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Excerpt Excerpt — The Pickled City: The Story of New York Pickles Paul van Ravestein, Monique Mulder March 30, 2026
Nonfiction Kutchinsky’s Egg: A Family’s Story of Obsession, Love, and Loss Serena Kutchinsky
Nonfiction Resisting Nazism: True Stories of Resistance to the World’s Most Dangerous Ideology, from 1920 to the Present Luke Berryman
Nonfiction The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II Daniela Gerson
Nonfiction Hollywood vs. Nazis: How the Movie Studios Took On Nazis Infiltrating Los Angeles Michael Benson
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