Biennial Reads
Explore the big questions and ideas of Jewish life today.
Join in Your Own Way
There’s more than one way to get involved. You can:
- Buy or borrow one or more of our Biennial Reads book selections (you can support local bookstores and the URJ by purchasing through our Bookshop link).
- Sign up for a virtual author talk, below.
- Download a discussion guide to bring the conversation to your own congregation or community book group.
- Expand your knowledge when you hear from these featured authors at URJ Biennial in December.
Book Selections
Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s
Moshe (Marc) Dollinger introduced by Rabbi Isaama Goldstein-Stoll
Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs
Ari Wallach in conversation with Rabbi Stephanie Kolin
Author Talk: Monday, November 16 at 8pm ET
As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us
Sarah Hurwitz in conversation with Rabbi Nicole Auerbach
Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight over Free Speech in Modern America
James Loeffler in conversation with Barbara Weinstein
24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
Tiffany Shlain in conversation with Rabbi Sydney Mintz
