I'm Sorry for the Bagel Burps: A Yom Kippur Apology

A very funny yet heartfelt sibling story about Yom Kippur apologies, just right for high holiday sharing.

Benji's older brother, Aaron, is fasting on Yom Kippur for the first time, and doing plenty of bragging about being more grown-up than his little brother. It's so irritating to Benji that he decides to rub his own eating in Aaron's face all day long—with a cream-cheese-scented burp during services, a mouth full of ice cream in the afternoon, and other attempts to make Aaron miserable in his hunger.

But Yom Kippur is about repenting for the things we've done wrong. Will Benji find a way to apologize to Aaron? And will Aaron return the favor?Jacob Sager Weinstein has written for HBO, The New Yorker, and The Onion. He's the author or coauthor of fourteen published books, ranging from picture books to grown-up nonfiction. He lives in London, as do his wife, their two children, and the King of England. (Only some of those people live in the same flat as him.)

By day, Jason Kirschner is an Emmy-nominated set designer for television, with credits that include The Kelly Clarkson Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The View, and The Late Show with David Letterman. By night, Jason is an author and illustrator of children’s books. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, twins, and pet cats and dog.