The JBI Library

The High Holy Days will be here soon. JBI is pleased to offer large print, braille, and audio Machzorim, Jewish reference calendars and more, free of charge for anyone who is low vision, blind or print disabled.

We have materials available in both hard copy and digital formats, and we offer editions for different denominations and in different languages.

Order your High Holy Day Materials Full Online Catalog

Below is a list curated by JBI’s librarians of High Holy Day books from our catalog. We’re also excited to share with you a select list of High Holy Day liturgical materials on our order page.

For children
Apples Apples All Year Round by Barbara Bletz and June Sobel (nonfiction)
The Shofar That Lost its Voice by David E. Fass (fiction)
Elijah’s Tears: Stories for the Jewish Holidays by Sydelle Pearl (fiction)
Days of Awe by Eric A. Kimmel (fiction)
Uninvited Guest and Other Jewish Holiday Tales by Nina Jaffe (fiction)

For adults
Days of Awe by S.Y. Agnon (midrash and fiction)
The Voice of Sarah: Feminine Spirituality and Traditional Judaism by Tamar Frankiel (nonfiction)
To Heal A Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (nonfiction)
This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared by Rabbi Alan Lew (nonfiction)
Commanded to Live by Rabbi Harold Kushner (fiction)
Seek My Face by Rabbi Arthur Green (nonfiction)
How Good Do We Have to Be? A New Understanding of Guilt and Forgiveness by Rabbi Harold Kushner (nonfiction)

For families
Beni’s Family Cookbook by Jane Breskin Zalben (cookbook)
A Time to Grow: A PJ Library Family Guide for Starting the Jewish New Year (nonfiction)

Founded in 1931, JBI provides people of all ages and backgrounds living with blindness, low vision, or print disability access to a vast circulating library, liturgical texts, customized materials, and cultural offerings, enabling connection to the rich literary, cultural, and religious life of the Jewish community.
JBI creates, publishes, and distributes thousands of Jewish-interest materials in audio, braille, and large print formats; all provided free of charge and delivered directly to our patrons’ doorsteps.
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Visit our highlights below to register for our High Holy Day programs, programs such as our Judaism 101 Rosh Hashanah workshop series, English and Russian Book Clubs, and our November Poetry workshop.

Highlights
A few of the things taking place at JBI - opportunities and updates for patrons, organizational partnerships, and more.
Witnessing. A special series featuring works from Israeli authors, authors in Israel, and Jewish writers around the globe in the aftermath of October 7th.
Jewish Book Council Collaboration
We’ve recorded Israeli writers’ firsthand accounts, essays, and poetry, as shared with and published by JBC.

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Free Accessible Materials for NYC Nonprofits
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JBI Judaism 101 Series
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Jewish Voices on Democracy

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Book Clubs with JBI
JBI offers fully accessible English and Russian book clubs that are virtual and year-round. Register for an upcoming book club.

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Jewish Poetry Workshops with JBI
JBI is excited to announce our new poetry series!

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The Nathan L. and Suzanne K. Wolfson Scholarship
Meet our 2024/2025 winners.

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2023 JBI Annual Report
JBI’s 2023 Annual Report

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