The Metula Poets Festival will be held in Jerusalem, from September 3 – 5, 2025 at the Confederation House and Mishkenot Sha’ananim. Metula Poetry FestivalAmidst the sorrow of the ongoing war, the victims, and internal divisions, the Metula Poetry Festival emerges as a beacon of hope for a better future. *“The present burst into the Metula Poetry Festival, and we opened the door for it,” say Shiri Lev-Ari and Benny Ziffer, the artistic directors of the veteran poetry festival. The beautiful northern colony, which has hosted the poetry festival for some 25 years, has experienced turmoil and severe damage in the past two years due to the war. The poetry festival is looking forward to returning to Metula, and in the meantime is presenting a memorial tribute to David Shimoni, the author of the most beautiful idyll ever written about it.