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

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Growing Up as the Cantor’s Daughter: Writing a Jewish American Middle Grade Novel

Diana Harmon Asher

September 8, 2025

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Friendship and Fate: Navigating Jewish Identity in College

Kitty Zeldis

September 1, 2025

Cover of Eat Jewish: Over 100 Recipes That Blend Jewish Heritage, Modern Flavors, and Family Traditions

Eat Jewish: Over 100 Recipes That Blend Jewish Heritage, Modern Flavors, and Family Traditions

Melinda Strauss

Cover of The Eating Knife

The Eating Knife

Cover of To Phrase A Prayer for Peace

To Phrase A Prayer for Peace

Donna Spruijt-Metz

Cover of Serge

Yasmina Reza; Jeffrey Zuckerman, trans.

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JBC Bookshelf: Fall 2025

Simona Zaretsky

August 25, 2025

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Reading Between the Sirens

Ilana Kurshan

August 25, 2025

Cover of Cammy Sitting Shiva

Cammy Sitting Shiva

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May His Memory Be a Book

Cary Gitter

August 25, 2025

Cover of Ketubah Renaissance: The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract

Ketubah Renaissance: The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract

Michael Shapiro

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BookWatch with the Founder and Publisher of Amsterdam Publishers

Liesbeth Heenk

August 25, 2025

Cover of Sweet Babe! A Jewish Grandma Kvells

Sweet Babe! A Jewish Grandma Kvells

Robin Rosenthal

Cover of Soon and Wholly

Soon and Wholly

Cover of Love, Coffee, and Revolution

Love, Coffee, and Revolution

Cover of The Broken Heart is the Master Key

The Broken Heart is the Master Key

Baruch November