Micah member Jean Nordhaus will speak about Moses Mendelssohn, a world-famous philosopher in the eighteenth century whose work and spirit helped smooth the road to
Reform Judaism. She will touch on the book of poetry that she wrote about Mendelssohn’s life journey, “The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn.”
Jean Nordhaus was born in Baltimore, Maryland, studied philosophy at Barnard College, and received her doctorate in modern German literature from Yale University. She has published six volumes of poetry, two chapbooks, and her poems have appeared in many journals, including American Poetry Review, The Hudson Review, The New Republic, Ploughshares, Poet Lore, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Best American Poetry 2000, and the 2007 Pushcart Prize Anthology. In addition, she has published numerous articles, essays, and dance reviews in the Washington Post, the Washington Review, Poet Lore, and the PSA Bulletin.
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