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

Cover of Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies)

Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies)

Essay

Eight Rules for Flirting

Hannah Reynolds

November 28, 2022

Interview

Frankly Feminist and Paper Brigade: Editors Susan Weidman Schneider, Yona McDonough, Becca Kantor, and Carol Kaufman in Conversation

JBC Staff

November 22, 2022

Cover of How to Excavate a Heart

How to Excavate a Heart

Jake Maia Arlow

Cover of Monster Bar Mitzvah

Monster Bar Mitzvah

Cover of Women Holding Things

Women Holding Things

Mizrahi Stories

Essay

The Holiday of Sigd: ‘How Much Power Has the Spirit’

Shula Mola

November 15, 2022

Excerpt

Excerpt: A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings

Will Betke-Brunswick

November 14, 2022

Cover of The Missing Jew

The Missing Jew

Rodger Kamenetz

Cover of One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in the 1950's New York

One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in the 1950’s New York

Cover of Stop Look Listen: Celebrating Shabbos Through a Spiritual Lens

Stop Look Listen: Celebrating Shabbos Through a Spiritual Lens

Cover of Some Kind of Hate

Some Kind of Hate

Sarah Darer Littman

Interview

Rebuilding a Jewish Past: A Conversation with Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal

Emily Schneider

November 4, 2022

Cover of Eight Nights of Flirting

Eight Nights of Flirting

Hannah Reynolds

From the Journal

Rabbis, Detectives, and Twenty-Nine Witches: How the Jewish Books of My Childhood Taught Me about Mysticism

Rivka Galchen

October 31, 2022