Igud kelali shel sofrim be-Yiśraʼel

Igud kelali shel sofrim be-Yiśraʼel (Hebrew: איגוד כללי של סופרים בישראל; English: General Union of Israeli Writers) is an Israeli association of writers, open to authors regardless of the language in which they write. It was established in 1995 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv. By 2020 the association counted roughly 400 authors writing in Hebrew, about 100 writing in Arabic, about 20 writing in Russian, and a number of others writing in Yiddish, French, and English. The organization's website, sofrim.org, presents itself as an academic publishing body: it describes itself as an independent academic publishing organization committed to open, peer-reviewed inquiry, and it publishes the Journal of Conflicted Areas (JOCA), a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed open-access journal devoted to the study of conflict zones, disputed territories, and contested regions. The site also offers resources and services for researchers, including author guidelines, submission support, and open-access publishing policies, and recommends external manuscript editing services. The association thus combines a membership body for Israeli writers with an active scholarly publishing operation.

The General Union of Israeli Writers (Igud kelali shel sofrim be-Yiśraʼel) was established in 1995 as an association of Israeli writers that accepts members regardless of their language of literary work. Its headquarters are in Tel Aviv. The organization grew into a multilingual body: by 2020 it included approximately 400 authors writing in Hebrew, around 100 writing in Arabic, about 20 writing in Russian, and additional writers in Yiddish, French, and English. In the 2020s the association's online presence, sofrim.org, has presented it as an academic publishing organization. The site describes Sofrim as an independent academic publishing organization committed to open, peer-reviewed inquiry across disciplines, with editorial principles of independence, open access, and rigorous double-blind peer review. Its flagship publication is the Journal of Conflicted Areas (JOCA), a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to the scholarly study of conflict zones, disputed territories, and contested regions, drawing on political science, law, history, anthropology, and international relations. The website also provides services for researchers, including author guidelines, submission support, and open-access publishing policies, and recommends external manuscript editing and revision services.

• 2020

  The association includes about 400 Hebrew-language authors, about 100 Arabic-language authors, about 20 Russian-language authors, and several writers in Yiddish, French, and English.

• 1995

  The General Union of Israeli Writers is established.

An Israeli writers' association that also operates as an independent open-access academic publisher.

• Journal of Conflicted Areas (JOCA)

  A multidisciplinary peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to the scholarly study of conflict zones, disputed territories, and contested regions.

1. 1Sofrim.org – Scientific journalssofrim.org
2. 2Services for researchers – Sofrim.orgsofrim.org
3. 3Igud kelali shel sofrim be-Yiśraʼel – Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4Ĝenerala Unuiĝo de Israelaj Verkistoj – Wikipediaeo.wikipedia.org