On Being Jewish Now

A USA Today Bestseller for 29 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 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


Zibby Owens