You’d be surprised how many YouTube followers thirst for oud music and ancient Hebrew texts translated into English. Thousands, maybe even millions, according to Talya G. A Solan, a musician who ...
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By HADASSAH BRENNER MARCH 11, 2021 11:14 The 2020 Prize For Hebrew Poetry in memory of Nechama Rivlin was awarded to poet Shlomit Appel for her collection, “Memories from the Swimsuit Factory.” Anat ...
Poetry it seems, is one of the last pockets of genuine Zionist creativity. By contrast, in the world of politics, for example, Hebrew is no longer just the language of prayer, study, and discussion.
A new and important translation aims to introduce readers to David Avidan, the most experimental poet in the history of Hebrew poetry, and a poet unjustly unknown to nearly all English-language ...
As an Israeli nature enthusiast and a student of the Hebrew Bible, every February I experience a double-shock to my senses and thoughts. This love affair with Israeli wildflowers figures prominently ...
If the common background of Arab and Jew “were realized by the people at large greater amity would be shown by the Arabs of Palestine towards the Jews,” Dr. Israel Davidson, Professor of Medical ...
Among the most original contemporary Israeli poets is Almog Behar, a Jerusalemite in his early 30s. His story “Ana Min Al-Yahoud” (“I am one of the Jews”), which won the Haaretz Short Story ...
A thousand years ago, the Iberian peninsula was a cultural oasis – until a million of its Arabic manuscripts were destroyed. Benjamin Ramm explains how its poetry lives on. On 9 December 1499, the ...