poetry

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.

Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, is seen alongside its moons (illustrative).

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.

By REUTERS
02/06/2023

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.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
25/05/2023

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.

By PESSY KRAUSZ
20/05/2023

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.

By MOSHE COHEN/MAARIV
21/04/2023

‘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.

PJ Library authors meet Israeli author Meir Shalev.

'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

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