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.


'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.

PJ Library authors meet Israeli author Meir Shalev, whose books have been translated into 26 languages.

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

 WHY SUCH joy from our poets about redemption at night? Because they recognize that however agonizing and slow, despair does dissipate as morning comes and light arises.

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