A Year in Review – 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, the Lehrhaus team is proud to feature some highlights from our contributions this past year. Yet again, we have published at least one hundred original pieces across a wide variety of genres.

The Poet’s Rabbi

In this essay, Brandon Marlon analyzes the presence of Ibn Ezra in the poetry of Robert Browning.

Of Prayer in Solitude

How can one pray after sinning? In this poem, Dov Frank suggests seeking redemption in unexpected places.

Learning To Let Go

A new poem by Janet Kirchheimer, on losing a father.

A Good Deed

The story of an accountant and one consequential receipt by Yitzchak Francus.

Flood

As the year turns from Elul to Tishrei, enjoy Ben Corvo's collection of poems relevant to the High Holiday themes and liturgy.

Little Boy

This posthumously published story by Holocaust survivor and longtime YU professor Leo Taubes demonstrates the rarity and power of human connection amidst the destruction of war.

I Am Tired Of Putting Out Fires

In this poem, Avi Killip reflects on the burning of sacrifices on the altar.

The Miracles of the Rabbis

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

Ayalah Bat-Lapidot

In this Tu B'Av-themed short story, "Ayalah Bat-Lapidot" reckons with her status as a single woman while being the daughter of the famous Devorah in ancient Israel.