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.

• This week I’ve spent some quality time with Atar Hadari’s remarkable Arik and Company, a documentary-poetry project, focused on the life of Ariel Sharon, that was recently published by Ben Yehuda Press. And on my to-watch schedule now: a recording of an event featuring Hadari and two other Ben Yehuda poets. (Btw: The press has a nice #JewishBookMonth100 sale going on right now!)
• And when it comes to my tbr list, I’ve just been reminded about Bethlehem Road, Judy Lev’s short-story collection, thanks to Margot Singer’s review for Moment magazine).
• The Jewish Book Council is hiring for a new position: Director of Publishing Relations. “We are seek­ing an expe­ri­enced pro­fes­sion­al – ide­al­ly with a strong back­ground in pub­lish­ing and/​or the lit­er­ary field – who can oper­ate at the inter­sec­tion of advo­ca­cy, part­ner­ships, pro­gram­ming, and indus­try engage­ment. This posi­tion requires strate­gic vision, rela­tion­ship-build­ing exper­tise, and the abil­i­ty to design and imple­ment pro­grams that advance Jew­ish and Israeli lit­er­a­ture with­in the broad­er marketplace.” This full-time, hybrid position is based in New York City. “The salary range for this posi­tion is $110-$130k, plus benefits.”
• “‘We Were Hoping You’d Do It for Free’: A Children’s Songwriter on Art, Joy and Getting Paid” (by Robb “Robbo” Zelonky for Jewish Journal).
• Finally, on this Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.: Want to express some gratitude for your favorite Jewish (or Jewish-friendly) literary magazine(s)? Take up this invitation from Chill Subs to “celebrate outstanding literary magazines by nominating up to 5 of the most inspiring publications of 2025,” and help amplify and support the work of worthy editors and publishers. You have until December 7 to do so.

Shabbat shalom.