Hizballah Remains a Threat, Just One of a Different Kind
The real danger is that Israel will learn to live with it.
September 2, 2026
“The Much-Begotten Present.”
At the New Jerusalem Review, Michael Weingrad has been assembling an impressive collection of English translations of contemporary Hebrew verse. Here is an excerpt from Weingrad’s rendition of what he describes as a “devastating sequence of poems by Yehuda Leib Witelson” about the second intifada:
The real danger is that Israel will learn to live with it.
Dana Nessel would sacrifice Jewish honor.
Moshe Feiglin and Ofer Winter threaten Benjamin Netanyahu; Itamar Ben-Gvir threatens Israel.
A vision shared by devout Founders and by skeptics.
“The Much-Begotten Present.”
At the New Jerusalem Review, Michael Weingrad has been assembling an impressive collection of English translations of contemporary Hebrew verse. Here is an excerpt from Weingrad’s rendition of what he describes as a “devastating sequence of poems by Yehuda Leib Witelson” about the second intifada:
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