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Upcoming Events

Yetzirah Workshops

 Fall 2024

  • September 15: Rick Chess, “Season of Our Turning: a Generative Poetry Workshop for the Jewish High Holidays”
  • September 22-December 15: Alicia Ostriker, “White Fire–the Art & Play of Midrash: the Journey and Meanings of Exodus”
  • November 3: Yehoshua November, “To See What is Heard: Concretizing the Spiritual & the Abstract”
  • December 5-19: Mónica Gomery, “Poetry of the Cosmic All”

Spring 2025

  • January 26: Eve Grubin, “Poetry Inspired by Classic Jewish Texts”
  • February 12-March 19: Hila Ratzabi, “Songs of the Grass; Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry”
    February: Aviya Kushner, “Riffing Off the Bible’s Greatest Hits” (details TBA)

Jewish Poetry Conference

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Yetzirah Book Club

24-’25 Selections

  • I Am of the Tribe of Judah: Poems from Jewish Latin America
  • Peter Cole, Draw Me After
  • Jason Schneiderman, Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire
  • Shirley Kaufman, Roots in the Air: New and Selected Poems