Close Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. Invalid email address
Children’s The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman Kathy Stinson, Marie Lafrance (illus.)
Nonfiction Irma’s Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage Catherine Ehrlich
Essay A Brief History of Balkan Jews and the Story of the Synagogue of Zagreb Michele Levy August 3, 2020
Nonfiction The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China Jonathan Kaufman
Nonfiction And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain Elisabeth Asbrink, Saskia Vogel (trans.)
Nonfiction Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews: Antisemitism, Propaganda, and the Displacement of Ukrainian Jewry Sam Sokol
Nonfiction Rescue the Surviving Souls: The Great Jewish Refugee Crisis of the Seventeenth Century Adam Teller