Workshops
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2026-2027 Workshops
Join live, interactive poetry workshops led by expert poets & educators: connect, create, and grow in real time
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“One Thing I Ask of the Infinite: A Poem for Elul” with Mónica Gomery
At the heart of the High Holidays, a poem pulses. Psalm 27 is traditionally recited by Jews every day between the new moon of Elul and the end of Sukkot. […]
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“Jewish Love Poems: A Generative Poetry Workshop” with Eve Grubin
In this generative poetry workshop, we will write and read poems about one of the most difficult subjects for writers: romantic love. In this workshop, taking place soon after Tu […]
Asynchronous Workshops
With expert-led poetry workshops you can enjoy anytime, and develop your craft on your own schedule.
"What Does Love Have To Do With It: A Midrash Workshop” with Alicia Ostriker"
Virtual Event
“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 […]
"‘no: tongue breaks’: Poetry of the Fragment” with Dan Rosenberg"
Virtual Event
“‘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 […]
"Imagining Jewish History Into Poetry" with Yerra Sugarman
Virtual Event
“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 […]
"Spiritualizing the Ordinary” with Yehoshua November
Virtual Event
“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 […]
"Sacred Objects: Finding the Magic Inside" with Hadara Bar Nadav
Virtual Event
“Sacred Objects: Finding the Magic Inside” with Hadara Bar Nadav What objects do you hold sacred? A ring, a key, a house, or a text? This generative workshop assumes that objects hold […]
"'The Psyche is a Labyrinth;’ Exploring Identity in Yiddish Poetry” with Danny Kraft
Virtual Event
“‘The Psyche is a Labyrinth;’ Exploring Identity in Yiddish Poetry” with Danny Kraft In a 1919 literary manifesto, a group of modernist Yiddish poets known in English as the Introspectivists […]
"Writing Shekhinah" with Joy Ladin
Virtual Event
Writing Shekhinah One of the most ancient functions of poetry is to make divine presence perceptible through language. This class will probe the intersections between language, poetry, and the Shekhinah, […]
"In the beginnings: Writing in Conversation with Sacred Texts" with Jessica Jacobs
Virtual Event
In the beginnings: Writing in Conversation with Sacred Texts Texts like the Torah and New Testament are often presented as not only sacred but inviolate and above reproach. For many […]
"Poetry of the Cosmic All" with Mónica Gomery
Virtual Event
“Finding Light in the Dark of Winter" with Eve Grubin
Virtual Event
This workshop was held live on December 25, with the aim of transforming a day that can sometimes be lonely or restless for Jewish writers into one rich with meaning, […]
"Translating Worlds, Exploring Words" with Joanna Chen
Virtual Event
"Songs of the Grass: Exploring Jewish Ecopoetry" with Hila Ratzabi
Virtual Event
“Each and every grass has a song” – Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav The Jewish environmental movement has sought to excavate and breathe new life into ancient texts that call us […]
“Season of Our Turning: a Generative Poetry Workshop for the Jewish High Holidays” with Rick Chess
Virtual Event
“Season of Our Turning: a Generative Poetry Workshop for the Jewish High Holidays” with Rick Chess “The word verse,” writes Edward Hirsch in A Poet’s Glossary, “is traditionally thought to derive from the Latin versus, […]
“White Fire–the Art and Play of Midrash: the Journey and Meanings of Exodus“ with Alicia Ostriker
Virtual Event
“White Fire–the Art and Play of Midrash: the Journey and Meanings of Exodus“ with Alicia Ostriker If the text does not apply to us it is an empty text…. We […]
"Poetic Lineages" with Ilya Kaminsky
Virtual Event
“Poetic Lineages” with Ilya Kaminsky We will read poems from Jewish poets of Eastern Europe and elsewhere and we will marvel together on the idea of poetic lineages: how do […]
"Telling the Soul’s Stories: Spiritual Anecdote & Autobiography" with Joy Ladin
Virtual Event
“Telling the Soul’s Stories: Spiritual Anecdote & Autobiography” with Joy Ladin Spiritual experience often feels private, isolating, uncommunicable. Spiritual autobiographies, from anecdotes to full-blown memoirs, use storytelling techniques to break […]
"The Golden Chain: An Introduction to Yiddish Poetry" with Danny Kraft
Virtual Event
The Golden Chain: An Introduction to Yiddish Poetry with Danny Kraft Curious about Yiddish poetry? Eager to draw on Yiddish literature as inspiration for your own writing and art? No […]
“Poetry Inspired by Classic Jewish Texts” with Eve Grubin
Virtual Event
In this generative workshop we will study and discuss a range of pre-selected passages from classical Jewish texts such as extracts from the Talmud, verses from the Hebrew Bible, and […]
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