Ketuvim

Mitchell First reviews Yehuda Landy's Purim and the Persian Empire.

Tzvi Sinensky suggests that the Megillah itself confronts the question of Purim's legitimacy.

Natan Oliff explores the evolving role of truth throughout Tanakh and later Jewish history.

Benjamin Barer traces the word Hevel through Jewish texts, showing how the use of the same word can teach us both about the wisdom of Kohelet we read this past Shabbat and the character of Hevel who we will read about in this week's Parashah.

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan examines how the yibbum triangle of Ruth, Tamar, and Lot's daughters teaches us how to rebuild our lives in a time of upheaval.

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.