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

Cover of A Synagogue Just Like Home

A Synagogue Just Like Home

Alice Blumenthal McGinty; Laurel Molk, illus.

Cover of Hanukkah in Little Havana

Hanukkah in Little Havana

Julie Anna Blank; Carlos Vélez Aguilera, illus.

Poetry

Kaddish

Maia Zelkha

December 5, 2022

Recommended Reading

JBC Bookshelf: Winter 2023

Kyra Lisse

December 2, 2022

Recommended Reading

Holiday Gifts for Book Lovers 2022

Simona Zaretsky

November 29, 2022

Essay

Eight Rules for Flirting

Hannah Reynolds

November 28, 2022

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

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

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

Cover of The Missing Jew

The Missing Jew

Rodger Kamenetz

Excerpt

Excerpt: A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings

Will Betke-Brunswick

November 14, 2022

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