SHOW NOTES: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-world-worth-saving.html"> https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-world-worth-saving.html</a>  TRANSCRIPT: <a class= "text-blue underline focus-visible" contenteditable= "plaintext-only" href= "https://otter.ai/u/_6lUDoKCnGpaSn-_alokxvSNtEo?utm_source=copy_url" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">https://otter.ai/u/_6lUDoKCnGpaSn-_alokxvSNtEo?utm_source=copy_url</a> A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff is a queer Jewish fantasy adventure in which a trans boy and an unusual golem must save the world by Yom Kippur! I interviewed Kyle about this new middle grade novel, as well as his seasonally appropriate picture book, I'm Sorry You Got Mad, a wonderful reflection on the art of apology. Shana Tova! LEARN MORE: <ul data-pm-slice="3 3 []"> <li> <a href="https://www.kylelukoff.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Kyle Lukoff’s website</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1433128957" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Borrow</a> or <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9780593618981" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Buy</a> A World Worth Saving </li> <li> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1412181372" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Borrow</a> or <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9780593462911" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Buy</a> I’m Sorry You Got Mad </li> <li> Kyle’s recommended queer Jewish reading: <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9781646144556" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">When the Angels Left the Old Country</a> by Sacha Lamb (<a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2023/01/when-angels-left-old-country.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">interview on The Book of Life in January 2023</a>) </li> <li> <a href= "https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/throwingsheyd/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Throwing Sheyd</a>, a podcast about Jewish demonology that Kyle used for research </li> <li><a href= "https://open.substack.com/pub/bookoflifepodcast/p/podcast-a-world-worth-saving?r=16b2w9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"> Bonus content at The Book of Life Podcast Substack newsletter</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! Please write to <a href= "mailto:bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com">bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com</a> or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473.

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