What our members have been doing in the last half year (for what Voices Israel as a society has been doing, see Our Recent Activities).
May 2026: congratulations to:
Isaac Cohen for his many successes throughout the month.
Walter Gonzalez (W. E. Ticas) who has opened a blog at The Times of Israel. His first post “Before I Knew the Name” is at https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/before-i-knew-the-name/. Walter has also had a poem “The Last Visit” selected for the Nassau County Voices in Verse 2026 anthology.
Miriam Green whose article about the zoo was published in Hadassah Magazine at: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/827b17cffd.html#page/27.
Channah Moshe, whose poem “Breakfast in Sun City” was selected for publication in IAWE’s arc 32.
Yiskah Rosenfeld, whose poem “The Lesson of Garlic” was selected by SWWIM for publication: see https://swwimmiami.substack.com/p/the-lesson-of-garlic.
Pesach Rotem, whose poem “For Beauty Died Our Emily” (written at Eli Ben-Joseph’s workshop on the poetry of Emily Dickinson) has been published in Ibbetson Street (www.ibbetsonpress.com).
Richard Shavei-Tzion on the recent release of his movie, “From Vilna with Valor,” about the remarkable survival story of Abraham and Zina Gontownik, which was viewed over the Yom Hashaoah week by hundreds of viewers. For details contact him via Whatsapp: 052-8385775.
April 2026: congratulations to:
Miriam Jaskierowicz Arman, Helen Bar-Lev, Judy Robinson, Susan Olsburgh and Julian Alper who have poems included in Poetry Super Highway’s 28th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Poetry Issue – you can read the poems here.
Isaac Cohen for his many successes throughout the month.
Mara Lee Grayson who has had two poems published: “On the Actor or His Magnificent Face” in Hole in the Head Review; and “People Also Ask (Google-suggested Questions at 4:53 p.m.” in The Westchester Review.
Elana Wolff – for her latest addition to the Kay Sage “In the Third Sleep” ekphrastic project. It can be seen at https://inthethirdsleep.blogspot.com. And her essay “Kafka and Wartime” is in the Apr/May issue of Eclectica Magazine!
March 2026: congratulations to:
Miriam Alper, who has had poems selected for publication in IAWE’s arc32 anthology.
Stanley H. Barkan who has been awarded a Diploma of Excellence by the International Writers Association.
Donna Bechar, whose poem “In the Clouds”, will be published in IAWE’s arc32 anthology.
Esther Cameron, whose work “Golda, Please” has been published on The Deronda Review’s website at: https://www.derondareview.org/golda.htm
Isaac Cohen for his many successes throughout the month.
Elana Dorfman, Ariel Watson and Ann Bar-Dov who have each had poems published on Writing on the Wall’s web page “Between the Sirens”: Sirens – by Elana Dorfman ; Dreams – by Ariel Watson ; PSS: Phantom Siren Syndrome – by Ann Bar-Dov .
Larry Lefkovitz, whose work “Vagabond” has been published on The Deronda Review’s website at https://www.derondareview.org/shoushani.htm
Ira Director whose poem “On April 14, 2024” has been published by OF THE BOOK at https://ofthebookpress.com/ira-director-on-apr-14-2024/
Klarina Priborkin and Julian Alper who have each had a mini-essay published in Writing on the Wall’s Balagan Underground online magazine.
Yiskah Rosenfeld who has had two poems about her father published in a new anthology: Beyond Words – Literary Magazine.
February 2026: congratulations to:
Miriam Jaskierowicz Arman who has been shortlisted for a prize in the international competition “The Country of the Poetry of Love” for her poem “LIGHT”.
Peter Brav whose poem “NICKELS” will appear in Nine Mile Magazine in April, and whose short story “Halfway Round The World” will appear in the April issue of Niv Magazine.
Isaac Cohen for his many successes throughout the month.
Ruth Schreiber who has had two poems, “Weary” and “My Lesson”, selected for arc 32, the Anthology of the Israel Association for Writers in English (IAWE).
Elana Wolff, whose poem Grand/mothers has been published by Public Reverie: A Journal of Literature, Culture, and Ideas.
January 2026: congratulations to:
Miriam Jaskierowicz Arman – whose poem “Hushed Moments” has been published on YouTube, and who has published her book of poems in Italian – available on Amazon.
Eli Ben-Joseph, whose poem “On rocking-horse wings” has been accepted by the IAWE for publication in Arc 32.
Isaac Cohen for his many successes throughout the month.
Amiel Schotz, whose poem writing “Shylock in Venice” has been published by ofthebook.
December 2025: congratulations to:
Julian Alper, whose micropoem “Nocturnal Merfolk” and accompanying photo were selected by Writing on the Wall for its Chanukah feature; and whose poem “Heaven-Bound” and accompanying photo have been published by The Lehrhaus.
Helen Bar-Lev and Stanley H Barkan who have each had a poem included on the Images Poetry YouTube channel – you can see them reading their poems here.
Isaac Cohen for his many successes throughout the month.
Pessy Krausz, whose poem “Prejudice and Pride” has been published in the Netanya Poetry Please booklet and in the Hanassi blog.
Larry Lefkowitz, whose short story “In Fink’s Bar” has been published by Niv Magazine .
Fran Levin, whose creative writing piece, “24 Hadley Court” has been published by of the book.
Mark Levinson – several of whose poems are included in The Water and Us, an anthology donating all its profits to the charity WaterAid. The book is available on Amazon.
Klarina Priborkin, whose poem “Forgotten Snapshot” was selected by Writing on the Wall for its Chanukah feature.
Pesach Rotem, whose poem “The Contrarian” has been published in Constellations.
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