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Review of After Adam

Laurance Wieder's After Adam was named the Book of the Year in 2019 by First Thing's John Wilson, but has been largely overlooked in the Jewish community. The Jewish Review of Book's Michal Leibowitz seeks to remedy this in her review of Wieder's lyrical retelling of the Bible.

Hope

Ross Weissman offers a stirring poem on hope during the trying times of coronavirus.

Passover 2020

Harris Bor meditates on the world of Passover in his new poem for the Lehrhaus.

Going Viral

A new poem from Zohar Atkins offers a poetic meditation on life in the COVID world.

Akeidah

Zohar Atkins presents a new poem on the Akeidah.

Can One Delegate Holocaust Metaphors?

A Talmudic poem about Holocaust appropriation.

Contemporary Poetry and Mystical Intimacy 

Award-winning poet Yehoshua November offers his thoughts on the connection between mystical intimacy and poetry.

Words Winged With Light

Jeffrey Saks explores the works of the blind Israeli poet, Erez Biton.

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.