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Interview Torah and Midrash as the Rich Humus for Poems: A Conversation with Jessica Jacobs Julie R. Enszer March 11, 2024
News Announcing the Inaugural Winner of Our Jewish Book Month Writer’s Residency Contest JBC Staff February 21, 2024
Interview Sermons and ‘Something Powerful’: A Conversation with Sharon Brous Isadora Kianovsky January 8, 2024
Essay Converting and Inserting Jewish Identities into Fiction (with a Laugh or Two) Stephanie Barbé Hammer November 27, 2023
Nonfiction The Forgotten Singer: The Exiled Sister of I.J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer Maurice Carr
News Inaugural Writer’s Residency Contest with The Betsy Writers Room JBC Staff November 7, 2023
Interview International Jewish Fiction: A Conversation with Nora Gold Simona Zaretsky October 30, 2023
Essay Memory and Inheritance: Bearing Witness to My Grandmother’s Story Elana K. Arnold October 9, 2023
Essay Monsters, Magic, and Imagination: Writing Jewish Fantasy Cassandra Clare October 9, 2023
