# The Five Books: Jewish Authors on the Books That Shaped Them

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Official site: https://www.fivebookspod.org/
Author: Tali Rosenblatt Cohen
Episodes: 60

## Resource

The Five Books celebrates the role of books in our lives. Each week we’ll talk with a Jewish author about five books in five categories. We’ll hear about: two Jewish books that have impacted the author’s Jewish identity; one book (not necessarily Jewish) that they think everyone should read - a book that changed their worldview. We’ll get a peek into what book they're reading now, and we’ll hear the inside scoop on the new book they’ve just published. The Five Books creates a space for all listeners to explore what it means to live, write, and read as a Jewish American today.

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## Episodes
- [Rachel Goldberg-Polin on Surviving Grief](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/rachel-goldberg-polin-on-surviving-grief) — 2026-07-21T07:00:00+00:00
- [Portia Elan on the Future We Choose](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/portia-elan-on-the-future-we-choose) — 2026-07-07T07:00:00+00:00
- [Dahlia Adler on Writing a Spicy Modern Orthodox Romance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/dahlia-adler-on-writing-a-spicy-modern-orthodox-romance) — 2026-06-23T07:00:00+00:00
- [Laurie Frankel on the Jewish Ability to Hold Multiple Truths](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/laurie-frankel-on-the-jewish-ability-to-hold-multiple-truths) — 2026-06-09T07:00:00+00:00
- [Nicholas Lemann on Being Jewish in the Shadow of the American South](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/nicholas-lemann-on-being-jewish-in-the-shadow-of-the-american-south) — 2026-05-26T07:00:00+00:00
- [Fran Fabriczki on “Homelooseness” and a Love Letter to Los Angeles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/fran-fabriczki-on-homelooseness-and-a-love-letter-to-los-angeles) — 2026-05-12T07:00:00+00:00
- [Adeena Sussman on Flavor as a Jewish Language](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/adeena-sussman-on-flavor-as-a-jewish-language) — 2026-04-28T07:00:00+00:00
- [Alicia Jo Rabins on Composing a Life of Meaning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/alicia-jo-rabins-on-composing-a-life-of-meaning) — 2026-04-14T07:00:00+00:00
- [Matti Friedman on the Stories that Built a People](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/matti-friedman-on-the-stories-that-built-a-people) — 2026-03-31T07:00:00+00:00
- [Zeeva Bukai on the Fragments that Make Us Whole](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/zeeva-bukai-on-the-fragments-that-make-us-whole) — 2026-03-17T07:00:00+00:00
- [A Purim Episode with Rob Kutner On Where Comedy and Judaism Overlap [REBROADCAST]](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/a-purim-episode-with-rob-kutner-on-where-comedy-and-judaism-overlap-rebroadcast) — 2026-03-03T08:00:00+00:00
- [Allegra Goodman on “This is Not About Us” (Or So We Tell Ourselves)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/allegra-goodman-on-this-is-not-about-us-or-so-we-tell-ourselves) — 2026-02-17T08:00:00+00:00
- [Jason Diamond on being a (Jewish-)American Author](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/jason-diamond-on-being-a-jewish-american-author) — 2026-02-03T08:00:00+00:00
- [Sasha Vasilyuk on the Silences of the Soviet-Jewish Past](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/sasha-vasilyuk-on-the-silences-of-the-soviet-jewish-past) — 2026-01-20T08:00:00+00:00
- [Samantha Ellis on Becoming a Keeper of Her Ancestral Language](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/samantha-ellis-on-becoming-a-keeper-of-her-ancestral-language) — 2026-01-06T08:00:00+00:00
- [Judith Viorst on Happiness, Agency, and the Art of Aging](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/judith-viorst-on-happiness-agency-and-the-art-of-aging) — 2025-12-23T08:00:00+00:00
- [Rabbi Yitz Greenberg on Re-envisioning the Jewish Future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/rabbi-yitz-greenberg-on-re-envisioning-the-jewish-future) — 2025-12-09T08:00:00+00:00
- [BONUS: Introducing Jewish Insights with Justin Pines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/bonus-introducing-jewish-insights-with-justin-pines) — 2025-12-03T08:00:00+00:00
- [Jake Cohen on the Magic of Gathering Around the Table](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/jake-cohen-on-the-magic-of-gathering-around-the-table) — 2025-11-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [Sam Sussman on Bob Dylan and Being his Mother’s Son](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/sam-sussman-on-bob-dylan-and-being-his-mother-s-son) — 2025-11-11T08:00:00+00:00
- [Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on Finding Yourself in the Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/rabbi-angela-buchdahl-on-finding-yourself-in-the-story) — 2025-10-28T07:00:00+00:00
- [Kitty Zeldis On Passing and the Relief of Being “Kitty”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/kitty-zeldis-on-passing-and-the-relief-of-being-kitty) — 2025-10-14T07:00:00+00:00
- [Ilana Kurshan on Books as Blueprints for Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/ilana-kurshan-on-books-as-blueprints-for-life) — 2025-09-30T07:00:00+00:00
- [Sarah Hurwitz on Reclaiming Our Jewish Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/sarah-hurwitz-on-reclaiming-our-jewish-story) — 2025-09-16T07:00:00+00:00
- [Toby Lloyd on Biblical Horror and being a Jewish Atheist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/toby-lloyd-on-biblical-horror-and-being-a-jewish-atheist) — 2025-09-02T07:00:00+00:00
- [Sharon Kurtzman on the Danger that Lingered Post Holocaust](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/sharon-kurtzman-on-the-danger-that-lingered-post-holocaust) — 2025-08-19T07:00:00+00:00
- [Rachel Cockerell on The Zionist Dream That Sailed to Galveston](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/rachel-cockerell-on-the-zionist-dream-that-sailed-to-galveston) — 2025-08-05T07:00:00+00:00
- [BONUS: Introducing The Book of Life Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/bonus-introducing-the-book-of-life-podcast) — 2025-08-01T07:00:00+00:00
- [Esther Levy Chehebar on Marriage, Sisterhood, and the Weight of Tradition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-five-books-jewish-authors-on-the-books-that-shaped-them-7105649/esther-levy-chehebar-on-marriage-sisterhood-and-the-weight-of-tradition) — 2025-07-22T07:00:00+00:00

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