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URL:https://bethisraelnc.org/events/unalone-a-book-of-midrashic-poems-on-t
 he-book-of-genesis/
SUMMARY:unalone\, a Book of Midrashic Poems on the Book of Genesis
DESCRIPTION:Congregations Beth Israel and Beth Ha Tephila\n\npresent a 4-W
 eek Class led by Richard Chess on unalone\, a book of Midrashic Poems on 
 the Book of Genesis\, by Jessica Jacobs\nDates:\nFebruary 19 (at CBI)\nFe
 bruary 26 (at CBHT)\nMarch 4 (at CBI)\nMarch 11 (at CBHT)\nTime: 7:00pm - 
 8:30pm\n\nJessica Jacobs’s powerful new book of poems\, unalone\, follow
 s the twelve parshiyot of The\nBook of Genesis.  Drawing on her deep know
 ledge of Genesis\, especially the rich midrashic\nreadings of Genesis\, Ja
 cobs crafts illuminating poems that bring the ancient texts into our\ncont
 emporary lives.\nIn this class\, we’ll read and discuss the poems in una
 lone. We may also do some midrashic\nwriting of our own.  Jessica Jacobs 
 will join us for one of the four sessions.\n\nJessica Jacobs is the author
  of unalone\, poems in conversation with the Book of Genesis\n(forthcoming
  from Four Way Books\, March 2024)\; Take Me with You\, Wherever You’re 
 Going (Four\nWay Books\, 2019)\, one of Library Journal’s Best Poetry Bo
 oks of the Year\, winner of the Devil’s\nKitchen and Goldie Awards\, and
  a finalist for the Brockman-Campbell\, American Fiction\, and Julie\nSuk 
 Book Awards\; Pelvis with Distance (White Pine Press\, 2015)\, a biography
 -in-poems of Georgia\nO’Keeffe\, winner of the New Mexico Book Award in 
 Poetry and a finalist for the Lambda Literary\nAward\; and co-author of Wr
 ite It! 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire (Spruce Books/Penguin\nRandom House)
 .  She is the founder and executive director of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Je
 wish Poetry.\n“Like our matriarch Serah\, the Torah’s first poet\, Jes
 sica Jacobs opens the Book of Genesis to\nher readers like a gate ‘with 
 an easy latch and well-oiled hinges.’  She takes the time to notice\,\n
 allowing readers to hear ‘a sound they know so well’ as though they’
 ve never heard it.  Jacobs is\nthis generation’s immaculate poet of the
  tents\, taking us back to ourselves\, fully.  She amplifies\n‘the stil
 l small voice you’ve known all your life\,’ so through her deep wisdom
  you remember you\nare unalone.”  Rabbi Burton Visotzky\, Nathan And Ja
 net Appleman Professor Of Midrash And\nInterreligious Studies Emeritus at 
 the Jewish Theological Seminary\n\nThe class is free\, the book is $18.  
 When you register for the class\, you will be prompted to pay for the book
 .  We will communicate in advance about picking up your copy of the book 
 prior to the first class.\nThe class will be limited to 20 participants. 
  Please register HERE.\n(If you are not a CBI member\, please register as 
 Non-member and type your name in the Notes window for registration purpose
 s.)\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact Richard Chess at rick.ch
 ess@gmail.com
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