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
Florida mom behind poem restriction says sorry for promoting 'Elders of Zion'
The Florida mom stated that she has not read the entirety of the books and poems she has asked to remove from the school library.
Ode to Family Dee - a poem
A poem written for the Dee family, who lost mother Lucy and daughters Maia and Rina to a terrorist attack.
Israeli artists open poetry slam in Cyprus
Israeli poet, songwriter and cultural icon Yehonatan Geffen laid to rest
The funeral was attended by Geffen's family, including his son Aviv, and friends such as opposition head Yair Lapid.
‘Israel grew up on his songs’: Yehonatan Geffen dies at 76
Known as an inseparable soundtrack of the Israel experience, he wrote both for adults and children.
'A master of words': Israeli author Meir Shalev dies at 74
He was a jack-of-all-trades in the media world, working as an author for radio and television alike, as well as a regular contributor and columnist to several newspapers and magazines.
Passover, finding freedom: From Yannai to Bruce Springsteen
Unlike Yannai, Springsteen recognizes that the truest redemption happens within the individual: in the blessed, rare moments of the night, out of reach of the cruel binaries of boss man and worker
Friendship between Bialik and Agnon on display in new exhibit
The exhibition, ‘My Master Bialik–My Dear Agnon’ is on display at Agnon House, 16 Klausner Street, Jerusalem, through the end of May.
Ex-CIA official shares Judaism, Chabad through poetry
Randy Crosby: “In this exhibit, people see the soul of creation instead of just the form of the events as described in Scripture.”
Poet and Israel Prize laureate Meir Wieseltier dies at 82
The poet and winner of the Israel Prize Meir Wieseltier passed away at the age of 82. Wieseltier is considered one of the most prominent and important poets and translators in the country's history.
