Poetry
Poet, author Yehuda Atlas passed away at age 89, Sourasky Medical Center announces
"In his life, he acted and worked for people out of emotion and a desire to help," said the hospital when announcing Atlas's passing.
'Sarah: Text and Presence' offers a 21st-century reimagining of traditional Jewish texts
Wait until life touches you, and the poems appear like bruises - opinion
Metula's Israeli Poets’ Festival returns to Jerusalem with all disciplinary guns blazing
A poem in a test tube: Israeli ‘poetic pharmacy’ offers medicine for all
The power of the written word is indisputable, so Rambam Health Care Campus decided to mobilize it for the benefit of mass emotional therapy.
Jerusalem highlights August 25 – 31
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
Belarus declares anti-Russian poems by 19th-century poet 'extremist'
The targeted poems called for fighting against the Russian Empire and promoted Belarussian nationalism.
Tisha Be'av: Weeping in silence, keeping bitter memories alive - opinion
By keeping alive these bitter memories of our exile, and teaching them to our children, we hope both to prevent their recurrence and to recognize the miraculous continuity of our existence.
‘The Book of Noah’: Poetry that is accessible and challenging - review
As I read the poems, I found myself thinking about what Noah must have felt as the flood waters continued to rise.
Wonderful but marginal: Hebrew Poetry Festival returns to Israel's North
This year the festival was dedicated to the memory of Hayim Nachman Bialik, whose birth took place 150 years ago near Zhytomyr, Russia.
New program aims at fostering the art of Hebrew translation
The legacy of Zelda: Israel's legendary poet - opinion
Zelda was a devout Jewess, a cousin of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe. Her full name was Zelda Shneerson Mishkowsky, but she only ever went by Zelda.
Jerusalem highlights June 23-29
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
NASA is sending a probe to Europa – and you can send your name with it
This is thanks to NASA's new Message in a Bottle initiative, the public can have their name engraved on a microchip in its Europa Clipper spacecraft as it heads to Jupiter's moon.
