Books

The following books have been reccomended by the Education Staff for your own Judaic Libraries.  Check back often for updates.

Children:

• Fagin the Jew-Will Eisner
• A Child's Garden of Torah- Joel Grishaver
• The Seven Good Years and Other Stories- I.L. Peretz
• The Rabbi's Cat-Joann Sfar

Teens:

• The Chosen-Chaim Potok
• MAUS I and II-Art Speigelman
• The Plot-Will Eisner
• Hannah's Suitcase-Karen Levine
• Number the Stars-Lois Lowry
• The Devil's Arithmetic-Jane Yolen
• The Diary of Anne Frank-Anne Frank
• The Golem's Mighty Swing- James Sturn
• The Source-James Michner
• Exodus-Leon Uris
• Jacob the Baker-Noah Ben Sheah

Adults:

• A Tale of Love and Darnkness-Amoz Oz
• American Judaism: A History-Jonathan Sarna
• Everything is Illuminated-Jonathan Safran Foer
• Night-Elie Weisel
• The Sunflower-Simon Weisenthal
• Survival in Aushwitz-Primo Levi
• The Plot Against America-Philip Roth
• The Red Tent-Anita Diamant
• Bee Season-Myla Goldberg
• Boychiks in the Hood-Robert Eisenberg
• The Prophets-Abraham Joshua Heschel (other Heschel books are recommended as well)
• Why Bad Things Happen to Good People-Rabbi Harold Kuschner

The CRC Education Program promotes Jewish connections to family, community, God, Torah, and Israel through exploration of Tzedakah, Tikkun Olam, Freedom, Peace, and the Power of Ritual.