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Essay Painting My Family’s Moroccan Sephardic Jewish Story Danila Botha August 24, 2026 Essay Revolution and Radicals: How My Grandmother Inspired My Novel Elaine Elinson August 24, 2026 Recommended Reading Ten Days of Awe-some Jewish Biographies JBC Staff August 24, 2026 Interview Klezmer and Espionage: A Conversation with Merryl Goldberg and Vince Houghton Merryl Goldberg, Vince Houghton August 17, 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 Fiction Radiant as the Stars Elaine Elinson Nonfiction The Braided Prescription: Seven Practices for Living Well from the Ancient Ritual of Making Challah Beth Ricanati Nonfiction Inherit the Truth: The Cellist of Auschwitz Anita Lasker-Wallfisch Nonfiction Jews in the Soviet Union: A History: Postwar Life, Hopes, and Fears, 1945 – 1953, Volume 4 Anna Shternshis Children’s The Hula Painted Frog Amber A. Novak; Maya Gonen, illus. 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 Revolution and Radicals: How My Grandmother Inspired My Novel Elaine Elinson August 24, 2026
Interview Klezmer and Espionage: A Conversation with Merryl Goldberg and Vince Houghton Merryl Goldberg, Vince Houghton August 17, 2026
Nonfiction The Braided Prescription: Seven Practices for Living Well from the Ancient Ritual of Making Challah Beth Ricanati
Nonfiction Jews in the Soviet Union: A History: Postwar Life, Hopes, and Fears, 1945 – 1953, Volume 4 Anna Shternshis
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