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Nonfiction Coming of Age in Jewish America: Bar and Bat Mitzvah Reinterpreted Patricia Keer Munro
Essay Can Prayer Heal the World? 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… Mordecai Schreiber June 2, 2016
Essay How Writing a Book about Why People Pray Changed My Life Between his travels around the world, Rabbi Mordecai Schreiber is set to publish his latest book, Why People Pray, later this month. He is guest blogging here all week as… Mordecai Schreiber May 31, 2016
Nonfiction Jewish Tradition and the Non-Traditional Jew (The Orthodox Forum Series) Jacob J. Schacter
Essay It’s Hardly Peeking If There’s Nothing in the Way With the release of his debut novel, Anna and the Swallow Man, this week author and actor Gavriel Savit guest blogs for the Jewish Book Council as part of the Visiting… Gavriel Savit January 26, 2016
Essay The Origins of the Undo List Earlier this week, Christopher Noxon shared the beginnings of his journey from “doing Jew” to being Jewish and the profound importance he found in ritualized rites… Christopher Noxon November 27, 2015
Essay Everyone Wants to Be Invited Earlier this week, Christopher Noxon shared his journey from “doing Jew” to being Jewish. He is blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series on The… Christopher Noxon November 25, 2015
Cookbook Spiritual Kneading Through the Jewish Months: Building the Sacred through Challah Dahlia Abraham-Klein
