Ellen Uman­sky is the author of The For­tu­nate Ones, a nov­el released last week about the fate of a Chaim Sou­tine paint­ing left behind in Vien­na. Ellen will be…

Ear­li­er this week, Eytan Bayme wrote about cel­e­brat­ing his third Christ­mas in Europe as an Amer­i­can Jew. Eytan is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week…

Ear­li­er this week, Roger Horowitz uncov­ered the ​“invis­i­ble chemist” of the Ortho­dox Union and shared mem­o­ries of his grand­moth­er Bertie Schwartz, the first woman…

Ear­li­er this week, Roger Horowitz shared mem­o­ries of his grand­moth­er Bertie Schwartz, the first woman pres­i­dent of the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil. The author of Kosher USA: How…

Roger Horowitz is the author of Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Oth­er Tales of Mod­ern Food. Fol­low­ing up Elis­sa Altman’s writ­ing about Treyf last week, Roger is…

Elis­sa Alt­man​’s sec­ond mem­oir, Treyf: My Life as an Unortho­dox Out­law, comes out this week. To cel­e­brate her new book’s release, Elis­sa is guest blog­ging for the…

Cindy Sil­vert is the author of The Hun­gry Love Cook­book: 30 Steamy Sto­ries, 120 Mouth­wa­ter­ing Recipes. She is guest blog­ging here all week as part of the Vis­it­ing…