Participant Schedule for Yetzirah’s 2024 Jewish Poetry Conference

Monday, July 1
Participants arrive at set windows throughout the
Highsmith
10 am-2 pm day and are guided to their campus housing.
Student Union
(shuttles provided)
Highsmith
Welcome Hors d'oeuvres Student Union
4 pm
Sponsored by… Blue Ridge South
(HIG203)
Welcome Ceremony
4:30-6 pm Blue Ridge South
Group/Faculty/Staff Photos
6ish pm Outside Highsmith
Shared dinner
Sponsored by…
6-8 pm Blue Ridge South
with keynote address
by Eleanor Wilner

Optional check-in after dinner for late-arrivals Blue Ridge South

Tuesday, July 2
Outside the dorm or,
Gratitude Practice led by Rodger Kamenetz
7:15-7:45 am if rain, Highsmith
(optional)
(Mt. Mitchell 226)
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Brown Hall
*Fellows meet with Scholar mentees during
Tuesday breakfast or lunch

Highsmith
Bellm—Room TBD: Aleph Cohort
(Mt. Mitchell 226,
9 am-12 pm Greenbaum—Room TBD: Bet Cohort
Mt. Pisgah 228.
Levin— Room TBD: Gimel Cohort
Lookout Mtn. 229)
12-1 pm Lunch Brown Hall
Highsmith
Discussion Panel: What is Jewish Poetry?
Student Union
1:30-2:45 pm Conference Faculty: Dan Bellm, Jess Greenbaum,
Blue Ridge South
Dana Levin. Keynote: Eleanor Wilner
(HIG203)
Highsmith
Eleanor Wilner, Interview & Reading
Student Union
3:15-4:30 pm interviewed by Fellow TBD
Blue Ridge South
Sponsored by…
(HIG203)
 Dinner (choose your own adventure) Off-Campus
Highsmith
Doors open Tuesday Fellows & Faculty Reading
Student Union
7:30 Sponsored by…
Blue Ridge South
Reading 8-9:30
(HIG203)
A Farbrengen: Hasidic Stories, Songs,
Outside the dorm or,
and Teachings with Snacks and L’Chaims
After the if rain, Highsmith
(optional)
reading Student Union
Blue Ridge South
Hosted by . . .

Wednesday, July 3
Outside the dorm or,
Gratitude Practice led by Rodger Kamenetz
7:15-7:45 am if rain, Highsmith
(optional)
(Mt. Mitchell 226)
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Brown Hall
Highsmith
Bellm—Room TBD: Bet Cohort
(Mt. Mitchell 226,
9 am-12 pm Greenbaum—Room TBD: Gimel Cohort
Mt. Pisgah 228.
Levin— Room TBD: Aleph Cohort
Lookout Mtn. 229)
12-1 pm Lunch Brown Hall
Highsmith
Public Event Student Union
1:30-2:45 pm
(panel, discussion, etc…) Blue Ridge South
(HIG203)
Highsmith
Yetzirah Board of Directors Reading
Student Union
3:15-4:15 pm Maya Bernstein, Richard Chess, Jehanne Dubrow,
Blue Ridge South
Jessica Jacobs, Yerra Sugarman
(HIG203)
Dinner (choose your own adventure) Off-Campus
Highsmith
Doors open Wednesday Fellows & Faculty Reading
Student Union
7:30 Sponsored by…
Blue Ridge South
Reading 8-9:30
(HIG203)
Outside the dorm or,
After the Cohort on the Green if rain, Highsmith
reading (optional) Student Union
Blue Ridge South

Thursday, July 4
 Outside the dorm or,
Gratitude Practice led by Rodger Kamenetz
7:15-7:45 am if rain, Highsmith
(optional)
(Mt. Mitchell 226)
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Brown Hall
9 am-12 pm MORNING OFF
12-1 pm Lunch Brown Hall
Highsmith
Public Event Student Union
1:30-2:45 pm
(panel, discussion, etc…) Blue Ridge South
(HIG203)
Highsmith
Student Union
3:15-4:30 pm Interns & Scholars Reading
Blue Ridge South
(HIG203)
Dinner (choose your own adventure) Off-Campus
Thursday Fellows & Faculty Reading Highsmith
Doors open
Student Union
7:30
Sponsored by… Blue Ridge South
Reading 8-9:30
(HIG203)
Cohort on the Green
(optional)

Friday, July 5
Outside the dorm or,
Gratitude Practice led by Rodger Kamenetz
7:15-7:45 am if rain, Highsmith
(optional)
(Mt. Mitchell 226)
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Brown Hall
Dream with Us:
How can Yetzirah best serve Jewish poets
8:30-9:30 am & Jewish poetry, now & in the future? Ponder Hall 011
(optional)

Bellm—Room TBD: Gimel Cohort Ponder Hall 011;

9 am-12 pm Greenbaum—Room TBD: Aleph Cohort Karpen Hall 221;
Levin— Room TBD: Bet Cohort Karpen Hall 234
12-1 pm Lunch Brown Hall
1:30-2:45 pm Contributors Reading Ponder Hall 011
Shabbat Hors d'oeuvres
Highsmith
4-5 pm Student Union
Sponsored by…
Alumni Hall 114
 Friday Fellows & Faculty Reading
Doors open 5 Highsmith
Reading Student Union
Sponsored by…
5:30-7 pm Alumni Hall 114
Kabbalat Shabbat
Highsmith
Secular Shabbat Discussion Group
7-7:45 pm Student Union
(optional & open to the public)
Alumni Hall 114
Highsmith
Shared Shabbat dinner
Student Union
8 pm
Blue Ridge South
Sponsored by…
(HIG203)
Highsmith
Tische Student Union
(optional) Blue Ridge South
(HIG203)

Saturday, July 6
Outside the dorm or,
Gratitude Practice led by Rodger Kamenetz
7:15-7:45 am if rain, Highsmith
(optional)
(Mt. Mitchell 226)
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Brown Hall
Contemplative Shabbat Service
8:30-9:30 am (optional)

Free day for participants to enjoy Asheville and

surrounding areas or relax on campus.

Lunch (for people staying on campus)

11:30-1 pm Brown Hall

Dinner off-campus
Meet outside
8 pm Be back on campus for Closing Ceremony
Highsmith
9:35 pm Culminating Celebration of Havdalah

Sunday, July 7
Room checkout Conference ends &
by 10 am morning shuttles will be available to the airport