Tag: Family

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

In this essay, Alter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman reflects on his family history and Hasidic pedigree.

Ori Bach analyzes differing interpretations of Yiftach's vow, and its outcome, in the book of Shoftim.

In this short story, Avraham Weiner tells the story of a young man torn between the world of Torah and the world of science.

Nechama Sternberg contemplates her relationship to her grandfather, and remarks on the person he was in life.

In What Sons Receive: A Collection of Poems, Yael Unterman’s poetry delves into the identities of biblical figures to explore themes of family, love, and betrayal.

In this poem, Richard Rosengarten reflects on the process of burying a grandparent

In this personal reflection, Phil Lieberman addresses the unique pain that accompanies the loss of an abusive parent and considers the uneasy coherence of this pain with Jewish traditions of mourning.