Yehuda Amichai reads widely from his extensive body of work, reading some poems in both English and Hebrew. Several translations (including translations of poem titles) performed here differ from the translations collected in his books.
by Lois Shelton and Rabbi Morton Levine
Introduced as "A Song of Peace."
Amichai, Yehuda. Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
Amichai, Yehuda. A Life of Poetry 1948-1994. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Introduced as two poems from "Seven Laments for the Fallen in the War."
Amichai, Yehuda. The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
Introduced as "God Full of Compassion" or "God Full of Pity."
Amichai, Yehuda. A Life of Poetry 1948-1994. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Amichai, Yehuda. The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
Amichai, Yehuda. Time: Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1979.
Amichai, Yehuda. Time: Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1979.
Amichai, Yehuda. Songs of Jerusalem and Myself. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
Amichai, Yehuda. Songs of Jerusalem and Myself. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
Amichai, Yehuda. A Life of Poetry 1948-1994. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Amichai, Yehuda. Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
Amicahi, Yehuda. Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
Amichai, Yehuda. Songs of Jerusalem and Myself. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
Amichai, Yehuda. Love Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.
Amichai, Yehuda. Great Tranquility: Questions and Answers. New York:Harper & Row, 1983.
Introduced as "God has Pity on Children in Kindergartens."
Amichai, Yehuda. A Life of Poetry 1948-1994. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Amichai, Yehuda. Songs of Jerusalem and Myself. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
Amichai, Yehuda. Songs of Jerusalem and Myself. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
Amichai, Yehuda. Time: Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1979.
"People travel far away to say: This reminds me of some other place..."
Amichai, Yehuda. The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
Amichai, Yehuda. A Life of Poetry 1948-1994. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Amichai, Yehuda. Great Tranquility: Questions and Answers. New York: Harper & Row, 1983.
