“Ozymandias” is a story not only of Egypt, but of nation after nation throughout history—except one.

A medieval rabbi with “a love of language, dark humor, penchant for astrology, personal bitterness, and dour personality.”

Eugene Nadelman.

A talmudic legend of a wicked emperor’s demise, set to verse.

Iossif Ventouras, heir to Athens and Jerusalem.

Prejudice “elevated to an idiotic principle.”

David Hofshteyn was executed by Stalin. His poetry now serves as a rallying cry for Ukrainians.

Moyshe Kulbak’s Childe Harold.

An interview with a Yiddish singer seeking to bridge old and new worlds.

“In just thinking of Him my spirit rejoices.”

But a new biography argues that the poet wasn’t very Jewish or even very anti-Soviet.

Sigmund Freud over the Holy One of Israel.

The German-Jewish poet embraced “the Great Aristophanes of Heaven.”