“This program was invaluable in affording me the opportunity to further develop my project in a supportive and nurturing environment–one where I felt completely accepted both as an artist and as a Jewish person. I’m endlessly grateful to this program for providing me with what has been one of the greatest artistic experiences I’ve had in my professional career to date.”

“I was blown away by the collective of minds in the cohort: their creativity and depth of thinking, the diversity in their experiences, the variety of projects. The conversations we had together, buoyed by the lab and the speakers that were brought in, will stay with me forever. I am truly grateful for getting to participate in the lab and their generosity in helping me grow the seed of an idea into an actual work.”

“I am so grateful to everyone at the Jewish Writers Institute. The program was transformative, inspiring, and, for me, truly career changing. If you're thinking of applying, I cannot recommend it highly enough.”

“On a creative and spiritual level, what makes the Jewish Writers Institute so special is really that Jewish element. Through our sessions and our meetings and lectures, we were able to connect to the Jewish past in order to really dig from that well and get inspired, and get those creative juices flowing, so that we could take that into our projects and determine what is going to be the creative Jewish future.”