Teaching

Selected Recent Classes

– “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.