A Life Worth Living
As Yom Kippur approaches, Bruce Black's poem touches on the simple power of a humble and earnest request for forgiveness.
Flood
As the year turns from Elul to Tishrei, enjoy Ben Corvo's collection of poems relevant to the High Holiday themes and liturgy.
Ezrat Nashim: Notes on Halakhic Womanhood
Naima Hirsch Gelman provides three powerful poems exploring important themes in halakhic womanhood.
Imagining Passover
As we prepare for Passover, enjoy these three poems by Bruce Black meditating on the past, present, and future of our Exodus.
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.
Dear Rabbi, Due Too Soon
In her debut poem, Sophia Katz mourns the loss of a local rabbi.
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.
Backyard Prayer (Covid-19)
Akiva Shapiro depicts the experience of outdoor prayers during the pandemic.
This is not a poem
This is Not a Poem and other soon-to-be-published high holiday poems by Yehiel Poupko.
Erev Rosh Hashana
What happens at the end of the old year? Hillel Broder explored this boundary in his new poem for the Lehrhaus.
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