From the new National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia: “The Jewish Quarterly Review is holding a conference, ‘Journals & Jewish Intellectual Life: The Jewish Quarterly Review at 100’ in honor of its 100th anniversary Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Museum. The conference is free and open to the public. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register, visit http://www.cjs.upenn.edu/public/jqr100/index.html.
Shabbat shalom!
From Tablet Magazine:
Tablet Magazine is looking for interns for our spring term, which runs from the beginning of the new year through May.
If you have experience in journalism and are familiar with the landscape of American Jewish life, we’d love to hear from you. We are hiring interns to work either two or three days a week at our office in New York City. Interns will contribute blogposts and full features as well as assist the editorial staff with research and administrative tasks. They will be paid stipends. If you’re interested, please send a cover letter, a résumé, and three writing clips to mtracy(at)tabletmag(dot)com, by Friday, December 3. We look forward to hearing from you.
Good luck to anyone who applies!
This just in from Moment magazine’s e-newsletter:
Moment Magazine is recruiting bright, inquisitive, and diverse student contributors for our blog “In the Moment.” Moment is the world’s largest independent Jewish magazine, and our blog gets upwards of 10,000 hits a month. As a student blogger, you will write one post a week on topics of Jewish politics, religion and culture. This is an incredible opportunity for young writers to develop their skills and benefit from the expertise of our team of experienced editors. At the end of each semester, the three bloggers who have generated the most web hits will receive a cash prize. To apply, please send an application consisting of the following to nelis(at)momentmag(dot)com by October 10, 2010:
Your name,age, university and major. 1-2 short paragraphs on why you’re interested in Jewish issues and what unique perspective and background you bring to the blog. 2 short writing samples. 4 specific, original ideas for blog-posts you’d want to write.
Good luck!
Lots to share from the Jewish literary web!
Shabbat shalom!