READINGS & EVENTS:
December 11, 2024
Poetry Salon
hosted by the Philly chapter
of Yetzirah: a Hearth for Jewish Poetry,
Philadelphia, PA
November 20, 2024
Poetry Reading & Discussion,
The Center for Jewish Civilization,
Georgetown University
November 15, 2024
Poetry Reading & Discussion
with Baruch November
& Hannah Butcher-Stell,
Congregation Shaare Tefilla,
Teaneck, NJ
November 14, 2024
Poetry Reading & Discussion
hosted by David Orr,
NY Times Book Review Columnist,
2PM @ Rutgers B & N,
New Brunswick, NJ
November 10, 2024
Poetry Reading
with Phil Lynch, Janet MacFadyen,
& Kara Briggs,
Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry,
online @3PM
November 7, 2024
Poetry Reading & Discussion
Congregation Agudat Achim,
Schenectady, NY (Zoom)
November 3, 2024
"To See What is Heard:
Concretizing the Abstract
& the Spiritual,"
Online Generative Workshop,
2:00-4:30PM, hosted by Yetzirah:
a Hearth for Jewish Poetry.
To register, click here.
October 31, 2024
Reading & Discussion,
The Straus Center for Torah
and Western Thought,
Yeshiva University, NYC
September 29, 2024
Sunday Poetry Salon
with Richard Michelson,
hosted by Aviya Kushner,
online @ 12PM
September 15, 2024
Poetry Reading
with Baruch November
& Maya Bernstein,
2:30PM @ The Beis Community,
Washington Heights, NYC
September 11, 2024
The Concealment of Endless Light,
Poetry Reading & Discussion,
moderated by Ariel Evan Mayse,
professor of Religious Studies
at Stanford University.
Hosted by the Institute
of Jewish Spirituality and Society,
Click here for a recording of the event.
September 7, 2024
The Concealment of Endless Light:
A Literary Afternoon
with Yehoshua November,"
5:40PM @ Congregation Rinat Yisrael,
Teaneck, NJ
July 2-5, 2024
Fellow @ Yetzirah
Poetry Conference,
UNC-Asheville
Panel on Poetry as Prayer,
July 4, 1:30-2:30 PM.
Register here.
Poetry Reading,
July 5, 5:30-7:00PM.
Register here.
March 4, 2024
Poetry Reading
with Teaneck Poet Laureate
Scott Pleasants,
hosted by author and book critic
Sandee Brawarsky
7-8:30PM @ Cafe Demi
1400 Palisades Avenue,
Teaneck, NJ
February 10, 2024
"Havdallah, Poetry, and Poke Bowls,"
Chabad of Leawood,
Leawood, KS
February 9, 2024
Orison Books' AWP 2024
off-site reading,
4PM @ PT's Coffee Roasters-
Power and Light,
1310 Baltimore Ave,
Kansas City, MO
February 8, 2024
Book Signing, 2-3PM,
@ the Yetzirah table (T945),
AWP Conference,
Kansas City, MO
February 8, 2024
"The Epigenetics of Joy:
Writing Judaism Beyond Trauma,"
panel with Jessica Jacobs, Erika Meitner,
& Chanda Feldman,
2024 AWP Conference
Kansas City, MO
November 12, 2023
Poetry Reading
with Maya Bernstein &
Jacqueline Osherow,
July 30, 2023
Poetry Reading
with Charles Fishman,
Maya Bernstein, & Baruch November,
Congregation Shaare Tefilla,
Teaneck, NJ
June 21, 2023
with Ilya Kaminsky, Sharon Dolin,
Sally Rosen Kindred & Judith Baumel
(online and in person)
Yetzirah Poetry Conference,
UNC-Asheville
May 6, 2023
Poetry Reading
Chabad of the North Shore
Swampscott, MA
May 5, 2023
The Bright Field: Exploring Devotional Poetry,
panel with Nate Klug
and Regina Walton,
2023 Massachusetts Poetry Festival
March 5, 2023
Voices of Poetry
Sibling Poetry Reading
with Maria Lisella, Julia Lisella,
& Baruch November,
2 pm E.D.T.,
Jefferson Market Library in NYC
February 5, 2023
Poetry Reading,
8:30PM at Congregation Lev LeDaas,
Teaneck, NJ
December 22, 2022
Zoom Reading & Discussion
with Honors Students
at DRS High School,
Woodmere, NY
October 3, 2022
Zoom Poetry Reading & Discussion
with Creative Writing students
at Connecticut College
August 21, 2022
Poetry Reading with Chase Twitchell,
Yehoshua November, Yahia Lababidi,
Online Reading
August 15, 2022
Reading with Baruch November
Chabad of the Upper West Side, NYC
July 6, 2022
"In Search of Jewish Poetry:
Reading and Discussion," with Jane Medved,
hosted by Jerusalism and Besarabia,
Jerusalem, Israel
May 22, 2022
"God's Optimism: Poetry Reading and Discussion,"
Limmud FSU,
SHERATON PARSIPPANY HOTEL,
Parsippany, NJ
April 2, 2022
Poetry Reading with Baruch November
Congregation Or Zarua,
New York, NY
December 22, 2021
Poetry Reading with Baruch November
Shenk Shul,
Washington Heights, NY
December 10, 2021
"November in December"
Poetry Reading with Baruch November
Congregation Shaare Tefilla,
Teaneck, NJ
October 17, 2021
Rutgers University Faculty Reading
Freddy's Bar and Backroom,
Brooklyn, NY
November 23, 2020
Zoom Poetry Reading
with Alicia Ostriker, Eleanor Wilner, and Philip Terman,
JCC of Buffalo
July 16, 2020
Author Discussion Series
with Baruch November,
The Hampton Synagogue
July 2, 2020
Zoom Poetry Reading With David Caplan,
Chabad of Southern Utah
and Chabad of Jackson Hole, Wyoming
May 17, 2020
Poetry Reading (Postponed)
April 29. 2020
Tiferet Journal Poetry Reading
Book Culture, NYC
December 2, 2019, 6:30 PM
with Marie Howe & Leila Chatti
Brooklyn Public Library
November 7, 2019, 6PM
a Fifteenth Anniversary Reading
Jefferson Market Library, NYC
July 31, 2019, 8PM
Poetry Reading
with Baruch November
Brooklyn, NY
April 15, 2019, 7PM
Bernardsville Public Library, NJ
April 10, 2019, 7PM
Poetry Reading with Baruch November
Columbia University Chabad House, NYC
April 3, 2019, 4:30PM
Writers from Rutgers Reading Series
Rutgers U. Barnes & Noble
New Brunswick, NJ
March 30, 10:30AM
Poetry Reading and Discussion
Chabad Northeast
Portland, OR
March 28, 2019, 9:00-10:15AM
“Writing the Transcendent,”Panel
AWP Convention
Oregon Convention Center,
Portland, OR
January 3, 2019, 8PM
Poetry Reading with Jared Harel
Montclair Public Library, NJ
October 29, 2018, 7PM
Poetry Reading with Steven Sher
KGB Bar, NYC
March 15, 2018
Abraham Joshua Heschel School,
NYC
March 10, 2018, 8PM
Young Israel of Tampa
March 8, 2018, 12pm-1:15pm
"Jewish Writing Versus Writing by Jews"
Panel Presentation AWP Conference,
Tampa, Florida
March 7, 2018, 6PM
Tahitian Inn,
February 7, 2018, 5PM
Center for Jewish Civilization,
Georgetown University
December 5, 2017, 7:30-8:30
Touro College
1602 Ave J
Brooklyn, NY
November 19, 2017, 3PM
"God's Optimism," reading and performance
of a cycle of poems from November's God's Optimism.
Musical arrangements by William Vollinger,
vocals by Lawrence Indik.
643 Forest Avenue
Paramus, NJ
November 1, 2017, 7:30 PM
Book & Arts Fair,
Evelyn Rubenstein JCC,
Houston, Texas
October 23, 2017, 5:30 PM
Poets Michael Ives and Yehoshua November,"
Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
October 10, 2017, 6:30 PM
Poetry Reading and Discussion,
Hillel of College of Staten Island,
Staten Island, NY
July 17, 2017
Scribblers on the Roof Reading Series
Poetry reading with Owen Lewis and Yehoshua November
8pm, 251 West 100th St, NYC
June 29, 2017
Poetry reading with Susan L. Miller and Yehoshua November
6pm, Leonard Library,
Brooklyn, NY
June 4, 2017
Poetry Workshop
Rutgers University Writers' Conference,
Division of Continuing Education
New Brunswick, NJ
May 30-June 2, 2017
Poetry Reading and Classes on Contemporary Poetry
and Chassidic Thought,
Pearlstone Retreat Center,
Reisterstown, MD
May 20, 2017, 6:30 PM
Poetry Reading and Talk on Poetry and Prayer
Congregation Rinat Yisrael,
Teaneck, NJ
May 17, 2017
Poetry reading with Susan L. Miller and Yehoshua November
6:30pm, Caldwell Library,
Caldwell, NJ
March 17, 2017
"Confessions of a Hasidic Poet,"
Yehoshua November
in interview with Daneielle Ziri of Jerusalem Post,
Manhattan Jewish Experience, NYC
March 19, 2017
"A Celebration of Jewish and Italian Heritage and Literature,"
a reading with Maria Gillan, Carol V. Davis, Maria Lisella,
Baruch and Yehoshua November,
6pm, Cornelia St. Cafe
Greenwich Village
March 8, 2017, 7PM
Poetry Salon,
a reading with Winner and Finalists
of the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry:
Stanley Moss, Ethel Rackin, and Yehoshua November
Harvard Club, NYC
February, 27, 2017
Poetry reading with Susan L. Miller and Yehoshua November,
4:30 pm, New Brunswick Theological Seminary,
New Brunswick, NJ
February 10, 2017
Poetry reading by winners of the MSR Book Award, 2009-Present,
AWP Conference,
Washington, D.C.
February 8, 2017
Poetry reading and discussion with Hillel Broder and Yehoshua November,
moderated by Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld,
Yeshiva University Book Fair,
NYC
December 10, 2016
Poetry Reading and Discussion,
moderated by Sandee Brawarsky, Culture Editor of the Jewish Week,
Temple Beth Sholom,
Teaneck, NJ
November 14, 2016
Poetry Reading
University of North Carolina—Asheville
November 12, 2016
Poetry Reading
4PM, Asheville, NC
February 2016
Poetry Reading with Lee Upton and Yehoshua November
Binghamton University (SUNY) Spring Reading Series
Binghamton University, Vestal, NY
with Alicia Ostriker, Merle Feld, and Marcia Falk,
moderated by Professor Eric Selinger,
Mordechai Caplan Center Conference
on the Future of Jewish Liturgy and Prayer,
New York, NY,
May 2015
Poetry Reading,
Cresskill Public Library,
Cresskill, NJ,
April 2015
Poetry Reading,
Featured Dodge Poet,
Newark, NJ,
October 2014
Poetry Reading,
Writers From Rutgers Reading Series,
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ
October, 2014
Poetry Reading and Talk on Poetry and Jewish Mysticism,
Rinat Israel Synagogue,
Teaneck, NJ,
September, 2014
Poet in Residence,
Netivot Shalom Synagogue,
Teaneck, NJ,
February, 2014
Poetry Reading,
Shaare Teffilah Synagogue,
Teaneck, NJ
November, 2013
Poetry Reading,
Montclair Public Library,
Montclair, NJ,
November, 2013
Poetry Reading and Talk on Poetry and Jewish Mysticism,
Clarion, PA
Fall 2013
Poetry Reading,
Irvington Public Library,
Irvington, NJ,
April, 2013
Poetry Reading,
Writers From Rutgers Reading Series,
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ
April, 2013
“A Monster for Your Bridegroom: Jewish Mysticism in Contemporary Poetry,”
panel presentation, AWP Conference,
Boston, MA,
March, 2013
Poetry Reading with Phillip Terman, Jake Marmar, and Jay Michaelson,
NYU Bookstore Reading Series,
Summer 2012
“On Being a Jewish Poet: Writing and Identity,”
panel presentation, AWP Conference,
Chicago, IL,
March, 2012
Poetry Reading,
Rockland County Community College,
March, 2012
Poetry Reading,
Ohio Wesleyan University Reading Series,
Spring 2012
Poetry Reading,
Virginia Wesleyan College Reading Series,
Fall 2011
Poetry Reading,
New York, NY,
July 12, 2011
“Poetry and Chassidic Philosophy,”
workshop, poetry reading, and lecture,
National Jewish Retreat,
Greenwich, CT,
August, 2011
Poetry Reading and Lecture on Poetry and Chassidic philosophy,
Stanton Street Synagogue,
New York, NY
August, 2012
“Love and Survival in Jewish Poetry and Film,”
Poetry Reading and Film Screening
with independent filmmaker Ari Mark,
Aish Center, New York, NY,
May 25, 2011
Poetry Reading,
L.A. Times Book Fair,
USC Campus,
May 1, 2011
“The Poet’s Journey: Personal Reflection and Public Revelation,”
panel discussion with Nick Flynn, Dana Goodyear, and Mathew Zapruder,
moderated by David St. John,
L.A. Times Book Fair,
USC Campus,
May 1, 2011
Poetry Reading and lecture on Torah and Poetry,
Chabad of Prospect Heights,
January15, 2011
“What does it mean to be a Jewish Artist? When does art become Jewish art?”
Poetry Reading, Film screening, and Discussion with independent film maker Ari Mark and poet Yehoshua November,
moderated by David Deutsch, Heeb humor editor,
The Educational Alliance, NYC,
December 18, 2010