Join authors Stu­art Nadler and Iddo Gefen for a con­ver­sa­tion about the secrets fam­i­lies tell each oth­er to keep them togeth­er, and the dire (and not so dire!) con­se­quences those secrets can have. Mod­er­at­ed by writer and pod­cast host, Stephanie Butnick.

Stu­art Nadler is the author of three nov­els and a short sto­ry col­lec­tion. His most recent nov­el, The Insep­a­ra­bles, was named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, and was a final­ist for the Mark Twain Prize for the Amer­i­can Voice. He is a recip­i­ent of the 5 Under 35 Award from the Nation­al Book Foun­da­tion. His new nov­el, Rooms for Van­ish­ing, will be pub­lished in March 2025. He teach­es in the MFA pro­gram at Ben­ning­ton College.

Iddo Gefen, born in 1992 in Tel Aviv, is cur­rent­ly based in New York City. He is an accom­plished author and a Ph.D. stu­dent in cog­ni­tive psy­chol­o­gy at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty and the Zuck­er­man Insti­tute for Neu­ro­science. His research explores the intri­cate rela­tion­ship between nar­ra­tive under­stand­ing, human mem­o­ry, and deci­sion-mak­ing. Gefen’s debut book, Jerusalem Beach, earned the pres­ti­gious 2023 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture. His forth­com­ing nov­el, Mrs. Lilien­blum’s Cloud Fac­to­ry, is set to be pub­lished in April 2025.

The Unpack­ing the Book series is in part­ner­ship with Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, the Jew­ish Muse­um, and GOL­DA, your Jew­ish Lifestyle Guide.