Wrestling With God: Leonard Cohen’s You Want it Darker
Malka Simkovich with a careful reading of the work of the late Leonard Cohen.
Giving Shape to Abstraction: Illustrating Redemption in the Book of Ruth
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.
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.
The Day I Met Shimon Peres
Leslie Ginsparg Klein's reflections on Shimon Peres, Zionism, and the importance of nuance.
My Zeidy Gluck
Nechama Sternberg contemplates her relationship to her grandfather, and remarks on the person he was in life.
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.
Contemporary Poetry and Mystical Intimacy
Award-winning poet Yehoshua November offers his thoughts on the connection between mystical intimacy and poetry.
Holocaust Humor, Ethics, and Theological Protest
Peninah Taragin Gershman
I once made a Holocaust joke. It was not intentional, and it was not planned, but I said it, and it landed...
The “Judeo-Christian” Tradition at Yeshiva
Yisroel Ben-Porat offers historical, hashkafic, and personal reflections on what’s often called the “Judeo-Christian” tradition and whether a Torah u-Madda outlook can embrace the study of Christianity.
Yom Yerushalayim: On Not Yet, Always Already, and the [Im]possibility of Crossing Over
Aton Holzer reflects on Jerusalem and Zionism.
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