Culture

Jewishness, antisemitism, popular culture and Russian television in the postwar era? Historian Maya Balakirsky Katz explains.

Julie Goldstein reflects on her recent Yom Kippur experience and why it matters for Orthodox women everywhere.

A poetic offering from Yehoshua November in advance of parashat Toledot

AJ Berkovitz explores the "life" of Jewish books, from authors to owners to outside the margins.

The death of Nadav and Avihu is difficult to explain, perhaps even impossible to approach through the medium of language. In a composition crossing the boundaries of original drashah, Breslov thought, poetry, visual art, and historical fiction, Akiva Weisinger renders the tragedy of Nadav and Avihu as a reflection of the Vacated Space beyond human language.

Martin Lockshin reviews Daniel A. Klein’s translation of Samuel David Luzzatto’s commentary on the Book of Vayikra, the latest volume in Klein’s project to translate all of Shadal’s insightful and ever-interesting Torah commentary.

Yaakov Jaffe analyzes and compares the "Song of the Sea" and the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner."

Aryeh Klapper with some new translation-stylings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Halakhic Man.

Leslie Ginsparg Klein's reflections on Shimon Peres, Zionism, and the importance of nuance.

David Lehman hits a home run with this fun, smart poem that is perfect for the summer