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


'Sleeping as Fast as I Can': Jewish spiritual humor - review

Richard Michelson has a profound grasp of Jewish history, of antisemitism and pogroms, of moral teachings and midrash, of sinners and prophets.

Friends Richard Michelson (L) and Leonard Nimoy celebrate Nimoy's 80th birthday in 2011

Leonard Cohen miniseries to focus on 60-70s

So Long, Marianne will follow a young Cohen during his years-long relationship with Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen, which spanned from the early 1960s through the ’70s.

 Leonard Cohen

Poetry can help people cope with loneliness, isolation, depression

A full 50% of respondents said poetry had helped with feelings of anxiety and depression.

 A person writes with a pen.

Voices Israel's 49th Anthology: A symphony of contemporary poetry from around the world

Founded in 1971, the organization, though based in Israel, boasts members from all over the English-speaking world.

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Photography, poetry, and nature in Israel

Living so close to the lake and also to the beautiful countryside all around us has enabled me to get a close-up view of the nature of Israel.

 Glossy ibises flying over the Hula Valley at sunset.

Russell Brand removed from Corbyn's poetry anthology amidst allegations

Despite Brand's removal, the book's contributors include many other celebrities with antisemitic pasts.

Comedian Russell Brand signs a copy of his new book entitled "Revolution" for fan Amber Smith of Hastings, in central London, December 5, 2014.

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.

 Poems in a test tube at the Rambam Health Care Campus poetic pharmacy.

Jerusalem highlights August 25 – 31

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

 CELEBRATE MUSIC from the Orient with Linet Mor Menashe.

Belarus declares anti-Russian poems by 19th-century poet 'extremist'

The targeted poems called for fighting against the Russian Empire and promoted Belarussian nationalism.

 Belarusian and Polish writer, poet, dramatist and social activist Vintsent Dunin-Marcinkievič

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.

 TEARS: OTHER tragedies that occurred on this same black date.