Contemporary Poetry and Mystical Intimacy
Award-winning poet Yehoshua November offers his thoughts on the connection between mystical intimacy and poetry.
Blackbirds
Zohar Atkins weighs in on contemporary anti-Semitism “culture wars” through the unique lens of poetry.
Words Winged With Light
Jeffrey Saks explores the works of the blind Israeli poet, Erez Biton.
Wake Up Sleeping One! Yehudah Ha-Levi’s Dramatic Use of Genre and Narrative Voice in...
Yaakov Jaffe examines Yehudah Ha-Levi's High Holiday poem "Yashen, Al Teradam"
Hollow Land
Zohar Atkins shares a few poetic excerpts in honor of Tishah be-Av
Korach
A poem on parshat Korach by Zohar Atkins
No Rest for the Weary? Ambiguity in Yehudah Halevi’s “Yom Shabbaton”
Yaakov Jaffe analyzes the multiple meanings of a medieval Jewish poem and popular Shabbat table song.
Ode to a Nightingale
A passionate sonnet by Yocheved Friedman in memory of the Rav, zt'l.
What Did the Heavenly Ministers Do?
Zohar Atkins offers poetic reflections on Tisha be-Av on high.
The Poetry of the Land
With masterful translation, Tzvi Novick offers a glimpse of Israeli culture to our English readers.
