The Birthplace of Infertility
Infertility figures as a tragic theme not only on Rosh Hashanah but also in biblical narrative and modern life. This morning, Yael Leibowitz writes lyrically on The Birthplace of Infertility.
Two Amish Women Walked into a Casino (Because I Drove Them There)
Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar tells the story of a funny-yet-poignant experience from when she lived in an Amish community and sought to bring some of her friends to see the ocean.
The Agunah
Talya Jankovits presents a chilling narrative on the tragedy of a woman chained to her marriage.
Saturday Afternoon
Yeshiva University's 1954 Jerome Robbins winning short story by Leo Taubes, with an Introduction by Judy Taubes Sterman.
THE VAZ-2101 WAS ONLY CALLED A LADA WHEN IT WAS EXPORTED
In this short story, Reyzl Grace imagines a woman willing to drive to the end of the world to reach her dreams.
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.
A Good Deed
The story of an accountant and one consequential receipt by Yitzchak Francus.
Correlation Is Not Causation
Haim Watzman's short story, which previously appeared in Hebrew in the National Library of Israel's literary magazine, explores the grief and confusion of wartime in Jerusalem.
The Baptism
Enter the Baltic Coast in the late 1980's, in George Kuchinsky's reflection on a childhood encounter with anti-semitism.
Site Operations and Technology by The Berman Consulting Group.