I’m very pleased to be able to host the Jewish Book carnival from the Association of Jewish Libraries!

Here are some of the Jewish Book Blogs worth checking out this month:

-Join Mirta on her Jewish Historical Fiction blog as she interviews author, Libi Astaire:  https://mirtainestruppauthor.com/2020/12/13/authors-interview-with-libi-astaire/

-Ronni Robinson, author of Out of the Pantry, A Disordered Eating Journey, joins gilagreenwrites with an an important post about the pandemic and overeating. 

-The Rachack Review hosts a  review of Food: A Halachic Analysis https://rachack.blogspot.com/2021/04/food-halachic-analysis.html 

–Howard Lovy’s podcast interview of Israeli author Julie Gray: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/author-interview-julie-gray/

–Life Is Like a Library reviews several  books that will enhance the experience of Counting the Omer: http://lifelibrary-ksp.blogspot.com/2021/05/counting-omer-5781.html

–Shiloh Musings discusses Ensnared in the Wolf’s Lair was written for children, it can be enjoyed by adults, too. It brings up an aspect of the Holocaust and German anti-Nazi activities I had never thought about. The terrible revenge Hitler took on the families of his enemies was awful. https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2021/04/ensnared-in-wolfs-lair-inside-1944-plot.html

–The Book of Life Podcast shares an interview with Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang, the co-authors of Not Your All-American Girl (sequel to This Is Just a Test), a middle grade novel about a Jewish Chinese family, set in the 1980s. Hear the interview or read a transcript at https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2021/05/not-your-all-american-girl.html.

Announcements:

-The Book of Life Live Show happening on May 26, 2021 at 7pm ET! Preregister to come watch a live virtual interview with Esther Safran Foer and her teen granddaughter Sadie about I Want You To Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir, at https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/XJbWgwzN9l90gix8GC055A.

-The Association of Jewish Libraries will be holding its annual conference digitally June 27-July 1, 2021. Here’s a blog post listing some of the exciting evening events that will be on the program: https://jewishlibraries.org/evening-programs-at-ajl21/