poetry
My Mother’s Life
How Chava Rosenfarb survived the Lodz ghetto to write a masterpiece about the experience
The ‘Nature’ of Jews
On Tu B’Shevat, Jews celebrate the natural world. Do we praise it for its own sake, or only as a reflection of God?
Holocaust Poetry, Saved Again
New translations of three astonishing poems, which evoke the horror of the Lodz ghetto and its aftermath
Poetry of the Heart
The former chief of cardiology at Yale publishes Journeys, a new collection of verse
The Last Poet of Lodz
The untold story of the great epic poem of the Holocaust—and the generous, tragic hero who wrote it
A Poet for Our New Gilded Age
The latest collection from the great Jewish poet Frederick Seidel expresses intimate revulsion at human feats
India’s Most Famous Jewish Poet
Nissim Ezekiel, born in Bombay and schooled in London, wrote in English from India about familiar but foreign cultures
The Turkish Art of Love
The charming, 85-year-old Istanbul poet and painter Habib Gerez buries his Turkish-Jewish heritage in a country where Jewish artists are not accepted
Passing
Performer and poet Vanessa Hidary, the Hebrew mamita, mashes up her Jewish identity with that of a Puerto Rican—and unsettles stereotypes
Beyond Amichai
No longer the province of an artistic elite, poetry in Israel today is being produced by hundreds of poets of all stripes
Wonderstruck
Known for Middle Eastern, African, and Hasidic motifs in her music, Basya Schechter adds a new note on her latest album—Yiddish poetry
Even Criminals Rest in Peace
What would Jewish law have to say about alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s burial?
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
