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.
A Life Worth Living
As Yom Kippur approaches, Bruce Black's poem touches on the simple power of a humble and earnest request for forgiveness.
On Candlelight
Media culture scholar, Matt Sienkiewicz, reflects on the Maccabeats phenomenon and the group's first viral smash.
I Am Stirring the Chicken Soup in Circles and Thinking
A new poem by Hannah Butcher-Stell, on love and loss.
A Story Well Lived
In this essay, Thomas P. Balázs considers Edgar Allan Poe as a springboard to consider what makes a life meaningful
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."
The Chosen Ones
Jennie Mintz revisits the death camps in her powerful new poem for the Lehrhaus.
Chabon, Safran Foer, and the Great Jewish American Novel
Ari Hoffman explores the expansive visions of Jewish peoplehood embedded in two major, recently published novels
All of This Is Yours
In this poem, David Karpel imagines the expansiveness of God's promise about the land of Israel
Shopping for Shabbat in the Diaspora
In this poem, Bruce Black reflects on the differences between Sabbath preparations in the holy land and in diaspora.
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