Teaching

On November 9th, I’ll be giving a talk on Yiddish poetry of the Holocaust at the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center – stay tuned for more details.

And on December 4, I’ll be teaching a generative poetry workshop via zoom called “‘The Psyche Is a Labyrinth’: Exploring Identity in Yiddish Poetry. Find more information and register here.

Selected Recent-ish Classes

– “The Golden Chain: An Introduction to Yiddish Poetry” A four-week online course for poets and poetry readers around the world.
– “The Practice of Translating Poetry” An in-person workshop at the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions
– “Fartaytsht un Farbesert? The Practice of Translating Yiddish Poetry” A virtual workshop series for the Drisha Institute
– “Spirit in Exile: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism,” a month-long course for Richmond, Virginia’s Innerwork Center
– “Yiddish Poetry as Holocaust Theology,” a public presentation for the Drisha Institute
– A seminar on the history of Yiddish literature, for my newsletter’s subscribers
– “How and Why To Fall In Love With Jewish Poetry,” a presentation given to conferences and diverse synagogues.
– “Spiritual Resistance in the Warsaw ghetto” and “Facing Life and Death in Jewish Poland,” talks originally delivered at the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions and successfully adapted for a number of synagogues across the southeastern US.