May is Jewish American Heritage Month. During this month, we celebrate the achievements and contributions of American Jews.
I created a recommended reading list for this monthly celebration. These books can be placed on hold and picked up at any branch of the Yonkers Public Library.
Exploring American Jewish Treasures Through 50 Treasures by Avi Y. Decter
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
Wandering Dixie: Dispatches From the Lost Jewish South by Sue Eisenfield
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Bella Abzug : How One Tough Broad From the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, Rallied Against War and For the Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the Way : An Oral History by Suzanne Braun Levine
The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach
The Jewish Americans in Their Own Words by Milton Meltzer
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman
Jewish Mad Men: Advertising and the Design of the American Jewish Experience by Kerri Steinberg
The Jewish Americans: Three Centuries of Jewish Americans by Beth S. Wenger
Michael Walsh is an Adult Services Librarian at the Will Library. He is currently reading A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton.