Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
This week’s prompt is “book quotes that fix a theme,” but I never track book quotes. Instead, I’m going to highlight some OwnVoices Jewish books in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month. This has been a really hard month for Jewish people, and there’s been an incredibly large increase in antisemitic incidents around the world. So in light of this, I want to draw attention to some books written by Jewish authors that feature different perspectives on the Jewish experience.
- Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann
- The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner
- Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
- The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
- Recommended for You by Laura Silverman
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
- Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
These are books that I haven’t yet read, but that I’m really looking forward to reading soon. The last two aren’t released yet, but will be soon, and I’ve heard some really great things about them.
- The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
- Color Me In by Natasha Díaz
- The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
- The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
What are some of your favorite OwnVoices Jewish books? Have you read any great ones for Jewish American Heritage Month?
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Leah's Books 
Good timing for this post. I think quotes are my favorite topics on Top Ten Tuesday. My quote topic this week is TREES
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Thank you!
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I’m really looking forward to Wolf/ Woodsman. The one I’d add here is Hereville (and the entire series) by Barry Deutsch, which makes for a wonderful graphic novel series too. 🙂
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Oooh thanks! I’ll have to check that one out, I’ve never heard of it before.
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Recommended for You sounds really good! Thanks for sharing this, it’s a great list!! 💙
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Thank you! Recommended for You was an adorable Hanukkah themed romance. 😍
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This was a great theme.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-lgbt-book-quotes/
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Thank you.
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thank you so much for the recs leah, truly what is happening in the world is deeply saddening and it’s important to be aware and hear the perspective so i’ll definitely be adding many of these to my tbr!
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Thank you so much for the support and desire to learn more. 💕
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I just bought Maus to read!
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It’s tough, but such a deep read. It brought back so many memories of my father, and I loved the graphic novel format.
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This is a great tweak to the theme, especially since I’d never think to look for a Jewish author. Will be adding some of these to my list, thanks!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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I hope you enjoy them! I wanted to spread some books featuring Jewish joy, especially in the midst of all the Jewish pain occurring right now.
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great twist to the meme! definitely some books i need to check out.
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Thank you! I hope you like them.
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A fabulous interpretation of the theme! My TTT post is here: https://wordywitterings.com/2021/05/25/top-ten-tuesday-book-quotes-about-reading/
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Thank you! I didn’t want it to fall between the cracks.
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What a great twist this week! And so important. I loved The Dovekeepers so I hope you can get to it soon. It was quite epic. ❤
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I’ve heard great things about it, and was very moved by my visit to Masada. I can’t wait to start it.
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