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Welcome
Hello and welcome to the Jewish Poets Collective, an online space for Jewish poets and allies that offers poetry readings, a safe and laidback workshop environment, and information that will support and inspire Jewish poets. All Jewish poets are welcome and are encouraged to share their work, whether it’s specifically Jewish in content or not;…
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Submissions Are Closed
Many thanks to the Jewish and ally poets who submitted their work for the Fall Issue.During this submission period the Jewish Poets Collective received submissions from poets in China, England, Israel, Europe, and all over the United States, and once again the variety of thought and experiences of our community shines through. I’m looking forward…
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Book Recommendation: Small Talk by Jeffrey Schwartz
I’m happy to share a book recommendation for the recently released book of poetry by Connecticut based poet Jeff Schwartz, whose book Small Talk (Finishing Line Press, 2025) was released in August and is available at Bookshop.org on the Jewish Poets Collective Affiliate page. In this collection Schwartz confronts topics such as death, old age,…
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The Broken Heart is the Master Key
This evocative line is from the Baal Shem Tov and is also the title of the recently released book of poetry by Baruch November, a literature professor at Touro University in New York City (published by Ben Yehuda Press, 2025). The poems in this volume travel physically to New York City, Eastern Europe, and Israel;…
