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Interview Torah and Midrash as the Rich Humus for Poems: A Conversation with Jessica Jacobs Julie R. Enszer March 11, 2024
Recommended Reading Ten Jewish Writers Share Their Must-Read Books for Women’s History Month JBC Staff March 4, 2024
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7 Fragments from Here or the Before and the After: October to November 2023, Tel Aviv Dara Barnat February 15, 2024
Children’s Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark’s Jews Escape the Nazis Susan Hood
Nonfiction Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master Daniel Levin and Adele Elise Wiliams, eds.
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7 Kislev, on the Way to Hebron Eliaz Cohen, Larry Barak December 8, 2023
Essay Converting and Inserting Jewish Identities into Fiction (with a Laugh or Two) Stephanie Barbé Hammer November 27, 2023
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7 The Live Pulse of Eternal Silence Michal Perry, Joanna Chen November 27, 2023
Visual Arts The Guardian of Memory: Aldo Izzo and the Ancient Jewish Cemetery of Venice Marjorie Agosín; Alison Ridley, trans; Samuel Shats, photography
