This is a super niche question so no worries if you’re unable to answer, but I read recently that Jewish fiction in particular has been on a notable downward, with the statistic in particular being that “between 2023 and 2024, there was a 76% decline in fiction deal announcements to large presses that mentioned Jews, Judaism or Israel.” Do you or your colleagues have any insight into this statistic? Does this unpopularity apply mainly to Jewish fiction, or to Muslim and/or Christian fiction writ large?

This article seems to be the source of your statistic. The author here is talking about Jewish-themed adult fiction specifically, and talks about agents both in the US and Israel. I am not doubting her stats, I just have no idea! I rep kids books, US-only, so my perspective will be different. Personally, I have sold kids books with some kind of Jewish content / themes in the past few years.…