Jewish Literary Links
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.
- In which Rabbi Andy Bachman reflects on the pleasures—and, lately, frustrations—of time spent in independent bookstores. (Related: I’ll remind you about a bookstore guide co-created by Artists Against Antisemitism and Jewish Book Council, available on AAA’s “Resources” page.)
- By Aaron Hamburger: “On Being a Jewish Author on Tour” (published on the On Being Jewish Now Substack).
- From Jewish Book Council: a quick glimpse at 10 soon-to-published books.
- In the latest issue of Sources: Yardena Schwartz conducts a deeply thoughtful conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi on “the responsibilities of an Israeli writer.”
- And as I’ve mentioned elsewhere, the horrendous news from Bondi Beach landed just hours after I’d finished reading an anthology titled Ruptured: Jewish Women in Australia Reflect on Life Post-October 7. It’s now painfully timely reading—for everyone.
And if you haven’t checked them lately, there have been some updates to both my “After October 7″ and “Writers, Beware” documents.
May it be a Shabbat shalom, and may light suffuse the remainder of the Hanukkah festival.
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Thank you SO much, Diana!