Reading-in-Place: Library resources in a time of Corona
This list is no longer updated. See list of Ongoing events to check for current offerings.
Ongoing Book Talks & Events
Jewish Journal Streaming Guide
https://jewishjournal.com/streaming-guide-2/
Jewish Community Library (SF)
https://jewishlearning.works/jewish-community-library/jewish-community-library-events/
American Jewish University
https://learning.aju.edu/
MyJewishLearning - Jewish Literature
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/category/study/jewish-culture/jewish-literature/
Quarantine(ish) Book Talks – Jewish Women's Archive / Jewish Live
https://jwa.org/programs/bookclub/quarantine-book-club
Authors at the Table – Jewish Book Council
https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/events/jbc-authors-at-the-table
YIVO Institute events
https://yivo.org/Calendar
Yiddish Book Center
Virtual Events Calendar
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/visit/calendar-events
The Forward – events
https://forward.com/tag/events/
JewishLive
https://www.jewishlive.org/
Center for Jewish History
https://programs.cjh.org/
What to Read – Reading Lists
Brief Book Reviews 2022 – Erika Dreifus
https://www.erikadreifus.com/brief-book-reviews-2022/
Editor's Picks – The Jewish Book Council
https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/books/search?is_editors_pick=1
The Sidney Taylor Schmooze: a mock book award blog – Association of Jewish Libraries
https://www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/
Jewish Kidlit Mavens – Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/JewishKidlitMavens/
Jewish Women's Archive 2021-2022 Bookshelf
https://jwa.org/programs/bookclub/bookshelf
Great Jewish Books email series – My Jewish Learning
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/sign-up-for-the-great-jewish-books-email-series/
The Black Jewish Experience: Love Your Neighbor #7 – Association of Jewish Libraries
https://jewishlibraries.org/blog/id/461
Civil Rights and Race reading list – Jewish Book Council
https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/books/reading-lists/civil-rights-and-race
A Jewish Anti-racist Reading List for Children of All Ages – Kveller
https://www.kveller.com/a-jewish-anti-racist-reading-list-for-children-of-all-ages/
Book Sources
Santa Cruz Public Library – https://www.santacruzpl.org/
Update: Curbside pick-up available - see https://www.santacruzpl.org/pages/curbside-pickup/
Download/Stream (ebooks/audiobooks) – https://www.santacruzpl.org/ematerials/
Wide selection of mostly popular ebook and audiobook titles, same as or similar to Kindle or Audible
Free to registered SC Public Library card holders – SCPL barcode # required
PJ Library - "free books for Jewish children"
https://pjlibrary.org/home
"The Most Important Jewish Philanthropist You’ve Never Heard Of"
- portrait of PJ Library's Harold Grinspoon
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/harold-grinspoon
Judaism / Project Gutenberg – http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Judaism_(Bookshelf)
Selection of free, public-domain texts
Bookshop Santa Cruz – curbside pick-up – https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/curbside
Bookshop.com – https://bookshop.papertrell.com/
"Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support independent
bookstores and give back to the book community."
Libro.fm Audiobooks– https://libro.fm/
"Same audiobooks. Same price. Different story."
ABE Books – https://www.abebooks.com/
Used, rare, and collectable book portal for independent book sellers.
Better World Books – https://www.betterworldbooks.com/
Online used and discount book seller with a social justice mission.