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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How many lives can one person live—and still know who he truly is? Joseph’s journey takes him from Lebanon to a convent, and from medical assistant to Haganah spy. Hear his remarkable story on Nice Jewish Books: jewishlibraries.org/nicejewishbooks #Jewishfiction #Israelfiction #historicalfiction

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In Shelly Jay Shore’s novel, Love Me Like a Rock Star, Delilah sets out with Emmet, a closeted golem, on the honeymoon planned before her fiancé broke her heart. . 💕🏳️‍🌈 jewishlibraries.org/love-me-like... #Jewishfiction #Queerfiction #NiceJewishBooksPodcast #ShellyJayShore

Book is set over map of the USA and a travel to-do list.

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ten years after Sydney vanished in the Azores, a reunion turns deadly when a body appears—just as everyone's secrets start coming to light. Hear the talk with Jaclyn Goldis about her latest thriller, The Last Time We Saw Her. jewishlibraries.org/the-last-tim... #Jewishfiction #JaclynGoldis

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The Last Time We Saw Her with Jaclyn Goldis

Ten years after teen-aged Sydney vanished on a camping trip in the Azores, counselors, fellow campers, and her family come together to reconnect, remember her, and dedicate a newly renovated synagogue...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

After years of waiting for her husband to send tickets, Bluma packs up her daughters & travels from Romania to rural Ohio. She finds a sad farm & a husband more interested in Talmud than farming. #Jewishfiction #HistoricalFiction #NiceJewishBooksPodcast jewishlibraries.org/wild-grapes-...

Book cover for Wild Grapes over a line drawing of a farm.

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The newly crowned King David made radical reforms. But with a new systems in place; how long will it take for someone to figure out a way to pervert them? Join me for a conversation with author Jay Bailey about his book, Blood of Birds at Nice Jewish Books. jewishlibraries.org/blood-of-bir...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

After Rose’s husband, Maury, and Nina’s fiancé, Jeff, are killed in a tragic car accident, the two women form an unexpected bond. Join me for a heartfelt conversation with Susan Josephs about her novel Accidental Friends at Nice Jewish Books jewishlibraries.org/accidental_f...

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Accidental Friends with Susan Josephs

What happens when two strangers are brought together by the same heartbreaking loss? Can friendship help heal the soul?After Rose’s husband, Maury, and Nina’s fiancé, Jeff, are killed in a tragic car ...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

AJL Fiction Award Winners! Listen to a conversation with Rena Citrin, chair of the committee jewishlibraries.org/ajlfiction-a...

Image show book cover of winner Kaplan's Plot by Jason Diamond and the covers of the honor winners Sister of Fortune by Esther Chebahar, Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein, and the Maiden and her Monster by Maddie Martinex.

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Geller's hit rock bottom — homeless, addicted, and haunted by the horrors of war. But when he rescues a dog from another addict, something shifts. Can a dog... and a kind stranger... help Geller find a life worth living? jewishlibraries.org/will-hope-ar...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

When Allison Epstein first saw the musical Oliver!, one character stood out—Fagin. But when she read Dickens’ book, she was dismayed to see Fagin as a cruel caricature. So, Allison did what writers do best—she rewrote the story. jewishlibraries.org/fagin-the-je...

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Fagin the Jew, Fagin the Thief, Fagin the man: a conversation with Allison Epstein

When Allison Epstein first saw the musical Oliver!, one character stood out—Fagin. He was the only Jewish character she’d ever seen on stage. But when she later read Dickens' Oliver Twist, her excitem...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Join author Saul Golubcow as he dives into his mysteries The Cost of Living and Who Killed the Rabbi’s Wife? Meet Frank Wolf—a Holocaust survivor, ex-philosophy professor, and PI solving crimes in 1970s Orthodox Jewish NYC. #MysteryBooks #JewishFiction #SaulGolubcow #HistoricalMystery

book cover shows older man with young man and woman behind him in a New York City setting

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Michel may not be the BMOC, but he definitely rules his 2nd grade classroom in Tehran. That is, until his family decides to uproot him and brother Saeed and move the family to Los Angeles. jewishlibraries.org/2nd-grader-m...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It’s Passover! Time to slurp the soup, crunch the matzah, and joke about Moses never asking for directions. Also a great time to speak w/Maggie Anton about the Midwives’ Escape. jewishlibraries.org/midwives-esc... #NiceJewishBooksPodcast #JewishFiction #BiblicalFiction #associationofjewishlibraries

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Every year, the Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Award committee scours the book world for books with significant Jewish content. This month I am excited to speak with Rena Citrin about the lastest winners of this award. #nicejewishbookspodcast jewishlibraries.org/ajl-fiction-...

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AJL Fiction Award Winners

Every year, the Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Award committee scours the book world for books with significant Jewish content. They look for extra-ordinary writing, accurate depictions of Je...

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Haim Gottschalk @hgot.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Announced today at the American Library Association - Youth Media Award ceremony! Congratulations to this years @jewishlibraries.bsky.social Sydney Taylor Award winners.

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Can a Buddhist monk, a magical Monkey, and a Pig find a teacher for the Jews of Kaifeng? jewishlibraries.org/the-second-j... #Jewishfiction #ChineseJews #NiceJewishBookspodcast #Chinesefiction #AssociationofJewishlibraries

Book cover shows Monk, Pigsy, and Monkey on stylized clouds with Hebrew texts on the side.

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Luna Levi may have graduated high school, but she is far from any path to success. She works to support her family since neither parent seem capable of it. Luna wishes to lead a responsible life; but will she be able to find her own path? A talk with Gila Green. jewishlibraries.org/will-living-...

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Will living “With a Good Eye” bring Luna luck? a conversation with Gila Green

Luna Levi may have graduated high school, but she is far from any kind of path to success. She works part time at a motel in Ottowa to help support her family since neither parent seem capable of it. ...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

Sharon is surrounded by secrets. It is 1968 and she has been clandestinely bringiing Israelis to the port of Cherbourg. She learns that her supervisor Daniel had been taken out of France as a child as part of the youth aliyah program & becomes obsessed with him jewishlibraries.org/the-secrets-...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Genevra Ex is an author with a quirk. Instead of inventing new characters, she hires someone to be the main character. The cast of charcters meets on the Orient Express. As the trip progresses tension among the passengers magnifies until it explodes into murder. jewishlibraries.org/nicejewishbo...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

Eve is looking for shelter from the rain, but what she finds will change her work, her heart, & her life. In the Scottish highlands, Eve finds a journal written as a series of letters from Shira to her lover Benjamin Cave of Secrets: by Lynne Golodner jewishlibraries.org/what-will-be...

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What Will be Found in the Cave of Secrets: a Conversation with Lynne Golodner

Eve is only looking for some shelter from the rain, but what she finds will change her work, her heart, and her life. In a small cave in the Scottish highlands, Eve finds a journal written in as a ser...

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Annamae lives in New York with her brother and linguist mother. Ani lives on a homestead which is a safe place for misfits and homeless. The stories spiral together as each girl grows into her identity. jewishlibraries.org/nicejewishbo... #NiceJewishBooksPodcast #JewishFiction #AJL

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Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

Discover the mysteries in Our Little Histories by Janice Weizman jewishlibraries.org/nicejewishbo... #nicejewishbooks #nicejewishbookpodcast #jewishfiction #historicalfiction

Cover image of Our Little Histories with header of fake Jewish literary journal Die Naye Yiddishe Horizont. There is a tree of life in the background

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Heidi Rabinowitz @bookoflife.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

OK, here's my first post on Blue Sky! Please listen to my podcast, The Book of Life, to hear my interview with E Train, 12 yo literacy activist! jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2023/09/e-tr...

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E Train Talks

Blog/podcast: interviews with creators of Jewish kidlit (mostly).

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