Yehuda Amichai

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.
 AT HEBREW Book Week, poet Yehuda Amichai (pictured in 1986) was meant to be the focus.

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 ISRAEL’S GREAT modern poet, 1986.

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 Jonathan Pollard attends the funeral of his wife Esther in Jerusalem. Esther died of COVID complications at the age of 68, January 31, 2022.

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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.

What is it about the beauty of Jerusalem?

When I came to Jerusalem 50 years ago, I was afraid to be an immigrant in a new city. It took many, many years before I felt part of the landscape, one of the passing parade.

Jewish worshipers celebrate Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall in 2019.

Jerusalem: City of prayers and dreams

Nothing here is trivial. Everything one does is significant. We feel the full weight of history as we tread stones once trodden by kings and martyrs and warriors.

Jewish worshipers celebrate Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall in 2019.

JLM events will commemorate 20-year anniversary of Yehuda Amichai's death

On September 25 at 10 a.m., there will be a tour of places in Jerusalem that were important to Amichai’s work.

Yehuda Amichai in 1962.