Holidays

Ranana Dine explores the depictions of suffering in haggadot.

Beth Kissileff on the book of Jonah and its relevance on Sukkot.

  Zach Truboff In 1933, as the month of Elul approached, the Jewish people faced a frightening array of dangers. That year, Hitler consolidated power as...

Eli Rubin reflects on the meaning of revelation, innovation, and history at the giving of the Torah.

Shimon Lerner uncovers a surprising but profound message that goes to the very heart of the Purim story.

Why did the women bring musical instruments out of Egypt? In her first Lehrhaus article, musicologist Rebecca Cypess draws a fascinating historical analogy between biblical and African-American slavery to shed light on the Exodus in Jewish tradition.

Chana Chava Ford explains what Sukkot might teach us about real religious change.

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.

Steven Weiner writes on the significance of tears on Tishah Be-Av and how they relate to the thanks of birkat ha-mazon.

Shmuel Hain comments on the leap year parshah-gap between Israel and the Diaspora.