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General Holidays Prayer
Rosh Chodesh:
Celebrating
the New Moon : A Rosh Chodesh Anthology
Susan Berrin / Paperback / Published 1998
Moonbeams:
A Hadassah Rosh Hodesh Guide
by Carol Diament
The
Rosh Hodesh Table: Foods at the New Moon
Judith Y. Solomon / Paperback / Published 1997
Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur:
See also the special High Holiday page
Building
Jewish Life--Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur
Joel Lurie Grishaver, Alan Rowe, Jane Golub /Reading level: Ages 9-12
/ Paperback / 1988
Moments
of Transcendence: Inspirational Readings for Rosh Hashanah
Moments
of Transcendence: Inspirational Readings for Yom Kippur
Dov Peretz Elkins (Editor) / Hardcover / 1992
The
Rosh Hashanah Anthology
The
Yom Kippur Anthology
by Philip Goodman / Paperback / 1992
Traditional understanding of the holiday, not from a feminist perspective,
but excellent for people unfamiliar with the basic traditions.
Hanukkah
see also the special Hanukkah
stack
The
Art of Hanukkah
Nancy M. Berman / Hardcover / 1996
This beautiful volume brings together the finest menorahs and art
celebrating 2,000 years of the joyous week-long celebration of Hanukkah.
48 full-color plates.
The
Trees of the Dancing Goats
Patricia Polacco
Reading level: Ages 4-8 / School and Library Binding / 1996
A generous act in a time of need is the highlight of this unforced Hanukkah/Christmas
tale. I would recommend any of her books, especially The
Keeping Quilt. Have kleenex handy.
Elijah's
Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas
Michael J. Rosen, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8 / School and Library Binding / 1992
A child's vision of religious tolerance is exquisitely played out
in this story about an elderly Christian barber and a Jewish child who
befriends him.
Power
of Light
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Irene Lieblich (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8 / Paperback / 1990
A wonderful, classic book. Eight tales by Nobel laureate Isaac
Bashevis Singer--one for each night of the Hanukkah celebration--tell
of a world in which miracles abound, love triumphs, and faith prevails.
Passover
See also the special Passover stack
Like
Bread on the Seder Plate; Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition
by Rebecca Alpert / Paperback / 1998
The
Women's Haggadah
by Naomi Nimrod, E. M. Broner / Paperback / 1994
Haggadah
for the Liberated Lamb
by Roberta. Kalechofsky / Hardcover / 1988
Miriam's Cup : A Passover Story
by Fran Manushkin, Bob Dacey (Illustrator) / Reading level: Ages 4-8 /
Hardcover / 1998
Matzo
Ball Moon
by Leslea Newman, Elaine Greenstein (Illustrator) / Reading level: Ages
4-8 / Hardcover / 1998
One
Little Goat : Had Gadya
by Betsy Platkin Teutsch (Illustrator) / Hardcover / 1990
San
Diego Womens Haggadah
Jane Zones / Paperback / 1986
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