Upcoming Events
Celebrating Jewish Women in Poetry
Join JWA on May 2 at 8 PM ET in conversation with leading poets Maya Bernstein, Merle Feld, and Aurora Levins Morales to discuss their recent and forthcoming works of poetry. Register here!
Speakers:
Maya Bernstein is a poet, musician, and founding co-director of the Institute for Transformational Leadership’s Certificate in Facilitation at Georgetown University. She serves as the Director of Leadership Education at Yeshivat Maharat and is on the global faculty of the Masa Leadership Center. She is the author of There Is No Place Without You (Ben Yehuda Press, 2022).
Merle Feld is a widely published poet, award-winning playwright, peace activist, and educator who has pioneered teaching writing as a spiritual practice. Her most recent book is Longing: Poems of a Life (CCAR Press, 2023).
Aurora Levins Morales is a Puerto Rican Ashkenazi feminist poet, essayist, and social justice activist. She is the author of nine books, including the forthcoming RIMONIM: Ritual Poetry of Jewish Liberation (Ayin Press, 2024), and lives in Maricao, Puerto Rico.
