Overview

Get ready to fall in love, experience heartbreak, and discover the true meaning of identity in this poignant collection of short stories about Jewish teens, including entries by David Levithan, Nova Ren Suma, and more!

A Jewish boy falls in love with a fellow counselor at summer camp. A group of Jewish friends take the trip of a lifetime. A girl meets her new boyfriend's family over Shabbat dinner. Two best friends put their friendship to the test over the course of a Friday night. A Jewish girl feels pressure to date the only Jewish boy in her grade. Hilarious pranks and disaster ensue at a crush's Hanukkah party.

From stories of confronting their relationships with Judaism to rom-coms with a side of bagels and lox, It's a Whole Spiel features one story after another that says yes, we are Jewish, but we are also queer, and disabled, and creative, and political, and adventurous, and anything we want to be. You will fall in love with this insightful, funny, and romantic Jewish anthology from a collection of diverse Jewish authors.

Stories include:
Indoor Kids by Alex London
Two Truths and an Oy by Dahlia Adler
The Hold by David Levithan
Aftershocks by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Good Shabbos by Goldy Moldavsky
Jewbacca by Lance Rubin
El Al 328 by Dana Schwartz
Some Days You’re the Sidekick; Some Days You’re the Superhero by Katherine Locke
He Who Revives the Dead by Elie Lichtschein
Be Brave and All by Laura Silverman
Neilah by Hannah Moskowitz
Find the River by Matthue Roth
Ajshara by Adi Alsaid
Twelve Frames by Nova Ren Suma