Jewish Book Council

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.