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Fiction—From the Journal Coyotes Ali Littman March 19, 2026 Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7 Negative Space Jake D. Sauls March 18, 2026 Essay Dear Diary: The Private Musings of Mordecai M. Kaplan Jenna Weissman Joselit March 16, 2026 Essay Weaving the Ancient Counting of the Omer Into a Modern-Day Story Jessica Brilliant Keener March 16, 2026 Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox Invalid email address New Reviews Poetry Boat of Letters Eve Grubin Fiction Evening Begins the Day Jessica Brilliant Keener Nonfiction Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries Nicholas Lemann Fiction Night Night Fawn Jordy Rosenberg Nonfiction Beneath the Lightless Sky: Surviving the Holocaust in the Sewers of Lvov Ignacy Chiger Editors' Picks Fiction The Anatomy of Exile Zeeva Bukai Nonfiction The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel’s Borderlands Amir Tibon Nonfiction Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust Janet Singer Applefield Cookbook Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook Ilan Stavans Margaret E. Boyle Fiction Next Stop Benjamin Resnick Current Issue Volume 9 2026/5786 Features A celebration of 100 years of Jewish booksA tribute to Fanny Goldstein, the librarian who planted the seed for Jewish Book Council one hundred years agoA beautifully illustrated map of Jewish libraries around the worldJohn Irving on the Jewish protagonist of the sequel to The Cider House Rules“My Journey From Ethiopia to Harlem,” an excerpt from a gorgeous cookbook by Beejhy BarhanyTwo true stories of Jewish Americans who helped Japanese Americans imprisoned in US concentration campsShort fiction about Jewish summer camp and a hotel haunted by victims of October 7th.Two contemporary authors on rewriting Fagin, the villain of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist Cover art by Jenny Kroik… and poetry, illustrations, photography, and more! Learn More
Essay Dear Diary: The Private Musings of Mordecai M. Kaplan Jenna Weissman Joselit March 16, 2026
Essay Weaving the Ancient Counting of the Omer Into a Modern-Day Story Jessica Brilliant Keener March 16, 2026
Nonfiction Beneath the Lightless Sky: Surviving the Holocaust in the Sewers of Lvov Ignacy Chiger
Nonfiction The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel’s Borderlands Amir Tibon
Current Issue Volume 9 2026/5786 Features A celebration of 100 years of Jewish booksA tribute to Fanny Goldstein, the librarian who planted the seed for Jewish Book Council one hundred years agoA beautifully illustrated map of Jewish libraries around the worldJohn Irving on the Jewish protagonist of the sequel to The Cider House Rules“My Journey From Ethiopia to Harlem,” an excerpt from a gorgeous cookbook by Beejhy BarhanyTwo true stories of Jewish Americans who helped Japanese Americans imprisoned in US concentration campsShort fiction about Jewish summer camp and a hotel haunted by victims of October 7th.Two contemporary authors on rewriting Fagin, the villain of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist Cover art by Jenny Kroik… and poetry, illustrations, photography, and more! Learn More