MA in Creative Writing
Ramat Gan, Israel
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Sep 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
23 Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
ILS 17,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* annual tuition for international masters degree students who are not Israeli citizens is approximately NIS 14,000 plus an additional 25% above the base payment
Key Summary
Introduction
Curriculum
Small class size workshops with internationally recognized faculty
The Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing is a magnet for English-speaking Israelis, as well as Jews and non-Jews from around the world. The two-year program, housed in the Department of English Literature and Linguistics at Bar-Ilan University, offers an MA in English Literature with specializations in Literary Fiction, Poetry, or Creative Nonfiction.
Located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv and only an hour's bus ride from Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University enjoys a diverse student body.
Students in the program range in age from 21-71 and come from all over the world. Though the Program explores the long tradition between Judaism and writing, there are no agendas, only the pursuit of good writing. Our students and visiting writers often experience their time in the Program as a life-changing period.
The Program organizes biennial conferences and sponsors informal gatherings with writers in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv.
Permanent Faculty: Marcela Sulak, Evan Fallenberg, William Kolbrener, Ilana Blumberg, Michael P. Kramer, and Dalia Rosenfeld
Past visiting instructors have included Jane Bernstein, Joseph Skibell, Melvin Jules Bukiet, Atar Hadari, Joan Leegant, Bret Lott, Jonathan Wilson, Steve Stern, Mark Mirsky, Risa Miller, Tony Eprile, Abby Frucht, Assaf Gavron, and Jennie Feldman.
Visiting writers have included Alicia Ostriker, Erika Meitner, Ilana Kurshan, Rachel Kadish, Sana Krasikov, Joseph Skibell, Max Apple, Eva Hoffman, Gerald Stern, Aharon Appelfeld, Etgar Keret, Rebecca Goldstein, Peter Cole, Adina Hoffman, Dara Horn, Nathan Englander, Ethelbert Miller, Marita Golden, David Bezmozgis, Joy Katz, Phil Schultz, Todd Hasak-Lowy, Meir Shalev, Rodger Kamenetz, Assaf Gavron, Robin Hemley, Michael Collier, Roya Hakakian, Sarah Van Arsdale, and Peter Bricklebank. Gabrielle Calvocoressi, among others.
The Program is named in loving memory of Shaindy Rudoff (1966-2006) whose vision and dedication made the Program possible.
We hope you will consider joining this extraordinary writing community.
The program acknowledges with respect the contribution of our founders Shaindy Rudoff, z"l, Michael P. Kramer, Sharon Friedman, Allen Hoffman, Linda Zisquit, and our benefactors Sheldon, z"l, and Hedda Rudoff.