Echoes
In this short fiction narrative, David Zvi Kalman imagines a world in which figures such as Maimonides can be summoned through artificial intelligence, causing people and programs alike to contend with new and age-old questions.
Legal Fictions: A Narrative Reflection on Yevamot 16:6
As part of his Legal Fictions creative project, Dovid Campbell reimagines the content of Mishna Yevamot 16:6 in an evocative narrative.
TIMELY INTERVENTION
In this short story, Rachel Newton tells a story of intergenerational guilt and the lengths one will go to for the sake of atonement.
Two Men Enter the Vacated Space ...
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.
Prophecy Lost
In this short story, Yaakov Weinstein imagines Bilaam's life which led up to his infamous narrative in Parshat Balak.
Little Boy
This posthumously published story by Holocaust survivor and longtime YU professor Leo Taubes demonstrates the rarity and power of human connection amidst the destruction of war.
Nifrad MiKayin: A Story of Ancient Israel
Shira Eliaser reimagines the narrative of Yael from Yael's own perspective in this short story.
The Jewish Governess
In the next finalist installment from our short story competition, Lior Zoë Perets’ period fiction explores the rabbinic instruction to “rise up and strike first.”
The Length of Our Days
A man who has left observance relives his old Gemara learning as he travels to return a sefer to his former Havruta.
A Good Deed
The story of an accountant and one consequential receipt by Yitzchak Francus.
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