Holidays

Alex Ozar drills down on the point of the Akeidah, responding to Herzl Hefter and Tzvi Sinensky.

Yosef Lindell tracks the Staff of Moses throughout its amazing "life".

In time for Tisha Be-Av, Marc Eichenbaum offers a meaningful new reading of Eikha using modern psychological concepts like grief, trauma, and narrative construction.

In this poem, Avi Schild reflects on the source of the blasting cry we hear on Rosh Hashanah.

David Fried explores the humra of pat Yisrael during the aseret yemei teshuvah.

Dr. Devora Steinmetz offers a meditation on the significance of Hanukkah and darkness.

After six months suspended between quarantine, isolation, and uncertainty, it’s natural to want to run away from home, especially as Yom Kippur looms and we realize it’s time for a change. But, as Matthew Nitzanim explains, this understandable reaction would miss the point of Teshuvah: everything we need to work on is right here, wherever it is we find ourselves.

Did the English Puritans of New England emulate Jewish prayers and practices? Yisroel Benporat investigates the common claim and its complexities--as well as what the myth itself tells us about Jews in America.

Aaron Cohen surveys the fascinating literature surrounding antipodal etrogim.

We will all be much more distant from each other this Rosh Hashanah. That’s why, argues Ranana Dine, it’s time to revive the tradition of sending physical greeting cards.