Yom Kippur

Marisa Sche­in­feld is the author of The Borscht Belt: Revis­it­ing the Remains of America’s Jew­ish Vaca­tion­land, a col­lec­tion of pho­tog­ra­phy cap­tur­ing the remains…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinEach year pro­duces a fresh crop of fic­tion, non­fic­tion, poet­ry, and mem­oir address­ing the Jew­ish High Hol­i­days and the themes they embody:…

Look­ing for the new list for 5776? Click here!Post­ed by Nat Bern­stein.1. Many Sec­onds Into the Future by John J. ClaytonTen sto­ries of ten men grap­pling with life, love,…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­stein.Prayer doesn’t come eas­i­ly to every­one. Whether one con­sid­ers one­self reli­gious, spir­i­tu­al, obser­vant, or curi­ous, find­ing that opti­mum of…

Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Fat­tal wrote about being a Jew cel­e­brat­ing Christ­mas in Iran­ian prison. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…