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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.

Jewish Book Council is thrilled to partner with our friends at Jewtina y Co. to highlight eight Latin Jewish Stories tha...
10/13/2026

Jewish Book Council is thrilled to partner with our friends at Jewtina y Co. to highlight eight Latin Jewish Stories that you won't want to miss. Swipe through to check them out and click below to read more on these titles!⁠ https://bit.ly/4ycc9Fc
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📕 A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE GRANDMOTHERS WHO FOUGHT TO FIND A STOLEN GENERATION OF CHILDREN by Haley Cohen Gilliland ⁠
📙 CRY FOR ME, ARGENTINA: MY LIFE AS A FAILED CHILD STAR by Tamara Yajia⁠
📗 STRANGER IN THE DESERT: A FAMILY STORY by Jordan Salama⁠
📘 THE ROOTS OF THE GUAVA TREE: GROWING UP JEWISH AND ARAB IN COLOMBIA by Sonia Daccarett⁠
📕 ACROSS SO MANY SEAS by Ruth Behar⁠
📙 WITH A NEEDLE AND THREAD: A JEWISH FOLKTALE FROM CUBA by Jennifer Stempel, illustrated by Libi Axelrod⁠
📗 LAMENTATIONS OF NEZAHUALCÓYOTL: NAHUATL POEMS by Nezahualcóyotl, retold from Nahuatl by Ilan Stavans, illustrated by Cuanhtémoc Wetzka⁠
📘 NUESTRA AMÉRICA: MY FAMILY IN THE VERTIGO OF TRANSLATION by Claudio Lomnitz⁠
📕 I AM OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH: POEMS FROM JEWISH LATIN AMERICA edited by Stephen A. Sadow⁠⁠⁠

We'll see you this Thursday, October 15th, at 1 p.m. ET for an inspiring conversation with Bruce Feiler and Rabbi Angela...
10/13/2026

We'll see you this Thursday, October 15th, at 1 p.m. ET for an inspiring conversation with Bruce Feiler and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl! Reserve your free ticket here. https://bit.ly/4pJbEjq

Join us on Zoom for a Community One Read event as these authors discuss Feiler's new book, A TIME TO GATHER, and the role of ritual in our modern lives.⁠
Penguin Press

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're revisiting Emily Bowen Cohen's powerful comic on what it means to be both Native Ameri...
10/12/2026

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're revisiting Emily Bowen Cohen's powerful comic on what it means to be both Native American and Jewish. You can read it here. https://bit.ly/4i43TSK
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Cohen's middle-grade graphic novel, TWO TRIBES, is a coming-of-age story that delves into complicated family dynamics and the role of religious practice in our contemporary lives. A National Jewish Book Awards finalist, this graphic novel is based on the author's own life. Read more on this gorgeous here. https://bit.ly/3ZRp5ko ⁠⁠

As the leaves fall and the days shorten, we hope to see you at our in-person and virtual events this autumn! 🍂 Stop by t...
10/11/2026

As the leaves fall and the days shorten, we hope to see you at our in-person and virtual events this autumn! 🍂 Stop by to find your next read, hear engaging conversation, and be a part of a literature-loving community. We can't wait to see you! Click below to reserve your tickets and swipe through to check out these exciting events.⁠ https://bit.ly/4hEzJFH
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🎟️ Community One Read with Bruce Feiler and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl⁠
Online, October 15 at 1 p.m. ET⁠
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🎟️ Women's Leadership Forum Luncheon Featuring Catherine Ostler⁠
In-Person in Philadelphia, Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, October 21 at 11 a.m. ET⁠
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🎟️ Book Launch: Accept Our Prayers: An Amidah Companion⁠
In-Person in NYC, Hebrew Union College's Heller Museum, October 21 at 6 p.m. ET⁠
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🎟️ The Garlic Eaters: Madison Safer in Conversation with Suzy Ultman⁠
Online, October 22 at 7 p.m. ET⁠
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🎟️ Nu Reads Community Conversation: Ron Segal with Tova Mirvis⁠
Online, October 28 at 12:30 p.m. ET⁠
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🎟️ An Evening with Israeli Novelist Ron Segal Presented by Jewish Book Council and Manhattan JCC⁠
In-Person in NYC, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, November 2 6:30 p.m. ET⁠
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🎟️ Jewish Book Month School Author Events⁠
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🎟️ 2026 Jewish Writers' Conference⁠
Online, November 8 at 10 am ET⁠
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🎟️ Odessa: Gabrielle Sher in Conversation with Gal Beckerman⁠
In-Person in NYC, 14th Street Y, December 16 at 7 p.m. ET

"Douglas Smith's THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS: LIFE AND DEATH IN N**I VIENNA is, in many ways, two books at once. On one level,...
10/10/2026

"Douglas Smith's THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS: LIFE AND DEATH IN N**I VIENNA is, in many ways, two books at once. On one level, it is an expansive history of Vienna between the Anschluss and the end of World War II, drawing on an extraordinary breadth of archival material to chronicle the systematic destruction of one of Europe's most vibrant Jewish communities. On another level, it is the very personal story of one woman whose letters and diaries reveal what it was like to be a Jew in Vienna during that period." ~Leah Grisham⁠
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With a scope that is at once immense and minute, Smith's new history chronicles the struggle of Mignon Langnas, among other Jews, as they attempt to survive in Vienna as the N**i regime's hold tightens. Click below to read more on this book.⁠ https://bit.ly/4z9FqB6⁠⁠

In honor of (October 4 -10), choose your next read from our compilation of Jewish titles banned over the years. Pictur...
10/09/2026

In honor of (October 4 -10), choose your next read from our compilation of Jewish titles banned over the years. Pictured here are eight titles and the full list can be found here. https://bit.ly/4zhQHPX
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📕 THE COMPLETE MAUS: A SURVIVOR'S TALE by Art Spiegelman⁠
📙 CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by André Aciman⁠
📗 HERZOG by Saul Bellow⁠
📘 BEE SEASON by Myla Goldberg⁠
📕 PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth⁠
📙 NUMBER THE STARS by Lois Lowry⁠
📗 ALL THE RIVERS by Dorit Rabinyan⁠
📘 ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL⁠⁠⁠

We are thrilled to share that our Aspiring Young Authors Award is open for submissions! This peer-led writing competitio...
10/08/2026

We are thrilled to share that our Aspiring Young Authors Award is open for submissions! This peer-led writing competition and publication honor is open to young Jewish writers between the ages of 13 and 22. Now through the end of (December 3rd, 2026), submissions are open for original works of short fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction or personal essay.

Click below to submit your work today and share with an aspiring young writer!⁠ https://bit.ly/4i8A2bU⁠⁠

During the past three years moving works of poetry, memoir, journalistic reporting, and history have been published, chr...
10/07/2026

During the past three years moving works of poetry, memoir, journalistic reporting, and history have been published, chronicling the experiences of so many on October 7th, 2023 and in the days afterwards. Today, we are revisiting some of these astounding works as we remember those who are no longer with us, honor the acts of bravery from so many, and keep their stories close to our hearts.⁠
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For the full list, click here. https://bit.ly/4ziCouD

Swipe through to see a selection featured here.⁠
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📖 HOSTAGE by Eli Sharabi, translated by Eylon Levy⁠
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📖 WHEN WE SEE YOU AGAIN by Rachel Goldberg-Polin⁠
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📖 10/7: 100 HUMAN STORIES by Lee Yaron⁠
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📖 IF YOU’RE READING THESE WORDS: LAST LETTERS FROM THE HEROES OF THE OCTOBER 7TH WAR by Shlomo Kavas and Racheli Palant-Rozen⁠
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📖 THE GATES OF GAZA: A STORY OF BETRAYAL, SURVIVAL AND HOPE ON ISRAEL’S BORDERLANDS by Amir Tibon⁠
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📖 RUPTURED: JEWISH WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA REFLECT ON LIFE POST-OCTOBER 7 by Lee Kofman and Tamar Paluch⁠
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📖 TO LIFE: A CARTOONIST’S JOURNAL IN THE AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER 7TH by Joann Sfar, translated by Montana Kane⁠
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📖 TO PHRASE A PRAYER FOR PEACE by Donna Sprujit-Metz⁠⁠⁠

We can't wait to see you next Thursday, October 15th, at 1 p.m. ET for an inspiring conversation with Bruce Feiler and R...
10/06/2026

We can't wait to see you next Thursday, October 15th, at 1 p.m. ET for an inspiring conversation with Bruce Feiler and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl! Join us on Zoom for a Community One Read event as these authors discuss Feiler's new book, A TIME TO GATHER, and the role of ritual in our modern lives.⁠

Reserve your free ticket here. https://bit.ly/4pJbEjq
Penguin Press

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month now and year-round with reading suggestions from Séfer - Plataforma del Libro Judío, t...
10/05/2026

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month now and year-round with reading suggestions from Séfer - Plataforma del Libro Judío, the global platform for Jewish literature in Spanish. Swipe through to see eight suggestions from this new platform and read more on them here. https://bit.ly/4jciiNK

And share your own recs below!⁠
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📖 TARANTULA by Eduardo Halfon, translated by Daniel Hahn⁠
📗 DIE, MY LOVE by Ariana Harwicz, translated by Sarah Moses and Carolina Orloff⁠
📖 CROCODILES AT NIGHT by Gisela Heffes, translated by Grady C. Wray⁠
📗 BERLN ATOMIZED by Julia Kornberg, translated by Jack Rockwell⁠
📖 ONIONCLOTH by Myriam Moscona, translated by Jen Hofer and John Pluecker⁠
📗 THE FRAGMENTED LIFE OF DON JACOBO LERNER by Isaac Goldemberg⁠
📖 FROM THE PAMPAS TO NEW YORK WITH DETOURS: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A JEWISH GAUCHA by Nora Glickman⁠
📗THE SEVENTH HEAVEN: TRAVELS THROUGH JEWISH LATIN AMERICA by Ilan Stavans⁠⁠⁠

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