Selected Press
Yetzirah in the News
- “Jewish Poetry Group Thrives in Philadelphia” (Philadelphia Jewish Exponent) February 2026
- “Jewish Poetry’s Renaissance—and Challenges,” Jody Bolton-Fasman (Hadassah Magazine), April 2024
- “Sacred Reciprocity: A Conversation on Jewish Ecopoetry with Hila Ratzabi,” Elizabeth Jacobson, much about the uses of our Discover Jewish Poets database (Terrain.org), February 2024
- “CANVAS Announces New Grants to Eight Jewish Arts and Culture Organizations,” Sarah Burford (CANVAS), January 2024
- “Something wonderful is happening in the world of Jewish poetry,” Aviya Kushner (The Forward), August 2023
- “Praying with Poets,” Yetzirah treasurer Rick Chess mediates on leading a contemplative Shabbat service at our inaugural conference (Slant Books), July 2023
- “Local nonprofit hosts inaugural Jewish poetry conference,” Arnold Wengrow (Mountain XPress), June 2023
- “You Can’t be a Jew(ish Poet) Alone: A Guide to Finding Community,” David Ebenbach (Jewish Book Council). April 10, 2023
Press Releases
- “A Message Against Despair,” November 6, 2024
- “Let us be a true congregation: On this October 7,” October 7, 2024
- “A New Year with AWP’s First Jewish Writers Caucus,” October 2, 2024
- “Joy from the 2024 Jewish Poetry Conference,” July 12, 2024
- “A Response to the Current Rise of Antisemitism in the Literary World,” November 16, 2023
- “You are not alone: A further response to this moment,” November 10, 2023
- “To Our Dear Yetzirah Community,” October 13, 2023
- “Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry to Hold Inaugural Summer Conference,” May 27, 2023
- “New Literary Organization for Jewish Poets Takes Root,” August 29, 2022
