{"id":2059,"date":"2025-05-15T02:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T02:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/home\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:12:47","slug":"childrens-books-for-jewish-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/home\/childrens-books-for-jewish-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Books for Jewish Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do we have Jewish Heritage Month? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President George W. Bush proclaimed the month of May to be Jewish Heritage Month on April 20, 2006, after resolutions introduced by Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), passed the House and the Senate, respectively, to honor the contributions of Jewish people to the history of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There seems to be no particular reason Jewish Heritage Month is in May, except for the celebration of 350th Anniversary of American Jewish History in 2004 happened to be scheduled in May, and it stuck. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-PIN-SET-14B-2021-1000x1500-60-683x1024.png\" alt=\"five children's book covers for jewish heritage month, featuring stories about Albert Einstein, Abraham Cahan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ben Shahn, and Frank Sinatra\" class=\"wp-image-2081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-PIN-SET-14B-2021-1000x1500-60-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-PIN-SET-14B-2021-1000x1500-60-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-PIN-SET-14B-2021-1000x1500-60-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-PIN-SET-14B-2021-1000x1500-60-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-PIN-SET-14B-2021-1000x1500-60-150x225.png 150w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-PIN-SET-14B-2021-1000x1500-60.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Americans and the Holocaust<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While recent public sentiment seems to label things like the pro-Palestine movement as anti-semitic and pretend like the United States has always been supportive of Jewish people, history clearly shows that we as a country have not been kind. In several books I&#8217;ve read to my children about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the authors describe how people treated her differently because she was Jewish. The book The People&#8217;s Painter describes that artist Ben Shahn had a similar experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come with me to visit the St Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum #stlhistory #jewishheritage\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ImPd4L32HaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Hitler&#8217;s Holocaust was spreading across Germany, thousands of people boarded boats to seek asylum in other countries. Over 900 refugees were on the boat SS St. Louis, but the United States refused to accept them, claiming concern the ship could contain Nazi spies. They were also denied harbor in Cuba, and eventually were forced to return to Europe. Once returned, hundreds of the refugees were murdered by the Nazis. However, the United States Holocaust Museum also indicates that the <a href=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.ushmm.org\/americans-and-the-holocaust\/how-many-refugees-came-to-the-united-states-from-1933-1945\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United States was the country that accepted the most refugees between 1933-1945<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/home\/forced-sterilization-united-states\/\">History of Forced Sterilization in the United States<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It should be no surprise that there is such an expansive list of Jewish Americans to highlight this month because there are so many incredible Jewish people to choose from! This is by no means an exhaustive list, I barely scratched the surface! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Note: The Radical Agenda believes in supporting independent bookstores over big box stores, so we share book links using Bookshop.org. Click on the picture to order your copy of the books that catch your eye, and thank you for supporting small businesses around the country!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"Kathleen Krull   (Author) ,   Nancy Zhang   (Illustrator)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-truth-without-ruth.jpg\" alt=\"Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks at the reader with a slight smile. She is wearing dark clothes with a lace ruffle collar, classes, and her mother's circle earrings\" class=\"wp-image-2075 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-truth-without-ruth.jpg 328w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-truth-without-ruth-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-truth-without-ruth-150x183.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No Truth Without Ruth: The life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Nancy Zhang<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/contributors\/kathleen-krull\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan&#8217;s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrans by Norman Finklestein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper<\/h2>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/95864\/9780823451647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/amazing-abe.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a blue suit and glasses with a brown mustache is holding a newspaper written in hebrew. Two children are running through the street waving newspapers\" class=\"wp-image-2076 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/amazing-abe.jpg 868w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/amazing-abe-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/amazing-abe-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/amazing-abe-600x691.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/amazing-abe-150x173.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/95864\/9781452152110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beam-of-light.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of Albert Einstein looking up at a sunbeam. He is wearing a green shirt and brown pants.\" class=\"wp-image-2077 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beam-of-light.jpg 814w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beam-of-light-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beam-of-light-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beam-of-light-600x737.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/beam-of-light-150x184.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne, illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frankie Liked to Sing by John Seven, illustrated by Jana Christy<\/h2>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/95864\/9781419716447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/frankie-liked-to-sing.webp\" alt=\"A young Frank Sinatra dressed in a black suit, red bowtie, and black hat happily sings in front of a New York skyline\" class=\"wp-image-2078 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/frankie-liked-to-sing.webp 400w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/frankie-liked-to-sing-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/frankie-liked-to-sing-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/frankie-liked-to-sing-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/frankie-liked-to-sing-96x96.webp 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/95864\/9781419741302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-peoples-painter.webp\" alt=\"a sketch of artist Ben Shahn, wearing a blue shirt and painting a white bird with a red paintbrush\" class=\"wp-image-2079 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-peoples-painter.webp 1004w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-peoples-painter-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-peoples-painter-150x149.webp 150w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-peoples-painter-768x765.webp 768w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-peoples-painter-600x598.webp 600w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-peoples-painter-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-peoples-painter-96x96.webp 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The People&#8217;s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levinson, illustrated by Evan Turk<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Music in George&#8217;s Head: George Gershwin Create Rhapsody in Blue by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Stacy Innerst<\/h2>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"998\" src=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/music-in-georges-head-1024x998.webp\" alt=\"George Gershwin sits at a piano. He is wearing a white shirt with a black vest and black pants.\" class=\"wp-image-2080 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/music-in-georges-head-1024x998.webp 1024w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/music-in-georges-head-300x292.webp 300w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/music-in-georges-head-768x749.webp 768w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/music-in-georges-head-600x585.webp 600w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/music-in-georges-head-150x146.webp 150w, https:\/\/theradicalagenda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/music-in-georges-head.webp 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do we have Jewish Heritage Month? President George W. 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