In February 2024, a study was conducted with 90 Jewish poets and translators, focusing on the definition of Jewish poetry in contemporary America and the rec...

Eileen Myles, a prominent American poet, posted controversial anti-Israel statements on social media, sparking debates among Jewish writers about antisemitis...

The author recounts a skiing accident that he and his family experienced during a vacation in the Dolomites. As they discuss the accident and their injuries,...

Refaat Alareer, a Gazan poet and professor, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. He has been widely mourned and his final poem, "If I Must Die," ...

Vladimir Nabokov's views on religion and religious conversion are explored in his writing and personal background. Coming from a diverse religious background...

Milan Kundera, a prominent Czech writer, recently passed away at the age of 94. The author shares their personal memories of encountering Kundera's work whil...

The author reminisces about his winter vacation in 1978 at Maleyevka, the Writers Home of Creativity outside Moscow, as his parents were preparing to emigrat...

The narrator, a young boy prone to lying, befriends Mark Borgman, the top student in their class. Mark invites the narrator to his wealthy home, where his fa...

Leo Tolstoy's views on sexual desire and its impact on spirituality are explored in his writings, particularly in works like Anna Karenina and The Kreutzer S...

The author recounts a visit from their Israeli great-uncle Munia in 1987. Munia had a fascinating background as a left-wing socialist, speaker of Arabic, ath...