Poetry
Metula's Israeli Poets’ Festival returns to Jerusalem with all disciplinary guns blazing
If your idea of poetry is a neatly rhyming ditty, attending the festival should thoroughly disabuse you of that constricted notion and open up broad new vistas for your literary epiphany enjoyment.
Voices Israel anthology 2025: Celebrating English poetry shaped by war, love, and memory
Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle
Wedding invitation from 1955: A stroll through cherished memories - opinion
Remembering Yehuda Amichai, Israel's great acclaimed poet
He was a poet of love, of war, of citizenry, of history – all at the same time.
Ra’anana Symphonette brings Schubertiade to stage
The Schubertiade began in Franz Schubert’s lifetime (1797-1828) as a sociable, informal musical gathering, where musicians and music lovers would gather to hear and play music.
Kuwaiti poet: ‘Embrace Jews without having a political agenda’
US embassy Hanukkah message sparks antisemitic responses from Kuwaitis.
Thich Nhat Hanh, poetic peace activist and master of mindfulness, dies at 95
His week-long funeral will be held at the temple in a quiet and peaceful manner, according to his followers.
A commentary on Colleyville, courtesy of Mordechai Gebertig - opinion
The italicized lines are from the poem “Es Brent,” written by Mordechai Gebertig in 1936 as he watched his shtetl destroyed in a pogrom.
From the editor: Speaking the truth
Rafi Dobrin sometimes overstated his case, but he made many salient points, which – like him – are worthy and worth remembering.
Poems by the readers: The Vow
The following letters are poems submitted by poets who happen to be readers of and contributors to The Jerusalem Report.
Why you should cherish and love your books
Books are someone’s dreams, and you live several lives while you read them.
U of Haifa English dep. hosts convicted terror supporter as guest lecturer
Dareen Tatour is a poet who writes about her opposition to Israel while inciting violence and supporting terror.
Yom Kippur poem Hineni examines the power of humility
We usually choose political leaders by how they look and how they speak and how they dress; we should really choose candidates by how they behave towards their staff and their peers.
