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David Berger's eulogy for Revel's late Prof. Arthur Hyman, a leading scholar of Medieval Jewish philosophy.

Alex Fleksher explores the intersection between Hamilton and the ba'al teshuvah experience. 

Shlomo Riskin remembers how Yeshiva University's late Professor Louis Feldman helped him make the greatest decision of his life.

Shira Eliaser reimagines the narrative of Yael from Yael's own perspective in this short story.

In this story, Devorah Talia Gordon writes about a young woman seeking to reclaim her inheritance after experiencing the loss of a loved one.

In this collection of poems, Owen Lewis explores the human desire for connection with the divine while navigating an early world.

In this poetic tale from Marina Zilbergerts's recent poetry book You Were Adam (Wipf and Stock), a learned and passionate woman struggles with her yetser hara, nicknamed "Wicked." The yetser is imagined as a fantastic character who accompanies her through Jewish Toronto's banal suburbia. "Wicked '' is a sympathetic and tragic apikores who knows how to get her where it hurts, but he also speaks the truth. He is a careful social observer present with her at all times. From going on weekly shopping trips, being in shul, to more intimate moments, this demonic character becomes her unlikely friend. In an ironic twist, the lessons taught to her by her yetser help her embark on the path of repentance.

In this poem, Harris Bor imagines the biblical meeting of Esau and Jacob.

In his latest poem, Bruce Black meditates on the Chanukah miracle and the miracles of everyday life

In this poem, Richard Rosengarten reflects on the process of burying a grandparent