Gabby Spatt

Gabby and Candace, we’re honored to participate in the Soulful Shabbat dinner hosted by The King Center and Convergence Collective. The evening was focused on the history and future of Black and Jewish relations.

On Friday, March 7, Shabbat and Sunday Dinner books were handed out at National Council of Jewish Women’s 60th Anniversary Selma trip kickoff Shabbat Dinner. Each participant received a copy of the book courtesy of the American Jewish Committee’s Atlanta… Read More »Selma Shabbat Dinner

Candace and Gabby, we’re excited to join a group to celebrate John Lewis’s 8th Birthday in Atlanta. They were able to share about their book, and they dedicated the book to the late Congressman. The National Council of Jewish Women… Read More »Celebrating John Lewis’ 85th Birthday

Candace and Gabby joined the teens in Operation Understanding for the second year in a row. The group program comes from various backgrounds and shares the desire to build relationships within different communities. The event included a group reading of… Read More »Operation Understanding Program in DC

Shabbat and Sunday Dinner was read at the opening of the Philos Strategy Shabbat Dinner in Washington DC co-hosted by the Anti-Defimation League (ADL) in November 2024.

In the cultural diversity section, Shabbat and Sunday received an honorable mention for the 2024 Purple Dragonfly Book Award by Story Monsters.

Gabby was excited to join Nurter ATL, Repair the World Atlanta and several other local organizations at their MLK Family Day of Service. Families had the opportunity to participate in hands-on service projects benefitting organizations in the Atlanta community, and… Read More »MLK Family Day of Service

On December 3, Gabby and Candace were in DC for a special afternoon with the amazing young people in the Operation Understanding DC (OUDC) program. The OUDC promotes building bridges between communities and brings together young leaders from diverse backgrounds.… Read More »Operation Understanding DC

Candace Bazemore and Gabby Leon Spatt, authors of the award-winning children’s book Shabbat and Sunday Dinner, are traveling to Washington, D.C. this week to help AJC, the National Urban League, and ADL relaunch the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations.… Read More »People of the Pod Podcast