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Jewish Book Council Jewish Book Council promotes the reading, writing and publishing of quality Jewish content books.

See more of what we do on our website, www.jewishbookcouncil.org On January 1, 1994, convinced that the Jewish Book Council remained essential to the "people of the book," the Council’s Executive Board voted to create an independent entity. This new organization is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation chartered in the State of New York. It is supported, in large part, by dedicated and interested

individuals and foundations in the Jewish community. The Jewish Book Council is the only organization in the organized American Jewish community whose sole purpose is the promotion of Jewish books.

With spring in full bloom, dig into this author's reflections on his lifelong passion for nature and how it informed his...
05/31/2026

With spring in full bloom, dig into this author's reflections on his lifelong passion for nature and how it informed his new book on Jewish naturalists.

To Life: Jews Exploring Nature offers a unique treatment of Jewish engagement with nature through eight c

Have you registered yet for this conversation? Join the Global Jewish Literary Alliance on June 11 at 12 p.m. ET for a c...
05/30/2026

Have you registered yet for this conversation? Join the Global Jewish Literary Alliance on June 11 at 12 p.m. ET for a conversation with the 2026 Wingate Prize winner, Amir Tibon, and the 75th National Jewish Book Award winner for the Book Club and Hebrew Fiction in Translation categories, Yishay Ishi Ron. The discussion will be moderated by Emily Kasriel.⁠
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Click below to reserve your free tickets for this virtual conversation!⁠ https://bit.ly/4wDhZzP

The mem­bers of the GJLA are JQWingate Prize (UK), Jew­ish Book Coun­cil (US), Jewish Community Centers of North America (JCCs) (US and Cana­da) and Jewish Literary Foundation (UK). ⁠

Close out your celebrations with a story from our reading list that explores Jewish American experiences throughout hi...
05/29/2026

Close out your celebrations with a story from our reading list that explores Jewish American experiences throughout history. Check them out below! https://bit.ly/3vIL13x

Join (or gift!) our growing community of Nu Readers who receive JBC's curated book subscription series right to their door

Join us next week for a vir­tu­al evening of read­ings and con­ver­sa­tion with poets Daniela Nao­mi Mol­nar and Peter C...
05/28/2026

Join us next week for a vir­tu­al evening of read­ings and con­ver­sa­tion with poets Daniela Nao­mi Mol­nar and Peter Cole on June 4th at 7:30 p.m. EST! https://bit.ly/49iZG93

Poet and artist Daniela Naomi Molnar, and poet and translator Peter Cole, bring two of their works into conversation: Molnar's PROTOCOLS: An Erasure (Ayin Press, 2025), a National Jewish Book Award finalist, and Cole's On the Slaughter: Selected Poems (NYRB, 2025). The evening will feature readings by both poets interspersed with a conversation moderated by Ayin Editorial Director Eden Pearlstein. Q&A to follow.

Register for the event: https://bit.ly/49iZG93
(Ayin Press)

Gabrielle Sher’s debut nov­el is a dark, mes­mer­iz­ing tale of a Jew­ish fam­i­ly strug­gling to sur­vive in 1905 Odess...
05/27/2026

Gabrielle Sher’s debut nov­el is a dark, mes­mer­iz­ing tale of a Jew­ish fam­i­ly strug­gling to sur­vive in 1905 Odessa. When the Jew­ish quar­ter is once again thrown into vio­lence, each fam­i­ly mem­ber is thrust down a dan­ger­ous path filled with des­per­a­tion, mag­ic, and mon­sters. JBC spoke with Sher about the fam­i­ly dynam­ics at play, Jew­ish sto­ry­telling as a means of sur­vival, and the ques­tion of monstrosity. https://bit.ly/4tbrfZ8 (Little, Brown and Company)

Gabrielle Sher’s debut novel is a dark, mesmerizing tale of a Jewish family struggling to survive in 1905

05/26/2026
See you this week at Hannah Senesh Community Day School on Wednesday May 27 at 6 p.m. for a pow­er­ful, fam­i­ly-cen­ter...
05/25/2026

See you this week at Hannah Senesh Community Day School on Wednesday May 27 at 6 p.m. for a pow­er­ful, fam­i­ly-cen­tered con­ver­sa­tion with DON'T FEED THE LION coauthor Bianna Golodryga in dia­logue with writer, per­former, and audio­book nar­ra­tor Abby Sher, fea­tur­ing a spe­cial video mes­sage from Israeli jour­nal­ist and coauthor Yonit Levi. Grab your tickets below. https://bit.ly/4dDtDT

This week! Join Nu Reads at Zibby's Bookshop in Santa Monica, CA on May 26th at 6 p.m. for a celebration of PORCUPINES, ...
05/24/2026

This week! Join Nu Reads at Zibby's Bookshop in Santa Monica, CA on May 26th at 6 p.m. for a celebration of PORCUPINES, Fran Fabriczki's debut novel. Fabriczki will be in conversation with Daniela Gerson, author of THE WANDERERS. Reserve your free tickets today! https://bit.ly/4crlArs

(Summit Books Reboot )

On the festival of it is customary to read the Book of Ruth. In light of this, we're reading Francine Klagsbrun's essa...
05/23/2026

On the festival of it is customary to read the Book of Ruth. In light of this, we're reading Francine Klagsbrun's essay on "Women's Friendship: From Ruth and Naomi to Henrietta Szold." Klagsbrun writes: "Women's friendships, whether in ancient literature or modern times, can be life-sustaining—even in the most challenging circumstances." Read more from the essay below. https://bit.ly/3yV4vGr (Jewish Lives)

We read little about friendships among women in our biblical texts.

"My return to Jew­ish learn­ing and prayer is no small thing, con­sid­er­ing how I felt and my expe­ri­ences grow­ing up...
05/22/2026

"My return to Jew­ish learn­ing and prayer is no small thing, con­sid­er­ing how I felt and my expe­ri­ences grow­ing up. Now I active­ly seek out books on prayer and litur­gy, Jew­ish thought, and fem­i­nist the­ol­o­gy."

This writer reflects on the prayer books that helped her reconnect to Jewish rituals, the perfect read on ! Check out the full piece below. https://bit.ly/4jpJcy2"

Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, my Jewish day school and synagogue were Conservative, but not egalitarian.

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