a hearth for Jewish poetry
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, […]
Register for this workshop here. You can order books from our workshop leaders here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. Please note that each faculty member will lead one session of this series, though they will […]
Register for this workshop here. You can order Jake's book here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. Session 1: Reviews and Interviews Are Poetry Too Finding yourself in the poetry of others is a revelatory experience—and […]
Register for this workshop here. You can order Peter's book here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. In this two-hour workshop, we'll look at how studying fiction can animate poetry in surprising ways. I've long been […]
Register for this workshop here. You can order Avia's book here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. The poet Mary Oliver famously said, “attention is the beginning of devotion.” In this workshop, we will practice paying […]
Register for this generative workshop here. You can order Eve's book here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. This workshop will take place on December 24th, with the aim of transforming a set of days that […]
Register for this workshop here. Poet and essayist Marianne Boruch writes, “Both poetry and the essay come from the same impulse—to think about something and, at the same time, see it closely, carefully, and enact it.” Imagine your poetry-self sitting […]
Register for this workshop here. You can order Rachel's book here, with a percentage of every purchase going to support Yetzirah. A Jewish pessimist says, "Things can't get any worse." A Jewish optimist says, "Oh, yes they can." We’re inundated […]
Register for this workshop here. Poets use words that point us beyond words. Filmmakers work with images to reveal what lies beneath their surfaces. This will be our starting point for a generative workshop about film and poetry. Words are […]
Register for this workshop here. Poetry as an art of self-exploration and writing can often resemble the therapeutic process: both require bravery and curiosity for deeply personal exploration. This workshop introduces key psychological ideas that illuminate how our temperaments, personal […]
Register for this workshop here. While words convey meaning, they are also visual, musical, and physical. Poetry is not only something we read and write—it is something we perceive, something that has a shape on the page. Yet the embodiment […]
