Last week we were we were thrilled to reveal the beautiful cover of the eighth issue of PAPER BRIGADE, JBC's annual literary journal, by Sammy Harkham! This issue explores the idea of home. It features interviews, essays, photography, a Jewish literary map of the Netherlands, fiction, and more! Preorder your copy today. https://bit.ly/4dRngtt
About us
Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature. Inaugurated in 1950, the National Jewish Book Awards is the longest-running North American awards program of its kind and is recognized as the most prestigious. The Awards are intended to recognize authors, and encourage reading, of outstanding English-language books of Jewish interest. Through the JBC Network and Read On programs, Jewish Book Council coordinates over 1,100 literary events each year across North America. For authors, this is an opportunity to introduce their Jewish-interest books to communities across the country and beyond. For program directors, this is a chance to access a wide selection of Jewish-interest authors for book fairs, festivals, and cultural events. Paper Brigade, JBC's annual literary journal, is named in honor of the group of writers and intellectuals in the Vilna Ghetto who rescued thousands of Jewish books and documents from destruction by the Nazis. The publication reflects today’s diverse Jewish literary landscape in America and abroad. Paper Brigade was a finalist for CLMP’s 2018 Firecracker Award for Best Debut Magazine. On Paper Brigade Daily, JBC publishes essays, interviews, reading lists, and more online each week. JBC Book Clubs provides resources and support to book clubs reading books of Jewish interest. Find your next book club read or enhance your book club discussion with book reviews, discussion questions, annual reading guides, virtual meet ups with members of other book clubs, thematic reading lists, and more.
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http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org
External link for Jewish Book Council
- Industry
- Book and Periodical Publishing
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1943
- Specialties
- Author tours, Book displays, Jewish Book World, and Twitter Book Clubs
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Fourth Floor
New York, New York 10018, US
Employees at Jewish Book Council
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Suzanne Swift
Jewish Book Council Network Director
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Michal Hoschander Malen
Editor, Children's and Young Adult Book Reviews, Jewish Book Council
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Elisa Spungen Bildner
Cookbook Author, Food and Nutrition Writer, and Former CEO of Food Company
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Evie Saphire-Bernstein
Program Director at Jewish Book Council
Updates
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Natan Fund and JBC are thrilled to announce the Summer 2024 Natan Notable Books winner, HENRIETTA SZOLD: HADASSAH AND THE ZIONIST DREAM by Francine Klagsbrun (Yale University Press). 🥳 Click here to read more about this #Biography. https://bit.ly/3X0huzY "Francine Klagsbrun is the ideal biographer for Szold. Deeply learned in Jewish life and culture, she recounts both the heartbreak and the triumphs of a great Jewish leader, with enormous empathy for Szold's personal disappointments as well as deep appreciation for her intellect, courage, resourcefulness, and accomplishments." ~Bob Goldfarb, JBC reviewer . . . 📷️ Author photo by Joan Roth
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Not sure what to read this week? Find the latest book reviews, editors' picks, and wide-ranging reading lists over on JBC's website to inform your choice! This week we have Shalom Auslander's new memoir, FEH, Lauren Aliza Green's THE WORLD AFTER ALICE, and many more! Check them out below. #Jewish #JewishBooks #Reading #ReadingRecs #NewBooks
Books
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"In this beautiful new work, Rabbi Adina Allen uses the ancient wisdom of the Torah to show us how to embrace creativity."~Beth Ricanati Just out this week is Rabbi Adina Allen's thoughtful and immersive new book on leaning into creativity through Jewish wisdom. Check out our full review below! (Ayin Press Jewish Studio Project)
The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
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With the 2024 Olympics on the horizon, we're reading stories of Jewish Olympians and the complex legacy of the games. Find your next read below!
Jews and the Olympics
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"I don’t think most people are in the pursuit of truth. I don’t even think that’s a goal for most people. They are just trying to survive." Taffy Brodesser-Akner speaks with JBC about her engrossing new novel, LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE. Read the full conversation below. (Penguin Random House)
A Dybbuk in the House of Fletcher: A Conversation with Taffy Brodesser-Akner
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JBC is excited to share that we are accepting proposals for author-led panels for the 2024 JBC Virtual Writers’ Conference. Learn more below. https://bit.ly/45MnU8G
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In celebration of Rachelle Bergstein's forthcoming book, THE GENIUS OF JUDY BLUME: HOW JUDY BLUME REWROTE CHILDHOOD FOR ALL OF US (Atria Books, July 2024), we want to know which Judy Blume books shaped you! Let us know in the form here. https://bit.ly/464Ib9T
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What is your #BookClub reading this June? Pictured here are JBC's June book club picks! Click below to read more on JBC's monthly fiction and nonfiction book club recommendations. JBC Book Clubs provides resources and support to book clubs reading books of Jewish interest. Learn more here. https://bit.ly/2RnlNSs (The University of South Carolina Press)
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