Adult Jewish Learning: Rabbi Neil Blumofe
October 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 30 | Rabbi Neil Blumofe | Dell JCC
BEATING SWORDS INTO POEMS AND BACK AGAIN: READING POETRY BEFORE AND AFTER THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
In the decades prior to and after the founding of the State of Israel, we will consider poems written in Hebrew, English, Yiddish, and Polish (all in English translation). How do poems knit us together as a people? What questions do they ask? How do these words challenge us? We will discuss poetry of Yehuda Halevi, Yehuda Amichai, Rivka Miriam, Rachel, Natan Alterman, Hadar Bar-Nadav, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Julian Tuvim.
