Knobl un Honik Kolektiv

The Knobl un Honik Bibliotek is a cute little mobile bike library with many little crocheted tchotchkes and fairy lights, that has titles not easily found in our public library system or even in bookstores. The Bibliotek includes books, zines, games, magazines, a small kids section and a little store.

Some titles in the library include the full Batwoman Comic Omnibus (Batwoman of course being a Jewish Lesbian) and zines beautifully illustrating the story of Holocaust survivors in Izzie Gordon’s (1929-2021) You Have to Go On, and Szloime Kowarski’s My Friend Vitold Kievlitch (a Bundle of Memories) published by the Free Print Shop in San Francisco. We have All My Mother’s Lovers, a lighter read about a queer Jewish woman whose mother passes away suddenly and leaves behind mysterious letters to all their lovers and The Daring and Dangerous Life of Eve Adams (Jonathan Ned Katz) about the brilliant Jewish anarchist Eve Adams who ran a cafe and may have published the first book about Lesbians called Lesbian Love, for which she was deported back to Europe, and resulted in her eventual murder at Auschwitz. We have our local Yiddishist’s brilliant translations, including Faith Jones and Rachel Mines’ books (coming soon), the out of print translation of Moyshe Kulbak’s The Zelmanyaners, an illustrated Simple Gimpl by Isaac Beshevis Singer. And many more titles, magazines, and booklets (around 75 resources can be carried around on the bike at one time).

There is really something for everyone, and we are so grateful to be sharing around copies of books that can hopefully better connect us to ourselves and each other. If you would like to have the Knobl un Honik Bibiotek at one of your events, please email knoblunhonik@proton.me with your request.

We are currently building out the kids section. If you’d like to give a donation, or have a recommendation or gift you’d like to offer the Bibliotek please reach out or donate using the form below.