Tag: children

In this collection of poems, Ben Notis closely examines the effects of war, where violence and tenderness exist uneasily side by side.

In this essay, Matt Brandstein reflects on his place in the Jewish community as a single man.

Haim Watzman's short story, which previously appeared in Hebrew in the National Library of Israel's literary magazine, explores the grief and confusion of wartime in Jerusalem.

In this short story, Eric Rozenman imagines the life of a woman in an Eastern European shtetl guided by her late husband's ghost.

Dan Ornstein examines the rabbinic interpretation of the phrase "ba-asher hu sham," and applies it to the current conflict in Israel.

Moshe Kurtz explores several halakhic questions concerning the recitation of kaddish for the deceased, all of which point to a larger discussion about how one can confer merit on someone else.

As the annual infertility awareness Shabbat approaches, Shoshanah Haberman reflects on the biblical stories of our infertile foremothers, connecting them to her own experiences and to the lives of women today.

Building on ideas from Jacques Lacan and Rabbeinu Bahya ibn Pakuda, Zach Truboff offers an innovative psychological reading of the Cain and Abel story.

Tzvi Sinensky reviews the new volume about R. Aharon Lichtenstein from Divrei Shir’s Hebrew-language “Gedolei ha-Umah le-Yaldei Yisrael,” explaining why it is a must-read for adults and children alike.

Sharon Galper-Grossman and Shamai Grossman discuss the obligation for minors to get vaccinated.