Culture

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.

The death of Nadav and Avihu is difficult to explain, perhaps even impossible to approach through the medium of language. In a composition crossing the boundaries of original drashah, Breslov thought, poetry, visual art, and historical fiction, Akiva Weisinger renders the tragedy of Nadav and Avihu as a reflection of the Vacated Space beyond human language.

Award-winning poet Yehoshua November offers his thoughts on the connection between mystical intimacy and poetry.

A new poem and introductory essay by Ben Corvo, in memory of his father.

R. Yitzchak Blau analyzes the 2018 book, Was Yosef on the Spectrum?

In this short story, Reyzl Grace imagines a woman willing to drive to the end of the world to reach her dreams.

This short story by Benjamin Guggenheim reimagines Moses after the sin of the Golden Calf: powerful yet powerless, dutiful yet embittered, so close to God yet so distant from His people.

A poem addressed to survivors in the Chareidi community about the existential confusion endured by child sexual abuse.

In this poem, Avi Schild reflects on the source of the blasting cry we hear on Rosh Hashanah.

Zach Truboff explores Rav Kook's fascinating philosophy of history, focusing on five recently translated essays.