Skip to main content

This Hanukkah, becoming a founding member of Nu Reads! And join our team as Director of Publishing Relations!

Jew­ish Book Month, the found­ing pro­gram of Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, is in its 100th year! 
Celebrate Jewish books, and get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox.

 
Invalid email address

Items with the category: Contemporary Jewish Life | Jewish Book Council

Main navigation

  • Books

    Find the lat­est book reviews, read­ing lists, and edi­tors’ books, and search JBC’s data­base of over 8,000 titles. 

    • Book Search
    • Reading Lists
    • Israel Bookshelf
    • Global Jewish Literary Alliance
    • Review for Us
    • Submit a Book for Review

    Editors' Picks

    Cover of The Book of Lost Hours
    The Book of Lost Hours
    Cover of The Jewish South: An American History
    The Jew­ish South: An Amer­i­can History
  • Book Clubs

    Find the lat­est month­ly picks, dis­cus­sion ques­tions and resource guides, and the lat­est books in paperback.

    • Monthly Picks
    • Starting a Book Club
    • Live Chat
    • Book Club Guides

    December Picks

    Cover of Hunting in America
    Hunt­ing in America
    Cover of Beyond Dispute: Rediscovering the Jewish Art of Constructive Disagreement
    Beyond Dis­pute: Redis­cov­er­ing the Jew­ish Art of Con­struc­tive Disagreement
  • Nu Reads
  • Paper Brigade

    JBC’s annu­al print lit­er­ary jour­nal, Paper Brigade, and its dig­i­tal coun­ter­part, PB Dai­ly, pro­vide a snap­shot of the Jew­ish lit­er­ary land­scape in Amer­i­ca and abroad. 

    • Literary Journal
    • PB Daily

    The Latest Issues

    Paper Brigade Vol­ume 9
    $25.00
    Paper Brigade Vol­ume Eight
    $25.00
  • Network
    • Network
    • Read On
    • View All Authors
    • Member Sites
    • Member Site Resources

  • Awards

    Search over 70 years of Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award win­ners and final­ists and find the lat­est Natan Notable Books.

    • National Jewish Book Awards
    • Natan Notable Books
    • Jewish Book Marketing Grants

    Recent Awardees

    Cover of 10/7: 100 Human Stories
    10/7: 100 Human Stories
    Cover of Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel
    Songs for the Bro­ken­heart­ed: A Novel
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Annual Events
    • Jewish Book Month 100
    • Jewish Book Month
    • Past Events

  • About Us
  • Support
Searching...

    Items with the category:

    Contemporary Jewish Life

    Cover of You Are Not a Guest
    Non­fic­tion
    You Are Not a Guest
    Leela Cor­man
    Cover of Two New Years
    Chil­dren’s
    Two New Years
    Richard Ho; Lynn Scurfield, illus.
    Recommended Reading

    Ten Most-Read PB Dai­ly Sto­ries of 2023

    Simona Zaret­sky
    December 18, 2023
    Recommended Reading

    JBC Book­shelf: Win­ter 2024

    Kyra Lisse
    December 18, 2023
    Essay

    NightLife Lessons: Why I Wrote My First Busi­ness Book

    Shane Neman
    December 11, 2023
    Cover of On Fire Island
    Fic­tion
    On Fire Island
    Jane L. Rosen
    Excerpt

    The Let­ter A

    Alexan­dra Tyng
    December 6, 2023
    Essay

    Vis­it­ing Poland: Writ­ing about the Holocaust

    Lau­ren Grodstein
    December 5, 2023
    Recommended Reading

    JBC Book­shelf: Hanukkah 2023

    Simona Zaret­sky
    December 5, 2023
    Cover of Miryam's Dance
    Chil­dren’s
    Miryam’s Dance
    Kerry Olitzky and Rachel Stock Spilker; John Baptist Tumuhaise, illus.
    Interview—From the Journal

    ‘To Cel­e­brate Non­con­for­mi­ty’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David Adj­mi and Jack Hazan

    Michael Harari
    November 27, 2023
    Cover of The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman
    Chil­dren’s
    The Dubi­ous Pranks of Shaindy Goodman
    Mari Lowe
    Cover of A Wild, Wild Hanukkah
    Chil­dren’s
    A Wild, Wild Hanukkah
    Jo Gershman and Bob Strauss; Jo Gershman, illus.
    Cover of The Mexican Dreidel
    Chil­dren’s
    The Mex­i­can Dreidel
    Linda Elovitz Marshall and Ilan Stavans; Maria Mola, illus.
    Recommended Reading

    Find­ing My Mul­ti­lay­ered Her­itage in Stories

    Jor­dan Salama
    November 20, 2023
    Cover of By the Rivers of Babylon
    Fic­tion
    By the Rivers of Babylon
    Mary Glick­man
    Pagination
    • Previous page Previous
    • Current page17
    • Next page Next
    Pagination
    • First page 1
    • …
    • Page15
    • Page16
    • Current page17
    • Page18
    • Page19
    • …
    • Last page 87

    Stay Updated with Our Newsletter

    Invalid email address
    Join Us

    Mem­bers receive valu­able ben­e­fits includ­ing spe­cial dis­counts, lit­er­ary gifts, and exclu­sive con­tent, while help­ing JBC to sup­port and cel­e­brate Jew­ish literature.

    Become a Member
    Jewish Book Council

    Footer

    • Donate
    • Book Search
    • Contact Us
    • Advertising
    • FAQ
    • Bookstore Guide
    • Report­ing Anti­semitism
    • Shop
    Connect with Us
    Support Us
    • Amazon Smile
    Jewish Book Council Platinum Transparency Guidestar Candid Seal 2024
    Four-Star seal from Charity Navigator
    Copyright © 2025 Jewish Book Council
    • Accessibility
    • Financials