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

Cover of The Shortest Skirt in Shul

The Shortest Skirt in Shul

Essay

‘Stories Like Mine’: Aden Polydoros on Writing Fantasy

Aden Polydoros

February 20, 2023

Fiction—From the Journal

The Virgin Grandmother

Kate Schmier

February 15, 2023

Essay

Fictionalizing the Lower East Side: Assimilation and Opportunity in the Jewish Immigrant Experience

Daisy Alpert Florin

February 13, 2023

Fiction—From the Journal

Poland Itinerary, Class 3B

Leeor Ohayon

February 7, 2023

Cover of My Last Innocent Year

My Last Innocent Year

Daisy Alpert Florin

Cover of De-Integrate!: A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century

De-Integrate!: A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century

Max Czollek; Jon Cho-Polizzi, trans.

Cover of The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto

The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto

Excerpt

How I Learned to Embrace my Black and Jewish Heritage

Davon Loeb

January 24, 2023

Cover of Invited to Life: Finding Hope after the Holocaust

Invited to Life: Finding Hope after the Holocaust

Cover of Where You’ve Got to Be

Where You’ve Got to Be

Caroline Gertler

Essay

The Differences Between Us

Armando Lucas Correa

January 9, 2023

Cover of Nuri and the Whale

Nuri and the Whale

Ronit Chacham; Moran Yogev, illus.

Cover of The Secret of Love: A Glimpse into the Mystical Wisdom of Rav Kook

The Secret of Love: A Glimpse into the Mystical Wisdom of Rav Kook

Aryeh Ben David

Cover of A Brilliant Commodity: Diamonds and Jews in a Modern Setting

A Brilliant Commodity: Diamonds and Jews in a Modern Setting

Saskia Coenen Snyder

Recommended Reading

10 Beautiful Book Covers of 2022

Becca Kantor

December 23, 2022