Jewish Book Carnival: September 2013

My Machberet is proud to serve as September 2013 host for the Jewish Book Carnival, “a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read, and comment on each others’ posts.” The posts are hosted on a participant’s site on the 15th of each month.

Herewith, this month’s goodies-which also mark the first Carnival of the new year 5774! (more…)

Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat

Photo Credit: Reut Miryam Cohen

Every Friday morning My Machberet presents an assortment of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.

  • Library Journal has published a nice article with some Jewish literature suggestions for librarians. Titles past and present are included.
  • “There are millions of stories that need to be told – each one unique and heartbreaking and filled with truths and teachings.” So says author Deb Levy in an interview focused on her new book, Bury the Hot, which describes the life experience of Holocaust survivor Sal Wainberg.
  • I love Rebecca Klempner’s writing. Check out her latest, beautiful essay for Tablet, filled with layered meanings for Tisha B’Av.
  • Appreciate having discovered author Gloria Goldreich’s essay on “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Zionist” in Hadassah magazine.
  • And on a related note, this “dialogue with a western leftist,” though not exactly new, is too perfect not to share. (via @JeffreyGoldberg)
  • Shabbat shalom.

    Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat

    Photo Credit: Reut Miryam Cohen
    Every Friday morning My Machberet presents an assortment of links, primarily of the literary variety.

  • Rebecca Klempner presents a true Passover story that epitomizes an instance when reality seems stranger than fiction.
  • Many of us perceive Tay-Sachs disease to be a malady that strikes only Jewish families; Emily Rapp isn’t Jewish, but her son, Ronan, recently succumbed to the disease. Judy Bolton-Fasman writes about Rapp’s new memoir, which opens with Ronan’s diagnosis.
  • Canada-based author Ayelet Tsabari recently wrote a series of guest posts, my favorite of which deals with the challenges she has faced in writing about Israel.
  • Beth Kissileff profiles Shimon Adaf, most recent recipient of Israel’s prestigious Sapir Prize.
  • Latest Quiet Americans news.
  • Shabbat shalom.

    Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat

    Photo Credit: Reut Miryam Cohen
    Every Friday morning My Machberet presents an assortment of Jewish news, primarily of the literary variety, from around the Web.

  • On Jewlicious: a long list of favorite books of 2012. And as I seek to increase my reading of Jewish poetry, I’m likely to be guided by this list from The Forward.
  • The Jewish Women’s Archive (Boston) is looking for a part-time Education Program Assistant.
  • Holiday-season reading on Tablet: nonfiction writer Annette Gendler, a convert to Judaism, on exchanging Christmas for Hanukkah.
  • Moment magazine’s next Publish-A-Kid contest seeks book reviews from young readers. Deadline: February 15, 2013.
  • Quick reminder for anyone who writes on Jewish themes: I’ve compiled a list of awards and prizes for such writing that you are invited to consult anytime.
  • Shabbat shalom.