Boardwalk Closed (April 2020)
Hillel Broder reflects on the edges in life, in his latest poem for the Lehrhaus.
The Chosen Ones
Jennie Mintz revisits the death camps in her powerful new poem for the Lehrhaus.
Review of After Adam
Laurance Wieder's After Adam was named the Book of the Year in 2019 by First Thing's John Wilson, but has been largely overlooked in the Jewish community. The Jewish Review of Book's Michal Leibowitz seeks to remedy this in her review of Wieder's lyrical retelling of the Bible.
Hope
Ross Weissman offers a stirring poem on hope during the trying times of coronavirus.
Passover 2020
Harris Bor meditates on the world of Passover in his new poem for the Lehrhaus.
Going Viral
A new poem from Zohar Atkins offers a poetic meditation on life in the COVID world.
Akeidah
Zohar Atkins presents a new poem on the Akeidah.
Can One Delegate Holocaust Metaphors?
A Talmudic poem about Holocaust appropriation.
Contemporary Poetry and Mystical Intimacy
Award-winning poet Yehoshua November offers his thoughts on the connection between mystical intimacy and poetry.
Words Winged With Light
Jeffrey Saks explores the works of the blind Israeli poet, Erez Biton.