At this year’s 2025 AWP (Association of Writers and Writers Programs) Conference, Yetzirah will host it’s third “Contemporary Jewish Poets: Kabbalat Shabbat & Offsite Reading” at Der Nister.

After a warm and welcoming Kabbalat Shabbat (open to people of all traditions), we’ll feature readers Rodger Kamenetz, Rachel Kaufman, Julia Knobloch, Jeffrey Levine, Jane Medved, Maya Pindyck, and Marcela Sulak, hosted by Dan Alter and Jessica Jacobs, and followed by an oneg to to nourish your body after all of the delicious poetry.