The Making of “Lights”

Shmuel Klitsner's insider perspectives on making a Hanukkah classic.

When Elijah’s Mantle Fell: The Judaism of Leonard Cohen

The Yom Kippur War was a defining moment in the life of poet Leonard Cohen, a moment when his entire spiritual destiny hung in the balance. Bezalel Naor on Cohen's priestly imagination.

Shadal, García Márquez, and the Stain of Honor

Daniel Klein on how violence in the Bible plays out in the writings of Shadal and Gabriel Gárcia Márquez

Rebbe Without Walls: The Slonimer Sensation

Tzvi Sinensky on The Slonimer's contemporary popularity

Conjoined Twins

A poetic offering from Yehoshua November in advance of parashat Toledot

The Joiner

Ezra Olman's short story debut at Lehrhaus

To Rebeccah

Aryeh Klapper recreating a patriarchal voice.

Little Women of Valor

Have you seen the latest teen magazine for religious Zionist women? Yoel Finkelman has, and he has some thoughts.

Wrestling With God: Leonard Cohen’s You Want it Darker

Malka Simkovich with a careful reading of the work of the late Leonard Cohen.

No Ideas But In Things: A Review of “Jerusalem” at the Metropolitan Museum of...

Sarah Rindner with a review of the Met's latest exhibit, "Jerusalem."