The On Being Jewish Now Newsletter

Upcoming events, new essays, and more.

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Jan 18, 2025

On the eve of the hostages being released, our On Being Jewish Now community is sending out hopeful thoughts for everything to come.

We’ve published more than 90 essays so far on our Substack, inspired by the bestselling anthology edited by

Zibby Owens

. (The anthology is on the USA Today bestseller list again this week. 9 weeks total!)

We publish a new essay by you every single day, so make sure to subscribe and share so you don’t miss a single one! Consider submitting an essay yourself!

Come to Our Events!

Zibby has been focusing all her energy on the L.A. fires and recovery with her Santa Monica-based bookstore and has decided to cancel her appearances at the upcoming On Being Jewish Now events. But we are so excited for our other incredible contributors to represent what it means to be Jewish now at our events this month.

Thursday, January 23rd at 8:30 am, NYC: UJA hosts Elyssa Friedland,

Stacy Igel

, and Rebecca Raphael. RSVP here.

Wednesday, January 29th at 7:00 pm, Boston: CJP Women’s Philanthropy hosts Amy Blumenfeld and

Rachel Levy Lesser

. RSVP here.

Thank you to Congregation Habonim for hosting Jane L. Rosen, Amy Blumenfeld, and Courtney Sheinmel for a meaningful discussion with Rabbi Lisa Gelber this week!

Thank you to Happy Women Dinners Chicago for hosting Alison Hammer last night! The energy in the room was palpable. Zibby was sad to miss it, but so grateful to Alison for leading the way!