A Letter to Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
A poem addressed to survivors in the Chareidi community about the existential confusion endured by child sexual abuse.
Song of the Sea: Making a Space for Joy and Sorrow
Zach Truboff draws on personal experience in considering the place of Yizkor on Yom Tov.
My Body in the East, My Heart in the West
What is it like to make aliyah from New Jersey precisely at a time when North American Jewry is suffering more heavily than Israel? Ahead of Yom Yerushalayim, Sarah Rindner, drawing on Yehuda ha-Levi and Yehudah Amichai, reflects.
My Last Conversation with Rav Amital
With the 10th yarhtzeit of Rav Yehuda Amital, founding Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, upcoming this Sunday, we are honored to publish some poignant remembrances from his students. First up is Yehuda Mirsky of Brandeis University, who recalls his last conversation with Rav Amital.
“I’d Fast a Second Day”
Julie Goldstein reflects on her recent Yom Kippur experience and why it matters for Orthodox women everywhere.
“Answer Us in the Merit of Our Master, Answer Us:” An Election-Day Reflection on...
Shaul Seidler-Feller
Introduction
Early last week, a friend forwarded me a recently-published video produced in Israel. When it began to play, I was quickly taken in...
My “Chavrusa,” Rav Tendler
Moshe Kurtz provides a poignant and vivid tribute to Rav Moshe Tendler, reflecting on their time learning together during the final three years of his life.
How Should a Diverse Urban Congregation Select a Siddur?
David Wolkenfeld ponders his synagogue's next choice in siddur.
Contemporary Poetry and Mystical Intimacy
Award-winning poet Yehoshua November offers his thoughts on the connection between mystical intimacy and poetry.
A Kinnah in Kislev: The Enduring Elegy of Dolce of Worms
In honor of the yahrtzeit of Dolce, the wife of Rabbi Eleazar of Worms, Chaya Sima Koenigsberg explores Rabbi Eleazar's moving elegy for his wife and reflects upon Dolce's character as a model for Koenigsberg's own life and the lives of Jewish women today.