Three Sonnets
Jeffrey Burghauser's three poems draw on the biblical and rabbinic imagination.
Across the River
In this riveting short story, Leah Cypess retells a medieval Shavuot legend of how a Jewish community was saved from a deadly sorcerer.
Moana and the Call of Jewish Destiny
Sarah Rindner considers Moana's Disney revolution and its Jewish parallels.
Hokhmat Nashim
Ayelet Wenger on women and Torah and Talmud and some things (that get) in between.
Something to Lose – Eviatar Banai and the Sukkot Paradox
Sarah Rindner has been listening to Eviatar Banai just in time for Sukkot.
What Can We Learn From Louis Jacobs?
Louis Jacobs, the controversial British rabbi and theologian, died 15 years ago. Steven Gotlib reviews Harry Freedman’s new book on Jacobs’ life, and considers how what happened to Jacobs should inform the way we draw the boundaries of Orthodoxy today.
The Source of Faith is Faith Alone
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld explores the meaning of faith in this review of Rabbi Chaim Jachter's Reason to Believe
Is Remix Judaism for Everyone?
Steven Gotlib reviews Roberta Rosenthal Kwall’s book Remix Judaism, which has an important message about navigating Jewish practice in the modern world for non-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews alike.
Rav Kook’s Space Odyssey
Bezalel Naor offers a stirring, other-worldly rendition of Rav Kook's poem "The Conversation of the Angels"
Thoughts on a Death
In this personal reflection, Phil Lieberman addresses the unique pain that accompanies the loss of an abusive parent and considers the uneasy coherence of this pain with Jewish traditions of mourning.
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