Items with the category: Contemporary Jewish Life | Jewish Book Council

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Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Opting In: The Role Books Played in My Return to Judaism After a Lifetime Ignoring It

Aaron Gilbreath

May 11, 2026

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Missed You the First Time

Julia B. Carpenter

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A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World — and How It Can Save Us

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Dickens in Brooklyn: Essays on Family, Writing, and Madness

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Unsettled Ground: Reflections on Germany’s Attempts to Make Amends

Jeffrey L. Katz

Essay

Writing Picture Books With Love

Jill Santopolo

April 27, 2026

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Be a Refusenik: A Jewish Student’s Survival Guide

Izabella Tabarovsky

Fiction—From the Journal

The Hotel

Nicole Hazan

April 17, 2026

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Cover of Troika: Three Generations, Three Days, and a Very American Road Trip

Troika: Three Generations, Three Days, and a Very American Road Trip

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Boat of Letters

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Night Night Fawn

Jordy Rosenberg

Essay

Weaving the Ancient Counting of the Omer Into a Modern-Day Story

Jessica Brilliant Keener

March 16, 2026

News

Jewish Book Council Open Position: Director of Development

JBC Staff

March 10, 2026