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Shabbat shalom!
Shabbat shalom!
I am back from my amazing trip to Israel (more about that in due course). Before I left NYC, I submitted my contribution for this month’s Jewish Book Carnival. The October Carnival is being hosted by the Jewish Book Council, and you’ll find all the goodies right here. Enjoy!
This will be my final post for ten days or so. I’m heading to Israel tomorrow night! I don’t expect to be online much (if at all) while I’m there, but I do anticipate returning with lots of discoveries to share. Shabbat shalom, and see you when I’m back!
This announcement comes from the latest Women Arts Theatre Funding News:
**Jewish Women’s Theatre Culture Klatch** (2011 Season, Los Angeles, CA) – Gathers women in homes to listen to new stories and share thoughts, while enjoying coffee and dessert! Seeking submissions of plays, monologues, poems, essays, stories, songs, etc. that have an element of Jewish resonance and feature women or a woman’s point of view. Works may be of any length, but short one-acts and monologues are preferred. Plays should be topical for the 21st century and have small casts. Previously produced or published work is welcome (include production and/or publication history). Submissions should address the season’s themes: February 6-8 – “Jewish Women Do Men” – what Jewish women have to say about the men they love and the men they love to hate; April 4-6 – “World Premiere: Eden According to Eve” – reinterpreted and reimagined classical Jewish folk or bible stories from a feminine perspective with a female main character set in today’s world; one-acts no longer than 10 minutes; monologues or poems no longer than 5 minutes. Submissions should be in Word, PDF, or Final Draft format; include cover letter with brief bio and history of the material (if applicable). NO FEE. Jewish Women’s Theatre, 521 Latimer Rd., Santa Monica, CA 90402, info(at)jewishwomenstheatre(dot)org, www.jewishwomenstheatre.org. Deadline: October 30, 2010
This NYPL (Bloomingdale branch) event is slated for October 26:
Meet the Authors: Beyond Matzoh and Pogroms
What to do when your best friend is throwing a party of the day of your Bat Mitzvah? Can you give up being Jewish for Lent? Authors Margie Gelbwasser, Jenny Meyerhoff, Sarah Darer Littman, Nora Baskin Raleigh, & Laura Toffler-Corrie talk about Judaism in fiction: past portrayals and today’s issues. For ages 12 and up.
More info here.
(via the Association of Jewish Libraries)