Poetry
Wait until life touches you, and the poems appear like bruises - opinion
A poem is a spontaneous burst of emotion; the words come unbidden, and break through all your controlled inhibitions.
Metula's Israeli Poets’ Festival returns to Jerusalem with all disciplinary guns blazing
Voices Israel anthology 2025: Celebrating English poetry shaped by war, love, and memory
Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle
Belarus declares anti-Russian poems by 19th-century poet 'extremist'
The targeted poems called for fighting against the Russian Empire and promoted Belarussian nationalism.
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.
‘The Book of Noah’: Poetry that is accessible and challenging - review
As I read the poems, I found myself thinking about what Noah must have felt as the flood waters continued to rise.
Wonderful but marginal: Hebrew Poetry Festival returns to Israel's North
This year the festival was dedicated to the memory of Hayim Nachman Bialik, whose birth took place 150 years ago near Zhytomyr, Russia.
New program aims at fostering the art of Hebrew translation
The legacy of Zelda: Israel's legendary poet - opinion
Zelda was a devout Jewess, a cousin of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe. Her full name was Zelda Shneerson Mishkowsky, but she only ever went by Zelda.
Jerusalem highlights June 23-29
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
NASA is sending a probe to Europa – and you can send your name with it
This is thanks to NASA's new Message in a Bottle initiative, the public can have their name engraved on a microchip in its Europa Clipper spacecraft as it heads to Jupiter's moon.
US poet laureate dedicates ode to Europa for NASA mission to Jupiter's icy moon
Limon's "Poem for Europa" is less a meditation on science - though its first line seems to allude to a rocket launch - as it is an ode to nature and the awe it can inspire in humankind.
Israeli murals in Ukraine send a message of hope and identity
