Jewish Literary Links
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.
First, I want to spotlight this:
(more…)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.
First, I want to spotlight this:
(more…)If you’re having even a fraction of the difficulty that I am “keeping up” right now, here’s something small that may help.
(more…)Please excuse me.
I haven’t only failed to publish a “Words of the Week” post this week.
I’ve also failed (again) to compile the routine post of “Jewish Literary Links,” which normally appears in this space every Thursday.
Maybe that’s because, nearly two weeks since October 7, nothing seems to be routine any more.
(more…)Months ago, when I volunteered the My Machberet blog to serve as host site for the October 2023 iteration of the Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly event where those who cover Jewish books online “can meet, read, and comment on each others’ posts,” I never—not even in my most pessimistic nightmares—envisioned that said Carnival would post barely one week after the deadliest, bloodiest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
Organized by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), the Carnival travels around and is hosted on a different participant’s site on the 15th of each month. I’ve hosted it here on My Machberet 15 times in the past.
Nothing is “normal” this week. At least, not for us in the Jewish world.
So I reached out to everyone who had already submitted a Carnival post. I invited them to replace their previous submissions. I suggested that contributors send along either something they’d just posted in response to the current tragedy, or something from their archives that seemed particularly relevant—and resonant—at this terrible time.
This is what they’ve offered:
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