Holidays

In honor of Shavuot 5784, Dalia Wolfson presents five new bilingual poems that explore the themes of the third perek of Mishnah Bikkurim and contemplate their possible inversion.

Ned Krasnopolsky explores the roles of meaning and obedience in matan Torah.

The propriety of celebrating the downfall of enemies presents a complex web of questions and seemingly contradictory Jewish texts. Michael Kurin makes sense of this subject and proposes a framework for applying it to matters of Israeli public policy.

How do Moses Mendelssohn and Revelation jibe? Judah Kerbel offers some perspective.

In a piece that resonates today, Tzvi Sinensky examines what made the Jews' salvation from the plague of the firstborns so miraculous.

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

Jon Kelsen uncovers a deeper rabbinic meaning to the blood needed to "passover" the Israelites.

Harris Bor meditates on the world of Passover in his new poem for the Lehrhaus.

A dialogue between a modern cycle of poems by Lea Goldberg and the ancient Kohelet reveals the importance of gratitude and engagement as opposed to skepticism and withdrawal.

Jerome Marcus explores understandings of freedom within halakhah and how they relate to Pesah and Shavuot