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

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The Remembering Candle

Alison Goldberg

Cover of This Is Not About Us

This Is Not About Us

Allegra Goodman

Cover of Inviting God In: A Guide to Jewish Prayer

Inviting God In: A Guide to Jewish Prayer

Jeffrey K. Salkin

Cover of The Whole Mishpocha: New and Selected Jewish Poems, 1998-2023

The Whole Mishpocha: New and Selected Jewish Poems, 1998 – 2023

Interview

Road Trips and the Question of Reinvention: A Conversation with Ben Markovits

Becca Kantor, Simona Zaretsky

February 2, 2026

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Interfaith Solidarity: Finding Compassion and Unity in Kaua’i

Elizabeth Rosner

February 2, 2026

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Requiem & Other Poems

Aharon Shabtai; Peter Cole, trans.

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Going South

Yasha Karda

January 26, 2026

Essay

Writing from ‘The Edge of the Diaspora’: Australian Jewry Post-October 7th

Tamar Paluch

January 19, 2026

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Ariana Harwicz; Jessie Mendez Sayer, trans.

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Writing About the Holocaust Today

Fern Lebo

January 12, 2026

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Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture

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Lilac and the Switchback

Cordelia Jensen

Recommended Reading

Preserving Our Stories: Nine Books About Iraqi Jews

Samantha Ellis

January 5, 2026

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Courage to Be Jewish Out Loud, Always

Danielle V. Cohen

December 29, 2025

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Jeffrey Schwartz