Post­ed by Nat BernsteinJan­u­ary 2016Pri­mo Lev­i’s Resis­tance by Ser­gio Luz­zat­to (Met­ro­pol­i­tan Books)The Road to Resilience: From Chaos to Cel­e­bra­tion by…

Post­ed by Miri Pomer­antz DauberWith sum­mer now in full swing, it’s time to start your sum­mer read­ing! Choose a hot-off-the-press June release or one of the…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterWe were over­whelmed with amaz­ing Jew­ish books and authors in 2014, and, con­sid­er­ing the pile of 2015 books already tow­er­ing on our…

Now that almost all of the books from our spring pre­view are avail­able at your local book­store, we’re pick­ing up where the last JBC Book­shelf left off with a few…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterInspired by The Mil­lions’ Great 2014 Book Pre­view, I thought I’d cre­ate a Jew­ish-slant­ed winter/​spring 2014 book pre­view…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterAs sum­mer winds down and we begin to pre­pare for the High Hol­i­days (!), we’ve had some­thing very impor­tant on our minds: food.…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIt’s been two years since a Valen­tine’s Day edi­tion of JBC Book­shelf. In 2011, we high­light­ed six titles. Today, we high­light…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterJan­u­ary is one of my favorite months at the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil. Not only do we announce the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award win­ners and…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterWe’ve begun to notice a pat­tern in the newest fic­tion titles to cross our desk: the theme of war and extrem­ism. Each of the fol­low­ing…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterI think this might be a record: two JBC Book­shelf posts with­in two weeks. Not all of these books will be pub­lished in the fall…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Fire­stone-TeeterEach of these upcom­ing books nod toward the past in one way or anoth­er, be it the repub­li­ca­tion of the first Jew­ish cook­book in…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIn case you haven’t been fol­low­ing us on Twit­ter (or FB), we post­ed the 2012 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award guide­lines ear­li­er this week.…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Fire­stone-TeeterJBC-land is buzzing from all of the new authors and books com­ing out this year. We have over 250 authors signed up to tour through the Jew­ish…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterWhile not all of this mon­th’s offer­ings are trans­la­tions, there are quite a few in this round’s mix, which makes JBCers…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterEach of the fol­low­ing books focus on a jour­ney. They rep­re­sent both phys­i­cal and spir­i­tu­al jour­neys and geo­graph­i­cal­ly span…

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterI know there’s still a whole week before Pres­i­den­t’s Day, but in order to give you time to pre­pare, I’ve com­piled a few…