Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I am happy to share that Seeing into the Life of Things has been awarded a 2026 Gold Medal from the Nautilus Book Awards in the category Religion/Spirituality of Western Thought. Link to online booksites that carry the book. bit.ly/SeeingMonkfish 030
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 29/04/2026James Comey indicted for this image. Don’t be intimidated. Repost 000
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 29/12/2025What is sacredness and how can I find more of it in my life? Rodger Kamenetz teaches us a spiritual practice that leads us toward a deeper experience of life. His latest book is Seeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter. bit.ly/RKDreamJourn... 001
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Starting Wednesday January 14 at 2pm ET I will offer a five-week program of imaginative spiritual practice based on my new book: Seeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter. bit.ly/IJSCOURSERKbit.lySeeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter - Institute for Jewish SpiritualityJanuary 14-February 11 | Led by Roger Kamenetz, embark on a journey that entwines our senses, dreams, and imagination, and discover for yourself what Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel called “radical amaze... 010
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 24/11/2025The creative resource of memory and dreams On the Brevity blog an interview with Dinty Moore with some prompts and tips for nonfiction writers and poets. bit.ly/SITLOTBrevitybit.lySeeing into the Life of Things: Memory as an Act of Imagination“I write in the perfume of the dream.” In his latest book, Rodger Kamenetz blends dreamwork and poetic imagination to offer pathways toward a more meaningful life, while also exploring … 051
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Last week in NYC we had ourselves a book party for Seeing into the Life of Things. Thanks to Anya & Adam for hosting & for amazing guests including these folks. @AmichaiLauLavie @jaymichaelson @ShirLaLaKline @basyaschechter @gabymeyerh @anya1anya @MonkfishBookPub 020
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Honored to have The Jew in the Lotus among the top 50 Jewish books of the past 50 years along with Alicia Ostriker, Cynthia Ozick and uh Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. bit.ly/JITL50Momentbit.ly50 Books in 50 YearsTo construct a list of books that made a difference in American Jewish life between 1975 and 2025 is to be reminded that however deeply you ponder what to include, the exercise’s main value is as a co... 010
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 12/11/2025A book talk with IJS’s Rabbi Josh Feigelson bit.ly/IJSBOOKTALKR...bit.lyIJS Book Talk with Rodger Kamenetz 010
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I talk about the soulful imagination on Phil Goldberg’s pod Spirit Matters. And we laugh a lot. bit.ly/SpiritMatter...bit.lySpotify – Web Player 010
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Thank you PW. bit.ly/PWSEEINGLIFEbit.lyThe Stories We Envision: PW Talks with Rodger KamenetzThe author best known for The Jew in the Lotus is back with a new book, Seeing into the Life of Things, about what it means to bring words to our visions and emotions. 011
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 01/11/2025I’ll give a zoom talk for OCCSP Tuesday November 11, 2025 10-11 AM PT 12-1PM CT 1-2 PM ET 20-21 IT Here’s the link to REGISTER: (you don’t need to hit it, just gently touch it) bit.ly/SeeingOCCSPbit.lySeeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter (Rodger Kamenetz) 000
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 01/11/2025 Grateful to Susan Larson and her Reading Life for this sweet conversation about my new book Seeing Into the Life of Things #Monkfish #Wordsworth #poetry #nature #NewOrleans bit.ly/SeeingReadin...bit.lyThe Reading Life: Rodger Kamenetz 000
Reposted by Rodger KamenetzBen Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 25/02/2025The JBI (former Jewish Braille Institute) has sponsored audio recordings of two Jewish Poetry Project titles: Rodger Kamenetz's THE MISSING JEW and Maya Bernstein's NO PLACE WITHOUT YOU. 1/5 2105
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 06/02/2025 Raul Hilberg’s 3 phases of The Destruction of European Jews: Identification. Expulsion. Annihilation No one should doubt the dangerous dehumanization explicit in Trump’s remarks about expelling Palestinians. Hamas is a genocidal organization by charter. The answer can never be to be like them. 010
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again and again: finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes part of the ceremony. --Franz Kafka, 1919 h/t Bernard Friedman 010
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I feel honored to keynoting this interfaith conference at Elon University. www.elon.edu/u/news/2025/...elon.eduRenowned author and poet Rodger Kamenetz announced as keynote speaker for the Ripple ConferenceThe Ripple Conference theme, the Art of Interfaith, will offer participants a unique opportunity to delve into the intersections of interfaith and the arts 020
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I’ve got friends who’ve gotten their knees replaced, their hips replaced. When you dream, you get your brain replaced. It’s like having a whole new mind every night. 051
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Junior and Senior ibis. Senior snagged a slice of bread. City Park, New Orleans. 011
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 10/08/2023The compound eyes of this dragonfly—the grey goggles on the left -have 30000 lenses. Eastern pondhawk 030
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 08/08/2023Poetry is the reality on which science is based. -William Carlos Williams 021
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 06/08/2023Nice coverage of Yetzirah’s inaugural Jewish poetry conference. forward.com/culture/556520/yetzirah…forward.comSomething wonderful is happening in the world of Jewish poetryAt the Yetzirah Poetry Conference in Asheville, North Carolina, some Jewish poets feel they've finally found their very own shul. 020
Rodger Kamenetz @rodkam.bsky.social · 04/08/2023Keats got this right: “What is creative creates itself.” 040
