Mem­ber­ship Levels

By sup­port­ing Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, you’ll be mak­ing a mean­ing­ful con­tri­bu­tion to the orga­ni­za­tion’s work — from our awards pro­grams to our annu­al print lit­er­ary jour­nal, and from our book club resources to our author net­work. Thank you for join­ing us in our mis­sion to sup­port and cel­e­brate Jew­ish literature!

If you’re inter­est­ed in a program/​Network mem­ber­ship (as an author or com­mu­ni­ty) that includes authors speak­ing at events, please see the JBC Authors page, which has our JBC Net­work pro­gram details. The below mem­ber­ship tiers are only for read­er memberships.

Stu­dent Membership

$36

Ben­e­fits: 

• The lat­est issue of Paper Brigade, our annu­al lit­er­ary journal.
• JBC book­mark
• Added to JBC’s mail­ing list to learn about spe­cial events, give­aways, and more! 

*NOTE: If you wish to pur­chase a Stu­dent Mem­ber­ship, please email Isado­ra at isadora@​jewishbooks.​org with a valid stu­dent email address for fur­ther instruc­tions.* 

Friend of Jew­ish Book Coun­cil
$118

Ben­e­fits:

• The lat­est issue of Paper Brigade, our annu­al lit­er­ary journal.
• A JBC tote bag.
• Mem­bers will be invit­ed to a spe­cial behind the scenes vir­tu­al con­ver­sa­tion with Paper Brigade​’s edi­tors upon the release of each issue. If you become a mem­ber after our event, you will be invit­ed to the next year’s event. (The issue eight event will be held on Decem­ber 11, 2024.)
• Mem­bers will receive an exclu­sive quar­ter­ly email with spe­cial sneak peeks of that sea­son’s newest Jew­ish books!
• Oppor­tu­ni­ties to be entered into give­aways of JBC merch and book bun­dles! 
   

Read­ers Cir­cle
$360

Ben­e­fits:

All Friend ben­e­fits plus:

• An exclu­sive JBC post­card set with illus­tra­tions of famous Jew­ish authors.
• JBC’s​“Ask Me What I’m Read­ing” pin.
• Com­pli­men­ta­ry gen­er­al admis­sion for one per­son to JBC’s annu­al Raid the Shelves event.

Edi­tors Cir­cle
$540

Ben­e­fits

All Read­ers Cir­cle ben­e­fits plus:

• A set of exclu­sive note­cards by artist Jen­ny Kroik designed on the occa­sion of the 71st Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards
• 10% dis­count on annu­al writ­ers’ seminars

Pub­lish­ers Cir­cle
$1,800

Ben­e­fits

All Edi­tors Cir­cle ben­e­fits plus:

• A Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award-win­n­ing book
• Admis­sion for you and guest to pre­view night for JBC’s annu­al Raid the Shelves event
• An invi­ta­tion to attend JBC’s​“Meet the Author” event to hear from over 250 authors about their new books