Writing the Self and Other with Esther Altshul Helfgott (Fall 2023)

Writing the Self and Other: Journaling Workshop with author Esther Altshul Helfgott

Short writing exercises - with prompts from poems and art - will transport you back to childhood, to your teen years, to young adulthood or even to yesterday, wherever your pens take you. Bring a piece of material from a parent’s or another relative’s wardrobe. Or bring a favorite piece of art. Don’t forget your notebook and pen. Take a seat at the table. I’ll give you a prompt – a poem, say. Or a piece of conversation—and begin writing. In any form or style that comes to mind. Don’t worry about commas, semicolons, question marks or spaces. Just write - scribble, ramble - until I tell you to stop.  Then, if you want, you’ll read, or talk about what you’ve written. 

Come to as many classes as you would like. This course will be in-person, in the CBS Beit Midrash. 

Time: Sundays, 1-3pm 
Dates: 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, 12/10

Cost: Suggested donation of $18 to our Tzedakah Fund per class. 

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