Pesach Rotem was born and raised in New York and now lives in Yodfat, Israel. He received his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from St. John's University. His poems have been published in more than two dozen literary journals including Chiron Review, Permafrost, and Poets Reading the News. He is a member of the Israel Association of Writers in English and the Voices Israel Group of Poets. His poem “Professor Hofstadter’s Brain” was nominated for a Best of the Net Award.
