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.
Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle
Wedding invitation from 1955: A stroll through cherished memories - opinion
U2 releases EP featuring poem by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai
Wow! A poetic evening to remember
Working together with co-editor Mindy Aber Barad Golembo, the magazine was launched that evening at the Pomeranz book store
Under the Same Sky – Israeli Poetry in Turkish
First International Poetry Festival held in Larnaca, Cyprus
Dorothy Parker: Witty, wise, wistful and wonderful
I wish I could have met her, just once, held her hand and whispered, “I understand.”
Poems and stories by the Jewish children of Kharkiv, Ukraine
A booklet labeled “The Lives of Children,” preserved at the National Library of Israel, contains Hebrew stories and poems written a century ago by Jewish high school students in Ukraine.
Immanuel of Rome: The Jewish Dante
Immanuel was a source of inspiration to Baroque Hebrew poet Jacob Frances (1615-67) who called him the emperor of poets in praise of his satiric verse.
Grapevine March 13, 2022: The departing pillar of democracy
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Purim: A poem for the Jewish holiday
The poem reflects Paul Celan’s sense of an ultimatum and yet also a lightness that sometimes surprises, especially at the end of “The Meridian.”
Color me curious: The colorful English language
When people are in the pink or feeling blue, seeing red, being green with envy or plum yellow, they may well be showing their “true colors.”
Remembering Yehuda Amichai, Israel's great acclaimed poet
He was a poet of love, of war, of citizenry, of history – all at the same time.
