Tag: Poetry

In this essay, Yehoshua November presents a model for preparing for the High Holidays

Joshua Friedlander ponders the nature of the mikvah in this poem.

Mel Waldman’s poem reflects on the delicate balance between faith and doubt in a world filled with challenges.

A review of Yehoshua November’s The Concealment of Endless Light.

A dialogue between a modern cycle of poems by Lea Goldberg and the ancient Kohelet reveals the importance of gratitude and engagement as opposed to skepticism and withdrawal.

A new poem by Hannah Butcher-Stell, for the Days of Awe.

A new poem and introductory essay by Ben Corvo, in memory of his father.

Zvi Grumet suggests that when read in sequence, the kinot of R. Elazar Ha-Kalir—often seen as the ones most difficult to understand—offer a powerful theological narrative from despair to hope.

A new poem by Hannah Butcher-Stell, on love and loss.

In honor of Shavuot 5784, Dalia Wolfson presents five new bilingual poems that explore the themes of the third perek of Mishnah Bikkurim and contemplate their possible inversion.