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

Cover of Ana Turns

Essay

Our Twenty-First Century Dreyfus Affair

Daniel H. Turtel

November 13, 2023

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Who Are the Jews―And Who Can We Become?

Donniel Hartman

Recommended Reading

12 Book Recommendations for Jewish Book Month

JBC Staff

November 6, 2023

Essay

Writing the Jewish Body

Jennifer Fliss

October 30, 2023

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Big Bad Wolf’s Yom Kippur

David Sherrin; Martín Morón, illus. 

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Jewish Mindfulness for Kids

Blanca Sissa; Camila Carrossine, illus.

Essay

Still Beni: The Life of Jane Breskin Zalben’s Iconic Bear

Emily Schneider

October 23, 2023

Essay

Streisand and Stories: Writing with Music

Rochelle B. Weinstein

October 23, 2023

Interview

“The Immortality of Information”: A Conversation with Amy Kurzweil

Megan Reynolds

October 16, 2023

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Sleeping as Fast as I Can

Richard Michelson

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Spellbook for the Sabbath Queen

Excerpt

Excerpt: The Golem of Brooklyn

Adam Mansbach

October 2, 2023

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Ellie’s Deli: Wishing on Matzo Ball Soup!

Lisa Greenwald; Galia Bernstein, illus.

Essay

The Legacy of the Holocaust in Lithuania

Naomi Ragen

September 26, 2023

Cover of The Wolf Hunt

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen