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Essay The Girl I Made from Research: On Writing Golems and Jinn Helene Wecker September 14, 2026 Excerpt Excerpt — Tlaim: The Patchwork Cookbook Kristin Eriko Posner September 14, 2026 Excerpt Excerpt — Foods of La Frontera: Recipes and New Taste Frontiers from Both Sides of the Border Pati Jinich September 14, 2026 Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7 Coda, after October 7, 2023 Jane Saginaw September 14, 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 The Gates of Midnight Helene Wecker Nonfiction Finding Your Moral Compass: Jewish Values for the 21st Century John L. Rosove Nonfiction Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight over Free Speech in Modern America James Loeffler Children’s A House with No Door: A Sukkot Story Amy Fellner Dominy; Rotem Teplow, illus. Children’s I’m Sorry for the Bagel Burps: A Yom Kippur Anthology Jacob Sager Weinstein; Jason Kirschner, 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
Excerpt Excerpt — Foods of La Frontera: Recipes and New Taste Frontiers from Both Sides of the Border Pati Jinich September 14, 2026
Nonfiction Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight over Free Speech in Modern America James Loeffler
Children’s I’m Sorry for the Bagel Burps: A Yom Kippur Anthology Jacob Sager Weinstein; Jason Kirschner, illus.
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