Workshops
Study with some of today’s most dynamic poets, scholars, translators, theologians, and teachers. Our workshops are first offered live online via Zoom. Then, most of our courses are recorded and available asynchronously, so you can learn with our faculty any time.
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2025-2026 Workshops
Join live, interactive poetry workshops led by expert poets & educators: connect, create, and grow in real time
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“What Does Love Have To Do With It: A Midrash Workshop” with Alicia Ostriker
“What Does Love Have To Do With It: A Midrash Workshop” with Alicia Ostriker Torah does not deal with love very often, but when it does, it is life-changing. In this workshop we will read biblical texts dealing with four love-relationships. Writing midrash, we discover what the stories can mean for our own lives, our […]
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“Spiritualizing the Ordinary” with Yehoshua November
Given contemporary poetry’s largely secular leanings, it’s not surprising that few poets today celebrate supernatural miracles, overtly religious experiences, or Divinity, in general. But how does one explain contemporary poetry’s tendency to insist on profound meaning in the ordinary—a tendency that, at times, appears to border on obsession? In this workshop, we will look at […]
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“Imagining Jewish History into Poetry” with Yerra Sugarman
The German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin, before his death in 1940 when he took his own life to avoid being murdered as a Jew in Europe, wrote: “There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.” Urging us to recognize the complexity of historical events, Benjamin asks that […]
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“‘no: tongue breaks’: Poetry of the Fragment” with Dan Rosenberg
"'no: tongue breaks': Poetry of the Fragment" with Dan Rosenberg In this generative workshop, we will explore the power of poems that we receive as fragmentary or broken. The subjects of our discussions will range from the unwitting matriarch of the fragment, Sappho, to the violently lapidary short lyrics of Paul Celan, to the contemporary […]
Asynchronous Workshops
With expert-led poetry workshops you can enjoy anytime, and develop your craft on your own schedule.
"'The Psyche is a Labyrinth;’ Exploring Identity in Yiddish Poetry” with Danny Kraft
"Writing Shekhinah" with Joy Ladin
"In the beginnings: Writing in Conversation with Sacred Texts" with Jessica Jacobs
"Poetry of the Cosmic All" with Mónica Gomery
“Finding Light in the Dark of Winter" with Eve Grubin
"Translating Worlds, Exploring Words" with Joanna Chen
"Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry" with Hila Ratzabi
“Season of Our Turning: a Generative Poetry Workshop for the Jewish High Holidays” with Rick Chess
“White Fire–the Art and Play of Midrash: the Journey and Meanings of Exodus“ with Alicia Ostriker
"Poetic Lineages" with Ilya Kaminsky
"Telling the Soul’s Stories: Spiritual Anecdote & Autobiography" with Joy Ladin
"The Golden Chain: An Introduction to Yiddish Poetry" with Danny Kraft
“To See What is Heard: Concretizing the Spiritual & the Abstract” with Yehoshua November
“Poetry Inspired by Classic Jewish Texts” with Eve Grubin
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