Alice Notley (November 8, 1945 – May 19, 2025). I met Alice Notley in the late 60’s when I was an undergraduyate and later while living in Blatimore we did…
Join us for a night of learning, reflection, and community as we honor the tradition of Shavuot with our annual all-night study session. We’re thrilled to welcome acclaimed author and…
Apply to join the SHIUR Midsummer Retreat: What Dreams May Come on June 20-22 in Germany. Contact:contact@shiur.eu In a region shaped by the convergence of radical forms of Kabbalah and…
Gabriel Meyer Halevy, peace activist, nomad, composer, musician, and now author, interviews me on his monthly substack, ONCE A MOONTH where we talk about dreams, kabbalah and more. To listen…
Asterism Losing infinity I saved up for immediacy. Every hour I put a penny in to see the cornflower open its eye or to hear the thunder mutter proto- names….
GILGUL 2 1992 In 1992 Time Being Books re-issued an expanded edition, The Missing Jew: New and Selected Poems. I took lines from the old poems and using midrash made…
GILGUL 3: 2022 In the years since I continued to write on Jewish themes, including The Lowercase Jew which Northwestern put out in 2003. I always felt I wanted to…
GILGUL 1 1976 In 1976 after my grandfather David Kamenetz z”l died and my rabbi from childhood, Morris Lieberman died, my friend Dr. Marc Lieberman gave me a copy of…
I wrote this piece about me, Bob Dylan and T.S. Eliot in defense of Dylan’s Nobel Prize. Re-upping it today on his 80th birthday. Happy birthday Bob. https://bit.ly/3ukZ7Ei Sign…