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

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Unearthing the Unspoken: Jewish Writers Breaking the Silence

Valeria Sol Groisman

July 7, 2025

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On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization

Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

A Jewish School for Babies

Luanne Castle

June 30, 2025

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

‘Zion… Is Everything Okay?’: Teaching Medieval Hebrew Poetry After October 7

S.J. Pearce

June 30, 2025

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Books That Bring Us Comfort

JBC Staff

June 30, 2025

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Essay

They Had Never Heard of the Holocaust

Adam Gidwitz

June 16, 2025

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Jessica Berger Gross

Essay

How to Write Truths: Between Poetry and Journalism

Jo-Ann Mort

June 2, 2025

Essay

Canasta, Camaraderie, and Connection

Laney Katz Becker

June 2, 2025

Interview

‘The Spirit of Radicalism’: A Conversation Between Sara Lippmann and Seth Rogoff

Simona Zaretsky

May 26, 2025

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Biblical Heroines: Eight Novels That Celebrate Women Who Stand for Justice

Jacqueline Friedland

May 23, 2025

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Maine Characters

Hannah Orenstein

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Excerpt — Arthurs: Home of the Nosh: A Big Personality Cookbook of Delicious Jewish Favorites

Raegan Steinberg, Alexander Cohen

May 5, 2025

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Veera Hiranandani; Vesper Stamper, illus.

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JBC Bookshelf: Summer 2025

Simona Zaretsky

May 5, 2025