SHOW NOTES: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/mendel-mess-up.html">https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/mendel-mess-up.html</a>  TRANSCRIPT: <a href= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://otter.ai/u/MYzjopAD_3R8aSnpGTydMmKNjv4?utm_source%3Dcopy_url&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw20TwCqKlZAb0SCLG512jRr" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://otter.ai/u/MYzjopAD_3R8aSnpGTydMmKNjv4?utm_source=copy_url</a> Terry LaBan is an alternative cartoonist, a graphic recorder (we'll talk about what that means later), and now he's written his first graphic novel, called Mendel the Mess Up. I'm going to borrow the description from the starred review in Publishers Weekly. They said "Put Fiddler on the Roof and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in a blender, add a jigger or two of Seinfeld, and the result is this boisterous and affirming graphic novel." Doesn't that sound amazing? LEARN MORE: <ul> <li> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9780823453566" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Buy</a> or <a href= "https://search.worldcat.org/formats-editions/1432446604" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">borrow</a> Mendel the Mess-Up </li> <li> Terry LaBan’s <a href="https://terrylaban.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">author website</a> and <a href="https://breakthroughvisuals.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">graphic recording website</a> </li> <li> Terry’s Tikkun Olam suggestion: support <a href= "https://hias.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society</a> </li> <li><a href= "https://open.substack.com/pub/bookoflifepodcast/p/podcast-mendel-the-mess-up?r=16b2w9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"> Get bonus content for this episode on Substack</a></li> <li> Terry’s reading recommendations: o <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9781580231558" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Story of the Jews</a>: A 4000 Year Adventure by Stan Mack o <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/formats-editions/973044096" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">A Minyan Yidn</a> (A Bunch of Jews) by Trina Robbins o Anything by <a href="http://www.leelacorman.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Leela Korman</a> o <a href="https://hereville.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Hereville</a> series by Barry Deutsch </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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