Yetzirah
Jewish Poetry Conference
“An extraordinary gathering of like-minded Jewish hearts and souls who love creating poetry and take delight in hearing others share their work.”
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Upcoming Events
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Events
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Generative Workshop: “Writing the Ineffable, Seeing the Invisible: Explorations of Metaphor, Imagery, and Erasure” with Hadara Bar-Nadav
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 […]
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Reading Series: October 11: Robin Becker, Kevin Prufer, and Jordan Stempleman
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 […]
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Generative Workshop: “Writing Shekhinah” with Joy Ladin
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, […]
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Generative Workshop: “Finding Poetry in Translation” with Shoshana Olidort
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, […]
Workshops
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 hereYetzirah
Reading Series
The 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.
Yetzirah
Book Club
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 hereFeatured Poets
Read a poem from a new collection by a Jewish poet & learn more about the poet and their book.
