Jewish Culture Children’s Book

Children’s book explores Jewish culture, traditions and way of life

Hello (Shalom), My Name is Sasha Feinstein by Antonia Harlan celebrates cultural diversity with a story about a Jewish boy who discovers new pride in his roots

Hello (Shalom), My Name is Sasha Feinstein by Antonia Harlan is the second in her series of books promoting the value of multiculturalism and is meant to teach children that despite differences in skin color or cultures, people are very much alike.

How do young people approach customs, ethnicities and ways of life that are different from their own? In Hello (Shalom), My Name is Sasha Feinstein a young Jewish boy named Sasha struggles to be accepted for his beliefs. As his classmates belittle him and try to change his name to sound like theirs, Sasha begins to discover how proud he is to be Jewish. By teaching his classmates about his grandmother’s survival of the Holocaust, Sasha enlightens the other children and lays the groundwork for a new understanding.

Harlan has long been active in emphasizing the value of cultural diversity and promoting racial and religious harmony, and is the recipient of the YWCA Outstanding Women Leaders Award for Racial Justice. Her book is meant to entertain, educate, and show children that by learning about others, they can enrich their own lives.

Hello (Shalom), My Name is Sasha Feinstein is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author

Antonia Harlan has served on the boards of the DuPage County Girl Scouts Diversity Task Force, the Naperville Police Department Citizens’ Advisory Board and the YMCA International Committee. She is also the author of the first book in this series, Hello, My Name is Josie Mae Bricker, about a young slave girl on a plantation.

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