The Illustrated Pirkei Avot: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Ethics

The Illustrated Pirkei Avot was published by Print-O-Craft and is distributed by Ayin Press.

Pirkei Avot (“Chapters of the Fathers”) is Judaism’s oldest and most important compilation of rabbinic ethical teachings. In this volume, Jessica Tamar Deutsch has woven the entirety of the work (translated into English) through more than 120 pages of illustration.

The book is meant for everyone: kids, teens, and adults. It can be read, studied, or used in a classroom. It can even double as a coloring book. The complete Hebrew text is also present in an appendix.

About the Author

Jessica Tamar Deutsch is a Brooklyn-based visual artist. Her work plays at the border of experimentation and tradition.

About the Publisher

Print-O-Craft is a small independent Jewish publishing house based in Philadelphia.

Book Details
150 pages | Paperback | 8.5 x 0.32 x 11 inches | ISBN: 978-0990515555
Shipping to Ayin and Print-O-Craft customers in Fall 2026
Trade publication date: April 20th, 2017