Notes of Defiance: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Diana Blumenfeld, and the Question of Cultural Genocide
Alia Saphier examines the concept of cultural genocide, how it relates to the Holocaust, and how both Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Diana Blumenfeld fought for the longevity of Jewish music.
The Shekhinah as a Tool for Political Critique: The Mystico-Political Thought of Rabbi Menachem...
Twelve years after the passing of R. Menachem Froman, his daughter-in-law, the scholar and activist Tchiya Froman, considers R. Froman’s literary critique of the Gush Emunim settlement enterprise and his determination that Judaism requires a feminine revolution.
The Jewish Governess
In the next finalist installment from our short story competition, Lior Zoë Perets’ period fiction explores the rabbinic instruction to “rise up and strike first.”
The Length of Our Days
A man who has left observance relives his old Gemara learning as he travels to return a sefer to his former Havruta.
Six Levels of Mikva’ot
Joshua Friedlander ponders the nature of the mikvah in this poem.
Woman of Valor: Two Poems
In these two poems, Maya Bernstein reexamines the ancient praises of the Jewish woman.
A Good Deed
The story of an accountant and one consequential receipt by Yitzchak Francus.
HOLD ON TIGHT
In this poem, Yehudit Sarah Waller describes the struggle to maintain routine amid upheaval.
Has Bob Dylan Been Reading Emmanuel Levinas?
Michael Blank explores themes from Emmanuel Levinas in Bob Dylan’s recent compositions.
THE VAZ-2101 WAS ONLY CALLED A LADA WHEN IT WAS EXPORTED
In this short story, Reyzl Grace imagines a woman willing to drive to the end of the world to reach her dreams.
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