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Introducing Gila Green

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This blog’s site statistics reveal that a number of people find their way to My Machberet because they’re searching for information on creative writing in Israel. Which makes me especially pleased to introduce you to Gila Green, a writer who grew up in Canada and moved to Israel in 1994. She holds an MA in English Literature, with a major in Creative Writing, from Bar Ilan University, and has published work in multiple genres (including a number of short stories).

Gila’s blog will tell you lots more about her writing, and it will also fill you in on her workshops and lectures for creative writers. (In an e-mail, Gila told me that she has a particular interest in “bridging the gap I see between religious and non-religious writers.”)

I’m going to be visiting her blog frequently. You may want to, as well.

More Resources for Reading and Writing

by Erika Dreifus on
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Many thanks to Naomi Firestone for posting “A Word from the Israeli Literary Front” last week during the Jerusalem International Book Fair. The post highlighted two resources I’m passing along to you.

First, check out Fiction is Real, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Book Club Resources for Israeli Fiction. It provides reading group guides to works of Israeli literature available in English.

And then, for those who may be writing in Israel, check out The Studio. Situated north of Netanya, it is author and translator Evan Fallenberg’s center for writers and readers of English.

Sandee Brawarsky’s Spring Books Preview

by Erika Dreifus on
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In the current Jewish Week, Sandee Brawarsky previews a number of Jewish-themed titles coming to libraries and bookstores near you this spring. And there are a number of intriguing volumes forthcoming.

There will be new tomes from established names like Dara Horn, Amos Oz, and Aharon Appelfeld. A translation of Jonathan Littell’s prizewinning Les bienveillantes (“The Kindly Ones”). Something that’s absolutely going on my tbr list: Shulamit Lapid’s Valley of Strength, coming from the ever-reliable Toby Press. And plenty of nonfiction, too.

Journalism/Jewish Literature Taglit-Birthright Israel Trip

by Erika Dreifus on
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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.