Poetry

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

Gad Kaynar-Kissinger channels his childhood wounds, Jewish-German ancestry into poetry that provokes and reveals.

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

‘Poems as Invitations’ exhibition view.

‘Poems as Invitations’: An exhibition on English poetry in Jerusalem

Welcome poetry into your sukkah.

Rhyme & reason: The annual Ushpizin Festival returns to Jerusalem


Friendship between Bialik and Agnon on display in new exhibit

The exhibition, ‘My Master Bialik–My Dear Agnon’ is on display at Agnon House, 16 Klausner Street, Jerusalem, through the end of May.

 Curator Jeffrey Saks and Author Haim Be’er at the exhibition at Agnon House in Jerusalem.

Ex-CIA official shares Judaism, Chabad through poetry

Randy Crosby: “In this exhibit, people see the soul of creation instead of just the form of the events as described in Scripture.” 

 A portrait of David Goldberg and his late wife, Gail, hangs in the mixed-media exhibition at Milwaukee’s Ovation Senior Living Communities residence.

Poet and Israel Prize laureate Meir Wieseltier dies at 82

The poet and winner of the Israel Prize Meir Wieseltier passed away at the age of 82. Wieseltier is considered one of the most prominent and important poets and translators in the country's history.

 Meir Wieseltier, award winning poet, dies at 82

‘The Last Yiddish poet’ Rivka Basman Ben-Haim dies

She started writing poetry at the camp as a way of boosting her fellow inmates’ morale, and managed to smuggle some of her poems out in her mouth.

 RIVKA BASMAN BEN-HAIM

Israel and Lithuania renew cooperation agreement in culture and education

 The two foreign ministers with the Israeli ambassador Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein in Lithuania and the Lithuanian ambassador Lina ANTANAVIČIENĖ in Israel

Israeli poet celebrates the power of freedom in El Salvador

 Israeli poet Diti Ronen in Salvador

How are these olim living their lives after retirement in Israel?

The Magazine spoke with nine English-speaking immigrants to find out where their open highways are taking them.

 FOUNDERS LAYA SAUL JACKSON (R) and Chaya Barth Shechter at the future site of the Children’s Museum of the Galilee.

Israeli poet Tal Nitzán attends major literary festival in Brazil


Jewish American poet Naomi Replansky dies at 104

Replansky was described as "an intensely political poet, appalled by the cruelty, greed, and corruption of the masters of nations and corporations."

 Books (illustrative)

Argentinian artists dance to the words of Israeli poet Tehila Hakimi