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Posts Tagged‘Jewish-American history’

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Jewish Literary Links

by Erika Dreifus on May 26, 2022
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an open book (with Hebrew pages visible); subtitle reads "Jewish Literary Links"
Image by Yedidia Klein from Pixabay

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.

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Conferences, Holocaust, Israel, Israeli Literature, Jewish-American history, Jewish-American literature, Resources for Jewish writers

Jewish Literary Links

by Erika Dreifus on May 5, 2022
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an open book (with Hebrew pages visible); subtitle reads "Jewish Literary Links"
Image by Yedidia Klein from Pixabay

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.

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For Kids, Giveaway, Israeli Literature, Jewish-American history, Jewish-American literature, Kidlit, Podcasts, Resources for Jewish reading, Translation, Yiddish literature

Words of the Week: Congregation Beth Israel, Colleyville, Texas

by Erika Dreifus on January 18, 2022
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Streamed last night from Texas: Congregation Beth Israel’s Service of Healing and Resilience (hosted by their friends at White’s Chapel United Methodist Church).

Jewish-American history, Prayer, Words of the Week

My Year in Jewish Books: 2021 Edition

by Erika Dreifus on January 3, 2022
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Is it possible that I failed to write up one of these posts for 2020? The most recent edition I can find covers my reading for 2019. Alas!

In any case, I’m back on the job now!

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Anti-Semitism, Canadian-Jewish literature, Holocaust, Israel, Israeli Literature, Jewish-American history, Jewish-American literature, Kidlit, Resources for Jewish reading, Yiddish literature

Jewish Literary Links

by Erika Dreifus on September 30, 2021
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an open book (with Hebrew pages visible); subtitle reads "Jewish Literary Links"
Image by Yedidia Klein from Pixabay

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.

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Anti-Semitism, Jewish-American history, Jewish-American literature, Kidlit, Literary Events

Words of the Week

by Erika Dreifus on August 24, 2021
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“Yankel was killed for being a Jew.”

Source: Yaacov Berman, quoted in Armin Rosen, “A Brother’s Death” (Tablet)

Anti-Semitism, Jewish-American history, Words of the Week

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Erika Dreifus is a reader, writer, and literary advocate whose latest book, Birthright: Poems, was published by Kelsay Books in fall 2019. She is also the editor and publisher of The Practicing Writer, a free (and popular) e-newsletter that features opportunities and resources for fictionists, poets, and writers of creative nonfiction.

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