2026 Jewish Poetry Conference
Yetzirah’s fourth Jewish Poetry Conference, the only one of its kind in the world, will be held at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, a full-service conference center nestled in the mountains, a five-minute drive from Black Mountain, twenty-five minutes east of Asheville. Surrounded by hiking trails and mountain streams, with a variety of welcoming indoor spaces, covered porches, and outdoor amphitheaters, we feel this might well be our strongest conference yet.
- For participants admitted as Yotzer Fellows, the conference will run from Monday, June 15, through Sunday, June 21, 2026.
- For participants in the Dayenu Cohort, you can join us for the full length of the conference (June 15–21) or Tuesday morning, June 16–Friday, June 19.
- Our time together will consist of a mix of generative workshops focused around Jewish questions and themes, discussion panels, craft talks, and faculty readings, as well as many shared meals and celebrations.
Our public events, consisting of panels, craft talks, and readings, and open to audience members of all traditions in-person and online, will take place Tuesday, June 16 through Friday, June 19.
We are thrilled to welcome Keynote Speaker Robert Pinsky; workshop faculty Ellen Bass, Dana Levin, and Jason Schneiderman; on-campus Dayenu faculty Hadara Bar-Nadav, Yehoshua November, and Dan Rosenberg; online Dayenu faculty Joy Ladin and additional faculty TBA; and manuscript faculty Carol Moldaw.