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


Israeli poet celebrates the power of freedom in El Salvador

 Israeli poet Diti Ronen in Salvador

How are these olim living their lives after retirement in Israel?

The Magazine spoke with nine English-speaking immigrants to find out where their open highways are taking them.

 FOUNDERS LAYA SAUL JACKSON (R) and Chaya Barth Shechter at the future site of the Children’s Museum of the Galilee.

Israeli poet Tal Nitzán attends major literary festival in Brazil


Jewish American poet Naomi Replansky dies at 104

Replansky was described as "an intensely political poet, appalled by the cruelty, greed, and corruption of the masters of nations and corporations."

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Argentinian artists dance to the words of Israeli poet Tehila Hakimi


Israel's national poet to be celebrated in Tel Aviv

Hayim Nahman Bialik will be celebrated with a festive evening concert held at Heichal HaTarbut in Tel Aviv.

 HAYIM NAHMAN Bialik

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

 The cover of the anthology. Copies can be ordered on https://www.voicesisrael.com/buying-the-anthology.

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! 

 So many photos of people I loved, whom in this world I will never meet again (Illustrative).

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.

 VICTORIA SEROYA

Jerusalem highlights September 23-29

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

 MATAN SACOFSKY presents 50 shades of gold at a new exhibition.