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With temperatures skyrocketing to 100 degrees in New York this past 4th of July weekend, most of us on the JBC team have chosen indoor activities over outdoor ones — and it likely comes as no surprise that the indoor activity many of us chose was reading! Here are the books we’re delving into in July.
If you’d like even more recommendations for this month, check out our 2026 Summer Bookshelf, our JBC Bookshelf: America at 250 or our latest book reviews.
Miri Pomerantz Dauber, Associate Director
Hotel Cuba by Aaron Hamburger
Kate Schmier, Director of Publishing Relations
When We’re Born We Forget Everything by Alicia Jo Rabins
Jamie Betesh Carter, Nu Reads Program Director
Autocorrect by Etgar Keret, translated by Jessica Cohen and Sondra Silverston
Suzanne Swift, Director of JBC Network
How to Be the “Perfect” Mother-in-Law: A Lighthearted Guide for Moms of Married Sons by Lesley Koeppel
Becca Kantor, Editorial Director
The Half Life by Rachel Beanland
Simona Zaretsky, Manager of Digital Content Strategy
A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon by Hannah Reynolds
Arielle Landau, Program and Partnerships Manager
Odessa by Gabrielle Sher
Isadora Kianovsky, Membership & Engagement Associate
Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: A Final Reckoning, 1956 – 1973 by Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated and edited by David Stromberg
Ayla Cohen, Intern
Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture by Samantha Ellis
Leo Silverman, Intern
I Was Working: Poems by Ariel Yelen
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