a hearth for Jewish poetry
“This conference is the most uplifting, centering poetry experience that I have ever had. It uplifts me as a poet, as a Jew, and as a Jewish poet—and I feel like I come away a better person . . . Yetzirah is a real gift.”
Register for this workshop here. You can order Hadara’s book here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. How can we use metaphor to anchor the emotional weight and gravity of writing about the ineffable, whether that be […]
Register for this reading here. You can order books from our readers here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. Jordan Stempleman is the author of ten collections of poetry, including Spilt, which was awarded the […]
Register for this workshop here. You can order Joy’s book here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. “The Shekhinah” is Jewish tradition’s name for divine presence, an aspect of God who is present in human time, […]
Register for this generative workshop here. The poet/translator/translation theorist Mireile Gansel has said that “no word that speaks of what is human is untranslatable.” On the other end of the spectrum, we have the observation, attributed to Robert Frost, […]
Study with some of today’s most dynamic poets, scholars, translators, theologians, and teachers. Our workshops are first offered live online via Zoom. Our recorded courses are then available asynchronously, so you can learn with our faculty any time.
Learn more & register to write with us hereThe Yetzirah Reading Series is an annual online series that celebrates the publication of recently released collections and anthologies, promoting the work of both emerging and established Jewish poets, as well as poets in translation.
With a deep dive into poetry collections; talks by authors, scholars, and translators; and opportunities for discussion, the Yetzirah Book Club invites you to join us in savoring and celebrating an expansive range of Jewish poetry.
Learn more & get your tickets hereRead a poem from a new collection by a Jewish poet & learn more about the poet and their book. Or browse the entire collection of Featured Poets here.
