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Essay A JewAsian July 4th Earlier this week, Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Leavitt determined the three takeaways on raising Jewish-Asian families worth sharing from their research for their… Helen Kiyong Kim, Noah Leavitt July 22, 2016
Essay Three Takeaways from Interviewing 110 “JewAsian” Couples and Kids Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt are the coauthors of JewAsian: Race, Religion, and Identity for America’s Newest Jews. With the release of their book earlier… Helen Kiyong Kim, Noah Leavitt July 18, 2016
Essay Why the Time Has Finally Come to Talk about Stabilizing Israel’s Population Earlier this week, The Land Is Full author Alon Tal explained why Israel’s stunning population growth is no cause for celebration. He is guest blogging here all week as… Alon Tal May 18, 2016
Essay Israel’s Extraordinary Population Growth Is No Cause for Celebration Founding directory of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense Alon Tal’s latest book, The Land Is Full, addresses the problems of overpopulation in Israel. He is… Alon Tal May 16, 2016
Nonfiction JewAsian: Race, Religion, and Identity for America’s Newest Jews Helen Kiyong Kim Noah Samuel Leavitt
Nonfiction The Hands of Peace: A Holocaust Survivor’s Fight for Civil Rights in the American South Marione Ingram
Nonfiction Metropolitan Jews: Politics, Race, and Religion in Postwar Detroit Lila Corwin Berman
Nonfiction God’ll Cut You Down: The Tangled Tale of A White Supremacist, A Black Hustler, A Murder, And How I Lost A Year In Mississippi John Safran
Interview Interview: Dina Elenbogen by Howard SchwartzJewish Book Council sat down with Dina Elenbogen, poet and author of Drawn from Water: An American Poet, An Ethiopian Family, An Israeli Story, to… Howard Schwartz August 19, 2015
Essay Dry Goods Merchant and Freedom Fighter: Samuel Fleishman of Marianna, FL Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about the Jews who lived in Mound Bayou. Her most recent book is Freedom’s Island, about an all-black Mississippi town menaced… Sabra Waldfogel July 9, 2015
Essay The Jews of Mound Bayou Sabra Waldfogel writes historical fiction about Southern Jews and African Americans in slavery and freedom. Her most recent book, Freedom’s Island, about an all-black… Sabra Waldfogel July 6, 2015
Excerpt Tightening the Narrative Earlier this week, Letty Cottin Pogrebinshared three passagesthat didn’t make it into her just-published novel Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate. She also… Letty Cottin Pogrebin May 21, 2015