The June Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Kathy Bloomfield at ForWords Books. You can read it at http://forwordsbooks.com/the-june-jewish-book-carnival. You’ll find links to Jewish book reviews, interviews, and essays, as well as Kathy's excellent report on the Bloggers' conference at Book Expo America.

Next month’s Carnival will be hosted by Barbara Krasner at The Whole Megillah. Submit your posts to barbarakrasner [at] att [dot] net by July 12, 2013.

The May Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Heidi Estrin at The Book of Life. You can read it at www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-jewish-book-carnival-may-2013.html. You’ll find links to Jewish book reviews, interviews, and essays! 

Next month’s Carnival will be hosted by Kathy Bloomfield at Forwords Books. If you blog and you’d like to participate, please email her at kathyb [at] forwordsbooks [dot] com by June 12 with your links!

We begin the New Year with a new batch of postings in the Jewish book blogosphere. I especially love seeing the year's prizes and "best of" lists for inspiration (and for mental arguments)

The Jewish Book Council announces their 2012 National Jewish Book Awards and posts their most anticipated 2013 spring titles from the Jewish Book Council.

Jonathan Kirsch reviewed The Rarest Blue by Baruch Sterman and Judy Taubes Sterman in The Jewish Journal, which bestowed its 2013 Jewish Journal Book Prize on the authors.

On MyMachberet, Erika Dreifus shares some thoughts about Karen E. Bender's new novel, A Town of Empty Rooms.

Leora Wenger reviews Jews in Gotham: New York Jews in a Changing City by Jeffrey S. Gurock, a professor of history at Yeshiva University. This volume is the last of the series City of Promises and encompasses the years 1920 to 2010.

 Ann Koffsky reviews three recent picture books about Israel.

 Lorri M. offers two reviews. In  Saving Monticello:  The Levy Family's Epic Quest to Rescue the House that Jefferson Built, by Marc Leepson, the author has given the reader an amazing overview of actual facts, data, events, timelines and the struggles that the Jewish Levy family endured, including the underlying antisemitism that was a product of the era.  Jewish Roots in Southern Soil:  A New History, by Marcie Ferris and Mark I. Greenberg, contains thirteen intellectual and fascinating essays, which defines factors that differentiate “southern Jews” from the general Jewish population.

The Whole Megillah | The Writer's Resource for Jewish Story blog - offers an interview with poet Matthew Lippman.

Needle in the Bookstacks searches for recipes to warm up the winter.

The Jewish Book Carnival is a monthly event where book bloggers who promote Jewish literature come together to share some of their best content from the past month. Hosted by a different blog each month, the Carnival offers a roundup of links to great articles, book reviews, essays, and interviews.

The seed for the Jewish Book Carnival was planted when AJL blogger Heidi Estrin attended the first Book Blogger Convention at Book Expo America in 2010. She brought the idea to AJL consultant Marie Cloutier, and together they recruited other bloggers and set up the Jewish Book Carnival.

The first Jewish Book Carnival was posted in July, 2010, two years ago this month. It was hosted on AJL's own blog, People of the Books. You can see that very first post here. From the outset, the Carnival got excellent participation across the blogosphere. Regular contributors include The Prosen People (the blog of the Jewish Book Council), The Whole Megillah, My Machberet, Jewesses with Attitude (the blog of the Jewish Women's Archive), Homeshuling, and more. See the Jewish Book Carnival HQ for links to participating blogs, and for an archive of past Carnivals.

This anniversary Carnival is hosted by The Whole Megillah: The Writer's Resource for Jewish-themed Story: Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry.  Barbara Krasner, writer, editor, and member of AJL's Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, is the blog host. She posts excellent interviews with members of the Jewish literary community, from authors to agents to librarians, as well as beautifully clear book reviews. This month she graciously hosts the July Jewish Book Carnival, which includes reviews, interviews, and personal essays.

We hope you enjoy this monthly list of links! When you visit the various blogs, please leave comments so that the bloggers know you're out there; they appreciate the feedback so much. Thanks to all the bloggers who make the Jewish Book Carnival happen, and to the readers who care about Jewish books!

The host of this month's Jewish Book Carnival is Leah Berkenwald over at Jewesses With Attitude, the blog of the Jewish Women's Archive. Thanks very much to Leah and JWA for hosting and to all the many bloggers who contributed links to make this a successful Carnival. 

Visit http://jwa.org/blog/jewish-book-carnival-november-2011 to find all the links. You'll find lots of fascinating interviews, book recommendations, reviews, and book-related ponderings.

Feel free to share the links and to leave comments for the bloggers. We'll see you again next month for another Jewish Book Carnival!

The host of this month's Jewish Book Carnival is Amy Meltzer over at Homeshuling. Thanks very much to Amy for hosting and to all the many bloggers who contributed links to make this a successful Carnival.

Visit http://blog.beliefnet.com/homeshuling/2011/10/jewish-book-carnival-sukkot-october-edition.html to find all the links. You'll see book reviews, interviews, musings and ponderings, and even a holiday coloring page!

Feel free to share the links and to leave comments for the bloggers. We'll see you again next month for another Jewish Book Carnival!

forwordsbooks, a blog by AJL member Kathy Bloomfield, is thrilled to be hosting this month’s Jewish Book Carnival, a gathering of blogs about Jewish books and other happenings in the Jewish world sponsored by AJL.  Please visit this month’s carnival participants and comment on their web sites making sure you tell them you saw their post at the September Jewish Book Carnival!

You can find the September Jewish Book Carnival at http://forwordsbooks.com/the-september-jewish-book-carnival/.

Happy Reading!

The Jewish Book Carnival is a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read, and comment on each others’ posts. The posts are hosted on one of the participant’s sites on the 15th of each month.

This month, the Carnival is hosted at the Hebrew Union College Libraries' blog, Needle in the Bookstack

The Jewish Book Carnival is a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read, and comment on each others’ posts. The posts are hosted on one of the participant’s sites on the 15th of each month.

For the month of July, 2011, our host is author Ann Koffsky, who blogs at annkoffsky.com/blog. She's got a great round-up of posts from all over the blogosphere. You'll find author interviews, book reviews, and philosophical ponderings. To Ann's adorable embarrassment, two bloggers even submitted links to interviews with her, about her fun new picture book Noah's Swim-a-thon.

Enjoy the July Jewish Book Carnival at http://annkoffsky.com/2011/07/11/jewish-book-carnival-july-edition/.

The Jewish Book Carnival is a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read, and comment on each others’ posts. The posts are hosted on one of the participant’s sites on the 15th of each month.

For the month of June, 2011, our host is Erika Dreifus at My Machberet (Hebrew for "notebook"). She's got a great round-up of posts from all over the blogosphere. You'll find author interviews, book reviews, suggested reading lists, reflections on Jewish Book Network experiences, and various Shavuot-themed posts.

Visit My Machberet for the June Jewish Book Carnival!

The Jewish Book Carnival is a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read, and comment on each others’ posts. The posts are hosted on one of the participant’s sites on the 15th of each month. For April 2011, our host is the Jewish Book Council blog at http://jewishbooks.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/jewish-book-carnival-april. There you will find links to Jewish book reviews, author interviews, and other booky Jewishy goodness.

Please visit the Carnival, comment on the posts, and if you'd like to play next time, send a booky Jewishy link from your own blog to our May host, The Whole Megillah, at BarbaraKrasner@att.net.

For more information about the Jewish Book Carnival, click on Jewish Book Carnival Headquarters on the right-hand sidebar here at People of the Books.

Thanks to Linda K. Wertheimer for hosting this month's Jewish Book Carnival over at Jewish Muse! She has gathered interesting posts about Purim, faith, reading recommendations, and by luck, multiple reviews of David Grossman's To the End of the Land.

Follow the links! Read the posts! Leave lots of comments! And watch for April's Jewish Book Carnival at The Jewish Book Council.

Welcome to the February 2011 edition of the Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read and comment on each others’ posts.

This month, the Carnival is hosted by The Boston Bibliophile and you can find the post here.

The carnival was started by Heidi Estrin and Marie Cloutier to build community among bloggers and blogs who feature Jewish books. It runs every month on the 15th. The Carnival headquarters is here.

The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page, where we host discussions and more. Whether or not you’re participating, we hope you’ll stop by, join and take part!

If you’d like to participate, either to host or contribute a link, send me an email at heidi@cbiboca.org and I’ll get you hooked up on the particulars. We are actively looking for hosts for May 2011 and beyond.

Feel free to download and save the logo, and use it on your blog posts or sidebar. Please do not link directly to the picture.

In the mean time, visit The Boston Bibliophile for this month’s carnival and don’t forget to check out the many great participating bloggers!

Welcome to the January edition of the Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read and comment on each others' posts.

The carnival was started by Heidi Estrin and Marie Cloutier to build community among bloggers and blogs who feature Jewish books. It will run every month on the 15th.

We're hosting this month, and we got a fantastic collection of links from our participants.

From Barbara Bietz comes Welcome Howard Schwartz- Gathering Sparks.

Boston Bibliophile has a review of Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch.

Waste Not, Want Not comes from ForwordsBooks.com.

The Fourth Musketeer brings Book Review: Threads and Flames, by Esther Friesener.

Leora of Here in HP gave us Scapegoat by Eli Amir: A Book Review.

Ilana-Davita sends Hush: A Short Book Review.


The Jewish Book Council blog sends two great links: 2010 National Jewish Book Award Announcement and JBC Bookshelf: First Edition.

Turning Numbers into People comes from the Jewish Journal.

The Jewish Publication Society offers Tu B'Shevat is Almost Here, So Get Ready to Plant Some Trees!

Review: An Italian Renaissance, Choosing Life in Canada: a review from JewWishes.

Ann Koffsky sent us two links this month: Reports of the Death of the Book Have Been Greatly Exaggerated for your consideration, and Snowman Coloring Pages, just for fun.

My Machberet has Richard Holbrooke's German War Photo-and Mine.

Needle in the Bookstacks sends us Treasures in the Library.

Rhapsody in Books offers a Review of Stronger than Iron: The Destruction of Vilna Jewry 1941-1945: An Eyewitness Account, by Mendel Balberyszski.

Sylvia Rouss has Everyone Loves Sammy!

Thanks to all our participants for these links. Please take some time to visit and comment on those that interest you- which I hope is all of them! Stay tuned to the Jewish Book Carnival home page for a schedule of upcoming Carnivals and email Heidi Estrin at heidi@cbiboca.org if you'd like to participate!

The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page, where we host discussions and more. Whether or not you’re participating in the Carnival, we hope you’ll stop by, join and take part!

Posted by Marie.


Feel free to download and save the logo, and use it on your blogposts or sidebar. Please do not link directly to the picture.


The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page, where we host discussions and more. Whether or not you're participating, we hope you'll stop by, join and take part!

Welcome to the December edition of the Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read and comment on each others’ posts.

This month, the Carnival is hosted by My Machberet and you can find the post here.

The carnival was started by Heidi Estrin and Marie Cloutier to build community among bloggers and blogs who feature Jewish books. It will run every month on the 15th. The Carnival headquarters is here.

The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page, where we host discussions and more. Whether or not you’re participating, we hope you’ll stop by, join and take part!

If you’d like to participate, either to host or contribute a link, send me an email to mcloutier@Jewishlibraries.org and I’ll get you hooked up on the particulars. We are actively looking for hosts from June 15 forward.


In the mean time, visit My Machberet for this month’s carnival and don’t forget to check out the many great participating bloggers!

Welcome to the November edition of the Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read and comment on each others’ posts.

This month, the Carnival is hosted by JewishBoston.com and you can find the post here.

The carnival was started by Heidi Estrin and Marie Cloutier to build community among bloggers and blogs who feature Jewish books. It will run every month on the 15th. The Carnival headquarters is here.

The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page, where we host discussions and more. Whether or not you’re participating, we hope you’ll stop by, join and take part!

If you'd like to participate, either to host or contribute a link, send me an email to mcloutier@Jewishlibraries.org and I'll get you hooked up on the particulars. We are actively looking for hosts for March 2011, June 2011 and forward.

In the mean time, visit JewishBoston.com for this month's carnival and don't forget to check out the many great participating bloggers!

Today is the day for October's Jewish Book Carnival.

Visit the Jewish Book Council to see this month's Carnival and we hope you have time to visit and comment on as many blogs as you can!

The carnival was started by Heidi Estrin and Marie Cloutier to build community among bloggers and blogs who feature Jewish books. It will run every month on the 15th.

Feel free to download and save the logo, and use it on your blogposts or sidebar. Please do not link directly to the picture.


The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page, where we host discussions and more. Whether or not you’re participating, we hope you’ll stop by, join and take part!

Today is the Jewish Book Carnival!

This month the Carnival is hosted by The Jewish Publication Society here.

The carnival was started by Heidi Estrin and Marie Cloutier to build community among bloggers and blogs who feature Jewish books. It will run every month on the 15th.

We have hosts lined up through the end of 2010 but if you are interested in hosting the carnival on your blog sometime in 2011, feel free to contact Marie at mcloutier@jewishlibraries.org.

Click here for the full schedule and list of participating blogs.

Feel free to download and save the logo, and use it on your blog posts or sidebar. Please do not link directly to the picture.

The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page, where we host discussions and more. Whether or not you’re participating, we hope you’ll stop by, join and take part!

For now, head over to the Jewish Publication Society and check out this month's collection of great links.

Posted by Marie.

Welcome to the second monthly Jewish Book Carnival!

The Jewish Book Carnival is your chance to participate in People of the Books.

The Carnival was started by Heidi Estrin and me, to promote blogs that cover Jewish books. It’s an effort to build community, so that blog writers and readers can share posts on Jewish books. We’ll read each others’ blogs, support each other and promote each other- and Jewish books-  throughout the blogosphere.

Every month on the 15th, someone will host the roundup; in September, you can find it at the Jewish Publication Society.

On the Carnival's home page you can find a list of participants, links to past carnivals and other information.


The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page; we’d love for you to join, to keep up with Carnival news, join in our discussions and share what you’re reading and writing about.

This month we have several new participants- and lots of great links.

We hope you have time to visit and comment on lots of the featured blogs.

And if you'd like to join the Carnival or host, please email me at mcloutier @ jewishlibraries.org.

The Links:

Bagels, Books & Schmooze reviews Sima's Undergarments for Women, by Ilana Stanger-Ross

Boston Bibliophile reviews The Frozen Rabbi, by Steve Stern

Here in HP: Review with Carrot Watercolor and  Sharkskin Suits and Cairo Longings

Homeshuling: Bible Stories for Children- Does the Torah Belong in Picture Books?

JBooks.com: Rabbi Harvey Interviews Gary Shteyngart

Jewish Book Council: Israeli Fiction Roundup

JewishBoston.com reviews Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life

The Jewish Publication Society shares The Top 5 Jewish Book to Film Adaptations and Introducing our new CEO, Barry Schwartz!

JewWishes reviews Displaced Persons, by Ghita Schwarz

My Machberet: Recent Reads- The J-Word, by Andrew Sanger

Needle in the Bookstacks asks Is Jozefow Close to Chelm?

Rhapsody in Books reviews Songs for the Butcher's Daughter, by Peter Manseau

Sylvia Rouss: Lessons I Learned When I Wrote My First Book

The Whole Megillah reviews Once and Sharing Our Homeland

Thanks once again to all the participants, and to you for visiting and commenting on their blogs.

Posted by Marie.

The Jewish Book Carnival is your chance to participate in People of the Books.

The Carnival was started by Heidi Estrin and me, to promote blogs that cover Jewish books. It's an effort to build community, so that blog writers and readers can share posts on Jewish books. We'll read each others' blogs, support each other and promote each other- and Jewish books-  throughout the blogosphere.

Every month on the 15th, someone will host the roundup; this month (and next month) it will be here on the AJL blog. After that, we'd love to know if you would be interested in hosting the carnival on your blog!

The Jewish Book Carnival has a GoodReads page; we'd love for you to join, to keep up with Carnival news, join in our discussions and share what you're reading and writing about.

We are also running a poll to choose a name for the Carnival; the voting is open until August 31.

In the mean time, let's go with the inaugural edition of the Jewish Book Carnival.

From Steve Bergson, From Cyberspace to the Printed Page, from his Jewish Comics blog.


From Barbara Bietz, a post from her blog on Laurel Snyder and her new book, Baxter The Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher.

From Erika Dreifus, on the Fiction Writers Review blog: a review of Sarah/Sara by Jacob Paul.

Erika also sent us From My Bookshelf: Prisoners: A Muslim and A Jew Across the Middle East Divide.

The Jewish Book Council blog contributed Writing a Book Like Coney Island, a guest post by author Joshua Cohen, author of Witz.

The Jewish Women's Archive blog Jewesses with Attitude contributed their Summer Reading List.

From the Jew Wishes book blog, a review of Mr. Rosenbaum Dreams in English, by Natasha Solomons.

From Ann D. Koffsky, Lifeguarding and Illustration.

From Barbara Krasner, a review of Lost, by Jacqueline Davies, and a review of Emma's Poem, by Linda Glaser. Both are from the excellent Whole Megillah blog on children's literature.

From Sylvia Rouss, Once Upon A Time There Was a Little Rescue Dog.

Please visit and bookmark all these great blogs. Thanks to those who participated, and if you're a blogger who'd like to participate next month, please feel free to email me at mcloutier at jewishlibraries.org. Happy reading!