The days are warming up and the grass is looking greener than ever; we are ready to sit in the sun with these incredible books coming out this spring. From new Yiddish translations to the inside scoop on a beloved bakery, we have stories for you!
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum
Cooking Alla Giudia: The Untold Story of the Jewish Food of Italy by Benedetta Jasmine Guetta
The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land: Stories by Omer Friedlander
All the Things We Don’t Talk About by Amy Feltman
Fear by Chana Blankshteyn
Trans Talmud: Androgynes and Eunuchs in Rabbinic Literature by Max K. Strassfeld
Zabar’s: A Family Story, with Recipes by Lori Zabar
Raising Raffi: The First Five Years by Keith Gessen
Happy for You by Claire Stanford
Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai by Matti Friedman
Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer, edited by David Stromberg
Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation by Liana Finck
Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt by Hanan Hammad
Simona is the Jewish Book Council’s managing editor of digital content and marketing. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a concentration in English and History and studied abroad in India and England. Prior to the JBC she worked at Oxford University Press. Her writing has been featured in Lilith, The Normal School, Digging through the Fat, and other publications. She holds an MFA in fiction from The New School.