The Torah is an endless treasure chest of adventure, wisdom, and wonder.
You know Noach. Now meet Og.
We publish children's books from the stories kids rarely hear — and build the tools to explore them.
What we believe
Torah Discovery shares the hidden treasures of Torah through children's books, educational materials, and multimedia. We believe Torah doesn't need to be made exciting — it already is. Our job is to hand kids the map.
“We envision a world where every Jewish child experiences Torah as a living, thrilling inheritance — waiting to be explored.
Three ways we publish and teach.
Books
Illustrated picture books that bring lesser-known Torah stories, Midrashim, and figures to life — for Jewish families, libraries, and schools.
Curricula
Lesson plans, vort workbooks, coloring pages, holiday packets. Classroom-ready curriculum for day schools, Hebrew schools, and homeschoolers.
Multimedia
Animated videos and AI-powered learning modules — rooted in authentic Torah scholarship.
As the catalog grows, we hope to bring it to every Jewish day school in America and beyond.
A Tucked-Away Torah Treasures™ Book
Og is the flagship. The catalog is bigger.
Noah & the Og is the first title — and the proof of concept for what Torah Discovery is really building: a growing catalog of illustrated Jewish books, with each one leveraged for the classroom in whatever form serves teachers best — packets, source analysis, AI learning modules, and more. A few directions already in motion:
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Lions on the floor — the story of Daniel in the lions' den, retold for early readers. An unpublished picture book ready to join the catalog.
The Tower of Babel
An existing picture book of a lesser-known Torah story, paired with classroom packets and source analysis — the model we plan to build around every title.
Meet the Chronoschleppers
Time-travel adventures through Jewish history — Benny, Zeke, Moish, and Chronobot riding the chrono-drift. A bigger, older format reaching middle-grade readers.
A small team, deeply rooted in the work.
Torah Discovery is led by a Jewish studies educator, a veteran children's-book illustrator, and an independent community rabbi — classroom experience, thirty years of picture-book craft, and a serious love of lesser-known Torah.
Ari Ebstein
Ari is a teacher who has worked in a wide range of Jewish educational settings, striving to infuse curiosity, creativity, and joy into Yiddishkeit for his students. As a recent father who spends many hours reading to his young son, Ari was inspired to contribute his own voice to the world of children's books.
Marc Lumer
Marc is a children's-book writer-illustrator, animator, and graphic artist who runs the LA-based studio MarcLumerProductions. He spent his childhood moving between Europe and the U.S, filling sketchbooks with drawings of his travels. More recently, he produced a Netflix Original Animated Series and co-created shows for Amazon and PBS. His books have been translated into French, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, and German.
Rabbi Mayshe Schwartz
Rabbi Mayshe and his wife Shifra founded YJP Boston 20 years ago reaching and Impacting the young adult community. Today there are over 120 YJPs centers around the world and growing. Their Chai Center in Brookline offers "Digestible Judaism" and a home away from home. He and Shifra have 9 children, kenahora. Mayshe was a CJP Chai in the Hub Nominee.
Thirty years of Jewish picture books.
Torah Discovery's artistic direction is built on Marc Lumer's catalog — published by Hachai, Kar-Ben, Kalaniot, Apples & Honey Press, and Torah Tent.
A working children's-book author for three decades. Full catalog at marclumer.com.
Help us tell the tucked-away stories.
Contributions go directly toward new titles, teacher materials, and the tools that bring these stories to students and families.
Torah Discovery Project, Inc. is a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) nonprofit · EIN 41-5060710 · All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.