Three Sonnets

Jeffrey Burghauser's three poems draw on the biblical and rabbinic imagination.

Tosefta

Poetry from Zohar Atkins.

The Widow Mandelbaum Dreams

In this short story, Eric Rozenman imagines the life of a woman in an Eastern European shtetl guided by her late husband's ghost.

Two Pieces on Terumah

The poetry of the Mishkan: Abe Mezrich mines Parshat Terumah for its poetic potential.

From Lawlessness to Respectability: A Response to Eli Putterman

Lawrence Kaplan responds to Eli Putterman's essay on Reish Laqish and sexuality.

The Metaphysical Balance Of The Universe

Mel Waldman’s poem reflects on the delicate balance between faith and doubt in a world filled with challenges.

The Joiner

Ezra Olman's short story debut at Lehrhaus

Conjoined Twins

A poetic offering from Yehoshua November in advance of parashat Toledot

To Rebeccah

Aryeh Klapper recreating a patriarchal voice.

Edwin Salomon’s ‘Like Animals’ Existential Art: A Retrospective in honor of his 10th Yahrzeit

In honor of his tenth yahrtzheit, art historian Jackie Frankel Yaakov explores the art of Jewish Israeli artist Edwin Salomon (1935-2014). She argues that he was able to embrace his own expressionistic, Surrealism-evoking style when these approaches were marginalized in the Israeli art, shedding light on the ways he processed his experiences in the Holocaust and as a new immigrant to Israel.