Reviews
A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah (by Nancy Churnin with illustrations by Yevgenia Nayberg) begins with Henrietta Szold’s birth in Baltimore in 1860. The book covers Szold’s achievements even before and beyond the Hadassah era (who knew that Szold… View →
Stork's Landing
“Maya is a faithful observer of the stork who migrates from Africa to Europe each year, often stopping to rest on her kibbutz. In Tami Lehman-Wilzig’s Stork’s Landing, illustrated by Anna Shuttlewood, Maya spies a bird with a broken wing, rescues it and nurses… View →
Izzy the Whiz and Passover McClean
“Izzy the Whiz has invented a gadget that every mom preparing for Passover would love to have: a wacky vacuum-washer thingamajig that will swallow everything in a room, spin it clean, remove the hametz and spit it out. But what if the Super-McDuper Passover McClean machine View →
“Jodie lives in Israel and wants to become an archaeologist just like her father. When her American cousin Zach visits during Passover, her father brings them to Hezekiah’s Tunnel in Jerusalem. Before they go in the tunnel, her father challenges them to figure out the ‘riddle View →
Shoham's Bangle
“The beautifully told story, with colorful illustrations from Israeli artist Noa Kelner, depicts important aspects of the Middle Eastern Jewish experience.”―Hadassah Magazine View →
Tizzy the Dizzy Dreidel
“This is a sweet, clever story with a meaningful conclusion: When winter’s chill has filled the air/and dreidels start their dance/ why not pick a dizzy one/who only wants a chance?”―Hadassah Magazine View →