poetry

Wonderful but marginal: Hebrew Poetry Festival returns to Israel's North

This year the festival was dedicated to the memory of Hayim Nachman Bialik, whose birth took place 150 years ago near Zhytomyr, Russia.

By MORDECHAI BECK
14/07/2023

The legacy of Zelda: Israel's legendary poet - opinion

Zelda was a devout Jewess, a cousin of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe. Her full name was Zelda Shneerson Mishkowsky, but she only ever went by Zelda.

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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
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