On Being Jewish Now

A USA Today Bestseller for 20 weeks!

Featured in the Washington Post

"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 humour. 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, Zibby Owens.