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“Zibby Owens has done the literary world a great service, collecting important views at a critical moment in history. As she says, this is not a time to lower your voice. Kudos to her and all the authors here for sharing valuable insight, emotion, and perspective on the often misunderstood Jewish experience.”
—Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays With Morrie

An intimate and hopeful collection of meaningful, smart, funny, sad, emotional, and inspiring essays from today’s authors and advocates about what it means to be Jewish, how life has changed since the attacks on October 7th, 2023, and the unique culture that brings this group together.

On October 7th, 2023, Jews in Israel were attacked in the largest pogrom since the Holocaust. It was a day felt by Jews everywhere who came together to process and speak out in ways some never had before. In this collection, 75 contributors speak to Jewish joy, celebration, laughter, food, trauma, loss, love, and family, and the common threads that course through the Jewish people: resilience and humor. Contributors include Mark Feuerstein, Jill Zarin, Steve Leder, Joanna Rakoff, Amy Ephron, Lisa Barr, Annabelle Gurwitch, Daphne Merkin, Bradley Tusk, Sharon Brous, Jenny Mollen, Nicola Kraus, Caroline Leavitt, and many others. On Being Jewish Now is edited by Zibby Owens, bestselling author, podcaster, bookstore owner, and CEO of Zibby Media.

All profits will be donated to Artists Against Antisemitism. 

Contributors:

Abby Stern

Ali Rosen

Alison Hammer

Alison Rose Greenberg

Alix Strauss

Aliza Licht

Alli Frank

Alyssa Rosenheck

Amy Blumenfeld

Amy Ephron

Amy Klein

Anna Ephron Harari

Annabelle Gurwitch

Barri Leiner Grant

Bess Kalb

Beth Ricanati

Bradley Tusk

Brenda Janowitz

Cara Mentzel

Caroline Leavitt

Corie Adjmi

Courtney Sheinmel

Danny Grossman

Daphne Merkin

Dara Kurtz

Dara Levan

David K. Israel

David Christopher Kaufman

Debbie Reed Fischer

Diana Fersko

Eleanor Reissa

Elizabeth Cohen Hausman

Elizabeth L. Silver

Elyssa Friedland

Emily Tisch Sussman

Harper Kincaid

Heidi Shertok

Ilana Kurshan

Jacqueline Friedland

Jamie Brenner

Jane L. Rosen

Jeanne Blasberg

Jennifer S. Brown

Jenny Mollen

Jeremy Garelick

Jill Zarin

Joanna Rakoff

Jonathan Santlofer

Judy Batalion

Julia DeVillers

Keren Blankfeld

Lihi Lapid

Lisa Barr

Lisa Kogan

Lynda Cohen Loigman

Mark Feuerstein

Nicola Kraus

Noa Yedlin

Rebecca Keren Jablonski

Rachel Barenbaum

Rachel Levy Lesser

Rachelle Unreich

Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca Raphael

Renee Rosen

Rochelle B. Weinstein

Samantha Ettus

Samantha Greene Woodruff

Sharon Brous

Shirin Yadegar

Stacy Igel

Steve Leder

Talia Carner

Toby Rose

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