Culture

In this essay, Yehoshua November presents a model for preparing for the High Holidays

In this essay, Danny Groner reflects on the elements that make a synagogue a true house of worship.

In honor of Rosh Hashanah 5786, Akiva Weisinger retells and reimagines the parable of the king "who wished to be seen, but did not want to be seen."

In this short fiction narrative, David Zvi Kalman imagines a world in which figures such as Maimonides can be summoned through artificial intelligence, causing people and programs alike to contend with new and age-old questions.

In a lyrical meditation on his wife's suffering, Mel Waldman reflects on the compassion of the rabbis who brought divinity into their lives

In this poem, Bruce Black reflects on the differences between Sabbath preparations in the holy land and in diaspora.

In this essay, Eileen Watts draws parallels between Daniel Deronda and the book of Exodus

In his poem "Interception," Ben Corvo writes about the aftermath of an imagined ending

As part of his Legal Fictions creative project, Dovid Campbell reimagines the content of Mishna Yevamot 16:6 in an evocative narrative.

Ariel Goldstein expands on the hardship of being a Jewish woman and attempting to live up to impossible standards.