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Reuven Goldfarb [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Tzfat
Israel
IL
Email: 
poetsprogress@gmail.com
Bio: 

Reuven Goldfarb writes poetry, essays, fictionalized memoir and alternate reality fiction. His work has appeared in scores of print publications and on-line and earned several awards. In a previous decade he co-founded and edited AGADA, the illustrated Jewish literary magazine (1981-88), and later taught Freshman English at Oakland’s Merritt College 1989-1997). He and his wife Yehudit held leadership positions in the Aquarian Minyan, a vanguard Jewish renewal community in Berkeley, during which time Reuven received s’micha as Moreinu, Maggid, and Rabbinic Deputy from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Since 2001, he and his wife have lived in Tzfat, a mountain village in northern Israel, where Reuven has taught classes in Poetry Immersion and Short Story Intensive and presently works as a free-lance copy-editor. He hosts monthly meetings of the Upper Galilee branch of Voices Israel.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Website: 
https://www.reuvengoldfarb.com [2]
Prizes won: 

The MacKnight Black Poetry Award (Lafayette College, 1965); Commendation Award from the Chester H. Jones Foundation National Poetry Competition (1998); First Prize, most outstanding poem on Spirituality, Poetica Magazine (2004); Third Place, the Reuben Rose Poetry Competition 2007; Honorable Mention, Miriam Felicia Lindberg Memorial Foundation Poetry for Peace Contest 2010; Honorable Mention, 10th Annual War Poetry Contest of WinningWriters.com, 2011; Notable Story recognition from Gemini Magazine, 2012; Honorable Mention, the Reuben Rose Poetry Competition, 2016 and 2020.

Identifies as: 
Israeli American
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/reuven_goldfarb [2] https://www.reuvengoldfarb.com