jul 05, 2006
The Book of Life on Summer Reading, June 2006
Jun 05, 2006
The Book of Life Gets Caught Reading
May 01, 2006
The Book of Life on Passover, April 2006
Apr 02, 2006
The Book of Life on Purim, March 2006
Mar 14, 2006
The Book of Life on Heroes, February 2006
Mar 02, 2006
January 2006, The Book of Life on Book Awards
Jan 26, 2006
The Book of Life, December 2005
Dec 21, 2005