Announcements

2013 Sami Rohr Prize Winner

Francesca Segal wins $100,000 2013 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

2012 National Jewish Book Award Winners

Click here for the full list of 2012 National Jewish Book Award winners and finalists.

Curated Reading Lists

Everyone has a favorite genre or topic of book to read—or maybe there's subject or theme that you want to learn more about. With this in mind, JBC set out to collect reading lists on topics across the spectrum of Jewish life.

Reading Lists

Browse author, subject, and holiday reading lists

JBC Book Clubs

The Innocents

Pick of the Week The Innocents

Francesca Segal

Voice
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Current Review

The Holy or the Broken

The Holy or the Broken

by Alan Light

An inspired telling of the long and convoluted history of Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah.” read more

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From the JBC Blog

Collective Guilt vs. Collective Fear: Shame, Truth, and Reconciliation

by Randy Susan Meyers
I take no comfort in lies, half-truths, and fairy tales.

The Memorial

by Joanna Hershon
I recently attended my friend’s father’s memorial. It was held at the Faculty House of Columbia University in a perfectly lovely nondescript room with a bar.