Carmel , we will remember you like this , may your memory forever be a blessing.

I spoke now with President of Germany, my dear friend Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Together we expressed our shared condemnation and horror at the terror attack this morning near the Israeli consulate in Munich. On the day our brothers and sisters in Munich were set to stand in

On My Machberet today: Early-bird registration for the Jewish Book Council Council Writers' Conference; an #ElulPoetryReadingChallenge; #BookBirthdays I'm celebrating this week; more. #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity erikadreifus.com/2024/09/jewish…

#TranslationThurs re-up.

Did you know that #WiTMonth is followed directly by #TranslationMonth? On this #TranslationThurs, I am re-upping my latest Bookshop.org US list—which works nicely across the board! (Updates added since launch thanks to recent reads; direct link at bookshop.org/lists/witmonth….)

"My request is...please become our ambassadors ....Whatever you can do in your own circle can help." The plea of Leah Goldin. Ten years ago, Hamas kidnapped and killed her son Hadar; they still hold his body captive. #LetThemAllGoNOW Via Eylon Levy youtube.com/watch?v=OREaWe…

BREAKING: Looks like Hamas has kidnapped the Gazan journalist Ihab Fasfous who had been a little bit too critical of Hamas on social media recently. Don’t expect international mainstream media to cover his fate.

#ReleaseThemAllNOW #LetThemAllGoNOW #BringThemAllHomeNOW

#TGIF. Herewith, the latest finds for the #WritingCommunity: erikadreifus.com/2024/09/finds-…

These protesters target Dana at her home and this event because she’s Jewish. There is nothing about her coverage of the Israel-Hamas war that is different from most other news coverage, covering both Jewish/Israeli and Palestinian pain. This harassment is antisemitism.

"Hero" does not adequately describe him.

Two out of three "inciting incidents" here are pretty bad. But #MazalTov to the Platt-Galvin mishpocha. (Via The New York Jewish Week's AM newsletter.)

Whether you're committed to #SubmitInSeptember or simply spending some time this weekend seeking homes and/or support for your work, you'll find plenty of #opportunities via this thread. #WritingCommunity

Well. Summer break didn't solve anything other than being a break from the insane world where the 'best & the brightest' just hangout and chant for the elimination of the existence of Israel. Because that's not scary & intimidating to their Jewish classmates. Harvard University

#ShabbatShalom