Resources
Potential Publication Venues
Jewish Literary Presses
- Ayin Press
- Ben Yehuda Press
- Harbor Review (The Jewish Women’s Poetry Prize is for an online micro-chapbook)
- Poetica Publishing
- White Goat Press (The Yiddish Book Center’s imprint, publishes newly translated work in all genres, including poetry)
Judaism-Focused Publications
- ALTE: Growing Old Together (an arm of Jewish Currents)
- arc (from the Israel Association of Writers in English)
- CCAR Press—The Jewish Quarterly
- Gashmius: Toward a Progressive neo-Hasidism
- Halah (journal of the literary group Jerusalism)
- Ilanot Review
- In Geveb (open to translations from Yiddish texts)
- Jewish Currents
- Jewish Journal
- Jewish Quarterly
- The Jewish Writing Project
- Lilith Magazine
- Minyan Magazine
- Moment Magazine
- Paper Brigade (journal of the Jewish Book Council)
- Poetica Magazine
- Prism: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators
- Ritualwell (looking for poems, rituals, prayers, etc.)
- Tiferet
- Tikkun
- Verklempt (literature & visual art; created by Havurah)
- Yafeh Zine (a new journal for queer Jewish writers)
Publications Looking for Spiritual/Religious Writing
- Amethyst Review
- EcoTheo Review
- Emergence Magazine
- Harvard Divinity Bulletin
- Image
- Journal Feminist Studies in Religion
- Parabola
- Pensive Journal
- Psaltery & Lyre
- Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith
- Ruminate
- Soul-Lit: A Journal of Spiritual Poetry
- The Sun
General Interest Publication Open to Spiritual/Religious Poems
- Beloit Poetry Journal
- Impossible Archetype
- Kenyon Review
- Kosmos Journal
- storySouth
- 32 Poems
- Whale Road Review
Jewish Literary Organizations
U.S.-Based Organizations
- Havurah (Jewish arts collective, based in NYC)
- Jewish Book Council
- Jewish Women’s Archive: Book Club
- Kolture: Community of Jewish Arts & Culture
- Ritualwell (writing classes in multiple genres & literary events)
- Yiddish Book Center (a tremendous archive of Yiddish texts & many educational offerings including a translation fellowship)
Israel-Based Organizations
Jewish Literary Festivals & Reading Series
(bold listings have online remote offerings)
Northeast
- Jewish Arts Collaborative (based near Boston, with events in literature and the arts)
- Jewish Poetry Series—JCC Buffalo (virtual readings only)
- JCC Lane Dworkin Rochester Jewish Book Festival (Rochester, NY; November)
- New England Jewish Poetry Festival (Sunday, February 5, 2023)
- New York Jewish Book Festival (Museum of Jewish Heritage, NY, NY; December)
Midwest
- Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival (JCC Ann Arbor, MI; November)
- Detroit Jewish Book Fair (JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, MI; November)
- Cleveland Jewish Book Festival (Mandel JCC, Cleveland, OH; November)
- St. Louis Jewish Book Festival (St. Louis, MO; November)
Southeast
- Berrin Family Jewish Book Family (Alper JCC, Miami, FL; October-April)
- Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival (Naples, FL; November-March)
- Book Festival of the Marcus JCC of Atlanta (Dunwoody, GA; November)
- Lee & Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival (Virginia Beach, VA; November-December)
- Nashville Jewish Book Series (Gordon JCC, Nashville, TN)
Southwest
- Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Books & Arts Festival (Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, Houston, TX; October-November)
- Dallas Jewish BookFest (Aaron Family JCC, Dallas, TX; July-April)
West
International
- Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival (Vancouver, BC; February)
- London International Literacy Festival’s Jewish Book Week (London, England; February-March)
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