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Journalism/Jewish Literature Taglit-Birthright Israel Trip

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It’s not often that I wish I were younger–life is just fine right now, thank you–but when I received an announcement from the Jewish Book Council about one particular opportunity, I wished I could be 18-26 again.

The Council is now working with Hillel to provide a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip focused on journalism and Jewish literature. This free trip is open to Jews who are 18-26 years old and have never been on a peer-group trip to Israel. Registration opens next week, and will be open until March 4.

If this trip appeals to you (or might appeal to someone you know who fits the eligibility criteria), click here for more information.

Reminder: Jewish Fiction Writers’ Conference

by Erika Dreifus on
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Just a reminder that the Jewish Fiction Writers’ Conference scheduled for Sunday, March 15, 2009, at the 92nd Street Y in New York City is currently accepting early-bird registrations. But time for the discount is running out! You have until February 16 to save on the registration fee (it’s $115 until then, and $135 until March 9, when registration closes). Your conference registration will include a kosher breakfast and lunch.

And it will include the chance to attend numerous focused presentations—including the one I am having a lot of fun preparing. My session on “Publishing Your Jewish Short Stories” will include up-to-date information from all the magazine and journal editors who are so kindly responding to my inquiries at the moment. Plus lots of other guidance from someone who has managed to publish her share of Jewish-themed short fiction (in Lilith, Mississippi Review Online, TriQuarterly, and several others). Haven’t managed to publish a book-length collection, though, which is why I, personally, am eager to hear what the agent/editor types presenting that day will have to tell us.

For lots more information, and a downloadable brochure, click here. Hope to see you on March 15!

Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners Announced

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Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Sydney Taylor Book Awards, administered by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) to recognize Jewish children’s and teen literature. If you’re looking for reading options for the younger set, as I always am, the titles honored by this award program provide excellent possibilities. Find out more about this year’s winning books, authors, and illustrators here and here, and follow the exciting blog tour, too.

Nextbook’s Call for Film Festival Criticism

by Erika Dreifus on
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According to its Web site, Nextbook is partnering with The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center “to bring an exciting opportunity to our New York area readers: the chance to be a film critic-for-a-day. If you attend any of the 32 screenings that are part of the 2009 New York Jewish Film Festival, you will be eligible to submit a review to be published on Nextbook.org.”

Nextbook will be giving away two tickets for each of the festival’s screenings. But whether you respond to the ticket offer or not (or in time to obtain complimentary admission), you’ll still be welcome to review festival films and submit them to Nextbook. The filmgoer who writes the best review will receive a boxed set of the Nextbook/Schocken Jewish Encounters book series, plus a one-year membership to The Jewish Museum.

Details and guidelines, as well as information on the festival films, are all available at the Web site.