On Being Jewish Now

A USA Today Bestseller for 29 weeks! Featured in the Washington Post Inspired a stage adaptation, a global Substack, and 100+ events "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 On October 7th, 2023, Israel was attacked in the largest pogrom since the Holocaust. Jews around the world felt a collective shock and a renewed urgency to speak, gather, and hold one another closer. On Being Jewish Now is an intimate, hopeful, funny, moving, and deeply meaningful collection of essays about what it means to be Jewish in this moment, and the unique culture that brings this group together. Edited by Zibby Owens, bestselling author, podcaster, bookstore owner, and CEO of Zibby Media, this collection brings together 75 authors, advocates, actors, rabbis, and cultural voices reflecting on Jewish joy, celebration, humor, food, identity, loss, love, family, and the ties that connect Jewish people across generations and geographies. Together, these essays offer a portrait of a community changed by tragedy but still rooted in memory, meaning, and stubborn hope. For Jewish readers, On Being Jewish Now offers the comfort of recognition and the reminder that you are not alone. For allies, friends, and loved ones, it offers an honest, accessible window into what many Jews have been carrying since October 7th, and why Jewish culture, humor, history, and connection remain so powerful. 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 Zibby Owens