That Which Is Beyond Your Gates
In this imaginative short story from David Zvi Kalman, as synagogue attendance shrinks, the buildings themselves begin to grow.
The Shepherd’s Veil
This short story by Benjamin Guggenheim reimagines Moses after the sin of the Golden Calf: powerful yet powerless, dutiful yet embittered, so close to God yet so distant from His people.
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.
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.
A Time for Rain
At what point in Jewish thought does artificial intelligence go too far? In this short story, Olga Lempert writes about a world where humanity itself might be replaced by the machines they create
The Healer of Midian
In this story, Joe Helmreich transports readers to the harsh deserts of the ancient world where two important men meet.
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.
The Baptism
Enter the Baltic Coast in the late 1980's, in George Kuchinsky's reflection on a childhood encounter with anti-semitism.
Beyond the Window
In this short story, Avraham Weiner tells the story of a young man torn between the world of Torah and the world of science.
Prophecy Lost
In this short story, Yaakov Weinstein imagines Bilaam's life which led up to his infamous narrative in Parshat Balak.
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