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News 75th National Jewish Book Award Winners JBC Staff February 18, 2026 News Watch the 75th National Jewish Book Award Winners Announced Here JBC Staff February 18, 2026 Essay A New Vision of Childhood: The Jewish Innovators Who Defined Toymaking in the US Michael Kimmel February 16, 2026 Essay Magic, Mystery, and Escape: The Jewish Magicians Who Informed My Novel Ruth Knafo Setton February 16, 2026 Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox Invalid email address New Reviews Nonfiction Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force Craig Weiss Jeffrey Weiss Fiction The World Between Zeeva Bukai Fiction The Tavern at the End of History Morris Collins Nonfiction People Without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust Anna Hájková William Ross Jones Fiction The End of Romance Lily Meyer Editors' Picks Fiction The Anatomy of Exile Zeeva Bukai Nonfiction The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel’s Borderlands Amir Tibon Nonfiction Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust Janet Singer Applefield Cookbook Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook Ilan Stavans Margaret E. Boyle Fiction Next Stop Benjamin Resnick Current Issue Volume 9 2026/5786 Features A celebration of 100 years of Jewish booksA tribute to Fanny Goldstein, the librarian who planted the seed for Jewish Book Council one hundred years agoA beautifully illustrated map of Jewish libraries around the worldJohn Irving on the Jewish protagonist of the sequel to The Cider House Rules“My Journey From Ethiopia to Harlem,” an excerpt from a gorgeous cookbook by Beejhy BarhanyTwo true stories of Jewish Americans who helped Japanese Americans imprisoned in US concentration campsShort fiction about Jewish summer camp and a hotel haunted by victims of October 7th.Two contemporary authors on rewriting Fagin, the villain of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist Cover art by Jenny Kroik… and poetry, illustrations, photography, and more! Learn More
Essay A New Vision of Childhood: The Jewish Innovators Who Defined Toymaking in the US Michael Kimmel February 16, 2026
Essay Magic, Mystery, and Escape: The Jewish Magicians Who Informed My Novel Ruth Knafo Setton February 16, 2026
Nonfiction Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force Craig Weiss Jeffrey Weiss
Nonfiction People Without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust Anna Hájková William Ross Jones
Nonfiction The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel’s Borderlands Amir Tibon
Current Issue Volume 9 2026/5786 Features A celebration of 100 years of Jewish booksA tribute to Fanny Goldstein, the librarian who planted the seed for Jewish Book Council one hundred years agoA beautifully illustrated map of Jewish libraries around the worldJohn Irving on the Jewish protagonist of the sequel to The Cider House Rules“My Journey From Ethiopia to Harlem,” an excerpt from a gorgeous cookbook by Beejhy BarhanyTwo true stories of Jewish Americans who helped Japanese Americans imprisoned in US concentration campsShort fiction about Jewish summer camp and a hotel haunted by victims of October 7th.Two contemporary authors on rewriting Fagin, the villain of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist Cover art by Jenny Kroik… and poetry, illustrations, photography, and more! Learn More