The Ballad of Cain and Adam

Ari Lamm on The Boss and The Bible

You light candles

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

Jeremiah Lockwood’s New Cantorial Blues Album, Kol Nidre, is a Yom Kippur Dream

Hillel Broder reviews the latest release from Jeremiah Lockwood.

The Yemima Method: An Israeli Psychological-Spiritual Approach

  Yael Unterman   I dedicate this essay to my friend Dr. Tsippi Kauffman z”l, who passed away in the course of its writing. A wonderful educator,...

Six Levels of Mikva’ot

Joshua Friedlander ponders the nature of the mikvah in this poem.

Shopping for Grandpa’s Gravestone

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

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.

Boardwalk Closed (April 2020)

Hillel Broder reflects on the edges in life, in his latest poem for the Lehrhaus.

There’s Something About Wendy

Author Risa Miller reviews Beth Kissileff's debut novel, Questioning Return.

Hearing the Shofar with Korah’s Children

In this winning essay of the Ateret Zvi Prize, Dr. Ethan Schwartz analyzes the Yamim Nora'im experience and interpretations of what happened to Korah's children.