Lilith Feature

Unexpected Feminist Poems, from the Hebrew

In This Feature

poetry by Yehuda Amichai; translation by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld
My Mother Was a Prophet

poetry by Yehuda Amichai; translation by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld
My Son Was Drafted

from Leviticus Rabba 14:8; translated by Shirley Kaufman with Galit Hasan-Rokem
“Unborn”

poetry by Rahel; translated by Robert Friend
To My Country

Independent, jewish & frankly feminist

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