Ketav: Midrash
Writing Workshop

In the Ketav workshop, writer, translator, teacher and editor Antônio Xerxenesky invites participants to create new texts from the gaps in the Torah and the Talmud, following the midrash tradition of interpreting and filling sacred texts with stories, legends and imagination. No knowledge of Jewish culture or previous writing experience is required. Xerxenesky is the author of Uma tristeza infinita (2021), winner of the Prêmio São Paulo and a Jabuti semi-finalist, as well as As perguntas (2017) and F (2014). Admission is free and places are limited to those who register; places can be reserved through the museum's website.