Poetry

Voices Israel anthology 2025: Celebrating English poetry shaped by war, love, and memory

War, love and memory intertwine in Voices Israel’s 2025 anthology, a powerful collection of global poetry shaped by Oct. 7 and beyond.

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Portrait of the Israeli Writer and poet Tsruya Lahav in Jerusalem. July 31, 2008.

Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle

The Writer's wedding invitation from 1955, to take place in Melbourne’s St. Kilda  Synagogue.

Wedding invitation from 1955: A stroll through cherished memories - opinion

Irish singer of U2 Bono poses during a photocall for the film "Bono: Stories of Surrender" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2025.

U2 releases EP featuring poem by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai


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.

 THE RA’ANANA Symphonette Orchestra.

Kuwaiti poet: ‘Embrace Jews without having a political agenda’

US embassy Hanukkah message sparks antisemitic responses from Kuwaitis.

FILE PHOTO: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah is seen during the Arab summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2019

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.

 French-Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh waves to the crowd at the Bo De pagoda in Hanoi.

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.

Law enforcement vehicles are seen in the area where a man has reportedly taken people hostage at a synagogue during services that were being streamed live, in Colleyville, Texas, US, January 15, 2022.

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.  

 Ralph (Rafi) Dobrin

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.

 Esther Cameron protesting in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City

Why you should cherish and love your books

Books are someone’s dreams, and you live several lives while you read them.

 Bookshelf

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.

 Dareen Tatour

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.

 Moses was a leader with humility, which is what we should be looking for today.

Is writing poetry barbaric after the Holocaust? - book review

Menachem Rosensaft, a second-generation survivor leader and a political activist is also a poet, whose newest work reveals that although he left Bergen-Belsen, Bergen-Belsen has never left him.

 CURATORS LAY out a concentration camp uniform from 1944 Bergen-Belsen, a child’s doll and Jewish stars at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia.