Jewish Book Month, and reading from A Place for People Like Us at Literary Modiin
- Nov 17, 2025
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To celebrate Jewish book month, and its incredible 100th anniversary, I’m sharing a small fraction of my Jewish book collection 🩷🩷📚 There are so many incredible Jewish writers whose work has inspired me so much; this is just a handful of their brilliance. Share your shelf of Jewish books this month .
There are so many incredible Jewish authors, in every genre (though this is mostly short stories, novels and graphic novels, with a little bit of non fiction thrown in, including favourites by Grace Paley, Aimee Bender, Etgar Keret, Nathan Englander, Rutu Modan, Bruno Schultz, Ayelet Tsabari, Shani Boianjiu, Judy Budnitz, Eshkol Nevo, Iddo Gefen, Elise Levine, Elyse Friedman, Kathy Friedman, Ramona Ausubel, Rachel Rose, Sara Lippmann, Lauren Kirshner, Chava Rosenfarb Sarah Gilbert and so many more
It was also such an honour and a joy to get to read from A Place For People Like Us (Guernica Editions ) as part of the Literary Modiin reading series on Sunday . Thank you so much to the wonderful and talented Julie Zuckerman, Author for having me, and for the great questions, and to Nina Boug Lichtenstein and Yishay Ron and Yardenne Greenspan for being so amazing and inspiring 💗💗💗📚🎉🎉📚
Surah Maryam is a deeply moving chapter of the Quran that highlights faith, patience, and Allah’s mercy. The story of Maryam (AS) and the miraculous birth of Prophet Isa (AS) reminds believers to trust Allah’s wisdom in difficult times. Reading Surah Maryam brings comfort, strengthens iman, and inspires sincerity in worship and supplication. It encourages reflection, hope, and reliance on divine help during trials.
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