Jews in Hell

Isaac Goldemberg

1973

The fable tells us
that the Jews bought for themselves
a private place in hell.
In the first circle,
seated on a wooden bench,
Karl Marx fans himself with his hand.
The prophet Jeremiah
fights off the heat by chanting psalms.
In the second circle,
Solomon carefully examines
the stones of his Temple.
Moses writes hieroglyphics.
In the third…
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Creator Bio

Isaac Goldemberg

b. 1945
Peruvian-born Isaac Goldemberg, a poet, playwright, and novelist, teaches at Maria de Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. He has served as director of the Latin American Writers Institute and as editor of the Hostos Review. His writings explore the role of the outsider in the search for identity, as well as themes of alterity, dislocation, and diaspora.

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