SHOW NOTES: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/jahm-throwback-book-of-life-in-america.html"> https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/jahm-throwback-book-of-life-in-america.html</a>  TRANSCRIPT: <a href= "https://otter.ai/u/bd9VMkp1cnjgHm9z4cbdq7Usaak?utm_source=copy_url"> https://otter.ai/u/bd9VMkp1cnjgHm9z4cbdq7Usaak?utm_source=copy_url</a>  In celebration of May’s Jewish American Heritage Month (aka #JAHM) and The Book of Life’s 20th year of podcasting, I’m re-releasing the eighth-ever episode of the show, from July 2006. The theme was “The Book of Life in America.” In the early years of the show, each episode featured multiple guests, and topics ranged beyond books to Jewish music, film, and web. In 23 minutes and 12 seconds, this episode packs in five fantastic guests. While the sound quality is less consistent than today, the warmth and enthusiasm of the interviews was a sign of things to come. If you enjoy this blast from the past, check out other past episodes of The Book of Life. Click on Archive in the sidebar at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-original-attrs= "{"data-original-href":"https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/","target":"_blank"}"> Bookoflifepodcast.com</a>, or just go to the episode list on your podcast player and keep on scrolling down, down, down. <ul data-pm-slice="3 3 []"> <li> <a href="https://jewishamericanheritage.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">JewishAmericanHeritage.org</a> offers info, resources, and toolkits for celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month each May. </li> <li> Guests <a href="http://www.lindaglaserauthor.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Linda Glaser</a> and <a href= "https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/philip-myzel-obituary?id=29439539" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Phil Myzel</a>, are the author and subject of the historical middle grade novel <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9780547562056" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bridge to America</a> </li> <li> Guest <a href="http://www.singinwithsusan.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Susan Shane-Linder</a> reviews the CD <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/American-Jewish-Summer-Camping-Movement/dp/B000BO87KK" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">American Jewish Summer</a>: Songs of the Jewish Youth Camping Movement </li> <li> Guest <a href="http://www.susangoldmanrubin.com/index2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Susan Goldman Rubin</a> is the author of <a href= "https://search.worldcat.org/formats-editions/54803564" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">L'Chaim! To Jewish Life in America!</a> </li> <li> Guest Nancy Pearl is an American Jewish "Super-Librarian" whose book recommendations are featured in her <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9781570613814" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Book Lust</a> series, on her <a href= "https://web.archive.org/web/20220203014805/https://www.nancypearl.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">website</a>, her <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-lust-with-nancy-pearl-seattle-channel/id1191895248" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">podcast</a>, and her <a href="http://www.seattlechannel.org/BookLust/episodes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">TV show</a>, and who is the only librarian to have her own <a href= "https://mcphee.com/pages/history-of-the-librarian-action-figure" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">action figure</a>! </li> <li><a href= "https://open.substack.com/pub/bookoflifepodcast/p/jahm-throwback-the-book-of-life-in?r=16b2w9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-original-attrs= "{"data-original-href":"https://open.substack.com/pub/bookoflifepodcast/p/jahm-throwback-the-book-of-life-in?r=16b2w9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true","target":"_blank"}"> Bonus content for this episode on The Book of Life Substack</a></li> </ul> CREDITS: <ul> <li>Produced by <a href="https://login.cbiboca.org/fcl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Feldman Children's Library</a> at <a href="https://www.cbiboca.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Congregation B'nai Israel</a></li> <li>Co-sponsored by the <a href= "https://jewishlibraries.org/">Association of Jewish Libraries</a></li> <li>Sister podcast: <a href= "https://jewishlibraries.org/nicejewishbooks/">Nice Jewish Books</a></li> <li>Theme Music: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2006/01/book-of-life-on-book-awards-january.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band</a></li> <li>Newsletter: <a href= "https://bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">bookoflifepodcast.substack.com</a></li> <li>Facebook Discussion Group: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/JewishKidlitMavens" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish Kidlit Mavens</a></li> <li>Facebook Page: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/Bookoflifepodcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/bookoflifepodcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@bookoflifepodcast</a></li> <li>Support the Podcast: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/p/support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shop or Donate</a></li> </ul> Your feedback is welcome! 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