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 pleasurable anthology of Israeli poetry – in English
Voices Israel aims to provide an outlet for contemporary Israeli poets writing in English in Israel and overseas, as well as to encourage new poets and foster international friendships through poetry
Love your memories: The things in your life that can never come back - opinion
To those of you still young, sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. Things end, but memories last forever!
Placing poets among ‘ushpizin’ this Sukkot with Jerusalem poetry festival
The three-night Ushpizin’s Poetry festival in Jerusalem will reintroduce works by Dickinson, Vysotsky, Pessoa and Gouri under the baton of artistic director Benyamin Shvili.
Jerusalem highlights September 23-29
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
What is special about Elul, other than approaching Rosh Hashanah?
What is special about the month of Elul, other than the fact that it is leading us towards the Days of Awe of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Famed Israeli poet Gili Haimovich gives poetry reading in Chile
The poet visited Chile in late April and early May of this year. This was Israel’s first cultural visit to Chile since the pandemic and provided an opportunity for face-to-face meetings.
Amir Akiva Segal: Protest Poetry in Israel
Segal’s new book, Protest Poetry in Israel (due to be published in Hebrew), examines the developments that led to what he calls “the crystallization of Israeli political poetry.”
Israeli memory master Eran Katz dazzles audiences in Thailand
Israeli Poet Ronny Someck’s latest work 'Cristal Blues' translated into French
On This Day: 70 years since 13 Jews are killed in Night of Murdered Poets
The killing of Soviet Jewish poets was seen as a crackdown against the Jewish Anti-fascist Committee and part of Stalin's increasingly antisemitic policies before his death.
