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.


Dorothy Parker: Witty, wise, wistful and wonderful

I wish I could have met her, just once, held her hand and whispered, “I understand.”

 HER LETHAL wit marked her out from the start.

Poems and stories by the Jewish children of Kharkiv, Ukraine

A booklet labeled “The Lives of Children,” preserved at the National Library of Israel, contains Hebrew stories and poems written a century ago by Jewish high school students in Ukraine.

 Cover page of the booklet “The Lives of Children” composed by students at the Tarbut high school in Kharkiv

Immanuel of Rome: The Jewish Dante

Immanuel was a source of inspiration to Baroque Hebrew poet Jacob Frances (1615-67) who called him the emperor of poets in praise of his satiric verse.

AT THE bustling fair: The demand for literature rose during the pandemic.

Grapevine March 13, 2022: The departing pillar of democracy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 THE FOUNDING team of the Haifa Women’s Business Club.

Purim: A poem for the Jewish holiday

The poem reflects Paul Celan’s sense of an ultimatum and yet also a lightness that sometimes surprises, especially at the end of “The Meridian.”

 Irish hares outside Dublin Airport on December 3, 2021.

Color me curious: The colorful English language

When people are in the pink or feeling blue, seeing red, being green with envy or plum yellow, they may well be showing their “true colors.”

 A white elephant at the Amarapura Palace (Colesworthey Grant - A Series of Views in Burmah taken during Major Phayre's Mission to the Court of Ava in 1855).

Remembering Yehuda Amichai, Israel's great acclaimed poet

He was a poet of love, of war, of citizenry, of history – all at the same time.

 ISRAEL’S GREAT modern poet, 1986.

Ra’anana Symphonette brings Schubertiade to stage

The Schubertiade began in Franz Schubert’s lifetime (1797-1828) as a sociable, informal musical gathering, where musicians and music lovers would gather to hear and play music.

 THE RA’ANANA Symphonette Orchestra.

Kuwaiti poet: ‘Embrace Jews without having a political agenda’

US embassy Hanukkah message sparks antisemitic responses from Kuwaitis.

FILE PHOTO: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah is seen during the Arab summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2019

Thich Nhat Hanh, poetic peace activist and master of mindfulness, dies at 95

His week-long funeral will be held at the temple in a quiet and peaceful manner, according to his followers.

 French-Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh waves to the crowd at the Bo De pagoda in Hanoi.