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JBC Staff Articles Interviews News New Categories and Honors for the 66th National Jewish Book Awards Celebrating its 66th year, Jewish Book Council is pleased to announce two new developments for the National Jewish Book Awards. Starting this year, a new… JBC Staff August 18, 2016 Recommended Reading Jewish Book Council Staff Picks for August 2016 Posted by Salma FelahCarolThis month, I am reading The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret. It is as funny, as odd, and as true as his unforgettable and… JBC Staff August 11, 2016 Recommended Reading Jewish Book Council Staff Picks for July 2016 Posted by Salma FalahMiriSacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo GenizaCarolynThe Imperial WifeBeccaNumber the Stars: 25th Anniversary EditionSophie… JBC Staff July 28, 2016 Recommended Reading Summer 2016 Book Releases Summer is officially here, and it’s time to plan your reading lists for the long daylight hours!Still need to catch up on all those books you meant to read last… JBC Staff June 30, 2016 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Hot Dog Taste Test If you own a Netflix account — or a subscription to Lucky Peach, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, or McSweeney’s—you’ve seen Lisa Hanawalt’s work. This week, the… JBC Staff June 15, 2016 Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Adam D. Mendelsohn Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff April 8, 2016 Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Yehudah Mirsky Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff April 5, 2016 Recommended Reading National Poetry Month 2016 In honor of National Poetry Month, the Jewish Book Council will be highlighting some of our favorite Jewish poems, both old and new, on our twitter account. Click below… JBC Staff April 1, 2016 Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Aviya Kushner Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff March 30, 2016 Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Dan Ephron Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff March 24, 2016 Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Lisa Moses Leff Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff March 23, 2016 Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Wildwood Tu Bishvat, the Jewish festival for trees and their fruits, begins Sunday night! In its honor, each year I like to feature books that depict or impart new knowledge… JBC Staff January 22, 2016 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 8 Next page ›› News 2019 National Jewish Book Award Auction February 19, 2020
News New Categories and Honors for the 66th National Jewish Book Awards Celebrating its 66th year, Jewish Book Council is pleased to announce two new developments for the National Jewish Book Awards. Starting this year, a new… JBC Staff August 18, 2016
Recommended Reading Jewish Book Council Staff Picks for August 2016 Posted by Salma FelahCarolThis month, I am reading The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret. It is as funny, as odd, and as true as his unforgettable and… JBC Staff August 11, 2016
Recommended Reading Jewish Book Council Staff Picks for July 2016 Posted by Salma FalahMiriSacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo GenizaCarolynThe Imperial WifeBeccaNumber the Stars: 25th Anniversary EditionSophie… JBC Staff July 28, 2016
Recommended Reading Summer 2016 Book Releases Summer is officially here, and it’s time to plan your reading lists for the long daylight hours!Still need to catch up on all those books you meant to read last… JBC Staff June 30, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Hot Dog Taste Test If you own a Netflix account — or a subscription to Lucky Peach, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, or McSweeney’s—you’ve seen Lisa Hanawalt’s work. This week, the… JBC Staff June 15, 2016
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Adam D. Mendelsohn Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff April 8, 2016
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Yehudah Mirsky Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff April 5, 2016
Recommended Reading National Poetry Month 2016 In honor of National Poetry Month, the Jewish Book Council will be highlighting some of our favorite Jewish poems, both old and new, on our twitter account. Click below… JBC Staff April 1, 2016
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Aviya Kushner Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff March 30, 2016
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Dan Ephron Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff March 24, 2016
Interview Meet Sami Rohr Prize Finalist Lisa Moses Leff Jewish Book Council is proud to introduce readers to the five emerging nonfiction authors named as finalists for the 2016 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.… JBC Staff March 23, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Wildwood Tu Bishvat, the Jewish festival for trees and their fruits, begins Sunday night! In its honor, each year I like to feature books that depict or impart new knowledge… JBC Staff January 22, 2016
