The Poetry of Asher Reich
The Poetry of Asher Reich

Author: Yair Mazor

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2004-01-05

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0299181502

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A rich union of image and word, this striking book introduces English-speaking audiences to a full range of poetry by Asher Reich, one of Israel’s most celebrated contemporary poets, paired with evocative drawings by renowned Israeli artist Michael Kovner. Yair Mazor, a leading scholar of Hebrew literature, provides readers with an introduction to Reich’s work and its prominent position within the panorama of modern literature in Hebrew. Asher Reich’s poetry has been characterized as vivid, vibrant, passionate, and expressionistic. Dominated by themes of stormy sensuality and frank sexuality, his dramatic imagery and metaphors interweave Mishnaic, Talmudic, and Biblical references in a colorful, complex poetic texture. The beautiful simplicity of Kovner’s drawings—depicting female figures and natural landscapes—resonates throughout the book. Tender, stark, and striking, the drawings illustrate life’s fragility and grace with a subtlety and dignity that complements Reich’s sensitive style. Presenting contemporary Hebrew poetry, modern Israeli art, and informed literary commentary in an engaging format, this book promises to delight a broad audience of readers.

Poets on the Edge
Poets on the Edge

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Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0791477142

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Poets on the Edge introduces four decades of Israel's most vigorous poetic voices. Selected and translated by author Tsipi Keller, the collection showcases a generous sampling of work from twenty-seven established and emerging poets, bringing many to readers of English for the first time. Thematically and stylistically innovative, the poems chart the evolution of new currents in Hebrew poetry that emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s and, in breaking from traditional structures of line, rhyme, and meter, have become as liberated as any contemporary American verse. Writing on politics, sexual identity, skepticism, intellectualism, community, country, love, fear, and death, these poets are daring, original, and direct, and their poems are matched by the freshness and precision of Keller's translations.

Creator, Are You Listening?
Creator, Are You Listening?

Author: David C. Jacobson

Publisher:

Published: 2007-04-20

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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In an anthology that is both scholarly and accessible to readers of contemporary poetry, David C. Jacobson examines the search for God in the work of six prominent Israeli poets—Yehuda Amichai, Admiel Kosman, Rivka Miriam, Zelda Mishkovsky, Hava Pinhas-Cohen, and Asher Reich. In the book's introduction, Jacobson explores the central role that poetry has always played and continues to play in our understanding of the religious experience. The work of each poet is then preceded by an introduction which establishes the historical and biographical contexts of the poems discussed. The poetry appears in the original Hebrew as well as Jacobson's graceful English translations.

העוד דוד מנגן לפניך?
העוד דוד מנגן לפניך?

Author: David C. Jacobson

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780814326237

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Does David Still Play Before You? explores the ways that contemporary Israeli poets have made use of images from the Bible in their poetry. Does David Still Play Before You? explores the ways that contemporary Israeli poets have made use of images from the Bible in their poetry. Through close readings of fifty poems, featured in their original Hebrew and in English translation, David Jacobson studies how Israeli poets respond to and incorporate the Bible in their work and reflect on the presence of the Bible in contemporary Israeli culture. The book provides a stunning collection of powerful and moving voices. Jacobson organizes the works according to subjects that recur with great frequency in Israeli poetry based on the Bible: the Arab-Israel conflict, responses to the Holocaust, relations between men and women, and modern challenges to traditional religious faith. Jacobson's literary analysis is informed by an astute awareness of the role of the Bible in Israeli culture. This volume is the first comprehensive study of the use of the Bible by Israeli poets, a phenomenon that is central to the development of Israeli poetry.

Poets from a War Torn World
Poets from a War Torn World

Author: Aviva Butt

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 1612044727

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The first two essays in Poets from a War Torn World are about mysticism in modern Arabic poetry. The second two essays are about literary philosophy in modern Hebrew poetry. All four essays focus on the 1960s and 1970s, a time when poets hoped that through their writings they could help bring peace to a war torn Middle East. Reuven Snir's introduction is in clear simple language. It provides background knowledge that will assist the general reader who has no previous knowledge of specifically Arabic or Hebrew poetry. Otherwise, the introduction and essays are of interest to scholars, students and the general reader, those interested in poetry, poetics or diverse cultures. The four essays include Aviva Butt's translations of entire poems, so the book also includes a collection of poems that are enjoyable to read. The leading poets under discussion in the first three essays are Adunis (Adonis), Mahmud Darwish (Arabic poets) and Natan Zach (Hebrew poet). Rashid Husayn (Arabic poet) is also mentioned. The last essay, A Surge of Poetry, deals with the creativity of Hebrew poets Natan Zach, Yehuda Amichai, Meir Wieseltier and Asher Reich. Natan Alterman is also mentioned. Author of: Gifts from an Empty Suitcase and Other Short Stories: And Twenty Poems (2012) Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/AvivaButt Aviva is currently publishing academic articles in a Turkish journal entitled The International Journal of Kurdish Studies (IJOKS) - Diyarbakir. Her articles on the Kurdish poet Salim Barakat are on the social media academia.edu Aviva visited Diyarbakir Turkey over the holiday season, and is back in Tasmania Australia where she presently lives.

Author: Eleanor Ehrenkranz

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-02

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1468509136

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This book is a compilation of recent Yiddish, Israeli and American-Jewish poetry in one compact volume. "Eleanor Ehrenkranz's Jewish poetry anthology encapsulates the agony of the Middle East in distilled images that pierce the heart." -Tovah Feldshuh, actress "I have to admit that I don't usually like poetry...But ever since I first read it, I have made an exception for Yankev Glatshteyn's Praying the Sunset Prayer, which expertly performs what I believe to be the function of art: to suggest to us why life is worth living." -Dara Horn, novelist "I loved reading Robert Pinsky's poem The Night Game. It is wonderfully wise and evocative, characteristically American and Jewish. I see, in Pinsky's words, the limitless opportunities of America through the lens of America's game, baseball." -Senator Joseph I. Lieberman "Rachel Korn's I Am Soaked Th rough By You is a beautifully economical history of love, soaked through with passion, tenderness and gratitude." -Judith Viorst, poet and novelist

Samson
Samson

Author: Pnina Galpaz-Feller

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9783039108527

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The story of Samson in the Bible is told in just four chapters of the Book of Judges, but the story of his life is composed of a mosaic of events. This book examines many aspects of the unique figure of Samson: Samson as the chosen of God, who is destined to save the Israelites from Philistine oppression, and who ultimately dies with the Philistines; Samson, who appears on the stage of history as a promising leader but whose leadership fails; Samson the dissolute Nazirite; a powerful man who rips apart a lion as though it were a lamb, who uproots the gates of the city of Gaza and pulls down a pagan temple - but at the same time he succumbs to his women and is ruled by them. This book invites the reader to contemplate Samson's highly contradictory personality, to take up moral issues, and to reflect upon love and betrayal, life and death, family and society - subjects that have concerned people from antiquity to the present.

Insight Guides Israel
Insight Guides Israel

Author: Insight Guides

Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited

Published: 2015-05-01

Total Pages: 793

ISBN-13: 1780058748

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One of the world's most fascinating countries, Israel defies indifference with its immense historical, spiritual and contemporary significance, as well as its wealth of unique natural and cultural attractions. Whether you want to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem's Old City, party in fashionable Tel Aviv, bathe in the Dead Sea or discover the country's distinctive architecture, Insight Guide Israel will reveal the best the country has to offer.Features have been updated by a highly-regarded local writer and cover the history and peoples of Israel in depth, while also delving into diverse topics including cuisine, conservation and diving. Thoughtful accounts of the country's regions bring Israel to life, from the powerful spiritual centre of Jerusalem and breath-taking landscapes of the Golan Heights to the sun-soaked beaches on the Mediterranean coast. In addition, there is detailed coverage of the West Bank's attractions, including Bethlehem's shrines and the Negev's ancient sites. Full-colour photography and maps help you navigate with ease, while our detailed Travel Tips give you all the practical information you need to plan your trip, including our selection of the best and most authentic hotels and restaurants.

Insight Guides Israel (Travel Guide eBook)
Insight Guides Israel (Travel Guide eBook)

Author: Insight Guides

Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited

Published: 2018-02-01

Total Pages: 731

ISBN-13: 1786719967

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Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey. An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook. Israel is intense. This new edition covers Israel's top attractions, from the holy sites of Jerusalem's Old City, Bethlehem and Nazareth to the pleasures of the coast and a Dead Sea mud bath. Over 358 pages of insider knowledge from local experts In-depth on history and culture, from chapters on the people and religions of Israel, the history of the kibbutz ot its rich and varied cuisine Enjoy special features on the country's bustling markets, Old Jerusalem's city gates, Mini Israel and Israel's four seas Includes innovative extras that are unique in the market - all Insight Guides to countries and regions come with a free eBook and app that's regularly updated with new hotel, bar, restaurant, shop and local event listings Invaluable maps, travel tips and practical information ensure effortless planning Inspirational colour photography throughout Inventive design makes for an engaging reading experience About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Now at the Threshold
Now at the Threshold

Author:

Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press

Published: 2020-04-15

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0878201874

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In late 2013, preeminent Hebrew poet Tuvia Ruebner published his fifteenth poetry collection, which he titled Last Ones. But it was not his last; he continued writing and publishing, even into the summer of his death in 2019. The translated poems in Now at the Threshold: The Late Poems of Tuvia Ruebner are from Ruebner's final three collections, poems all written from 2014 onward, after the poet's 90th birthday. Translated into English by award-winning translator Rachel Tzvia Back, these late and last poems both celebrate life's enduring small graces and converse quietly-even negotiate- with death. With love and loss ever intertwined, and a protesting voice still fierce, this collection offers the reader illuminating and beautiful poetry from a great humanist and a great poet. The Interim World: The Poetics of Tuvia Ruebner From Love to Loss and Back Again: The Tragic Story of Israeli Poet Tuvia Ruebner