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Recommended by Sarah Einstein

A pluralistic voice for freedom of religion and belief, created by advocates and activists from a rights-based perspective to advance religious, cultural, and ethnic freedom, promote interfaith solidarity, and tell global stories from local perspectives.

Chelsea Biondolillo

Artist and author of The Skinned Bird, and two prose chapbooks, Ologies and #Lovesong . I live a good bit outside of Portland, OR, in a small, rural town next to a river and a mountain.

Dan Senor

JUDITH MAGAZINE

By Elissa Wald

A Journal Of Jewish Letters, Arts & Empowerment

Leah Lax's Not From Here

A newsletter about newcomers to America from the perspective of an ex-Hasidic lesbian.

Projectkin

By Barbara

Helping families explore, capture, and preserve their stories — in any form that works. We inspire one another with creativity, resources, and encouragement through online events and conversations.

Nuts and Bolts from Sonya

By Sonya Huber

Not on brand, but in process.

Perplexed Jew

By Thomas P. Balazs

Reflections on faith, meaning, and culture by a second-generation Holocaust survivor raised as a Christian and now living as a Jew.

My colleague Tom is working on what is both a very different and a very similar project--follow along with his thoughts! (That it could be both very similar and very different strikes me as one of the most Jewish things ever. Yay for being a tradition that can hold Rashi and Rambam in equal esteem.)

- Sarah Einstein

kim’s Substack

By kim swanson

My personal Substack

Donna Talarico: Stories & Such

Writing, Content Strategy, Storytelling + Diners, Games & Curiosities. A hodgepodge of personal and professional.

Doctor Comics

By Jason Tondro

I write about RPGs, comics, film, and nerd culture.

THE KUREISHI CHRONICLES

By Hanif Kureishi

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

Sandra Gail Lambert

By Sandra Gail Lambert—Substack Post

The Writings of an Old Polio, Lesbian, and All-Around Nature Nerd

Melt With Me

By Paul Crenshaw

Essays on kindness, pop culture, and occasionally poop. Cancer survivor x2. Father of awesome daughters. Four-time Best American Essayist.

Aimee Liu's MFA Lore

The essence of an MFA in creative writing, minus the tuition, one post at a time.

An excellent newsletter for writers of any genre.

- Sarah Einstein

Leah Eichler

A meditation on Holocaust memory, forgetfulness and what it means to be responsible for other people's stories. Also, books and writing.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

A delight!

- Sarah Einstein

Salman's Sea of Stories

By Salman Rushdie

An ocean of stories from Salman Rushdie: I'll be talking about stories I’ve read or seen, true stories, tall stories, stories about me, and some I just made up.

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis

Israel from the Inside is for people who want to understand Israel with nuance, who believe that Israel is neither hopelessly flawed and illegitimate, nor beyond critique. If thoughtful analysis of Israel and its people interests you, welcome!

Life is a Sacred Text

By Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Space to say true things, with ancient stories serving as mirrors and lights. Now living at LifeIsASacredText.com 🌱

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Absolutely critical historical perspective for understanding current US politics

- Sarah Einstein

The Practicing Writer 2.0: A Newsletter from Erika Dreifus

By Erika Dreifus/The Practicing Writer Newsletter

Curating fee-free (AND paying/funded) calls and competitions—plus other resources—for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.