People of the Book

About People of the Book

On People of the Book, award-winning author Meryl Ain chats with notable authors, and brings you the best in books with Jewish content. From novels to memoirs to short stories to scholarly tomes, we cover a wide range of reads. Our freewheeling conversations are thought provoking and intimate. They span historical themes, contemporary issues, the writing process, and the influences that inspire and empower writers to tell their stories and share them with the world.

Publisher

Meryl Ain

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Feb 2022

Latest episode

26 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

70 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Mar 2026

   Encore Presentation: Remember to Eat and Other Stories by Meryl Ain

   Meryl Ain is a writer, author, podcaster, and career educator. Her newest book, Remember to Eat and Other Stories was published in January. She is also the author of two award-winning novels, The Takeaway Men (2020) and Shadows We Carry (2023., The host of the podcast People of the Book, she is also the founder of the Facebook group Jews Love to Read! The group currently has more than 6,100 members. Randi Brenowitz is the immediate past International President of the Melton School for Adult Jewish Learning and has been involved in Jewish learning and philanthropy her entire adult life. She is a retired Human Resources/Organization Development consultant, avid reader and an early and active member of our Facebook group, Jews Love to Read! She lives in Palo Alto, CA with her husband, writer and psychotherapist, Dr. Marty Klein. Stewart is an award-winning journalist and was a Pulitzer Prize nominee three times. He has worked for The Forward, The New York Times, New York Daily News, Long Island Business News, the New York Jewish Week, and the LI Jewish World. He hosts his own weekly cable TV program, Jewish Life. He is married to Meryl and they have three sons and six grandchildren. Meryl’s website: merylain.com/ (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmerylain.com%2F&token=484c2e-1-1774472287766) Jews Love To Read! www.facebook.com/groups/455865462463744 (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F455865462463744&token=c63e3f-1-1774472287766) People of the Book: www.facebook.com/PeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAin (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAin&token=f97431-1-1774472287766) Facebook: www.facebook.com/meryl.ain.9/ (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmeryl.ain.9%2F&token=bc4a99-1-1774472287766) Facebook Author Page: facebook.com/MerylAinAuthor/ (https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2FMerylAinAuthor%2F&token=68ca26-1-1774472287766) Amazon: a.co/d/ec5DbXn (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fa.co%2Fd%2Fec5DbXn&token=c490d-1-1774472287766) Copyright by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #AuthorsOnTheAir (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AuthorsOnTheAir) #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork) #AOTA (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AOTA) #PeopleOfTheBook (https://soundcloud.com/tags/PeopleOfTheBook) #PeopleOfTheBookPodcast (https://soundcloud.com/tags/PeopleOfTheBookPodcast) #Podcast (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Podcast) #MerylAin (https://soundcloud.com/tags/MerylAin) #RandiBrenowitz (https://soundcloud.com/tags/RandiBrenowitz) #StewartAin (https://soundcloud.com/tags/StewartAin) #RememberToEat (https://soundcloud.com/tags/RememberToEat) #ShortStories (https://soundcloud.com/tags/ShortStories) #RememberToEatAndOtherStories (https://soundcloud.com/tags/RememberToEatAndOtherStories) #Marjorie (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Marjorie) #Alice (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Alice) #TheGreatestGeneration (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheGreatestGeneration) #WWII (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WWII) #WomensArmyCorps (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WomensArmyCorps) #WAC (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WAC) #FamilyCircle (https://soundcloud.com/tags/FamilyCircle) #BabyBoomers (https://soundcloud.com/tags/BabyBoomers) #WomensRights (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WomensRights) #ChangingRoleOfWomen (https://soundcloud.com/tags/ChangingRoleOfWomen) #TheSixties (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheSixties) #TheSeventies (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheSeventies) #Antisemitism (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Antisemitism) #CovidPandemic (https://soundcloud.com/tags/CovidPandemic) #TheHolocaust (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheHolocaust) #Ancestry (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Ancestry) #AfterTheHolocaust (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AfterTheHolocaust) #ShadowsWeCarry (https://soundcloud.com/tags/ShadowsWeCarry) #TheTakeawayMen (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheTakeawayMen) #MeltonSchoolForAdultJewishLearning (https://soundcloud.com/tags/MeltonSchoolForAdultJewishLearning) #MerylAin (https://soundcloud.com/tags/MerylAin) #LetsTalkJewishBooks (https://soundcloud.com/tags/LetsTalkJewishBooks) #JewsLoveToRead (https://soundcloud.com/tags/JewsLoveToRead)

2. 

   12 Feb 2026

   REMEMBER TO EAT AND OTHER STORIES: Meryl Ain in conversation with Stewart Ain and Randi Brenowitz

   Meryl Ain is a writer, author, podcaster, and career educator. Her newest book, Remember to Eat and Other Stories was published in January. She is also the author of two award-winning novels, The Takeaway Men (2020) and Shadows We Carry (2023., The host of the podcast People of the Book, she is also the founder of the Facebook group Jews Love to Read! The group currently has more than 6,100 members. Randi Brenowitz is the immediate past International President of the Melton School for Adult Jewish Learning and has been involved in Jewish learning and philanthropy her entire adult life. She is a retired Human Resources/Organization Development consultant, avid reader and an early and active member of our Facebook group, Jews Love to Read! She lives in Palo Alto, CA with her husband, writer and psychotherapist, Dr. Marty Klein. Stewart is an award-winning journalist and was a Pulitzer Prize nominee three times. He has worked for The Forward, The New York Times, New York Daily News, Long Island Business News, the New York Jewish Week, and the LI Jewish World. He hosts his own weekly cable TV program, Jewish Life. He is married to Meryl and they have three sons and six grandchildren. Meryl’s website: merylain.com/ (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmerylain.com%2F&token=7bba1-1-1770853167793) Jews Love To Read! www.facebook.com/groups/455865462463744 (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F455865462463744&token=38fdaf-1-1770853167793) People of the Book: www.facebook.com/PeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAin (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAin&token=b73f2f-1-1770853167793) Facebook: www.facebook.com/meryl.ain.9/ (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmeryl.ain.9%2F&token=b37690-1-1770853167793) Facebook Author Page: facebook.com/MerylAinAuthor/ (https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2FMerylAinAuthor%2F&token=db8995-1-1770853167793) Amazon: a.co/d/ec5DbXn (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fa.co%2Fd%2Fec5DbXn&token=d746ca-1-1770853167793) Copyright by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #AuthorsOnTheAir (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AuthorsOnTheAir) #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork) #AOTA (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AOTA) #PeopleOfTheBook (https://soundcloud.com/tags/PeopleOfTheBook) #PeopleOfTheBookPodcast (https://soundcloud.com/tags/PeopleOfTheBookPodcast) #Podcast (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Podcast) #MerylAin (https://soundcloud.com/tags/MerylAin) #RandiBrenowitz (https://soundcloud.com/tags/RandiBrenowitz) #StewartAin (https://soundcloud.com/tags/StewartAin) #RememberToEat (https://soundcloud.com/tags/RememberToEat) #ShortStories (https://soundcloud.com/tags/ShortStories) #RememberToEatAndOtherStories (https://soundcloud.com/tags/RememberToEatAndOtherStories) #Marjorie (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Marjorie) #Alice (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Alice) #TheGreatestGeneration (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheGreatestGeneration) #WWII (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WWII) #WomensArmyCorps (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WomensArmyCorps) #WAC (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WAC) #FamilyCircle (https://soundcloud.com/tags/FamilyCircle) #BabyBoomers (https://soundcloud.com/tags/BabyBoomers) #WomensRights (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WomensRights) #ChangingRoleOfWomen (https://soundcloud.com/tags/ChangingRoleOfWomen) #TheSixties (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheSixties) #TheSeventies (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheSeventies) #Antisemitism (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Antisemitism) #CovidPandemic (https://soundcloud.com/tags/CovidPandemic) #TheHolocaust (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheHolocaust) #Ancestry (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Ancestry) #AfterTheHolocaust (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AfterTheHolocaust) #ShadowsWeCarry (https://soundcloud.com/tags/ShadowsWeCarry) #TheTakeawayMen (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheTakeawayMen) #MeltonSchoolForAdultJewishLearning (https://soundcloud.com/tags/MeltonSchoolForAdultJewishLearning) #MerylAin (https://soundcloud.com/tags/MerylAin) #LetsTalkJewishBooks (https://soundcloud.com/tags/LetsTalkJewishBooks) #JewsLoveToRead (https://soundcloud.com/tags/JewsLoveToRead)

3. 

   18 Dec 2025

   Jeff Weiss: FIGHTING BACK, Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force

   Meryl chats with Jeff Weiss about his book, Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force, which he co-wrote with his brother, Craig Weiss. The book tells the story of Stan Andrews, an assimilated American Jew and World War II veteran, who became one of the first fighter pilots in the history of the Israeli Air Force. Jeff Weiss is the co-author of Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the birth of the Israeli Air Force, and also I Am My Brother’s Keeper: American Volunteers in Israel’s War for Independence. He is featured in the 2014 Nancy Spielberg documentary “Above and Beyond” about American members of the Israel Air Force in 1948. He’s also the author of Racing Against Time, a 2025 fitness memoir. In addition to undergraduate and law degrees, Jeff holds Master’s degrees in International Law (Georgetown University Law Center) and in Biotechnology (Johns Hopkins University). He made Aliyah in 2022 and lives in Tel Aviv. Website: www.fightingback.com/ (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fightingback.com%2F&token=b5fdc6-1-1765639233151) Amazon: a.co/d/3gGjlti (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fa.co%2Fd%2F3gGjlti&token=b6535b-1-1765639233151) Website: merylain.com/ www.facebook.com/PeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAin (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAin&token=44d65c-1-1765639233151) facebook.com/MerylAinAuthor/ (https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2FMerylAinAuthor%2F&token=4154b9-1-1765639233151) www.facebook.com/groups/455865462463744 (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F455865462463744&token=9ec8d2-1-1765639233151) Copyright by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #AuthorsOnTheAir (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AuthorsOnTheAir) #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork) #AOTA (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AOTA) #JeffWeiss (https://soundcloud.com/tags/JeffWeiss) #JeffreyWeiss (https://soundcloud.com/tags/JeffreyWeiss) #CraigWeiss (https://soundcloud.com/tags/CraigWeiss) #StanAndrews (https://soundcloud.com/tags/StanAndrews) #FightingBack (https://soundcloud.com/tags/FightingBack) #1948 (https://soundcloud.com/tags/1948) #IsraeliAirForce (https://soundcloud.com/tags/IsraeliAirForce) #TheBirthOfTheIsraeliAirForce (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheBirthOfTheIsraeliAirForce) #IsraelWarOfIndependence (https://soundcloud.com/tags/IsraelWarOfIndependence) #TheJewishPeople (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheJewishPeople) #WWII (https://soundcloud.com/tags/WWII) #IsraelDefenseForces (https://soundcloud.com/tags/IsraelDefenseForces) #AmericanJewsAndIsrael (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AmericanJewsAndIsrael) #JewishObservance (https://soundcloud.com/tags/JewishObservance) #Antisemitism (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Antisemitism) #ResearchProcess (https://soundcloud.com/tags/ResearchProcess) #Israel (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Israel) #October7 (https://soundcloud.com/tags/October7) #HostageRelease (https://soundcloud.com/tags/HostageRelease) #Trauma (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Trauma) #StickersOfMeaning (https://soundcloud.com/tags/StickersOfMeaning) #VolunteerSpiritInIsrael (https://soundcloud.com/tags/VolunteerSpiritInIsrael) #Community (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Community) #UnitedStates (https://soundcloud.com/tags/UnitedStates) #AboveAndBeyond (https://soundcloud.com/tags/AboveAndBeyond) #NancySpielberg (https://soundcloud.com/tags/NancySpielberg) #NaomiShemer (https://soundcloud.com/tags/NaomiShemer) #JewishIdentity (https://soundcloud.com/tags/JewishIdentity) #IAmMyBrothersKeeper (https://soundcloud.com/tags/IAmMyBrothersKeeper) #RacingAgainstTime (https://soundcloud.com/tags/RacingAgainstTime) #PeopleoftheBook (https://soundcloud.com/tags/PeopleoftheBook) #MerylAin (https://soundcloud.com/tags/MerylAin) #TheTakeawayMen (https://soundcloud.com/tags/TheTakeawayMen) #ShadowsWeCarry (https://soundcloud.com/tags/ShadowsWeCarry) #RememberToEat (https://soundcloud.com/tags/RememberToEat) #LetsTalkJewishBooks (https://soundcloud.com/tags/LetsTalkJewishBooks) #JewsLoveToRead (https://soundcloud.com/tags/JewsLoveToRead)!

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

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76

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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