
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."Zibby Owens is the bestselling author of Blank: A Novel, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, and Princess Charming. She is the editor of three anthologies: Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology, Moms Don't Have Time To Have Kids: A Timeless Anthology, and the national bestseller On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates.
Zibby is the founder and CEO of Zibby Media, which includes the Zibby Publishing boutique publishing house, Zibby's Bookshop, an independent bookstore in Santa Monica, CA, the award-winning daily podcast Totally Booked with Zibby, which she hosts, Zibby's Book Club, and Zibby Retreats for book lovers."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
"Sharing our stories has always been a strength of the people of the book. This collection is a prime example of the power of the pen to unite, connect, and inspire."
-Noa Tishby, New York Times bestselling author of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew and Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Seventy-five writers, including Daphne Merkin, Annabelle Gurwitch and The Post's David Christopher Kaufman share thoughts on Jewish faith and culture-and how both have been tested and reimagined in the year since the Hamas attack on Israel."
-New York Post "The Best New Books this Week"
"Owens . . . gathers more than 70 thought-provoking essays from Jewish writers, actors, artists, and religious leaders . . . It's a revealing look at the wide range of responses to a sad chapter in Jewish history."
-Publishers Weekly
"With a new anthology, author and publisher Zibby Owens brings together dozens of writers to talk about Jewish life after Oct. 7th."
-Tablet
"With more than 70 meaningful, smart, funny, sad, emotional and inspiring essays from writers, actors, artists and religious leaders, On Being Jewish Now is a time capsule, containing a wide range of voices from around the world."
-Jewish Journal
"The book's subject is heavy: living Jewishly in an era where it's fraught to do so. But the reading itself is breezy; each essay is just a few pages, sharply written and with plenty of humor (of course) and even challah recipes (again, of course) mixed in with sadness and reflection . . . some essays are funny. Others are serious. They contain a mix of outlooks and histories; trauma and hope. The anthology itself is a sweeping emotional touchstone."
-Jewish Boston