Books for Rosh Hashanah (all ages)

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Updated September 6, 2023
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Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
Heiligman, Deborah
Paper Book
Using beautiful, dynamic photographs and lively text, this book introduces young readers to the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, showing how Jewish people around the world celebrate them. This book also offers fascinating facts, a recipe, and a Common Core-aligned activities.
Celebrating the Jewish year
Steinberg, Paul
Paper Book
Named a 2007 National Jewish Book Award Runner-Up in the category of Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice. JPS's holiday books take us through the joys, spirit, and meaning of the seasons. Blending the old and the new, they ground us in the origins and traditions of each holiday and open...
Essential Judaism : a complete guide to beliefs, customs and rituals
Robinson, George
Paper Book
This is a guide which tells you everything you need to know about being Jewish in a user-friendly way. It explains what Jews do, what they believe and why.
Jewish holiday baking : inspired recipes for Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, and more
Scheft, Uri
Paper Book
BECAUSE EVERY HOLIDAY IS AN EXCUSE TO EAT SOMETHING DELICIOUS Bake your way through the Jewish holidays with 25 insanely delicious, foolproof recipes--including Poppy Seed Hamantaschen for Purim, Coconut Macaroons for Passover, Apple Babka for Rosh Hashanah, jam-filled Sufganiyot for Hanukkah, and...
Measuring a year : a Rosh Hashanah story
Marshall, Linda Elovitz
Paper Book
From award-winning author Linda Elovitz Marshall and illustrator Zara González Hoang comes this engaging picture book about celebrating Rosh HashanahRosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur mark the beginning of the Jewish New Year. They offer a chance to think about the present and the past, to "measure" a...
My Jewish year :
Pogrebin, Abigail,
Paper Book
The much-dissected Pew Research Center study of 2013, "A Portrait of Jewish Americans," revealed that most U.S. Jews locate their Jewishness in their ancestry and culture--not in religion. Abigail Pogrebin wondered if perhaps that's because we haven't all looked at religion closely enough.
The Rosh Hashanah recipe
Gehl, Laura
Paper Book
Ruby creates apple recipes for the Jewish New Year. Ruby and her family go apple picking before Rosh Hashanah but they end up with more apples than they need for the holiday. So Ruby and her cousins come up with new apple recipes for the Jewish New Year....

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