New Jewish Poetry

This event will bring together three Brooklyn-based Jewish writers in conversation with visiting artist/poet Sara Camhaji from Mexico City. Their readings will explore transnational Jewish poetics, weaving together geographic, political, and cultural influences and identities.

Books by the authors will be available to purchase at the event!

Sara Camhaji is a literary artist. Her work is the result of many existential understandings that she -as all of us- continuously face. She writes to visualize. She visualizes to narrate. She is a mother and a wife–these aspects are always present in her creative works. She teaches and gets constantly involved in cultural projects. Her latest books are Maleza (Alboroto Ediciones, 2022) and Don’t take photos of the landscape; take portraits with the view of the background if you want (Elefanta Editorial, 2023), both in Spanish and English. Sara lives in Mexico City.

Hadar Ahuvia is a dance artist and educator drawing on the multidisciplinary lineages…