Richmond Yiddish Week: Yiddish Poetry Talk w/ Danny Kraft

Daniel Kraft is a writer, poet, and translator. He holds a master’s degree in Jewish studies from Harvard Divinity School, where he was a Harry Austryn Wolfson Fellow in Jewish Studies. His poems and essays appear in many publications, and his translations of Yiddish, along with brief personal and critical essays, can be found in his newsletter, Di Freyd Fun Yidishn Vort/The Joy of the Yiddish Word, at danielkraft.substack.com. He has taught at various institutions, including the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, and the Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków. He is currently the program manager for the literary nonprofit organization Yetzirah: a hearth for Jewish poetry and is a cofounder of Gashmius Magazine, an online journal.