Personal Reflections

In her latest for the Lehrhaus, Mali Moskowitz reflects on dating after divorce, Jewish marriage, and the ongoing journey for self-discovery.

Sarah Rindner considers Moana's Disney revolution and its Jewish parallels.

Shumel Hain discusses how we can bridge the "Tragic Gap" between the world envisioned in the blessing on budding fruit tress and our current reality of pandemic and tragedy

Zev Eleff offers a rejoinder and some reflections on "What if Rav Aharon Had Stayed?"

Naima Hirsch Gelman provides three powerful poems exploring important themes in halakhic womanhood.

Merri Ukraincik contemplates G-d's role in our lives.

The dynamic conversation continues with three letters to the editor widening our perspective on Torah u-Madda. Steve Gotlib grapples with the challenges of living Torah u-Madda in the real world; Ezequiel Antebi Sacca adds a Sephardic view from Argentina; and Eugene Korn adds insight to the Jewish view on Christianity.

Ayelet Wenger weaves together the personal, historical and exegetical in advance of reading Sefer Shemot.

Benjamin Marcus was commissioned to create illustrations for an illuminated manuscript of the Book of Ruth. In this one-of-a-kind article, he shares his challenges, his discoveries, and his art.

What can the Talmud teach us about living through a pandemic? Avi Strausberg argues that it teaches us quite a bit about strengthening acts of kindness and solidarity in our communities.