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		<title>Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two fabulous Twitter book club titles coming up from the Jewish Book Council: in February, Anna Solomon&#8217;s The Little Bride; in March, Nathan Englander&#8217;s What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. Tablet summarizes all the latest Jewish book award news (and then some). Author Rachel Kadish writes about Hala Salah Eldin Hussein, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QUIET AMERICANS Is a Sophie Brody Medal Honor Title</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned some amazing news last night via Google Alert: Quiet Americans has been named a 2012 Sophie Brody Medal Honor Title. The Sophie Brody recognition is deeply meaningful, because it &#8220;is given to encourage, recognize and commend outstanding achievement in Jewish literature.&#8221; I may have more to say once the news sinks in. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zeek has published the winning poems from the latest Anna Davidson Rosenberg Prize for Poetry on the Jewish Experience. On her blog, first-prize winner Jehanne Dubrow explains: &#8220;One of the really nice things about this award is that it includes both a monetary award AND publication. Of course, I should add that any prize also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lilith Magazine Extends Contest Deadlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lilith magazine, which describes itself as &#8220;independent, Jewish &#38; frankly feminist,&#8221; has extended the deadlines for both its Charlotte Newberger Poetry Competition and its Annual Fiction Contest. Entries for both competitions are now due March 15, 2012, and there are no entry fees. Cash awards and publication await the winners, so take a look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Right Up to the Jewish Book Carnival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Machberet is proud to serve as January 2012 host for the Jewish Book Carnival, “a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read, and comment on each others’ posts. The posts are hosted on one of the participant’s sites on the 15th of each month.” Herewith, this month&#8217;s goodies: Germaine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A List of Lists: 2011′s Notable Jewish Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we are safely ensconced in 2012, I can offer you a &#8220;meta&#8221; post that collects in a single location links to a number of features on the year-that-was-2011 in Jewish books. As always, I&#8217;m a little overwhelmed by how many wonderful titles are out there waiting to be read (more hours in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Women in Judaism: &#8220;We are delighted to announce the electronic publication of two new issues of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal. The journal can be accessed at www.womeninjudaism.org. Click on the following links to access the new issues: Vol. 8:1 http://tinyurl.com/7plstwa; Vol. 8:2 http://tinyurl.com/lgo2br.&#8221; Lisa Katz goes &#8220;Beyond Amichai&#8221; in her take on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QUIET AMERICANS: A Jewish Journal Notable Book of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles&#8211;the largest Jewish weekly outside New York City&#8211;has named Quiet Americans a &#8220;notable book of 2011.&#8221; To say that I am honored is an extreme understatement. I am frankly overwhelmed to find my book in the company of the other &#8220;notable&#8221; works by Gershom Gorenberg, Hirsh Goodman, James Carroll, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words of the Week: Harvey Freedenberg, on Tony Judt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Because Judt&#8217;s fearless opinions are expressed so pointedly and with such passion, it&#8217;s unlikely readers will ever find themselves in total agreement with him. But whether one adopts or rejects his worldview, this invigorating dialogue grants us the privilege of encountering a fertile mind in all its vibrancy, gone far too soon.&#8221; Source: Harvey Freedenberg&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anthology Seeks Work from Jewish Women Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Dreifus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit that I was a little surprised when I saw this call for submissions, which showed up on a list I subscribe to titled PayingWriterJobs. I was surprised because there&#8217;s no payment for selected work. But, as I&#8217;ve said before, because the publication opportunities with Jewish-themed magazines and websites are more limited than those [...]]]></description>
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