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Honouring Jewish Heritage Month: May 2024

May 1, 2024 - Waterloo Public Library
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In May, Jewish Heritage Month is recognized in Canada and many other countries around the world. This month, we are honouring and celebrating Jewish authors, customs and traditions with these suggested reads.

For more information about Jewish Heritage Month in Canada, visit https://jewishheritage.ca/.

Adult/Teen

Jewish Life in Canada
William Kurelek
All the Shining People
Kathy Friedman
You Are Not What We Expected
Sidura Ludwig
Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours
Adeena Sussman
The Wagers
Sean Michaels
Kasher in the Rye
Moshe Kasher
The Jewish Deli Cookbook
Jonathan Richler
The House of Love and Prayer and Other Stories
Tova Reich

Kids

Two Tribes
Emily Bowen Cohen
The Peacock
Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod & Jaimie MacGibbon
Nothing Could Stop Her: The Courageous Life of Ruth Gruber
Rona Arato
Across So Many Seas
Ruth Behar
Two New Years
Richard Ho
Rachel Friedman Breaks the Rules
Sarah Kapit
P is for Pastrami: the ABCs of Jewish Food
Alan Silberberg
Sitting Shiva
Erin Silver
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