Why You Need to Read Daniel Deronda
Shalva Muschel offers some perspective on George Elliot's leading Jews and the newest attempt to gain a fuller appreciation of Daniel Deronda.
My Zeidy Gluck
Nechama Sternberg contemplates her relationship to her grandfather, and remarks on the person he was in life.
The Widow Mandelbaum Dreams
In this short story, Eric Rozenman imagines the life of a woman in an Eastern European shtetl guided by her late husband's ghost.
I Am Tired Of Putting Out Fires
In this poem, Avi Killip reflects on the burning of sacrifices on the altar.
Postmodern Orthodoxy: Giving Voice to a New Generation
Gil Perl draws from Rav Shagar to argue that "Postmodern Orthodoxy turns its gaze inward toward the conflicts raging within the individual as he or she seeks out meaning and strives for relevance.
Yom Yerushalayim: On Not Yet, Always Already, and the [Im]possibility of Crossing Over
Aton Holzer reflects on Jerusalem and Zionism.
Schrodinger’s Hametz
Leah Cypess imagines the what-ifs of Pesach cleaning.
A Parable of Barriers
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."
Saiman’s Halakhah: Rabbinic Law as Culture
Suzanne Last Stone reviews Chaim Saiman's Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law.
Epilogue
Tikva Hecht’s moving elegy for her mother, a lyric essay told in verse and art, reflects on the fragility of life and the final confession we recite in the Yom Kippur Amidah.
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