poetry

 Erez Biton

Israeli Poets' Festival moves to Jerusalem

The Israeli Poets’ Festival moves from Metulla to Jerusalem and offers a literary take on our current challenges.

25/08/2024

'The Dove That Didn’t Return': A soldier’s experiences

Written from the gut, Hacohen's poetry can resonate with anyone, regardless of political viewpoints.

A century of poetry: Lauded poet Yehuda Amichai gets a posthumous centenary salute or two

The musical entertainment will be completed by a talk by Amichai’s daughter, Emanuela Amichai, who will speak about her father’s life and work.

20/06/2024
Bar Sagi at 14

Bar Sagi: The late Israeli teen poet who died of bone cancer

During her last years, Bar Sagi wrote 25 poems documenting her journey, her illness, and her remarkable life force. This collection was published posthumously as See Me Soar and Spread My Wings.

'Courageous Chicken': Ba'al teshuva goes warrior chicken

Themes of failure, insecurity, courage, rising to new heights, and self-confidence are explored throughout this book.

Mourning Bnayahu Biton, a musician and poet killed on October 7

On Oct. 7, at age 22, Bnayahu was murdered at the Supernova music festival. Two months earlier, he had completed three years of army service.

By ESTHER POSNER
28/04/2024

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.

By SHERYL ABBEY
23/04/2024
Friends Richard Michelson (L) and Leonard Nimoy celebrate Nimoy's 80th birthday in 2011

'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.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
30/11/2023
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