April is National Poetry Month! No better way to close it out than an evening of poetry at Der Nister.

Poets Genevieve Greinetz (Animals are Shouting Down from the Sky) and Carine Topal (Dear Blood,) had their new poetry collections published by Ben Yehuda Press earlier in 2025. Donna Spruit-Metz's translations from the Dutch of poems by Lukas Hirsch (Wu Weits Eats an Egg) is forthcoming in the summer of 2025. Donna will also be reading from her new book, To Phrase a Prayer for Peace. Julia Knobloch, who has curated and facilitated several poetry salons and readings at Der Nister over the past years, has worked with all three poets as editor of The Jewish Poetry Project of Ben Yehuda Press.

As she is leaving that position and is getting ready for her pulpit at Temple Beth El and Center in San Pedro, she is bringing together these most recent California-based voices in Ben Yehuda's catalogue - and will also be reading from her forthcoming collection Liner Notes (Kelsay Books, 2026).

Enjoy wine, browse books for sale and  the evening of poetry. Sunday, April 27th at 6:30 pm. Let us know if you’re coming by signing up here.