Passover 2020

Wicked

Conjoined Twins

A poetic offering from Yehoshua November in advance of parashat Toledot

Boardwalk Closed (April 2020)

Hillel Broder reflects on the edges in life, in his latest poem for the Lehrhaus.

Epilogue

Tikva Hecht’s moving elegy for her mother, a lyric essay told in verse and art, reflects on the fragility of life and the final confession we recite in the Yom Kippur Amidah.

Imagining Passover

As we prepare for Passover, enjoy these three poems by Bruce Black meditating on the past, present, and future of our Exodus.

Two Poems from Knock-knock 

These poems present a reflection on mortality and memories.

Tosefta

Poetry from Zohar Atkins.

The Poetry of the Land

With masterful translation, Tzvi Novick offers a glimpse of Israeli culture to our English readers.

Korach

A poem on parshat Korach by Zohar Atkins

Can One Delegate Holocaust Metaphors?

A Talmudic poem about Holocaust appropriation.

A Night of Watching in the House of the Rav

Bezalel Naor translates and contextualizes a poem by Pinchas Peli about the home of Rav Kook.