Lost and Found
In this story, Devorah Talia Gordon writes about a young woman seeking to reclaim her inheritance after experiencing the loss of a loved one.
I Was a Schoolboy Nazi
David Muller reflects on the impact a teacher and a Holocaust play at school had on him as a child.
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.
Kiddush Levanah on the Moon
What would Jewish life in outer space look like? In this short story, Joseph Helmreich imagines the Jewish community transplanted into a new life among the stars
Across the River
In this riveting short story, Leah Cypess retells a medieval Shavuot legend of how a Jewish community was saved from a deadly sorcerer.
Moshe the Marvellous
Take a fantastical jump into Matan Torah in this short story by David Zvi Kalman.
The Healer of Midian
In this story, Joe Helmreich transports readers to the harsh deserts of the ancient world where two important men meet.
Prometheus’s Flood
In this work of fiction, Yaakov Weinstein reimagines the story of Noah and the flood through a lens of rapidly developing technology.
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.
The Agagites
For Parshat Zakhor, this short story by Shira Eliaser richly imagines the world of King Saul and the clandestine encounter that brought Haman’s Amalekite ancestors into the world.
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