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Happy day 5, night 6! LET IT GLOW a MG novel by Marissa Meyer and Joanne Levy will give you all the warm fuzzy holiday feelings.

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A blue tinsel Star of David with a copy of Let It Glow resting on top.
December 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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This weeks pairing is Parshat Mikeitz with one of our most viewed book reviews - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. Read about it here:

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A Torah scroll with a yad on the left and a copy of spinning silver on the right
December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Created this Jewish book rainbow arch for a bookstagram tour and couldn’t hold back from sharing it here too. There is no one Jewish experience. Please read across our full spectrum.
Books stacked by color into an arch. Follows the ROY G BIV pattern. Unorthodox Match Holy Rebellion Love, Me On Fire Island The Goldie Standard Code name Kingfisher Fine, I’m A Terrible Person Don’t Forget To Write Mrs. Lilienblum’s Cloud Factory Olive Days A Letter In The Scroll Magical Meet Cute Lake Burntshore The Star Society Real Life and Other Fictions Woman On Fire Amerikaland The Third Temple Today, Tonight, Tomorrow The Marriage Box Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen The Fun Widow’s Book Tour Kissing Kosher The Elysium Heist Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop The Forbidden Book Bird Brain Keep This Off The Record The Lost Ryù Iconic Jewish Women Matchmaker, Matchmaker It Could Be Worse Judaism is About Love Night Owls The Sins On Their Bones
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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If you label a post “holiday reads” people will expect more than Christmas. If it’s just Christmas, then label it as such and enjoy! But if you want to be inclusive of other faiths and cultures you need to do it in more than the title. For instance, I labeled this Hanukkah! See how easy that was?
Alt text is cutting short the titles. The full list is on Instagram or message me and I’ll email it to you! Alt text is cutting short the titles. The full list is on Instagram or message me and I’ll email it to you!
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Second day (third night!) of Hanukkah, and we are featuring the picture book Beam Of Light. I had no idea about the White House menorah and the themes of survival and reinvention felt very timely.

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Blue and silver dreidel covered wrapping paper with a copy of Beam of Light on top.
December 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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For the first day (and second night) of Hanukkah we are reviewing LOVE YOU A LATKE a hilarious trump/sunshine romance by Amanda Elliot.

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2605
A blue and yellow Star of David and floral border with a copy of love you a latke in the center.
December 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, and for the past 100 nights we’ve been counting down by presenting a Jewish book on peoples wishlists. Here are all the books in one place!

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The Kingdom of Almonds Hereville Battle of the Bookstores Tree, Table, Book Judaism Unbound Eat Jewish Katerskill Falls The Jewish Book of Horror Two Tribes Amelia if Only Abzuglutely My Year of Really Bad Dates Sabor Judio Sefer Haagadah The Wolf and the Woodsman Lucky Broken Girl The Jews Drawn That Way Ashkenazi Herbalism Cooking As Therapy The Summer War The Elysium Heist Shira and Esther’s Double Dream Debut Try Your Worst Wreck It Manna Songs Millennial Kosher Finding Grace Homebound Festival of Lights We Ship It Fagin the Thief Hostage King Solomons Table Four Red Seeaters Misphponia A World Worth Saving The Fever King Meet The Latkes We Are Black Jews The Tear Collector Margo Zimmerman Gets The Girl Songs for the Broken Hearted The New Jewish Canon Russ & Daughters Sacred Monsters The Lure of their Graves Got Tina How to Pack For the End of the World Some Kind of Famous Braided The Assignment A Little Magic Golem Crafters Hello, Goodbye Bedtime Stories for Strong Jewish Girls Eternal Life Marble spoon Gitty and Kvetch The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah Henrietta as old 52 Shabbats As A Jew Good Grief When You’re Brave Enough Night Owls Twinkle Twinkle Hanukkah Judaism Unbound The Dreidl Disaster Love You a Latke Flirty Little Secret A Field Guide To Broken Dreams The Art of Exile The Keeper of Stories Ketubah Renaissance Eating the Bible Sisters of Fortune Maine Characters Happy New Years The seventh Handmade
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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For Vayeshev, we are discussing dreams and Ariel Kaplan’s second world fantasy THE POMEGRANATE GATE.

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Torah scroll with a yad on left, and a copy of the pomegranate gate on the right. Title is reading the Torah with Bookishly Jewish Subtitle is parshat vayeshev
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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An easy choice this week! Anita Diamant’s THE RED TENT tells the story of Dinah from the woman’s perspective.
On the right is a Torah scroll with a used pointer. On the left is Anita Diamant’s THE RED TENT
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Check out our interview with Mari Lowe, author of Aviva vs. The Dybbuk, The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman, and Beinoni. Plus all around cool person!

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2592
Orange and yellow background with a copy of Beinoni on it and text that says “author interview: Mari Lowe”
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Check out or 2025 readers choice awards. We try to run a congenial vote where readers suggest to us what they’d like to see us review. Vote with link below, read more on our blog.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_JfA6TE7TsskOqzoCHSsUcCIIkev0ZTT9pqlYOpJ0RPO_bg/viewform?usp=dialog
Stack of books with the words “2025 readers choice awards” next to it and the BookishlyJewish logo.
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Forgot to post up Vayetzei before Shabbat but hopefully you caught it on the blog.

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Parshat vayetzei - the book chosen is joyful song a picture book by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Susan Gal
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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The pairing for Toldot is all about family - Elyssa Freidlands JACKPOT SUMMER

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November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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SISTERS OF FORTUNE by Esther Chehebar is the Jewish fiction book I saw receive the most promo this year. It’s an important first - a trad pub book set in the contemporary Syrian Jewish community. Did it live up to the hype? Read the review to find out!

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2577
A pink and white striped background with the cover of sisters of fortune on it.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Looking to fill your “has a dragon” bingo square? We got you!

Did we miss a Jewish book with a dragon? Share in the comments!

(Books listed in the alt text)
Red background. In the top right corner is a black silhouette of a dragon. Below in black text it reads here be (Jewish books with) dragons. Below are two rows of book covers. The books are: a dragon called spark, sacred monsters, the lost ryū, Anya and the dragon, the eight knights of Hanukkah, Kalyna and the soothsayer, a dragon for Hanukkah, and the Last Tsars dragons.
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Had a great time today at the Jewish book council pop up! Can you guess which two books from the stack I got to take home?
Stack of books - sisters of fortune, the gossip columnists daughter, we would never, Mrs lillienblums cloud factory, I wanted to be wonderful A typewriter and a Jewish book month 100 logo house on a table of books A close up of the Jewish book month 100 cardboard house
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Happy Jewish Book Month 100! To celebrate we’ve got a bingo card to be completed with Jewish books over the next 30 days!

Need help deciding how to fill in your squares? Comment and we can give you a rec!

#jewishbookmonth
A four by four square bingo card. Top row reads from right to left : romance, book in translation, Hanukkah themed, 2025 debut Second row: biography or memoir, science fiction, seen on Instagram, has a dragon Third row: orthodox rep, author with your initials, one word title, middle grade Bottom row: queer rep, young adult, Sephardic or Mizrahi rep, pink cover.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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She’s done it again! In Beinoni author Mari Lowe brings us another gripping MG with orthodox Jewish rep. This time with magic! Check out the review so you’ll be up to speed when we post our author interview!

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2568
A red background with a copy of Beinoni on it.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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For Vayera, w think To & Fro makes a great companion read. Two stories in one - each with its own cover- the packaging is almost as clever as the stories. Read our thoughts on its link to the paraha on the blog.

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2565
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Check out our review of Ilana Kurshan’s memoir CHILDREN OF THE BOOK in which she links the process of reading to her children to the Torah cycle.

There’s also a giveaway happening on our insta.

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A copy of children of the book on a kids bookshelf. Behind it are copies of frog and toad, elephant and piggie, one fish two fish, beezus and Ramona, and Ivy and Bean
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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It’s that time again! When I try to convince you that everyone on your gift list would appreciate a Jewish book. Bluesky won’t let me put all the pictures in one, so come check out to the comments for the rest. Books in the alt text.

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Annual Hanukkah gift guide! The Baker of Lost Memories by Shirley Russak Wachtel The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan As A Jew by Sarah Hurwitz Bedtime Stories for Strong Jewish Girls by Melanie Goldberg Silver illustrated by Jess Goldsmith Twinkle, Twinkle Hanukkah by Talia Benamy with art by Aura Lewis A Dragon Called Spark by lily Murray illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman The Keeper of Stories by Caroline Kusin Pritchard and illustrated by Selina Alko Golem Crafters by Emi Watanabe Cohen Honey and Me by Meira Drazin Beinoni by Mari Lowe One Little Goat by Dara Horn illustrated and Theo Ellsworth The Art of Exile by ANdrea Max Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb Courage to Dream by Neal Shusterman and Andrés Vera Martínez
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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The week, for lech lecha, we’re taking about moves. Physical, spiritual, or both as is the case in @abbywhitewrites.bsky.social ‘s YA DJ Rosenblum Becomes the GOAT

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Arch or words saying “reading the Torah with bookishkyjewish” subtitles “parshat lech lecha” and underneath on the right is a Torah scroll. On the eft is a copy of DJ rosenblum becomes the GOAT
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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In YOU’LL DO author Marcia A. Zug reviews reasons other than love that have brought people to marriage, including fascinating real world examples. It will totally change your views on marriage as a romantic institution.

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2522
A floral wedding canopy border with a copy of you’ll do beneath it. An engagement ring and bride sketch sits below it.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Check out our Parshat Noah thoughts, including a special lesson from the raven which is featured in poet Zilka Joseph’s SWEET MALIDA.

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2493
Torah scroll on left, a copy of sweet MALIDA on the right.
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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2025 debuts!
I’m going to use my characters for tags. Books listed in the alt text.

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Two rows with the covers of: Alice Rue Evades the Truth by Emily Zipps The Art of Exile by Andrea Max Cammy SItting Shiva by Cary Gitter D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. The Elysium Heist by Y.M. Resnik Feast and Famine by Carina Finn Fine I'm A Terrible Person by Lisa F. Rosenberg Hopelessly Teavoted by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff The Maiden and her Monster by Maddie Martinez Rise Up! by Rachel C. Katz, illustrated by Sophie Bass Trial Run by S.M. Levine Twinkle, Twinkle, Hanukkah by Talia Benamy And then in middle it says “2025 Jewishdebuts”
October 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM