Rabbi Ronnie Cahana
Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, was a Conservative pulpit rabbi for 25 years before confronting a brain stem stroke in 2011, that rendered him quadriplegic. Among other formative moments in his trajectory as a poet, he was given a special invitation to join John Ashbery’s poetry seminar in 1977. Since his stroke, poetry has provided a creative outlet for him to express his theology and voice his gratitude of having been given a second chance at life.