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Announcing the Aspiring Young Authors award JBC Staff October 7, 2026 Recommended Reading Commemorating 10/7 in Literature JBC Staff October 5, 2026 Excerpt Excerpt — Memories of a Good Meal: Recipes of Resilience, Inspired by Stories of World War II Survival Alon Shaya, June Hersh October 5, 2026 Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7 We Wait Night Tetiana Suchodolska October 5, 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 Delivering Knowledge: Jewish Midwives and Hidden Healing in Early Modern Europe Jordan Katz Poetry Song in Tammuz Avia Tadmor Children’s Rules for Liars Debra Garfinkle April Patten Fiction House Arrest Noa Yedlin; Shira Atik and Evan Fallenberg, trans. Children’s A Flame Burns On: Lighting the Yahrzeit Candle Richard Ho; Carmel Ben Ami, illus. 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
Excerpt Excerpt — Memories of a Good Meal: Recipes of Resilience, Inspired by Stories of World War II Survival Alon Shaya, June Hersh October 5, 2026
Nonfiction Delivering Knowledge: Jewish Midwives and Hidden Healing in Early Modern Europe Jordan Katz
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