Wise Trader or Deceitful Traitor? Eshet Hayil Reconsidered
Eliav Grossman contextualizes the femininity emerging from some of Proverbs' best known passages
Painting the Etrog: A Topsy-Turvy Tale of Etrog Painting
Julian Alper analyzes two paintings which feature etrogim, Marc Chagall’s “Feast Day (Rabbi with Lemon)” and Paula Gans's “In Prayer at Sukkot,” through the lens of a commentary by Rabbi Norman Lamm.
Is it too Premature to Sing? The Song at the Sea and the Modern-Day Miracle...
In an investigation of the question of saying Hallel on Yom Ha'atzmaut, Shimshon HaKohen Nadel draws on analyses of Shirat Hayam and the splitting of the sea.
סליחות תשפ״ד
In an original Hebrew poem for Tishrei 5785, Shoshanah Haberman addresses God directly about the pain and uncertainty of our moment.
These Days
A new poem by Hannah Butcher-Stell, for the Days of Awe.
Revealing the Hidden Face of God’s Love
Josh Cahan
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana 12:11R. Lazar said: Like a king who wished to marry a well-born noblewoman, and said, “I will not wed her...
God in the Cave
Avi Killip explores the narrative of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai through a work of poetry.
When the Sea Parted
As we approach Pesach, Bruce Black's latest poem vividly retells the splitting of the sea.
On Candlelight
Media culture scholar, Matt Sienkiewicz, reflects on the Maccabeats phenomenon and the group's first viral smash.
Yom Teruah
In this poem, Avi Schild reflects on the source of the blasting cry we hear on Rosh Hashanah.
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