Yom Teruah

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

When the Sea Parted

As we approach Pesach, Bruce Black's latest poem vividly retells the splitting of the sea.

I Am Stirring the Chicken Soup in Circles and Thinking

A new poem by Hannah Butcher-Stell, on love and loss.

A Life Worth Living

As Yom Kippur approaches, Bruce Black's poem touches on the simple power of a humble and earnest request for forgiveness.

The Chosen Ones

Jennie Mintz revisits the death camps in her powerful new poem for the Lehrhaus.

Shopping for Shabbat in the Diaspora

In this poem, Bruce Black reflects on the differences between Sabbath preparations in the holy land and in diaspora.

All of This Is Yours

In this poem, David Karpel imagines the expansiveness of God's promise about the land of Israel

Six Levels of Mikva’ot

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

You light candles

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

Legal Fictions II: A Narrative Reflection on Shekalim 6:2 

As part of his Legal Fictions creative project, Dovid Campbell reimagines the content of Mishna Shekalim 6:2 in an evocative narrative of disability and Temple service.