“…Each of us has been a slave in Egypt.”
Primo Levi
Passover has many themes: freedom, springtime, social justice, Jewish history, family, and homeland. Join Professor Deborah Leipziger to explore selections from a wide range of poets including Marge Piercy, Denise Levertov, Ellen Bass, Primo Levi, Rachel Kann, Jennifer Barber, and Rabbi Hara E. Person.
Passover is full of poetry: metaphors, symbols, and allegory. Using the story of Exodus, we will generate new poems and writing.
At this historic juncture, how do we prepare ourselves for Passover? In this time of change and crisis what does it mean to be courageous enough to leave the narrow places?
Professor Leipziger joins The Vilna as our inaugural Jewish Arts Collaborative Creative Fellow in Residence.
Deborah Leipziger is an author and poet as well as an advisor for organizations around the world regarding social and environmental issues. Her books on sustainability and human rights include The Corporate Responsibility Code Book and Creating Social Value: A Guide for Leaders and Change Makers, which she co-authored.
In 2024, she launched The Lexicon on Change, a guide to new ways of thinking and acting and addressing the UN Global Goals. Deborah is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Social Innovation at Babson College. She has taught at the Bard MBA program in Sustainability, the Simmons School of Management, and the Hult MBA program.
Her poetry collection, Story & Bone, was published in 2023 by Lily Poetry Review Press. In 2023, she was selected as a Community Creative Fellow by the Jewish Arts Collaborative and as a scholar at Yetzirah’s Inaugural Conference. Her poems have been published in nine countries and in numerous anthologies, including Tree Lines: 21st Century American Poems (2022). Deborah curates the New England Jewish Poetry Festival, now in its 15th year.
Born in Brazil, Deborah has a Master's Degree in public administration from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor’s Degree in economics and international studies from Manhattanville College.
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