Bibliography
Books for adults (and interested teens) who want to learn more about
Jewish ethnobotany
Brown, Michael, and Laura C. Martin. The Jewish Gardening Cookbook Growing Plants & Cooking for Holidays & Festivals. Turner Publishing Company, 2011.
Cohen, Deatra, and Adam Siegel. Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews. North Atlantic Books, 2021.
Ballen, Gloria Abella. Garden of Eden: Plants of the Hebrew Bible, Gaon Web, 2020.
Lévy, Isaac Jack, and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt. Ritual Medical Lore of Sephardic Women: Sweetening the Spirits, Healing the Sick. University of Illinois Press, 2002.
Spector, Naomi. The Jewish Book of Flowers. BookBaby, 2023.
Tuszewicki, Marek. Frog under the Tongue: Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe. THE LITTMAN LIBRARY OF JE, 2024.
Twitty, Michael W. Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew. Amistad, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
Books for children featuring globally diverse Jewish communities, in stories whose themes involve plants used for food and ritual
Araujo, Frank P., and Xiaojun Li. The Perfect Orange: A Tale from Ethiopia. Rayve Productions Inc, 2010.
Arnold, Sara C., and Roberta Malasomma. The Big Buna Bash. Brandyland Publishers, Inc, 2020.
Basseri, Etan, and Rashin Kheiriyeh. A Persian Passover. Kalaniot Books, 2022.
Ehrenberg, Pamela, and Anjan Sarkar. Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017.
Glaser, Linda, and Intuitive. Hannah’s Way. Lerner Publishing Group, 2017.
Kohuth, Jane, and Elissambura. Who’s Got the Etrog? Kar-Ben Publishing, 2018.
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami. Hanukkah around the World. Kar-Ben Publishing, 2014.
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami. Passover around the World. Kar-Ben Publishing, 2014.
MacLeod, Jennifer Tzivia, and Denise Damanti. Pumpkin Pie for Sigd: A Holiday Tale. Apples & Honey Press, 2021.
Musleah, Rahel. Apples and Pomegranates: A Rosh Hashanah Seder. Kar-Ben Pub, 2014.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis, and Channie Waites. A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day. Recorded Books, 2017.
Polacco, Patricia. Mrs. Katz and Tush. Random House Children’s Books, 2014.
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, and Diana Bryer. Abuelita’s Secret Matzahs. Emmis Books, 2005.
Stein, Joel Edward. A Hanukkah with Mazel. Lerner Publishing Group, 2018.
List of environmentally themed books featuring Ashkenazi communities (Ashkenazim are the largest group of Jews in the U.S.)
Jewish Farmer’s Network (also hosts the Jewish Herbalist Network, contact Liel Green at JFN to get on the list, feel free to let them know I sent you)
https://www.jewishfarmernetwork.org/