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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Each week we talk with a Jewish author about Five Books:

1. A book from childhood that shaped
the author’s Jewish identity.

2. A book from adulthood that impacted or expresses their Jewish identity.

3. One book that changed their worldview.

4. Their current read.

5. The author’s latest book.

“I think I just picked books that made me go, I didn’t know we were allowed to do this, I didn’t know that we COULD do this.

Yael van der Wouden, Episode 2

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