Items with the category: Contemporary Jewish Life | Jewish Book Council

Recommended Reading

“Paper Brigade” and Pride

Becca Kantor

June 26, 2023

Essay

Shabbat: A Journey of Personal and Global Discovery

Warren Goldstein

June 26, 2023

Cover of A Castle in Brooklyn

A Castle in Brooklyn

Shirley Russak Wachtel

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Poland, A Green Land

Aharon Appelfeld; Stuart Schoffman, trans.

Interview—From the Journal

The Languages of Belonging: A Conversation Between Ruth Behar and Marjorie Agosín

Ruth Behar, Marjorie Agosín

June 19, 2023

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The Pugilist’s Daughter

Judith Lynn Antelman

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How to Get to Savta’s for Shabbat

Cover of The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul

The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s Battle for Its Inner Soul

Isabel Kershner

Cover of Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality

Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality

Shlomo M. Brody

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Once, This Forest Belonged to a Storm

Austen Leah Rose

Interview

Jewish and Queer Identity: A Conversation Between Haley Neil, Brianna R. Shrum, and Sara Waxelbaum

Haley Neil, Brianna R. Shrum, Sara Waxelbaum

June 2, 2023

Essay

Folklore and Jewish Storytelling

Caren Schnur Neile

May 29, 2023

Excerpt

Excerpt: Mind Over Batter

Jack Hazan

May 23, 2023

Essay

Disrupting Judaism: Modern Practices in the Making

Michael Strassfeld

May 22, 2023

Interview—From the Journal

Tröö Happiness: A Conversation with Gary Shteyngart and Claire Stanford

Stephanie Butnick

May 22, 2023

Essay

Judaism and Drinking: My Journey Into Wine

Shana Clarke

May 15, 2023