Teaching

I am always happy to teach at synagogues, universities, museums, day schools, universities, churches, and for public audiences of all types and sizes. Please be in touch at danieljacobkraft@gmail.com if you’d like to discuss possibilities, and see below for examples of recent offerings.

Selected Recent Talks & Classes

– “Hope at the End of Despair: The Poetry of Aaron Zeitlin” February 6, 2026
An in-person, invited talk at the Virginia Commonwealth University Humanities Research Center Spirituality, Care, and Culture lab
– “What is Yiddishkayt? An Introduction to Yiddish Language and Culture,” January 16, 2026
An in-person talk at the University of Richmond as part of Richmond Yiddish Week.
– “The Struggle with God in Modern Yiddish Poetry,” January 14, 2026
An in-person seminar at Quarry as part of Richmond Yiddish Week.
– “‘The Psyche Is a Labyrinth’: Exploring Identity through Yiddish Poetry,” December 4, 2025
An online generative poetry workshop for Yetzirah.
– “‘The Psyche Is a Labyrinth’: Exploring Identity through Yiddish Poetry,” December 4, 2025
An online generative poetry workshop for Yetzirah.
– “Facing the Holocaust through Yiddish Poetry,” November 9, 2025
An in-person talk at the Tucson Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center.
– “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.