Poetry
H. Leyvik’s masterpiece.
Black Honey.
Marion and Celia Moss, poets “of the Hebrew nation.”
Of refugees and pigeons.
Shem Tov of Carrión.
It is almost as if English and Hebrew had gotten together and decided, “Yes, we don’t as a rule do well rhyme-wise, but for Raḥel we’ll make a special effort.”
Young trees covered in snow, . . . charmingly disturbing,
Raḥel will be read, sung, and recited long after many excellent Hebrew poets of her age, men and women alike, have been confined within classroom walls.
Wit, exile, Jew, convert, genius.
Remembering Isaac Rosenberg.
What rhymes with Ahasuerus?
Siberia magically upends a litany of misery for him and his people.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Dmitri Shostakovich.
A musician who answered the call of Jewish cultural renewal.