On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Address speaks with Zibby Owens about the new book of essays she edited, On Being Jewish Now, which emerged from the Artists Against Anti-Semitism initiative following the events of October 7, 2023.

They discuss the impact of these events on Jewish identity, the generational shifts in perspectives within the Jewish community, the importance of memory and community, and the hope for the future amidst rising antisemitism

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About the Guest



Zibby Owens

Zibby Owens is the bestselling author of Blank: A Novel, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, and children’s book Princess Charming, and the editor of three anthologies: On Being Jewish Now, Moms Don’t Have Time to Have Kids, and Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology. Her next novel Overheard is forthcoming.

She has contributed to Good Morning America, Katie Couric Media, Vogue, Oprah Daily, and other outlets, and has appeared on CNN, CBS This Morning, and many others. Vulture called her “NYC’s Most Powerful Book-fluencer.”

Zibby is the CEO and Founder of Zibby Media, dubbed “the Zibby-verse” by the L.A. Times, which includes the award-winning, daily podcast Totally Booked with Zibby, the boutique publishing house Zibby Publishing, Zibby’s Bookshop, an independent bookstore in Santa Monica, CA, Zibby’s Book Club, and Zibby Retreats, events for book lovers.

A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Zibby currently lives in New York with her four children ages 10 to 17 and her husband Kyle Owens, co-president and founder of Morning Moon Productions.

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