Theses on the historical context of the modern Jewish revolution -- Multilingualism -- The crisis of Jewish identity : S.Y. Agnon's only yesterday -- American poetry in Yiddish and its background -- The last days of the Jerusalem of Lithuania -- Art and poetry -- On the beginnings of Israeli poetry and Yehuda Amichai's quatrains : a memoir -- The modern Hebrew poem itself : Nathan Alterman, Abba Kovner -- The role of language in Chagall's early paintings -- A. Sutzkever : life and poetry -- Note on the systems of Hebrew versification : Bible to present