Fol­low­ing Anne Frank’s birth­day over the week­end, The Tree in the Court­yard author Jeff Gottes­feld is guest blog­ging for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as part of the…

Fol­low­ing her posts on rec­og­niz­ing the sen­so­ry over­load of cel­e­brat­ing Purim and set­ting a place for spe­cial needs at the seder table, this week Liane…

Post­ed by Sophie SiegelShavuot is a cel­e­bra­tion of when the Jew­ish peo­ple received the Torah on Mount Sinai. In the Jew­ish tra­di­tion, Shavuot is cel­e­brat­ed by…

Ear­li­er this week, Sophie Cook shared the how her family’s heir­loom fur­ni­ture inspired her first his­tor­i­cal nov­el, Anna & Eliz­a­beth, while she was still in…

Sophie Cook​’s fam­i­ly his­to­ry and child­hood expe­ri­ence of sur­viv­ing the Holo­caust in Hun­gary inform her first his­tor­i­cal nov­el, Anna & Eliz­a­beth. Sophie…

Ear­li­er this week, Rab­bi Morde­cai Schreiber shared how writ­ing Why Peo­ple Pray changed his life. He is guest blog­ging here all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe series…