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The Jewish Book Council is the go-to for all things Jewish books. Find reading lists and reviews on their website.
For reading lists for the youngest book lovers in your life, click here for a wide selection of chapter and picture books curated by the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco in partnership with San Francisco Public Library
Many books are available on popular digital library apps, like Libby and Hoopla, which allow you to download books to your e-reader or as an audio book via your local library system.
If you’re interested in purchasing a book, you can find a large selection at the Weitzman’s Museum Store.
See below for some suggested titles to get started.
“A highly literate, thought-provoking, persuasive argument for the centrality of love in the Jewish faith.” ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“In a world where anti-Semitic violence has steadily risen since 2016, this book delivers a reminder that Jewish people are musicians, athletes, activists, religious leaders, and just like everyone else—complex people.” — School Library Journal
It is “quite timeless in how it elegantly untangles fact from fiction. I can imagine encouraging people interested in the function and history of antisemitic conspiracy theories to read it for years to come.” – The Washington Post
“Informative and irreverent, welcoming and witty, it is enthusiastically recommended.” —Booklist
In celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, Jewtina y Co. and @Bibliofilia.es compiled the following list of great Latin-American Jewish reads! Scroll through for book recommendations that celebrate Latin-American Jewish identity, stories, and cultura.
Nonfiction Titles Across the Spectrum of Jewish American Life
- Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs, and Rituals by George Robinson (Updated 2023)
- Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life by Rabbi Shai Held (2024)
- Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews by Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel (2021)
- Speaking Yiddish to Chickens
- The Cost of Free Land
- Jewish Priorities
- The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything
- Most Fortunate Unfortunates
- This is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity
- The American Way
Antisemitism and Related
- People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn (2022)
- Maus by Art Spiegelman (first published as a serial in the 80s)
- Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories by Mike Rothschild (2023)
- Antisemitism: Here and Now by Deborah E. Lipstadt (2019)
- Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi (2018)
Children/Young Adult
- Tia Fortuna’s New Home
- “Nice” Jewish Girls
- How to Find What You’re Not Looking For
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Food & Diverse Jewish Cultural Heritage