Join the JCC for monthly readings as part of a Jewish Poetry Series, hosted by Philip Terman and Baruch November. Each month will feature different Jewish poets reading selections of poems that include but are not limited to Jewish themes, values and ideas. Free and Open to the Public.
David Ebenbach, Betsy Fogelman, Amy Small-McKinney
David Ebenbach is the author of nine books of poetry and fiction, and also a non-fiction guide to the creative process called The Artist's Torah. His books have won such awards as the Juniper Prize and the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, among others. He lives and works in Washington, DC, where at Georgetown University he teaches creative writing and literature and works with faculty and graduate students to support their pedagogical development. You can find out more at davidebenbach.com.
Amy Small-McKinney is the author of three chapbooks and three full-length poetry books, including her newest full-length, & You Think It Ends (Glass Lyre Press, 2025). Her second full-length book, Walking Toward Cranes, won The Kithara Book Prize (Glass Lyre, 2016). She has been published in numerous journals, for example, "American Poetry Review", "Ilanot Review, Minyan Magazine", "The Nu Review", "Pedestal Magazine", and "Tahoma Literary Review", among others. She has contributed to several anthologies, for example, 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium (Ashland Poetry Press, 2021), Rumors, Secrets, & Lies: Poems about Pregnancy, Abortion, & Choice (Anhinga Press, 2022) and Keystone Poetry, Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania (Penn State University Press, 2025). Her poetry has also been translated into Romanian and Korean. She is a Montgomery County PA Poet Laureate Emeritus, 2011. Small-McKinney is also a co-leader of the Philadelphia Yetzirah Chapter.
Betsy Fogelman Tighe has published widely in literary magazines, including "Rattle", "Twice", "The Georgia Review", and "TriQuarterly". She won a Pushcart prize in 2025 as well as a third place and a first place prize from the Oregon Poetry Association in previous years. Her full-length manuscript has received an Honorable Mention, been semi-finalist for two prizes, and a finalist for another. Tighe dotes on two adult kids. She retired in 2022 from her good work as a teacher-librarian in Portland, OR and now is free to spend much of her time in the company of poetry.
