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September 14, 2025
Jewish Writers’ Initiative Rebrands as Jewish Writers Institute
The Jewish Writers’ Initiative is now the Jewish Writers Institute. This new name reflects the program’s evolution into a leading institutional home for Jewish storytelling across media platforms, and its commitment to nurturing a vibrant ecosystem of Jewish creative talent.
August 22, 2025
“FATHER. MOTHER. GOD.” by Play Steinberg
Mental illness. Addiction. Death. God. What does it take to heal, and how far is Play willing to go? Play Steinberg’s webcomic, “FATHER. MOTHER. GOD.” was developed in the Jewish Writers’ Initiative 2024 Digital Storytellers Lab.
August 22, 2025
“Shofar, So Good!” by Kate Mishkin
“Shofar, So Good!” is a podcast about creator Kate Mishkin’s quest to unearth her Jewish roots by diving head-first into life’s trickiest questions. By exploring questions surrounding faith, death, a higher power, and prayer, she stitches together a better understanding of what it means to be a Jewish person. “Shofar, So Good!” was developed in the Jewish Writers’ Initiative 2024 Digital Storytellers Lab.
August 22, 2025
Jewish Lore Reactions by Miriam Anzovin
There are so many fascinating characters in Jewish storytelling. They might appear first in Jewish tradition in texts like the Tanach and Talmud. But their adventures continue through Midrash, legends, folklore, ritual objects, art, and song. Jewish Lore Reactions follows these characters through space and time, tracing the sprawling evolution of their stories across the Jewish diaspora in an incredible, extended chain of imagination: The collective narrative world-building of the Jewish people. Jewish Lore Reactions was developed by Miriam Anzovin in the Jewish Writers’ Initiative 2024 Digital Storytellers Lab.
August 22, 2025
“Cartoonmentary” by Chari Pere
“Cartoonmentary” is an animated series that tackles taboo topics, such as miscarriages and Down syndrome, and transforms them into meaningful art, with the goal of helping people who are suffering silently to know that they are not alone. “Cartoonmentary” was developed by Chari Pere in the Jewish Writers’ Initiative 2024 Digital Storytellers Lab.
