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A Year of Jewish Joy is an invitation to celebrate the Jewish year. It’s filled with 75 kosher recipes, along with how-tos, table ideas, handmade details, essays, and more. I hope it becomes a book you reach for year after year. Signed copies are available at the Weitzman Museum of National Jewish History.
Attainable, thoughtful, even ingenious.
Armed with years of experience as an editor at Martha Stewart Living, dreaming up holiday brunch tables and crafts, Lowin is a master in the art of the fanciful flourish. Readers of her inaugural cookbook, A Year of Jewish Joy, are the lucky recipients of her exacting whimsy, applied to the Jewish holiday cycle . . . Reading A Year of Jewish Joy feels somewhat like reading your effortlessly put-together big sister’s guide to all things hosting and entertaining. Lowin’s voice is warm and solicitous . . . the sort of touch that epitomizes this book: attainable, thoughtful, even ingenious.
Exactly the kind of book we need right now.
It’s warm, funny, honest . . . Rebekah’s book radiates the Jewish joy so many of us are craving right now. It speaks to anyone who has ever felt unsure about how to live Jewish life “the right way” . . . It’s the kind of book you keep close, reach for often, and gift to friends who are figuring out their own Jewish journey. Joyful, welcoming, and deeply Jewish, it’s exactly the kind of book we need right now.
Humor, yiddishkeit, and impossible joy.
Rebekah Lowin’s A Year of Jewish Joy is a radiant invitation to elevate your table with magical, enchanting, elegant style . . . She makes being a Jewish Martha Stewart feel less intimidating and a lot more fun—guiding you through the calendar with recipes, rituals, and beautiful celebrations that help us not only keep tradition, but make it shimmer.
You don’t have to be Jewish to love Rebekah Lowin.
In her first cookbook, avowed Martha Stewart devotee Lowin zeroes in on 70- plus recipes, both traditional and less so, for ten Jewish holidays, from the Sabbath to the Valentine-ish Tu B’Av. She also features crafts and gifts to make and to-dos that might appeal to any guest or family member . . . Sandwiched throughout are activities and makes that’ll thrill . . . Running through it all is Lowin’s joyful narrative.
You’re in for a treat.
Whether you’ve been following Rebekah on Instagram for years like I have or this is your first introduction to her gorgeous work, you’re in for a treat. Her lovely aesthetic, fresh, family-focused take on Jewish ritual, and beautiful recipes and craft projects combine to create something that will nourish you in more ways than one.
The guide every Jewish mother has been waiting for.
Rebekah brings whimsy, imagination, and fun to every page, offering fresh and meaningful ways to celebrate Jewish life . . . It’s like having a brilliantly curated Pinterest board at your fingertips with all the best ideas on how to elevate tradition and make it more personal. I can’t wait to start crafting (and cooking) my way through it.
It’s just what we need.
Rebekah Lowin packs more knowledge, more fun, more creativity, more JOY into this beautifully Jewish book than I ever thought possible. And that’s exactly the point. With humor and humility, she’s able to coax moments of inspired cooking and crafting out of every week of in the calendar year, all while adding tenderness, depth and meaning to holidays and every day celebrations alike. A Year of Jewish Joy gives us even more reason to gather, fress, and obsess over the dazzling details of Jewish life . . . it’s just what we need! Now, let’s eat!
Beautifully illustrated debut book.
. . . There’s a razor-thin line between honoring tradition and lowering the barrier to entry, and [Lowin] navigates it with humor and ease.
