Beth Kissileff is the author of Read­ing Gen­e­sis and a new nov­el, Ques­tion­ing Return. She is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as part of the…

Ear­li­er this week, Miri­am Libic­ki wrote about the artis­tic process and pro­gres­sion in her most recent col­lec­tion of graph­ic essays, Toward a Hot Jew, which will be…

Miri­am Libic­ki is a com­ic book author and artist whose most recent col­lec­tion of graph­ic essays, Toward a Hot Jew, will be fea­tured in Jew­ish Book Council’s…

Ear­li­er this week, Marisa Sche­in­feld reflect­ed on how the themes of the Jew­ish High Hol­i­days relate to her book, The Borscht Belt: Revis­it­ing the Remains of America’s…

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

Ear­li­er this week, Roger Horowitz uncov­ered the ​“invis­i­ble chemist” of the Ortho­dox Union and shared mem­o­ries of his grand­moth­er Bertie Schwartz, the first woman…