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With blizzards and snowstorms and arctic freezes (hopefully!) behind us, we have a new season of spring books to look forward to. Ranging from a Modern Orthodox rom-com, an unnerving summer camp novel, and an immersive family history spanning decades and countries, these ten books are not to be missed. (You can see all of our latest book reviews here.)
Odessa by Gabrielle Sher
Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries by Nicholas Lemann
Porcupines by Fran Fabriczki
Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv‑y Recipes by Adeena Sussman
Tarantula by Eduardo Halfon, and translated by Daniel Hahn
How To Be a Dissident by Gal Beckerman
Soon by You by Dahlia Adler
Spinning at the Edges by Elizabeth Poliner
Kutchinsky’s Egg: A Family’s Story of Obsession, Love, and Loss by Serena Kutchinsky
Simona is the Jewish Book Council’s manager of digital content strategy. 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.