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"
Kivnei Maron
As we approach a new calendar year, Ben Corvo's poem meditates retrospectively on this past Rosh Ha-Shanah and the darkness of everyday life.
The Poetry of the Land
With masterful translation, Tzvi Novick offers a glimpse of Israeli culture to our English readers.
Configurations of Worship
Read Tikva Hecht's powerful poem to enter the world of Elul.
Hope
Ross Weissman offers a stirring poem on hope during the trying times of coronavirus.
What Sons Receive: A Collection of Poems
In What Sons Receive: A Collection of Poems, Yael Unterman’s poetry delves into the identities of biblical figures to explore themes of family, love, and betrayal.
Erev Rosh Hashana
What happens at the end of the old year? Hillel Broder explored this boundary in his new poem for the Lehrhaus.
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.
Living in an Old Book with Poet Haim Gouri (1923-2018)
Wendy Zierler interprets a 2015 poem by the late Haim Gouri, reflecting on the challenges of aging, and on the complex and often mournful relationship between the Jewish people, their history, and their literature.
Of Prayer in Solitude
How can one pray after sinning? In this poem, Dov Frank suggests seeking redemption in unexpected places.
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