These poems by Canadian Jewish writers explore the rich and varied character of Jerusalem and provide insights on the writer's relationship with the Holy City. Included are poems by Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton, Miriam Waddington, Stephen Schecter, Sharon H. Nelson, A.M. Klein, Lazar Sarna, David Solway, Marvyne Jenoff, and Carol Rose.

Preface --Winter evening on Zion / Hyman Edelstein -- The still small voice / A.M. Klein -- These northern stars are scarabs in my eyes / A.M. Klein -- from: Yehuda Halevi, his pilgrimage / A.M. Klein -- Isaiah / Leonard Cohen -- October in Jerusalem: waiting for rain / Steve Smith -- Holy City of God / David Weisstub -- In another time when bodies fell / Seymour Mayne -- Between cities / Miriam Waddington -- Finding Amos in Jerusalem / Miriam Waddington -- Jerusalem the Golden / Sharon H. Nelson -- Jerusalem poem: One / Sharon H. Nelson -- One street / Lazar Sarna -- Foundations / Marvyne Jenoff -- from: City of the hidden / Seymour Mayne -- from: Strength of stone / Seymour Mayne -- This year in Jerusalem / Miriam Waddington -- O Jerusalem / Irving Layton -- Jerusalem stone / Kenneth Sherman -- Jerusalem market / Kenneth Sherman -- A wild peculiar joy / Irving Layton -- Moses / David Solway -- Next year, in Jerusalem / Irving Layton -- In the spider's web / Daniel Lowe -- Jonah / Shulamis Yelin -- The streets of Jerusalem / Shel Krakofsky -- Trapped in Mea She'arim / Shel Krakofsky -- Jerusalem / Kenneth Sherman -- The wall / Carol Rose -- Jerusalem bus station, January 1992 / B. Glen Rotchin -- Jerusalem, a history / Stephen Schecter -- Myself in translation / Shel Krakofsky -- Snowfall in Jerusalem / B. Glen Rotchin -- Glossary -- Notes on contributors.