Poetry

Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University

Murray, who is not Jewish, was appointed as the inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, a role the university billed as bringing “a leading public intellectual into the academic setting."

BRITISH AUTHOR and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of anti-semitism in Europe, at the Theatre Antoine, in Paris on June 3, 2024.
Kaynar-Kissinger and his fellow actor brother, Doron, (L) put on a Holocaust-related stage production in Germany.

Writing for love’s sake: The poetic world of Gad Kaynar-Kissinger - interview

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

Jilted lover releases erotic poetry allegedly written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

‘Poems as Invitations’ exhibition view.

‘Poems as Invitations’: An exhibition on English poetry in Jerusalem


Rhyme & reason: The annual Ushpizin Festival returns to Jerusalem

This year’s bash takes place, under the continued aegis of Confederation House and its long-serving head Effie Benaya, on October 8-10.

Welcome poetry into your sukkah.

Jerusalem highlights: October 3-9

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Ivory from Megiddo

Jerusalem highlights: August 29-September 4

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 The late Dennis Silk, who wrote "Poets Cornered" at The Jerusalem Post for many years.

An unflinching look at a nation in verse

The Metula Poetry Festival will be held in Jerusalem next week.

EHUD BANAI will reflect on his work ‘The Book of Green Onions.’

National Library gets original lyrics of Naomi Shemer’s 'Al Kol Eleh'

For many years, the Shemer family’s attitude toward the song was very ambivalent as it reminded them of the loss of their father and uncle, and also because it had become politically charged.

NAOMI SHEMER’S handwritten lyrics to  ‘Al Kol Aleh.’

Arrays of hope: Israel Festival's offerings in a year full of woes

This year’s festival opens in Jerusalem on July 16 under the aegis of returning artistic directors Michal Vaknin and Itay Mautner, and in the Galilee and Western Negev, through to August 1.

 INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen teams up with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra to assuage some post-Oct. 7 angst.

Neo-Nazis attack actors in Lisbon, marring Portugal Day celebrations

The European Union has said hate speech is on the rise in Portugal, and the far-right is gaining support after anti-immigration party Chega became the main opposition in parliament.

 A statue of Portuguese writer Luis de Camoes is seen at Portuguese National library in Lisbon, Portugal, October 12, 2016.

Eden or the Promised Land motifs in Robert Browning and Dylan Thomas - poetry

Poets orientations toward either the past or the future find expression in certain recurrent metaphors.

 An illustrative image of poetry.

The Sixteenth Sheep reunion concert casts a magic spell

As soon as the reunion was announced last year, the concert’s became the hottest tickets in Israel, with the shows selling out in minutes. More shows were added and most of those sold out, too.

 THE CAST of 'Keves Hashisha Asar' rehearses for the show. Front row from left: Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza

Welcome to the new year: Thinking 'yes, I can' in 2025 - opinion

In this new year, we must each ask ourselves who we are. What we are. We must not attempt to slow down the flow of sands in the hourglass. We must make every grain count.

 THE PATH of the Patriarchs was once Judea’s major roadway.