Yona Zeldis McDonough
Called the first feminist Sephardi novel, Mazaltob tells the story of a young woman raised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco.
A Century-Old Feminist Sephardi Novel Is Back–and It’s Awesome.
Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough
Four Cozy Rom-Com Books to Make You Smile This Winter
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Turn off the news, stop with the doom scrolling and seek out some frothier fare in this quartet of Jewish rom-com novels.
Nina Simon on Mystery, Murder, and the Unusual Jewish Mother
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Author Nina Simon reflects on her Jewish mother, environmentalist politics, and life transition in a new murder mystery novel.
Diane Mehta’s Miniaturist Poetry
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Mehta’s poems are miniaturist examinations of art, aging, literature, grief, parenting, the sublime, labor, and faith.
A Bess Myerson Novel
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Author Linda Kass talks to fiction editor Yona Zeldis McDonough about why Myerson is a truly heroine for our times.
“Framing a Life”
Yona Zeldis McDonough
“The building of the house became a metaphor for my journey and search for wholeness. It was the physical manifestation of finding soul, my essence, and being able to share with others.”
“The Archivists” Dives Beneath the Surface
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Daphne Kalotay talks to Lilith about “The Archivists,” loss, and what lies beneath the surface.
Talking “A Castle in Brooklyn” with Shirley Wachtel
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Shirley Russak Wachtel talks to Lilith about how grief and betrayal threaten to destroy what were once unbreakable bonds in her novel A Castle in Brooklyn.
The Jewish Queen of Makeup
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Renée Rosen talks to Lilith about the ways in which she adhered to the facts—and the important reasons why she didn’t in her novel about the life of Estée Lauder.
Talking With Yael Goldstein-Love
Yona Zeldis McDonough
A new mother dives headlong into a parallel world to find her missing son in Yael Goldstein Love’s new novel, “The Possibilities.”