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
Poetry: Post-October 7, we need to rekindle our imagination
As the Israelites celebrated their safe crossing of the Sea of Reeds with a song/poem, Shirat HaYam, we might use a poem as a guide for moving through the narrow place in which we find ourselves.
Grapevine, January 19 2024, Talking Turkey with a vengeance
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
'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.
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.
Poetry can help people cope with loneliness, isolation, depression
A full 50% of respondents said poetry had helped with feelings of anxiety and depression.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jerusalem highlights August 25 – 31
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