"I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music."
-- Maya Angelou
I wish I had said it first.
Ruth Fogelman was born in England and came to Israel as a teenager. She worked on a kibbutz for a year, served two years in the army, and holds degrees in English literature from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Bar Ilan University. In 1979 she and her husband, Dr. Yakov Fogelman, moved to Jerusalem’s Old City, a setting which has inspired much of her poetry and photography (all her books contain photographs as well as poems), in a spirit of “to raise Jerusalem above my chief rejoicing.” Her first book, Within the Walls of Jerusalem – A Personal Perspective,was released in 2000, and her first full poetry collection, Cradled in God’s Arms, was released in 2009.
She subsequently published three more books of poetry: Jerusalem Awaking, (Sifrei Bitzaron ) was released in 2010. In 2018, her book, Leaving the Garden was published and is available on Amazon. The following year, her book, What Color are Your Dreams, was published and is available on Amazon.
She won the Reuben Rose Poetry Competition in 2006, and received an honorable mention in the Lindberg Peace Foundation Poetry Contest 2010. Her poems have appeared widely in anthologies, literary journals, including Poetica Magazine, Arc, The Deronda Review, and e-zines, including International Literary Quarterly, http://www.interlitq.org. Ruth is also a frequent contributor of poems to the English-language site of 929
She heads the Jerusalem writing workshop, Pri Hadash.
She subsequently published three more books of poetry: Jerusalem Awaking, (Sifrei Bitzaron ) was released in 2010. In 2018, her book, Leaving the Garden was published and is available on Amazon. The following year, her book, What Color are Your Dreams, was published and is available on Amazon.
She won the Reuben Rose Poetry Competition in 2006, and received an honorable mention in the Lindberg Peace Foundation Poetry Contest 2010. Her poems have appeared widely in anthologies, literary journals, including Poetica Magazine, Arc, The Deronda Review, and e-zines, including International Literary Quarterly, http://www.interlitq.org. Ruth is also a frequent contributor of poems to the English-language site of 929
She heads the Jerusalem writing workshop, Pri Hadash.
Photo: Courtesy of Aviva Bell
