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
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.
Jerusalem highlights September 23-29
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
What is special about Elul, other than approaching Rosh Hashanah?
What is special about the month of Elul, other than the fact that it is leading us towards the Days of Awe of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Famed Israeli poet Gili Haimovich gives poetry reading in Chile
The poet visited Chile in late April and early May of this year. This was Israel’s first cultural visit to Chile since the pandemic and provided an opportunity for face-to-face meetings.
Amir Akiva Segal: Protest Poetry in Israel
Segal’s new book, Protest Poetry in Israel (due to be published in Hebrew), examines the developments that led to what he calls “the crystallization of Israeli political poetry.”
Israeli memory master Eran Katz dazzles audiences in Thailand
Israeli Poet Ronny Someck’s latest work 'Cristal Blues' translated into French
On This Day: 70 years since 13 Jews are killed in Night of Murdered Poets
The killing of Soviet Jewish poets was seen as a crackdown against the Jewish Anti-fascist Committee and part of Stalin's increasingly antisemitic policies before his death.
Helen Bar-Lev: 50 years of adventure in Israel
Artist and poet Helen Bar-Lev has reinvented herself in Jerusalem, Safed and the Upper Galilee.
Maybe the real angels are the friends we've made along the way - opinion
How often in our lives have we said: “You’re an angel!” and meant it, to friends who have been there for us when we most needed them?
