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

Interview

‘America Was Founded with Chutzpah’: A Conversation with Senator Ron Wyden

Becca Kantor

April 7, 2025

Cover of Homebound

Cover of Kayla and Kugel's Playful Purim

Kayla and Kugel’s Playful Purim

Cover of Happier Far

Interview

Portal to Passover: A Conversation with Dara Horn

Emily Schneider

March 17, 2025

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

I Won’t Water Down Who I Am: On the Suggestion to Remove My Book Cover’s Star of David

Linda Margolin Royal

March 10, 2025

Essay

Letters from My Mother

Diane Mehta

March 10, 2025

Excerpt

Excerpt — Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women

Julie Silverstein, Tami Schlossberg Pruwer

March 10, 2025

Cover of Jewish Sweets: A Worldwide Community Cookbook of 100 Dessert Recipes

Jewish Sweets: A Worldwide Community Cookbook of 100 Dessert Recipes

Recommended Reading

JBC Bookshelf: Spring 2025

Simona Zaretsky

February 24, 2025

Cover of The Heroes of October 7th: Heroic Stories for Children

The Heroes of October 7th: Heroic Stories for Children

Hadassa Ben Ari

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News

Announcing the Natan Notable Books Winter 2025 Winner

JBC Staff

February 18, 2025

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Box in My Attic

John Houston

February 17, 2025

Cover of Following Similar Paths: What American Jews and Muslims Can Learn from One Another

Following Similar Paths: What American Jews and Muslims Can Learn from One Another

Essay

Forensics, Fiction and Forgiveness: Crafting a Mystery Novel

Tova Mirvis

February 13, 2025

Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Doubt

Batnadiv HaKarmi

February 7, 2025