As we prepare for the kick-off event for our 10th anniversary book, the One Book, One Jewish community committee is catching up with our past authors. We've asked them to fill us in on what they've published since being featured as a One Book selection and to share a special recipe with us in honor of this year's choice, Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking. Author Name:  Aaron Lansky OBOJC Book Title: Outwitting History Have you published another book since your OBOJC book? If so, what is the title? Can you briefly describe the book?  If you have another book due out [...]

By: Alyse Unterberger, Director, Special Events Ten years ago, we announced the very first One Book, One Jewish Community selection - how time flies! In the intervening years, we have shared the reading of all kinds of Jewish books: fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, short stories, local authors and writers from far away. Each one brought our community together to learn, discuss and share great Jewish books in all their different forms. This year’s choice is, in that spirit of diversity, an out-of-the-box selection…..ZAHAV: A World of Israeli Cuisine by Chef Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook. Memoir, personal history and fascinating culinary lesson all in [...]

Our Venture of the month features a congregation that has gone through a systemic change process while working with Jewish Learning Venture. This month, we are featuring Mishkan Shalom in Philadelphia, who incorporated PJ Goes to School into their curriculum for the year. Gabby Kaplan-Mayer and Mindy Dorfman, Gan-Alef-Bet Teachers at Mishkan Shalom, shared their experiences with us.  JLV: Please describe the change, innovation, or transformation your organization has achieved: Mishkan: We are entering our third year of participating in PJ Goes To School--a companion program to PJ Library to enhance Jewish content in classrooms through Jewish books and [...]