Janet R. Kirchheimer

Janet R. Kirchheimer is the author of “How to Spot One of Us,” poems about her family and the Shoah. Her work has appeared in a wide range of journals and on line. Mostly recently, work appears in the anthology “The Poets Quest for God.” She is currently producing “AFTER,” a cinematic documentary exploring poetry written about the Holocaust then and now. A Teaching Fellow at Clal, Janet speaks on a wide range of subjects including early American Jewish History.

Make Me a Sanctuary

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 by Janet R. Kirchheimer

I continue to feed my spiritual life in a multitude of ways

Two LEAP Fellows Come Together For “The Words That Move Us: The Message of MLK Today”

August 13, 2025February 2, 2021 by Janet R. Kirchheimer

The focus of the national program was how our shared textual traditions move us to action…

At The Water’s Edge: Poetry And The Holocaust

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by Janet R. Kirchheimer

Honoring the victims and survivors of the Holocaust through poetry

Sometimes You Have To Walk Through The Door Even If There’s Blood On It

May 18, 2022September 24, 2019 by Janet R. Kirchheimer

I’m not sure I’m ready to go to Germany, not sure I will ever be, but the door opened, and I’m walking through it.

Star Trek’s Big Tent

May 18, 2022November 3, 2016 by Janet R. Kirchheimer

With its diversity and acceptance, it seems that Star Trek was the original disruptive innovation of the 1960s.