BEAM OF LIGHT: THE STORY OF THE FIRST WHITE HOUSE MENORAH written by Elisa Boxer and illustrated by Sofia Moore

Writer Elisa Boxer and illustrator Sofia Moore collaborate on a sensitive story, BEAM OF LIGHT: THE STORY OF THE FIRST WHITE HOUSE MENORAH. The viewpoint character begins “I was supposed to be destroyed.” This is a refrain that repeats throughout the book as a wooden beam proceeds to tell the story of the physically crumbling foundation of Harry S. Truman’s White House in 1948, paralleled by the emotions of “everything crumbling.” The story tells of how hundreds of rabbis unsuccessfully tried to get help from Franklin Roosevelt to listen to their plight. The refrain is powerful as is the storyof how this beam became “a beam of light…a symbol of strength for generations to come.”You can find out more about this book in the purchase link below.