At a time when ‘Zionism’ has become a dirty word, an illuminating new biography of Henrietta Szold, the founder of Hadassah, is all the more important.
Gary, as always, thank you for your work here. (And I would be saying that even if you hadn't mentioned me!) One quick clarification. My Substack newsletter (The Practicing Writer 2.0) wasn't established specifically to amplify Jewish writing opportunities, but rather to share all kinds of writing opportunities (that DON'T charge fees and DO pay writers for winning/published work). Whenever Jewish writing opportunities meet those criteria, they pop up in the newsletter; also, since October 7, I've been sharing within the newsletter many of my own observations about what's been happening regarding antisemitism and anti-Zionism in literary and literary-adjacent spaces. But my "hub" for specifically Jewish writing opportunities and news remains (for now) my standby website: https://www.erikadreifus.com/resources/jewish-writing/. I invite any of your interested readers to visit!
Fascinating Gary, thank you. I look forward to reading Francine Klagsbrun's book.
I also seem to be a victim of Library Journal and Kirkus's no-Jews policy. They have given outstanding reviews to each of my last 7 books. Other than the last, about the Venice ghetto. They did not cover it at all.
Thank you so much for this important piece. Henrietta Szold was indeed one of the unsung heroines of 19th and 20th-century American Jewish life. I would like to add to your insightful review that the role Szold played at The Jewish Publication Society was foundational and essential to the development, sustenance, and vision of making Jewish texts known to the English-speaking American reader. Without Szold, JPS's legacy would be very different from what we know it to be today.
Kol hakavod, Gary, for taking this initiative. So important in these troubled and troubling times. I have been told my numerous writers recently that, because of the current situation, the journal I publish, Jewish Fiction .net, is now more important than ever to them as a place to send their work.
Thanks for correcting my mistake, Erika, and thank you for the vital work you are doing in helping Jewish writers be heard.
Gary, as always, thank you for your work here. (And I would be saying that even if you hadn't mentioned me!) One quick clarification. My Substack newsletter (The Practicing Writer 2.0) wasn't established specifically to amplify Jewish writing opportunities, but rather to share all kinds of writing opportunities (that DON'T charge fees and DO pay writers for winning/published work). Whenever Jewish writing opportunities meet those criteria, they pop up in the newsletter; also, since October 7, I've been sharing within the newsletter many of my own observations about what's been happening regarding antisemitism and anti-Zionism in literary and literary-adjacent spaces. But my "hub" for specifically Jewish writing opportunities and news remains (for now) my standby website: https://www.erikadreifus.com/resources/jewish-writing/. I invite any of your interested readers to visit!
Fascinating Gary, thank you. I look forward to reading Francine Klagsbrun's book.
I also seem to be a victim of Library Journal and Kirkus's no-Jews policy. They have given outstanding reviews to each of my last 7 books. Other than the last, about the Venice ghetto. They did not cover it at all.
Thank you so much for this important piece. Henrietta Szold was indeed one of the unsung heroines of 19th and 20th-century American Jewish life. I would like to add to your insightful review that the role Szold played at The Jewish Publication Society was foundational and essential to the development, sustenance, and vision of making Jewish texts known to the English-speaking American reader. Without Szold, JPS's legacy would be very different from what we know it to be today.
I remember reading somewhere that in a later generation, a Szold married a Ginsburg -- karma...
Kol hakavod, Gary, for taking this initiative. So important in these troubled and troubling times. I have been told my numerous writers recently that, because of the current situation, the journal I publish, Jewish Fiction .net, is now more important than ever to them as a place to send their work.