Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat

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Photo Credit: Reut Miryam Cohen
Every Friday morning My Machberet presents an assortment of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.

  • From London: new audio recordings from the 2013 Jewish Book Week festival. Listen to sessions that featured Shani Boianjiu, Edith Pearlman, Francesca Segal and Jami Attenberg, Laurent Binet, and many others.
  • Also from Britain: B.J. Epstein acquaints us with Into the Light: The Medieval Hebrew Poetry of Meir of Norwich for Wales Arts Review.
  • Back in the U.S.A., The Forward brings together authors Joanna Hershon and Adelle Waldman and asks them, among other questions, “What are your thoughts about being a Jewish writer?”
  • Lots of Jewish-lit info in the August Jewish Book Carnival, hosted by Leora Wenger.
  • On the Jewesses with Attitude blog, Miriam Cantor-Stone writes a letter to the late playwright Wendy Wasserstein.

    • Shabbat shalom, everyone.

    2 thoughts on “Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat”

    1. Nina says:
      August 16, 2013 at 7:57 am

      The Jewish Book Week interview with Mario Levi was great. Istanbul Was a Fairytale is in one of my TBR piles. Only disappointment was learning that the translation is somewhat lacking.

      1. Erika Dreifus says:
        August 16, 2013 at 1:12 pm

        Haven’t made it to that one myself yet, Nina. Isn’t the whole collection an amazing resource?

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