Poetry

U2 releases EP featuring poem by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai

Israel Prize winner Yehuda Amichai, who died in 2000, is considered by many to have been the greatest modern Israeli poet.

Irish singer of U2 Bono poses during a photocall for the film "Bono: Stories of Surrender" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2025.
BRITISH AUTHOR and conservative political commentator Douglas Murray gestures as he speaks on stage during an evening against the rise of anti-semitism in Europe, at the Theatre Antoine, in Paris on June 3, 2024.

Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University

Kaynar-Kissinger and his fellow actor brother, Doron, (L) put on a Holocaust-related stage production in Germany.

Writing for love’s sake: The poetic world of Gad Kaynar-Kissinger - interview

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

Jilted lover releases erotic poetry allegedly written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.


Welcome to the new year: Thinking 'yes, I can' in 2025 - opinion

In this new year, we must each ask ourselves who we are. What we are. We must not attempt to slow down the flow of sands in the hourglass. We must make every grain count.

 THE PATH of the Patriarchs was once Judea’s major roadway.

Schubert's magic returns to Israel with month-long festival

The 19th annual Schubertiade Festival brings rare performances and musical treasures to venues across the country, including an Israeli premiere of a reconstructed Brahms quintet.

 RAZ KOHN, director and founder of Schubertiade Israel.

A rose or a comet? Remembering Sgt. Rose Lubin - opinion

The one-year marking of Rose’s death is among so many since the beginning of Operation Swords of Iron.

 Sgt. Rose Ida Lubin, z"l.

Verses of war

Of the myriads of poems written since last Oct. 7, we present six that highlight our collective thoughts and emotions.

 Rivkah Lambert Adler

Michael Kagan: Israel's playwright, documentarian, poet, scientist, and more

Michael Kagan played a role in transforming the state through his varied ventures as a scientist, entrepreneur, poet, documentarian, playwright, teacher, and more.

 MICHAEL AND his wife, Ruth Gan Kagan (couple at R on couch), with their children and grandchildren.

Hannah Szenes: poet, paratrooper, photographer remembered 80 years after death

While Hannah Szenes is mainly remembered for her poetry, her photographer casts a revealing glance into her time in Israel and before.

 Hannah Senesh sitting at her desk, from the Senesh Family Archive at the National Library of Israel.

Jerusalem tributes Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca for Sukkot

Tribute evening to Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca at the Jerusalem Confederation House’s Ushpizin Poetry & Song Festival.

 Frederico Garcia Lorca at University Theater The Chack in Granada, Andalusia, where he taught, in 1932.

No longer going gently: Israel’s new resolve in the face of Hezbollah

Israel will not go gently into that good night, but what does that entail?

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly last week. In his address, he paraphrased Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

Jewish Life Stories: Hettie Jones, one half of a Beat generation power couple, dies at 90

Hettie Jones, Jewish poet has passed away at the age of 90.

 Hettie Jones reads at Cooper Union's Great Hall in New York City, June 11, 2019.

Israeli Poets' Festival moves to Jerusalem

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

 Erez Biton