ON BEING JEWISH NOW: Reflections from Authors and Advocates
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Zibby Owens
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🗓️ 7 October 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
On the anniversary of October 7th, Zibby joins forces with Rebecca Minkoff to introduce ON BEING JEWISH NOW: Reflections from Authors and Advocates, an inspiring collection of 75 personal essays about what it means to be Jewish in the aftermath of October 7th. In this powerful and emotional episode, 40 contributors share lines from their essays. All profits from this project will be donated to Artists Against Antisemitism, a group founded by Jewish authors to fight the spread of antisemitism. You can now purchase the eBook and audiobook (already available!) and pre-order the paperback before its November 1st release.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is October 7th, the anniversary of the most terrific day in recent history. |
| 0:06.7 | Nothing could do this episode justice, but I do want to put forth my own special project |
| 0:13.0 | that I've been working really hard on for the last several months. |
| 0:16.2 | It's called On Being Jewish Now, Reflections from Authors and Advocates. |
| 0:20.6 | It's a collection of 75 personal essays |
| 0:22.9 | about what it means to be Jewish and how it feels now in the aftermath of last October 7th. |
| 0:30.9 | Prophets are being donated to artists against anti-Semitism, a 501c3 nonprofit I helped start up, along with 30 other founding |
| 0:39.1 | author members last fall. We fight against anti-Semitism with programming and more. |
| 0:47.6 | I hope that you'll take advantage of our audiobook and e-book, which are out now. Our trade paperback |
| 0:53.7 | is coming out November 1st, |
| 0:56.0 | but I'm hoping we get it out early. My heart breaks for everything that happened last year and |
| 1:01.6 | everything that's happened in between. My heart grieves for all the families who are directly |
| 1:06.1 | affected and everyone, because we all have been affected. The following is a podcast that Rebecca Minkoff did |
| 1:14.4 | with 40 of the contributors sharing just a line or two about their essay. |
| 1:21.1 | It is so powerful that all of us on the Zoom found ourselves crying, |
| 1:25.3 | just listening to each other talk. |
| 1:27.4 | It is this type of connection and powerful |
| 1:30.1 | connection that I hope deeply will help all of us heal. Do you ever see a successful woman on your |
| 1:40.2 | feed or in a magazine and think, wow, it must be nice to have it so easy. Well, think again. |
| 1:47.2 | Behind that glossy cover or smiling face is a ton of hard work, countless failures, |
| 1:51.8 | and endless learning experiences. I'm Rebecca Minkoff, and I'm here to tell you that success |
| 1:56.4 | isn't a walk in the park. It takes grit, resilience, and a willingness to take risks. |
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