Erika Dreifus

Toward the end of each week, the My Machberet blog presents a collection of links, drawn primarily from the world of Jewish books and writing.

• Open for submissions: Jewish Poets Collective Journal, for their fall issue, until September 4, and Judith Magazine, for a special High Holy Days poetry folio, until the issue is filled. No fees to submit/no payment.
• Get to know Liesbeth Heenk, founder and publisher of Amsterdam Publishers, “the largest inter­na­tion­al pub­lish­ing house focus­ing on Holo­caust memoirs.”
• “Sasha Vasilyuk was surprised to be named a finalist for the 2025 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, wondering if the judges were going to honor an author whose ‘last name isn’t Jewish, and whose main character avoided being Jewish.'” (Spoiler: The judges did!)
• In case you missed it: “Building a Future for Jewish Writers” (by Howard Lovy).
• And my latest book purchase, this week, is The Day Everything Changed: Ten Stories from October 7th, a “graphic novel anthology” whose proceeds benefit the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

Shabbat shalom.